Patent ID: 6937272
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera for accessing and viewing document images, comprising: a mode select for selecting a scene selection mode of operation of the camera; a display device for producing a visual display of a first image representing a stored document image, or of a selection scene including an arrangement of a plurality of icons, where at least one of the icons in the arrangement of icons represents the stored document image; a motion detector for detecting motion of the camera when the first image or the selection scene are displayed on the display device; an image generator communicating with the mode select, the display device, and the motion detector for controlling selection of the stored document image within the selection scene by motion of the camera detected by the motion detector; wherein the image generator in accessing and viewing the stored document image: (a) generates a selection scene for display on the display device of the camera in response to user input selecting the scene selection mode with the mode select; (b) receives input from the motion detector indicating movement of the camera when the selection scene is displayed on the display device to control a first panable window of the arrangement of icons making up a portion of the selection scene displayed on the display device; (c) in response to scene selection input selecting the at least one of the icons in the selection scene portion displayed in the first panable window of the selection scene, retrieves the stored document image represented by the selected icon and replaces the selection scene on the display device of the camera with the first image representing retrieved the document image; (d) in response to input from the motion detector indicating movement of the camera when the first image is displayed on the display device, controls what portions of the document image are displayed in a second panable window, containing only a portion of the document image displayed on the display device, such that the second panable window wraps the first image on the display device as a continuous loop that repeats at boundaries of the document image.