IP Library Granted Patent US 10,303,333
Granted Patent B2
US 10,303,333 · App. 15/272,415 · Granted May 28, 2019

Mobile device, method for camera user interface, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium

Inventors: Nicole Pauline Sangco (Seattle, WA); Angela Kribbs Sharer (Seattle, WA)
Assignee: HTC Corporation
G06F3/0482H04N5/23216H04N5/23245H04N5/23293
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Patent No.
US 10,303,333
App. No.
15/272,415
Granted
May 28, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes displaying a single menu icon during operation of a camera application; detecting activation of the single menu icon; in response to detecting activation of the single menu icon, displaying a camera mode menu with a plurality of mode icons thereon, wherein the mode icons respectively correspond to different camera modes; and under a case that a first camera mode of the camera modes is active, in response to detecting activation of the single menu icon, displaying a first sub-menu of the first camera mode of the camera modes with one or more first setting icons for configuring the first camera mode.

Claims (51)

1. A method comprising:

displaying a single menu icon during operation of a camera application;

detecting activation of the single menu icon;

in response to detecting activation of the single menu icon, displaying a camera mode menu with a plurality of mode icons thereon, wherein the mode icons respectively correspond to different camera modes;

under a case that a first camera mode of the camera modes is active, in response to detecting activation of the single menu icon, displaying a first sub-menu of the first camera mode of the camera modes with one or more first setting icons for configuring the first camera mode; and

under a case that the first camera mode of the camera modes is active, in response to detecting activation of the single menu icon, displaying an indication icon between a first mode icon of the mode icons corresponding to the first camera mode and the first sub-menu of the first camera mode,

wherein the single menu icon is shown on a first side of a display, a capturing icon for photographing an image and/or recording a video film is shown on a second side of the display opposite to the first side, and the capturing icon is continuously shown without changing grey levels of the capturing icon when the camera mode menu is shown.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

in response to detecting activation of the single menu icon, hiding the single menu icon.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 further comprising:

displaying a configuration icon concurrently when displaying the single menu icon; and

hiding the configuration icon concurrently when hiding the single menu icon;

wherein under a case that the first camera mode of the camera modes is active, the configuration icon is for configuring the first camera mode.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein under a case that the first camera mode of the camera modes is active, the camera mode menu and the first sub-menu are shown simultaneously.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

under a case that a second camera mode of the camera modes is active, in response to detecting activation of the single menu icon, displaying a second sub-menu of the second camera mode of the camera modes with one or more second setting icons for configuring the second camera mode.

6. A mobile device comprising:

a display component;

a user input component:

one or more processing components, electrically connected to the display component and the user input component;

memory electrically connected to the one or more processing components; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processing components, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:

displaying, through the display component, a single menu icon during operation of a camera application;

detecting, through the user input component, activation of the single menu icon;

in response to detecting activation of the single menu icon, displaying, through the display component, a camera mode menu with a plurality of mode icons thereon, wherein the mode icons respectively correspond to different camera modes;

under a case that a first camera mode of the camera modes is active, in response to detecting activation of the single menu icon, displaying, through the display component, a first sub-menu of the first camera mode of the camera modes with one or more first setting icons for configuring the first camera mode; and

under a case that the first camera mode of the camera modes is active, in response to detecting activation of the single menu icon, displaying an indication icon between a first mode icon of the mode icons corresponding to the first camera mode and the first sub-menu of the first camera mode,

wherein the single menu icon is shown on a first side of a display, a capturing icon for photographing an image and/or recording a video film is shown on a second side of the display opposite to the first side, and the capturing icon is continuously shown without changing grey levels of the capturing icon when the camera mode menu is shown.

7. The mobile device as claimed in claim 6 , comprising instructions for:

in response to detecting activation of the single menu icon, hiding the single menu icon.

8. The mobile device as claimed in claim 7 , comprising instructions for:

displaying a configuration icon concurrently when displaying the single menu icon; and

hiding the configuration icon concurrently when hiding the single menu icon;

wherein under a case that the first camera mode of the camera modes is active, the configuration icon is for configuring the first camera mode.

9. The mobile device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein under a case that the first camera mode of the camera modes is active, the camera mode menu and the first sub-menu are shown simultaneously.

10. The mobile device as claimed in claim 6 , comprising instructions for:

under a case that a second camera mode of the camera modes is active, in response to detecting activation of the single menu icon, displaying a second sub-menu of the second camera mode of the camera modes with one or more second setting icons for configuring the second camera mode.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed, causes one or more processing components to perform operations comprising:

displaying a single menu icon during operation of a camera application;

detecting activation of the single menu icon;

in response to detecting activation of the single menu icon, displaying a camera mode menu with a plurality of mode icons thereon, wherein the mode icons respectively correspond to different camera modes;

under a case that a first camera mode of the camera modes is active, in response to detecting activation of the single menu icon, displaying a first sub-menu of the first camera mode of the camera modes with one or more first setting icons for configuring the first camera mode; and

under a case that the first camera mode of the camera modes is active, in response to detecting activation of the single menu icon, displaying an indication icon between a first mode icon of the mode icons corresponding to the first camera mode and the first sub-menu of the first camera mode,

wherein the single menu icon is shown on a first side of a display, a capturing icon for photographing an image and/or recording a video film is shown on a second side of the display opposite to the first side, and the capturing icon is continuously shown without changing grey levels of the capturing icon when the camera mode menu is shown.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 11 comprising instructions, which when executed, causes the one or more processing components to perform operations comprising:

in response to detecting activation of the single menu icon, hiding the single menu icon.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 12 comprising instructions, which when executed, causes the one or more processing components to perform operations comprising:

displaying a configuration icon concurrently when displaying the single menu icon; and

hiding the configuration icon concurrently when hiding the single menu icon;

wherein under a case that the first camera mode of the camera modes is active, the configuration icon is for configuring the first camera mode.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 11 , wherein under a case that the first camera mode of the camera modes is active, the camera mode menu and the first sub-menu are shown simultaneously.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2016
From: SANGCO, NICOLE PAULINE; SHARER, ANGELA KRIBBS
To: HTC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039838/0213 →
Continuity (1)
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