Patent ID: 8639296
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04M

Abstract:
1. A mobile device, comprising: a memory; a display unit; an input device; and a processor coupled to the memory, the display unit and the input device, the processor configured to: display an image in a first orientation irrespective of an orientation of the display unit when the image is accessed for displaying on the display unit, wherein the first orientation is an orientation of an image capturing device rendered during a capture of the image; provide a user interface configured to process a user input for reorienting the image into a second orientation by displaying a thumbnail image of the image and a graphical user interface in a shape of a wheel surrounding the thumbnail image and rotating the thumbnail image to the second orientation when the user input is applied to the graphical user interface in the shape of the wheel to a degree of rotation corresponding to the second orientation; and display the image in the second orientation in response to the user input by reorienting the image in the second orientation when the user input applied to the graphical user interface in the shape of the wheel is released.