User interfaces for electronic devices

Abstract

Disclosed herein are electronic device display interface embodiments for controlling a camera and for reviewing images captured in the device from the camera. For example, in some embodiments, a device is provided with a display for viewing images to be captured by the camera and to provide a display interface for controlling camera operation, wherein the display interface, when in an image capture mode, is to provide an image capture button with two or more smaller image mode buttons disposed adjacent to the image capture button.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An electronic device, comprising:
 a camera; and   a display to provide a user interface to control an operation of the camera, the user interface comprising:   
       two or more image mode buttons disposed proximate to a first edge of the user interface, wherein each of the two or more image mode buttons corresponds to a different type of image to be captured by the camera; and 
       two or more images captured during at least one of the image modes disposed at a second edge of the user interface, a larger version of one of the two or more captured images presented in addition to the two or more captured images. 
     
     
         2 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , the two or more image mode buttons comprising at least one of a still mode, a video mode, a burst mode, a panoramic mode, or a high dynamic range mode. 
     
     
         3 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , the user interface comprising one or more camera settings buttons. 
     
     
         4 . The electronic device of  claim 3 , the one or more camera settings buttons comprising at least one of a flash button, a brightness button, a zoom button, or an effects button. 
     
     
         5 . The electronic device of  claim 3 , the user interface to display an image to be captured, the two or more image mode buttons, and the one or more camera settings buttons to overlay the image to be captured. 
     
     
         6 . The electronic device of  claim 3 , wherein the one or more camera settings buttons disposed proximate to a third edge of the user interface. 
     
     
         7 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , further comprising an image capture button, wherein the image capture button and the two or more image mode buttons are circular, a center of the image capture button disposed further from the edge of the user interface than a center of each of the two or more image mode buttons. 
     
     
         8 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , further comprising an image capture button, wherein the two or more image mode buttons are smaller than the image capture button. 
     
     
         9 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , further comprising an image capture button, the image capture button and the two or more image mode buttons positioned in the user interface to be controlled using a single hand. 
     
     
         10 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , the two or more image mode buttons positioned in the user interface to be controlled using a single hand. 
     
     
         11 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , the user interface comprising a gallery button. 
     
     
         12 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein one of the two or more image mode buttons is a burst mode button, the user interface comprising showing a collection of images captured during the burst mode. 
     
     
         13 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein one of the two or more image mode buttons is a burst button, and the two or more captured images are images captured during a burst mode. 
     
     
         14 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the larger version of the user selected one of the two or more captured images presented above the two or more captured images. 
     
     
         15 . A system, comprising:
 a camera;   a display; and   logic, at least a portion of which is implemented in hardware, the logic to send a control signal to the display to provide an image capture button disposed proximate to an edge of the display and two or more image mode buttons disposed proximate to the image capture button and the edge of the display.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15 , the control signal to provide one or more camera settings buttons. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , the two or more image mode buttons comprising at least one of a still mode, a video mode, a burst mode, a panoramic mode, or a high dynamic range mode; and the one or more camera settings buttons comprising at least one of a flash button, a brightness button, a zoom button, or an effects button. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17 , the control signal to provide an image to be captured, the image capture button, the two or more image mode buttons, and the one or more camera settings buttons to overlay the image to be captured. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the edge of the display is a first edge of the display, the one or more camera settings buttons disposed proximate to a second edge of the display, the second edge different than the first edge. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the image capture button and the two or more image mode buttons are circular, a center of the image capture button disposed further from the edge of the display than a center of each of the two or more image mode buttons. 
     
     
         21 . The system of  claim 15 , the image capture button and the two or more image mode buttons positioned on the display to be controlled using a single hand. 
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 15 , the logic to provide a gallery button. 
     
     
         23 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
 providing a user interface on a display to control a camera, the user interface comprising:   an image capture button disposed proximate to an edge of the display; and   two or more image mode buttons disposed proximate to the image capture button and the edge of the display.   
     
     
         24 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 23 , comprising providing at least one of a camera settings button or a gallery button. 
     
     
         25 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 24 , the two or more image mode buttons comprising at least one of a still mode, a video mode, a burst mode, a panoramic mode, or a high dynamic range mode; and the camera setting button comprising at least one of a flash button, a brightness button, a zoom button, or an effects button. 
     
     
         26 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 25 , comprising providing an image to be captured, the image capture button, the two or more image mode buttons, the camera setting button and the gallery button to overlay the image to be captured. 
     
     
         27 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 26 , wherein the edge of the display is a first edge of the display, the camera setting button disposed proximate to a second edge of the display, the second edge different than the first edge. 
     
     
         28 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 23 , wherein the image capture button and the two or more image mode buttons are circular, a center of the image capture button disposed further from the edge of the display than a center of each of the two or more image mode buttons. 
     
     
         29 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 23 , comprising positioning the image capture button and the two or more image mode buttons on the display to be controlled using a single hand.