US 11,749,230 B2
Rotational image viewer
Justin Huang, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Oleksandr Romanov, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on May 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/829,006.
Application 17/829,006 is a continuation of application No. 17/031,353, filed on Sep. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,393,432, issued on Jul. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0293066 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G09G 5/373 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 5/373 (2013.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for displaying an image, the method comprising:
determining, based on data captured by an orientation sensor, that a display of an image viewer is in a first orientation;
scaling the image for presentation on the display responsive to the first orientation such that at least a first portion of the image fills a viewport of the display in the first orientation;
determining, based on updated data captured by the orientation sensor, that the display of the image viewer has changed from the first orientation to a second orientation; and
updating scaling of the image on the display responsive to the second orientation such that at least a second portion of the image fills the viewport of the display in the second orientation.