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20080222560 | USER INTERFACE FOR CREATING IMAGE COLLAGE - A user interface for a computer device includes an image collage layout including a plurality of image receiving areas each configured to receive an image, a first control configured to select a number of the image receiving areas in the image collage layout, a second control configured to select tilt angles of one or more of the image receiving areas in the image collage layout, a third control configured to select an amount of padding between the image receiving areas in the image collage layout, and a fourth control configured to select a width of a canvas border for the image receiving areas in the image collage layout, wherein the first control, the second control, the third control, and the fourth control are configured to be actuated by a user. | 09-11-2008 |
20080229238 | SCALABLE IMAGES USING BITMAPS AND VECTOR IMAGES - An image is rendered on a display to a requested image size using a bitmap of a plurality of bitmaps of the image when the requested image size is less than a bitmap threshold. The image is rendered using vectoring when the requested image size is greater than the bitmap threshold. | 09-18-2008 |
20080276196 | Automatically adjusting media display in a personal display system - A personal display system with which a user may adjust the configuration of displayed media is provided. The personal display system may include an electronic device operative to provide media to a personal display device operative to display the received media. Using one or more optical and digital components, the personal display device may adjust displayed media to overlay features of a theater, thus giving the user of the personal display device the impression of being in the theater. In some embodiments, the personal display device may receive a user selection of a seat in the theater from which to watch the media, and may adjust the media display accordingly. In some embodiments, the personal display device may detect the user's movements using one or more sensors and may adjust the displayed image based on the user's movements. For example, the device may detect a user's head movement and cause the portion of media displayed to reflect the head movement. | 11-06-2008 |
20090089707 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ZOOM FUNCTIONALITY IN A PORTABLE DEVICE DISPLAY - A method and apparatus for providing zoom functionality in a mobile device display are described. In the method, a data file is displayed on the portable device display in a full layout view. A cursor is displayed in the layout view as a zoom icon, such as a magnifying glass cursor, with which any portion of the layout view can be selected by positioning the icon and triggering a zoom tool in response to actuation of an input device, such as trackball, on a mobile communications device. In response to actuation of the trackball, the selected portion is displayed in the portable device display at a next higher magnification. The process can be repeated to successively zoom in on a desired portion of the data file, until a maximum magnification is reached. | 04-02-2009 |
20090144651 | INTERACTIVE FRAMES FOR IMAGES AND VIDEOS DISPLAYED IN A PRESENTATION APPLICATION - A presentation application for framing objects, such as images and videos, is provided. Using the presentation application, the user may select a frame from a plurality of available frames. The presentation application may mask portions of the displayed object that would lie outside of the selected frame before displaying the selected frame. The presentation application may provide an interface that allows the user to adjust the size of the frame and the object. The presentation application may automatically adjust the size of the frame when the size of the object is changed, and vice versa. | 06-04-2009 |
20090144652 | RESOLUTION INDEPENDENT LAYOUT - Systems and methods are described for positioning graphical objects and elements of graphical objects including widgets. At least two source layouts are selected, each source layout proportioning elements of the graphical object to be positioned. An interpolated layout is generated from the source layouts whereby the graphical object is positioned based on the interpolated layout. Multiple elements may be processed so. Elements of the graphical object can be proportioned differently from one another and the source layouts may be selected based on their relationship in size to the size of a desired runtime layout. The elements can include widget regions and content within the widget regions may be scaled independently of the positioning of the widget regions. The methods may be incorporated in a machine readable medium as data and executable instructions. | 06-04-2009 |
20090144653 | Method and Apparatus for Dynamically Resizing Windows - The present invention provides a method for resizing windows and an apparatus for resizing windows. The method, in one embodiment, involves selecting a seam bordering a window, building a list of windows, and resizing more than one window in response to a single seam movement by a user. The apparatus, in one embodiment, is a computer readable medium comprising a computer program for resizing windows. | 06-04-2009 |
20090164937 | Scroll Apparatus and Method for Manipulating Data on an Electronic Device Display | 06-25-2009 |
20090187852 | Electronic Mail Display Program Product, Method, Apparatus and System - To provide a technique for facilitating the management of an attachment file attached to an electronic mail. A client apparatus acquires attachment position information in a text of the electronic mail and stores it associated with an identifier of the electronic mail, in receiving the electronic mail with attachment file. Upon receiving an instruction for displaying the electronic mail from the user, the client apparatus arranges a graphic representing the attachment file of the electronic mail on a child screen that displays the reduced screen of a parent screen that displays the electronic mail based on the corresponding attachment position information, and displays the child screen together with the parent screen. | 07-23-2009 |
20090217197 | SCREEN DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, SCREEN DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A screen data processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes processing units, a generation unit configured to generate screen data on a processing unit basis in which an execution situation of each processing unit is drawn as a pattern, a display unit configured to display the screen data, a selection unit configured to allow selection as to which screen data generated on a processing unit basis is to be displayed on the display unit, a detection unit configured to detect an event occurring in each processing unit, and a determination unit configured to determine whether a processing unit corresponding to the screen data being displayed on the display unit matches a source processing unit of the event. When the determination unit determines a mismatch, the generation unit generates reduced screen data, and the display unit displays the reduced screen data combined with a portion of the screen data being displayed. | 08-27-2009 |
20090228829 | Systems and Methods for Immersive Advertising - The invention is directed to systems and Methods for immersive advertising on a wide area network, such as the Internet or World Wide Web. Immersive advertisements are customized presentations developed and imbedded within the body of web content. They can take the form of non-static images imbedded within a configurable primary image model or they can be a non-configurable, highly stylized, and animated component imbedded within the content of a web page. | 09-10-2009 |
20090241059 | EVENT DRIVEN SMOOTH PANNING IN A COMPUTER ACCESSIBILITY APPLICATION - A method for facilitating accessibility of a computer system is described. A dynamic image, which is associated with the video output of the computer system, is displayed on the computer system's monitor. Once the computer system detects an event from the computer system, wherein the event causes a magnified area of the dynamic image to change from a current location in the dynamic image, the computer system determines a preferred location in the dynamic image based on the event. Based on the preferred location, the computer system generates a path from the current location to the preferred location, wherein the path includes a plurality of locations, which include the current location, the preferred location and a plurality of intermediate locations. Following the generation of the path, magnified areas associated with each viewing location in the path are displayed on the computer system's monitor in succession. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 09-24-2009 |
20090241060 | Method for navigating between sections in a display space - A computer-implemented method for navigating between sections in a display space is furnished. The sections in the display space are each assigned to a particular location of the display space, and representatives are provided which are each assigned to a particular section in the display space using an unambiguous relation. The method for navigating includes the following steps: selecting at least one representative that is assigned to a particular section in the display space with the aid of the unambiguous relation; and navigating to the particular section in the display space with the aid of the unambiguous relation with the particular section in the display space. | 09-24-2009 |
20090254853 | METHOD OF VIEWING A SINGLE DOCUMENT IN MULTIPLE SCALED VIEWS - There is provided a method of viewing a document. The method includes displaying a first document in a first viewing window using a first scale value and a first origin coordinate. The first viewing window defines a coordinate array. The method includes determining a second origin coordinate within the coordinate array. The method includes determining a second scale value greater than the first scale value. The method includes displaying the first document in a second viewing window using the second origin coordinate and the second scale value. | 10-08-2009 |
20090254854 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING A MULTI-SCREEN WORKSPACE ON A SINGLE SCREEN DISPLAY | 10-08-2009 |
20090254855 | COMMUNICATION TERMINALS WITH SUPERIMPOSED USER INTERFACE - An electronic device includes a user input device and a display screen. A moving picture representative of a pointing object that is external to the electronic device is superimposed onto the display screen, and a plurality of features of the pointing object are interpreted as selection pointers so that a movement of the pointing object relative to the display screen may be interpreted as movement of a plurality of selection pointers. | 10-08-2009 |
20090265662 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING DISPLAY AREA OF USER INTERFACE AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SAME - A method and an apparatus for adjusting a display area of a user interface, and a recording medium using the same are provided. In this method, a first user interface and a second user interface are displayed on a touch screen of a portable electronic device. The first user interface is located in a first direction side of the second user interface and the second user interface is located in a second direction side of the first user interface. Then, the touch screen detects a touch signal. When the touch signal is moved toward the first direction, the display area of the second user interface is enlarged. When the touch signal is moved toward the second direction, the display area of the first user interface is enlarged. Accordingly, the size of the display area of the first and the second user interface can be adjusted by the user. | 10-22-2009 |
20090300542 | Structured Displaying of Visual Elements - Presentation descriptions are provided to an operating system of a computing device to present outputs associated with the applications in an organized and intuitive manner to the user. The presentation descriptions provide the operating system with information about the structure and meaning of the output element. The task of organizing at least part of the output elements associated with applications is delegated to the operating system. The operating system analyzes the presentation descriptions, and organizes the output elements associated with the applications at least partly based on the presentation descriptions. | 12-03-2009 |
20100050115 | Apparatus and method for changing the size of displayed contents - A data processing apparatus comprises an operation member which is operated to change a display form of displayed contents and a processing unit which is responsive to an operation of the operation member to change the display form of the displayed contents of an active window. | 02-25-2010 |
20100058231 | Notifying A User Of Events In A Computing Device - In a computing device, event notifications take the form of alerts that can be presented in different ways. The particular form of each event notification depends on the nature of the event, the user task being performed at the time the event occurs, the user's preferences, or any combination thereof. In one aspect, the present invention presents event notifications in the form of banner alerts. Obtrusiveness is minimized by presenting the notification at a location near the edge of the screen (such as a bottom edge), and slightly shrinking the active display area to make room for the event notification. In this manner, event notifications can be presented without obscuring any part of the active display area. In addition, the user can obtain more information about the event by activating the notification (for example by tapping on it). In another aspect, the present invention provides a summary of pending event notifications. Thus, if the user is unable to (or does not wish to) respond to or acknowledge a notification when it is presented, the user can later view the event notification summary at his or her convenience, and can act on the event notifications at that time. | 03-04-2010 |
20100070915 | TERMINAL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A terminal apparatus includes a display, a display control unit configured to display a screen on the display in a given display mode, a first selection operation detection unit configured to detect that a first selection operation concerning the given display mode has been performed in a given area of the screen, and a second selection operation detection unit configured to detect that a second selection operation concerning given processing has been performed in the given area of the screen. The display control unit displays a screen by changing to a second display mode based on detection of the first selection operation in the screen displayed in a first display mode, performs the given processing based on detection of the second selection operation, and performs display control processing for displaying a screen in the first display mode after the given processing. | 03-18-2010 |
20100088634 | MULTI-WINDOW MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A multi-window management apparatus includes: an activating icon display unit for displaying activating icons | 04-08-2010 |
20100115462 | Enhanced Zoom and Pan for Viewing Digital Images - A system and method is provided that generates and transmits images over a communication network to an end user. The system and method includes a zoom and pan (ZAP) feature that offers a user the ability to see all available detail of a displayed image despite the limited image display area. Specifically, images presented within a zoom and pan interface allow the user to zoom in to a particular area of a displayed image to see additional detail, pan to view various areas of the displayed image, and to zoom out again to view the whole displayed image in context. The ZAP feature is applied to a dynamically generated image that includes at least one dynamic image feature, and viewing-region-tracking information is generated enabling user viewing characteristics to be tracked and analyzed. | 05-06-2010 |
20100125808 | METHOD FOR SELECTING AREA OF CONTENT FOR ENLARGEMENT, AND APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENT - A method for selecting an area of content for enlargement is provided. Content including a plurality of objects is displayed. A user's selection of an area is received and the selected area is identified. At least one object that crosses into the selected area is selected. An importance value of the at least one selected object is calculated considering a crossing range of the selected area and the at least one selected object. At least one to-be-displayed object is extracted based on the importance value. The at least one extracted object is displayed. | 05-20-2010 |
20100146436 | Displaying content associated with electronic mapping systems - Various methods, systems and apparatus for displaying content associated with a point-of-interest (“POI”) in a digital mapping system, are disclosed. One such method may include detecting a change in the zoom level of an electronic map displayed on a computing device, determining if the new zoom-level is at a pre-determined zoom level (e.g. at maximum zoom), identifying a POI on the map, retrieving content associated with the POI (“POI content”) and displaying the POI content. A POI may be a specific point of interest; or, an entire geographic region of a map displayed at a high zoom level. The method may further include detecting a change in the zoom, or pan, of the digital map while POI content is displayed, and removing or repositioning the POI content in response. One apparatus, according to aspects of the present invention, may include means of detecting a change in the zoom level in a digital map displayed through an application (e.g. a web browser, an application on web-enabled cellular phones, etc., displaying a map generated by a service such as Google Maps®, Yahoo! Maps®, Windows Live Search Maps®, MapQuest®, etc.) on a computing device (e.g. personal computer, workstation, thin client, PDA, cellular phone/smart phone, GPS device, etc.) means of identifying a POI at the pre-determined zoom level, means of obtaining content associated with the POI, and means of displaying the POI content. POI content may be retrieved from a database (e.g. internet-based database); or, in an alternate embodiment, gathered by crawling websites associated with the POI. In one embodiment, POI content may be displayed as an image (e.g a PNG file, GIF, Flash® component, etc.) superimposed on the digital map (e.g. as an overlay object on the map image.) In alternate embodiments, POI content may replace the digital map and may contain links to other content. | 06-10-2010 |
20100153876 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING USER INTERFACES - An electronic device and a user interface implementing method therein are disclosed. The method includes displaying at least one content, displaying a shortcut key corresponding to the at least one content if close contact is detected, and executing a function corresponding to the at least one content if the shortcut key is selected. The shortcut key can invoke a function corresponding to the at least one content if an input tool closely approaches the at least one content in an area on the touch screen and is located within a distance from the surface of the touch screen. | 06-17-2010 |
20100162163 | Image magnification - Disclosed herein is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a touch screen. The apparatus is configured to display an image having a first area on the touch screen. The apparatus is configured to simultaneously display an enlarged view of the first area on the touch screen. The apparatus is configured to receive a touch at the enlarged view of the first area on the touch screen. The apparatus is configured to edit the image in response to the touch at the enlarged view. | 06-24-2010 |
20100169827 | SETTING CONTROL USING EDGES OF A USER INTERFACE - A setting control may be mapped to an edge of a user interface to facilitate control of various settings and access thereto. The mapping may be implemented based on a number of setting values associated with the setting control and a size of a specified edge of the user interface. Additionally, multiple edges of a user interface may be mapped to a variety of setting controls. The edge-mapped setting controls may also be automatically reconfigured according to user preferences and interaction with the interface. Indicators are also generated to provide visual indications about the setting controls and/or a current setting. The appearance of indicators may be altered to convey a variety of information such as the current setting of a control or the type of setting control. | 07-01-2010 |
20100199214 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus controls to execute variable magnification processing of a partial image of an image indicated by a display range, and to display the partial image in a display area. The display control apparatus comprises a calculation unit which obtains a vertex/vertexes of the display range farthest from a center of the image, and sets the vertex or a center point of the vertexes as a reference point, a changing unit which changes a size of the display range while keeping the position of the reference point, a moving unit which moves the display range in the image, and a display control unit which controls to execute the variable magnification processing of the partial image, and to display the partial image in the display area. The calculation unit re-calculates the reference point in response to movement of the display range in the image by the moving unit. | 08-05-2010 |
20100205560 | WINDOWING AND CONTROLLING SYSTEM THEREOF COMPRISING A COMPUTER DEVICE - A method and a program system comprising a plurality of windows displayed as an evolving series of instances of said windows with different sizes is described. The content of said evolving series of instances of window sizes may be changed according to specific rules and a change is performed when a size is equal with at least one predefined reference size for a window. A preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a possibility to display and manage a plurality of windows comprising standard input and output windows as well as system indicators on a small computer screen such as used in mobile telephones or Personal Digital Assistants. | 08-12-2010 |
20100211910 | STICKY FUNCTIONALITY - Manipulation of elements in a graphical user interface is aided by allowing the graphical user interface to treat certain mouse button actuation and releases as holding the mouse button in an actuated state. When predetermined conditions are satisfied, the graphical user interface will treat a mouse button actuation and release as if the mouse button were held in an actuated state. A user can then manipulate elements in the graphical user interface as if the user held the mouse button in an actuated state. The types of manipulation can include the moving of a window, the resizing of a window, moving an icon, and the scrolling through the visible portion of a window. | 08-19-2010 |
20100223577 | DIGITAL MAP HAVING USER-DEFINED ZOOM AREAS - A digital geographic map affords a user the ability to selectively and simultaneously zoom in on multiple areas of the map. These zoomed areas are displayed as zoom windows, which are overlaid over the initial map. | 09-02-2010 |
20100229115 | ZOOMABLE USER INTERFACE DATA GENERATION - Systems and methods for generating zoomable user interface dynamically or at scale are disclosed. In at least some implementations, at least portions of zoomable user interface information returned to a client may be generated in response to a request. In the same or other implementations, one or more of a variety of optimizations may be used to more efficiently generate zoomable user interface information. | 09-09-2010 |
20100241989 | ADJUSTABLE USER INTERFACES WITH MOVABLE SEPARATORS - Tools and techniques for adjustable user interfaces with movable separators are provided. Display devices provided by these tools may include fixed-size hardware display screens. These display screens include input control portions that are responsive to user input to receive commands from users, and include output display portions for presenting output to users in response to the commands. These display screens also include separators that are movable along the display screens, with the separators dividing the input control portions from the output display portions. In response to movements of the separators, the input control portions and the output display portions are resized relative to one another. | 09-23-2010 |
20100275153 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCALING DIGITAL IMAGES - Methods, computer devices, and computer readable media containing instructions for executing such methods are provided for the modification of digital images having a plurality of visual elements. | 10-28-2010 |
20100287497 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - An information-processing device includes: execution means for executing an application program; changing means for determining a size of a window to be displayed depending on the application program; receiving means for receiving at least one data set from among a plurality of data sets; data selection means for selecting one data set from among the plurality of data sets, depending on the window size determined by the determination unit; execution control means for controlling the execution means to process the one data set selected by the data selection means from among the received at least one data set, in accordance with the application program; and display control means for controlling the display means to show a screen based on the one data set to be processed by the execution means. | 11-11-2010 |
20100299627 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT BOUNDARY DETECTION AND SCALING - A method and apparatus for displaying content on a communication device is provided. The method may comprise receiving content with a first display format in a communication device, wherein the communication device comprises a display having a device display area, detecting if the received content includes a discernable image boundary, wherein the discernable image boundary divides the content between at least a primary portion and a secondary portion, upon the detection of the discernable image boundary, masking as least the secondary portion of the content to generate content with a virtual second display format, scaling the generated content with the virtual second display format to substantially match at least one dimension associated with the device display area, and displaying the scaled content on the display on the communication device. | 11-25-2010 |
20100299628 | AUTOMATIC SASH CONFIGURATION IN A GUI ENVIRONMENT - A graphical user interface generation system offers a management module that displays GUI elements and a visual indicator in an editing window. The visual indicator is movable in the editing window, which has at least two panels and a divider between the panels. A configuration history of the divider including at least one prior location of the divider in the editing window is memorized. An optimization function is defined for determining a new configuration of the divider. The function is invoked responsively to the configuration history of the divider to determine the new configuration of the divider, and a current configuration of the divider is automatically reset on the display to the new configuration of the divider within the editing window. | 11-25-2010 |
20100306696 | DYNAMIC NETWORK BROWSER - A system and method of browsing digital content, and is related to companion applications filed simultaneously, all of which are part and parcel of a method for browsing digital content and composing digital media and data, via dynamic interaction of tiled images, external video, audio, text, and multimedia resources to create smoother and faster response time to user request, managed by a level of detail system which expands the ability of the user to create, manipulate, and interact with digital content and media via an application hosted in a browser or running on a desktop application which enhances user ability to dynamically position and zoom into and out of views within a larger canvas. | 12-02-2010 |
20100306697 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PANNING AND ZOOMING AN IMAGE ON A DISPLAY OF A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Method and arrangement for panning and zooming a displayed image on a display screen of a handheld electronic device | 12-02-2010 |
20100333017 | COMPUTER GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - An improved computer-implemented graphic user interface comprising a first platform representing a first level of data organization and having a front surface and a top surface, a second platform representing a second level of data organization within the first level of data organization and having a front surface and a top surface, the second platform stacked on the first platform and scaled relative to the first platform such that the top surface of the second platform is smaller than the top surface of the first platform. The interface may further comprise a third platform representing the second layer of data organization within the first level of data organization and having a front surface and a top surface, the second platform and the third platform stacked on the first platform, and the second platform and the third platform scaled relative to the first platform such that the top surfaces of the second and the third platforms are smaller than the top surface of the first platform. The interface may further comprise a third platform representing a third level of data organization within the second level of data organization and having a front surface and a top surface, the third platform stacked on the second platform, and the third platform scaled relative to the second platform such that the top surface of the third platform is smaller than the top surface of the second platform. | 12-30-2010 |
20100333018 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display device, a touch panel located on a screen of the display device, a sensing module which senses that a particular touch operation is performed on the touch panel, an enlarged display module which enlarges a partial image in a display image determined based on a position where the particular touch operation is performed when the sensing module detects the particular touch operation, and a touch operation control module which accepts a touch operation by correcting a position of the touch operation on the partial image enlarged by the enlarged display module to a position on the display image and which cancels enlarged display performed by the enlarged display module, when the touch operation is performed in an area on the touch panel corresponding to a display area of the partial image enlarged by the enlarged display module. | 12-30-2010 |
20110016423 | GENERATING WIDGETS FOR USE IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - During a technique for generating a window, a description of an object and associated attributes, which include information other than a visual presentation of the object, are received from a user. Then, different types of widgets are generated based at least on the description of the object, the attributes and predefined widget rules. These widgets are arranged in a window based at least on the widgets and predefined layout rules. For example, the widgets may be dynamically resized based on the number of widgets and the size of the window. Then, the window is presented in a graphical user interface (GUI). Subsequently, the window and the attributes are dynamically updated to reflect changes to either one. In this way, the user may focus on the high-level aspects of what is to be presented in the GUI, instead of how to translate this information into the corresponding visual presentation. | 01-20-2011 |
20110029917 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SINGLE TOUCH ZOOM USING SPIRAL ROTATION - A touchscreen display device implements a single touch operation using a spiral rotation gesture on a touchscreen display device to magnify the display of an image. Continued spiral rotations result in continued magnification. A zoom-in or zoom-out operation is implemented by a single touch spiral rotation. In one example, a spiral rotation defining an increasing area has a corresponding action to reduce a display portion of the display screen. Similarly, a spiral rotation defining a decreasing area has a corresponding action to magnify the display portion of the display screen. A floating origin may be used to identify gestures at various positions on a touchscreen display. | 02-03-2011 |
20110029918 | Apparatus and method for navigation in digital object using gaze information of user - A digital object navigation apparatus and method using gaze information of a user is provided. The digital object navigation apparatus may collect gaze information and gesture information of the user, may determine navigation information with respect to a digital object including a zoom rate, a rendering quality, or an intensity of an annotation, and may navigate in the digital object. The user may navigate in the digital object by only gazing without separate manipulation. | 02-03-2011 |
20110035702 | TARGET ELEMENT ZOOM - Various embodiments provide a target element zoom component that is configured to perform a focal point zoom operation on a target element using an appropriate zoom factor. In at least some embodiments, the target element zoom component receives a request to perform a zoom operation at a focal point of a target element in a page displayed in a display area. In at least some embodiments, the request is received via two-finger tap input on a screen of a touch enabled device. The target element zoom component then determines an appropriate zoom factor for the zoom operation. Responsive to determining the appropriate zoom factor, the target element zoom component performs the zoom operation on the page using the appropriate zoom factor so that the target element remains within the display area with the focal point retained. | 02-10-2011 |
20110061021 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal is presented. The mobile terminal includes a touchscreen configured to display at least one or more data link items, the touchscreen receiving an input for a preview of a first data link item from the at least one or more data link items, and a controller configured to control the touchscreen to display a first display window for displaying a first data associated with the first data link item on a predetermined region of the touchscreen after receiving the input for the preview of the first data link item, and further configured to adjust a size for the first display window after receiving an input associated with a size adjusting signal. | 03-10-2011 |
20110072390 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE CONTROL OF ZOOM ADJUSTMENTS IN AN ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION - A system and method for selective control of zoom adjustments in an electronic publication is disclosed. The method may include generating content for display on an electronic reading device; generating at least one style for the content, and storing the content and the at least one style on a computer readable medium. The generation of at least one style may include identifying at least a portion of the content for which at least one zoom level will be specified; specifying a base text size for the portion of the content; and specifying a first value to increment the base text size to a first zoom state text size. A method for rendering an electronic document on an electronic device may include storing content representing an electronic publication in a computer memory of the electronic device, the content including at least one style for a portion of the content, the at least one style including a base text size for the portion of the content and at least a first value to increment the base text size to a first zoom state text size; rendering the contents according to the at least one style; and incrementing the base text size for the portion of the content by the first value in response to a user input to zoom. | 03-24-2011 |
20110072391 | COMPOSITING DESKTOP WINDOW MANAGER - A method and system for rendering a desktop on a computer using a composited desktop model operating system are disclosed. A composited desktop window manager, upon receiving content information from application programs, draws the window to a buffer memory for future reference, and takes advantage of advanced graphics hardware and visual effects to render windows based on content on which they are drawn. The windows may also be rendered based on environment variables including virtual light sources. The frame portion of each window may be generated by pixel shading a bitmap having the appearance of frosted glass based on the content of the desktop on top of which the frame is displayed. Legacy support is provided so that the operating system can draw and render windows generated by legacy applications to look consistent with non-legacy application windows. | 03-24-2011 |
20110083101 | Sharing of Location-Based Content Item in Social Networking Service - A method and/or system allows a user of a social networking service to publish a content item tagged with location information for sharing with other users of the social networking service. The user publishing the content item performs operations on the originating device to generate the content item. The originating communication device attaches the location information to the content item, and transmits the content item to a social networking system. The social networking system may provide various location-based services based on the content item tagged with the location information. | 04-07-2011 |
20110083102 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF - An information processing apparatus displays a window screen based on screen information transmitted from a terminal device. Upon detection of a resize operation for the window screen, the information processing apparatus transmits a window size finally decided by the resize operation to the terminal device. The terminal device transmits screen information of a sharing-selected window screen to the information processing apparatus. Upon reception of the window size, the terminal device magnifies the sharing-selected window screen according to the received window size. | 04-07-2011 |
20110107256 | Zooming Task Management - A user interface is provided that includes a focused view of a task and a user interface object for a second task. If the object is selected, the user interface is fluidly zoomed into the object and then out from the object to focus on the second task. A user interface is also provided that includes a display area having a focus area and a periphery. If a task represented in the periphery is selected, the display area fluidly zooms into the task. The display area may be fluidly zoomed out of the task to show the focus area and periphery. A user interface is also provided that includes a 3D gallery with tasks represented in the gallery. If one of the tasks is selected, the user interface fluidly zooms into focus on the selected task. The user interface may fluidly zooms out of a task to reveal the gallery. | 05-05-2011 |
20110113363 | Multi-Mode User Interface - An approach is provided to display a grid user-interface on a display. The grid user-interface includes a number of medium-sized windows that are displayed in a grid format. Each of the medium-sized windows has a substantially common width and a substantially common height to the other medium-sized windows. The system receives a mixed-mode request from a user. The mixed-mode request corresponds to a selected application that is displayed in one of the medium-sized windows. A second user-interface is displayed in response to receiving the mixed-mode request. The selected application is displayed in a large window and a plurality of small-sized windows is displayed adjacent to the large window. Each of the small-sized windows also has a substantially common width and a substantially common height to the other small-sized windows. | 05-12-2011 |
20110138323 | Visual Indication Of Alarms On A Ventilator Graphical User Interface - Embodiments described herein seek to optimize the informative presentation of alarms on a ventilator user interface. Embodiments may provide a first level of display that provides a summary of an alarm event and, upon selection, a second level of display that provides additional detailed information regarding the alarm event. Further embodiments may provide access, via hyperlink or otherwise, to settings and/or display screens for resetting the alarm, for reconfiguring alarm settings as appropriate, or for gathering additional information regarding the alarm event. For multiple simultaneous alarm events, a plurality of alarm messages may be prioritized for a clinician on a designated area of the user interface. Prioritization may be communicated via the presentation of various icons, alerts, text, or otherwise, on individual alarm messages. Additionally or alternatively, prioritization may be communicated based on the graphical placement of alarm messages relative to other alarm messages, for instance by displaying more serious alarm messages above other alarm messages, or by displaying more recent alarm messages above other alarm messages. Additionally or alternatively, alarm messages may be partially translucent, such that other displayed respiratory data may be simultaneously viewed with the alarm messages. | 06-09-2011 |
20110138324 | PREDICTIVE TARGET ENLARGEMENT - Techniques for aiding user input with a graphical user interface (GUI) are disclosed. A target object among various command regions of the GUI is predicted, e.g., substantially before the cursor reaches any of the regions. The command region corresponding to the predicted target object is enlarged to facilitate user selection of the predicted target object. Enlarging the predicted target object may cause the target object to overlap and/or occlude nearby command regions. After a first target object is predicted, the prediction may be changed based on updated cursor movements. By using predictive target enlargement, users are given early visual feedback about the target, and are given a larger target to acquire, thereby allowing them to be faster and less precise (their mouse direction can wander) yet still acquire their desired result. | 06-09-2011 |
20110138325 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USER INTERFACE CONFIGURATION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for magnifying or reducing an application on one screen in a portable terminal are provided. In the method, a user is allowed to select an application to be magnified through a touch input command on a screen. The application to be magnified is executed on one screen using a short circuit technique. The executed application is magnified on the one screen according to the user's touch input. The executed application is driven on the one screen according to the user's touch input using the short circuit technique. The executed application is reduced on the one screen according to the user's touch input command. | 06-09-2011 |
20110145759 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Resizing User Interface Content - Heuristics for resizing displayed objects within an electronic document are disclosed. The heuristics include resizing displayed objects to predefined ratios, resizing displayed objects by predefined increments, relating resizing of displayed objects to a global reference grid, and resizing a plurality of displayed objects aligned to an axis. | 06-16-2011 |
20110154251 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes: execution means for executing an application program; determination means for determining a size of a window to be displayed depending on the application program; receiving means for receiving at least one data set from among a plurality of data sets; data selection means for selecting one data set from among the plurality of data sets, depending on the window size determined by the determination unit; execution control means for controlling the execution means to process the one data set selected by the data selection means from among the received at least one data set, in accordance with the application program; and display control means for controlling the display means to show a screen based on the one data set to be processed by the execution means. | 06-23-2011 |
20110161870 | ENHANCED GRAPHICAL DISPLAY FOR HAND-HELD DEVICES - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for a flexible grid user interface for a handheld device. In an embodiment of the invention, a flexible grid display management method can be provided. The method can include generating a grid of different cells in a user interface in a handheld device, each cell linking to an application or content for an application. The method also can include displaying the grid in the user interface in the handheld device and receiving an event directing a zooming operation on the grid. Finally, the method can include performing the zooming operation on the grid responsive to the event directing a zooming operation. Optionally, the method also can include receiving an event directing a panning operation on the grid performing the panning operation on the grid responsive to the event directing a panning operation. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161871 | Magnification Interface with Independent Pointer Sizing - A computer program for rendering a magnified graphic user interface (GUI) establishes a first magnification level for the graphic user interface and a second magnification level for a pointer. It displays the magnified GUI at the first magnification level and monitors application program interface messaging for a call for a system pointer identifier. It intercepts this call and scales the pointing indicia not to the magnification level of the GUI, but to the second magnification level for the pointer. The pointer is then displayed to an end user of the computer system at a magnification level that is different from the magnification level of the GUI. Thus, the invention provides for independent magnification of the graphic user interface from the mouse cursor or caret. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161872 | Interactive Electronically Presented Map - The present invention provides computerized systems and methods for providing electronically presented interactive area representation, such as a map, and information associated therewith. A user can select text, imagery, or other information presented on the map and associated with one or more items or locations, causing presentation of information relating to the associated one or more items or locations, such as appropriate contact information or a hyperlink to an appropriate Web site. Additionally or alternatively, a user can input or select, based on a query or otherwise, information relating to one or more items or locations associated with text, imagery, or other information presented on the map, causing presentation of an indication of one or more locations of the associated text, imagery, or other information on the map. A magnifier feature allowing internal navigation within the map can be provided. Additionally, animated images can appear to move over the map. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161873 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - An information-processing device, if an instruction to display a window group is received, displays the window group in a first size in a display area of display means, and then displays at least a part of the window group in a second size that is greater than the first size in the display area. If operation means receives an instruction to specify a window that is displayed in the display area, the information-processing device executes a process based on the specified window. | 06-30-2011 |
20110167382 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Selectable User Interface Objects - A multifunction device displays a plurality of selectable user interface objects. Each respective selectable user interface object has a respective activation region. The device detects a first input; and, in response to detecting the first input, the device selects the first selectable user interface object and the device additionally: deactivates the activation region of the first selectable user interface object, or reduces the activation region of the first selectable user interface object to a smaller area than the default activation region. The device also enlarges an activation region of a selectable user interface object that is adjacent to the first selectable user interface object such that the enlarged activation region of the adjacent selectable user interface object occupies at least a portion of an area previously occupied by the default activation region of the first selectable user interface object. | 07-07-2011 |
20110173566 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY RESIZING WINDOWS - The present invention provides a method for resizing windows and an apparatus for resizing windows. The method, in one embodiment, involves selecting a seam bordering a window, building a list of windows, and resizing more than one window in response to a single seam movement by a user. The apparatus, in one embodiment, is a computer readable medium comprising a computer program for resizing windows. | 07-14-2011 |
20110191713 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - In one embodiment, there is provided an information processing apparatus. The apparatus includes: a display on which a window is displayed; a touch screen on the display; a display controller configured to display an operation screen on the display such that the operation screen is superposed on the window, wherein the operation screen generates an operation command for operating the window, based on an input operation through the touch screen; and an operation execution module configured to execute the operation command for operating the window. | 08-04-2011 |
20110225544 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY OF VISUAL CONTENT ON MULTIPLE DISPLAY DEVICES - Mechanisms to allow a user to flexibly display visual content on multiple display devices connected to a computer. Each of the multiple displays may be configured to display a portion of visual content from a computer desktop or from an external content source. Each portion of visual content to be outputted may first be enhanced, such as via magnification, before being displayed on one of the multiple display devices. The user may be provided with a first control that enables the user to adjust a portion of visual content displayed on a first display device independently of a portion of visual content displayed on a second display device. A second control may also be provided that enables the user to adjust the portion of visual content displayed on the second display device independently of the portion of visual content displayed on the first display device. | 09-15-2011 |
20110252365 | Display system and method for zooming document file - A display system and method for zooming document file contents obtains the original data of a document file according to the file path of the document file. The display parameter of the original data of the document file is set according to a zoom ratio to obtained zoom data. The zoom data are then decoded into display contents using an appropriate decoding method. Thus, contents of different document files can be zoomed differently. | 10-13-2011 |
20110271227 | ZOOM DISPLAY NAVIGATION - Zoom display navigation is described. In embodiments, a client device renders media content with a rendering system. A focus window is generated to display a section of the media content in the focus window that maintains a display resolution quality of the media content when the media content is displayed at a zoomed magnification level. Responsive to a navigation input, the focus window can be repositioned to a different section of the media content and/or the focus window can be zoomed to a different magnification level. | 11-03-2011 |
20110283227 | DISPLAYING A USER INTERFACE IN A DEDICATED DISPLAY AREA - Some embodiments are directed to techniques for displaying a user interface of an application program on a display device. The display device may be partitioned into two portions, such that the user interface and a computer desktop are displayed in separate portions of the display. As a result, the user interface does not overlap or obscure any portion of the displayed desktop. | 11-17-2011 |
20110302527 | ADJUSTABLE AND PROGRESSIVE MOBILE DEVICE STREET VIEW - Intuitive and user-friendly user interface (UI) techniques are provided for navigating street view applications on a mobile device enabling users to view different angles and segments of available street level images. Additionally, retrieval and presentation of street view images are managed to mitigate delays in retrieval of desired images from a server over wireless connections through techniques such as textual representations, replacement views, scheduling image requests, and comparable ones. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302528 | Intelligent Window Sizing For Graphical User Interfaces - A device displays a drop down detection area. When the computing device detects the presence of a cursor hovering over the drop down detection area, the computing device displays a tiling navigator on the display, which includes multiple window resizing options for a user to select in order to resize a window to particular display locations on the display. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302529 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING THE DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A display control apparatus includes an input unit configured to be operated to change the display state of a plurality of content items displayed on a display screen, a circling detector configured to detect a circling operation, detect the circling direction and number of revolutions thereof, and also determine an area enclosed by the circling operation to be a selection area, a content item search unit configured to search the plurality of content items for relevant content items that correspond to position information included inside the selection area, and a content display quantity adjuster configured to display or hide the relevant content items according to the circling direction, and in the case of a plurality of relevant content items, determine the number of relevant content items to display or hide from among the relevant content items on the basis of the number of revolutions. | 12-08-2011 |
20110307827 | Display Processing Apparatus and Display Processing Method - According to one embodiment, there is provided a display processing apparatus, including: a display unit configured to display an image, the display unit having a screen on which the image is displayed; an input module configured to receive a first manipulation and a second manipulation, the first manipulation being a trace manipulation performed on the screen to define a tracing locus on the image being displayed, the second manipulation being different from the first manipulation; and a display controller configured to control the display unit to enlargedly display the image in a given range, upon simultaneously receiving the first manipulation and the second manipulation through the input module, the given range being determined based on the tracing locus. | 12-15-2011 |
20120017172 | DISPLAY-AGNOSTIC USER INTERFACE FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Application user interfaces can be displayed on different sizes and types of displays without having to modify the application for each different display by scaling a layout of the user interface automatically for specific displays, especially smaller size displays such as mobile device displays, reducing a need to create customized versions of the application. | 01-19-2012 |
20120023443 | APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES FOR GESTURE OPERATIONS - At least certain embodiments of the present disclosure include an environment with user interface software interacting with a software application to provide gesture operations for a display of a device. A method for operating through an application programming interface (API) in this environment includes transferring a scaling transform call. The gesture operations include performing a scaling transform such as a zoom in or zoom out in response to a user input having two or more input points. The gesture operations also include performing a rotation transform to rotate an image or view in response to a user input having two or more input points. | 01-26-2012 |
20120030616 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING WINDOW DISPLAY - A system and method for efficiently displaying multiple windows is disclosed. The system displays two adjacent windows such that adjusting a first window also adjusts a second window adjacent to the first window. For example, the system determines whether to resize or move the first window in response to receiving a window adjustment input. Based on this determination, the system determines a new location for the second window and displays the second window in the new location. | 02-02-2012 |
20120042280 | Intelligent Display of Information in a User Interface - User interfaces such as web pages may be customized in terms of appearance and content based on user interests. For example, information items may be arranged such that items corresponding to strong user interests are displayed in more visually identifiable locations while items corresponding to weaker user interests are displayed in less visually valuable positions. The size of and space allocated to the information items may also be customized based on the relative strengths of the corresponding interests. For example, information associated with a strong user interest may be allotted 50% of the user interface. Other visual characteristics of the user interface and the information items such as font size/style, color, transparency and the like may also be customized to reflect the importance or strength of corresponding user interfaces. | 02-16-2012 |
20120060114 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEARCH SERVICE CONVERTIBLE BETWEEN SEARCH WINDOW AND IMAGE DISPLAY WINDOW AND DISPLAY APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME - A method for providing a search service and a display apparatus applying the same are provided. According to the search service providing method, a search window for doing an Internet search is displayed on a partial area of the screen that displays an image. The search window can be converted into an image display window in response to receiving a specific manipulation input by a user, thereby allowing the user to use the search service while converting between the use of the search window and video watching. | 03-08-2012 |
20120066641 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EXPANDABLE WINDOW BORDER - In some embodiments, a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process includes code to send a signal to an electronic device to define a window viewable on a display of the electronic device. The window has an application portion and a border portion having a first width. The signal can cause at the electronic device an event listener component to be associated with at least a portion of the border portion of the window. The event listener component can detect a mouseover event on the portion of the border portion of the window. The signal can also cause at the electronic device the border portion of the window to be expanded to a second width greater than the first width when a mouseover event is detected by the event listener component. | 03-15-2012 |
20120066642 | Method and system for realizing dynamic adjustment of toolbar button display - The present invention discloses a method for realizing a dynamic adjustment of toolbar button display, which comprises: loading a toolbar through a peripheral interface and initializing the toolbar; calling a toolbar button setting interface and setting each button parameter in a toolbar button container; correspondingly adjusting display of each button in the toolbar when the toolbar is adjusted. The present invention further correspondingly discloses a system for realizing a dynamic adjustment of toolbar button display. The present invention applies a development technology of separating the button function and the button display, the specialized code and arithmetic are not needed to design for the position adjustment and arrangement of the toolbar in the process of development, so the development time of the system is greatly reduced and the development efficiency is improved. | 03-15-2012 |
20120084720 | MANAGING EXPOSE VIEWS IN DUAL DISPLAY COMMUNICATION DEVICES - The present disclosure is directed to methodologies and devices for handling maximizing and minimizing of exposé views. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084721 | WINDOW STACK MODIFICATION IN RESPONSE TO ORIENTATION CHANGE - A multi-screen user device and methods for controlling data displayed thereby are disclosed. Specifically, the control of data displayed by at least one of the multiple screens of the multi-screen user device is conditioned upon the relative orientation of the multiple screens, whether the device orientation is changed from a first state to a second state, and user input received. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084722 | MULTIPLE CHILD WINDOWS IN DUAL DISPLAY COMMUNICATION DEVICES - The present disclosure is directed to methodologies and devices for handling maximizing and minimizing of hierarchically related windows. | 04-05-2012 |
20120110501 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND SCREEN CHANGE CONTROL METHOD BASED ON INPUT SIGNALS FOR THE SAME - A screen change control method based on input signals and a mobile terminal supporting the same are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a display panel for outputting a screen assigned to a user function, and a control unit for collecting screen ratio information based on at least one of a proportion of a current screen on the display panel to a full screen assigned to the user function and a ratio of enlargement or reduction by zooming, and for automatically adjusting an amount of screen changes for an input signal according to the screen ratio information. | 05-03-2012 |
20120124512 | UNLOCKING A TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE - A method for unlocking a touch screen device includes providing a touch screen device in an idle mode. An area or region displayed on a screen of the device in the idle mode is contacted or activated to reveal at least one application icon associated with an active/unlocked state of the device. The region is moved, expanded or dragged to an edge of the device to change a state of the device to an active/unlocked mode and activate the revealed application. | 05-17-2012 |
20120131499 | COMPUTER METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOPOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF TEXTUAL DATA - Computer system, method and apparatus generate and display a graphical representation of a body of text. The graphical representation serves as a text map allowing navigation operations and other user interaction. The text map enables improved navigation of the body of text. Computer-based geographic mapping operations (e.g., zoom, pan, highlight, etc.) are used to navigate the text. The text map may have various graphical feature overlays also navigable by and interactive to the user. | 05-24-2012 |
20120131500 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a portable electronic apparatus includes a display unit for displaying an image; an input detection unit for detecting contact with an area in which the image is displayed by the display unit as input; and a control unit for causing the display unit to display a plurality of item objects and a group object surrounding the item objects. If the input detection unit detects first input of coming into contact with two different points in an area in which the group object is displayed and moving the contact with at least one of the two different points in a direction away from the other while maintaining the contact, the control unit causes the display unit to display the item objects in an aligned manner in a direction in which the distance between the two points increases. | 05-24-2012 |
20120151409 | Electronic Apparatus and Display Control Method - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus displays one or more windows of a plurality of windows corresponding to a plurality of application programs on a touch-screen display, and includes a storage device, a display control module and an execution control module. The storage device stores operation screen information items associated with the application programs. The display control module displays a operation screen based on a first item of the items when a predetermined area in a first window of the plurality of windows has been touched, the operation screen including buttons for operating a first application program of the application programs, the first item being associated with the first application program, the first application program corresponding to the first window. The execution control module instructs the first application program to execute a function corresponding to a button of the buttons in response to the button being touched. | 06-14-2012 |
20120159385 | SNIPPING TOOL - Systems and methods for capturing content and performing operations associated with the content are described. A stylus or other pointing device may be used to designate content to be captured. After content is designated, a new window is generated that includes the designated content and user interface elements for annotating, conveying or otherwise acting upon the designated content. | 06-21-2012 |
20120159386 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling a mobile terminal including allowing, via a wireless communication unit on the mobile terminal, wirelessly communication with at least one other terminal; displaying, on a display of the mobile terminal, an application screen corresponding to an execution of an application on the mobile terminal; reducing, via a controller on the mobile terminal, a size of the application screen in response to a reduction input operation performed on the mobile terminal; determining, via the controller, if the application screen is reduced below a predetermined size; displaying, via the display, a widget corresponding to the application instead of the application screen on the display when the application screen is reduced below the predetermined size; and expanding, via the controller, the application screen back to its original size before the reduction input operation has been performed when the application screen is not reduced below the predetermined size. | 06-21-2012 |
20120174029 | DYNAMICALLY MAGNIFYING LOGICAL SEGMENTS OF A VIEW - Exemplary embodiments disclose a method and system for dynamically magnifying logical segments of a view. The method and system include (a) in response detection of a first user gesture in a first location on a display screen, determining if the first user gesture represents a magnification event; (b) in response to detection of the magnification event, determining a shape of a first object displayed on the display screen within proximity of the first user gesture; (c) magnifying the shape of the first object to provide a magnified first object; (d) displaying the magnified first object in a first window over the first object; and (e) in response to detection of a second user gesture in a different location of the display screen, repeating steps (a) through (d) to magnify a second object and display the second object in a second window simultaneously with the first window. A further embodiment may include dynamically magnifying the magnified first object to various magnification levels. | 07-05-2012 |
20120192105 | DYNAMIC LEVEL OF DETAIL - A system and method of interfacing Levels of Detail (“LoD” being a means for providing access to progressively more detailed information of a three dimensional model or scene) with User Interface Components (UICs), and is related to companion applications filed simultaneously, all of which are part and parcel of a method for browsing digital content and composing digital media and data via dynamic interaction of tiled images, external video, audio, text, and/or multimedia resources to create smoother and faster response time to user request, managed by a level of detail system which expands the ability of the user to create, manipulate, and/or interact with digital content and/or media via an application hosted in a browser or running on a desktop application which enhances the user ability to dynamically position and zoom into and out of views within a larger canvas. | 07-26-2012 |
20120192106 | MULTIMEDIA AUTHORING TOOL - An apparatus and method of producing multiple panels for display on a single display device receives first and second data through a user interface. The first data relates to a first panel having first visual indicia and a first timeline, while, in a similar manner, the second data relates to a second panel having second visual indicia and a second timeline. The apparatus and method select a given time in both the first and second timelines, and coordinate, at least in part in a computer process, the first data with the second data to produce a multi-panel presentation. The multi-panel presentation has at least one instruction that causes at least a portion of at least one of the first panel and second panel to change size at the given time when displayed on a single display device. | 07-26-2012 |
20120254793 | ENHANCED USER INTERFACE TO TRANSFER MEDIA CONTENT - A method and apparatus are provided for sharing a media content displayed in a window of the touch input interface of a first electronic device with at least one second electronic device. The first electronic device includes a processor controlling the touch input interface. The method is carried out by the processor and includes the acts of enabling displacement of the window in response to capturing a first touch input indicative of an initiation of a transfer, capturing a continuous touch input across the interface from an initial position in the window, displacing the window with each additional touch input of the continuous touch input, sending an activation message that the media content is to be played on the second device when determining that the window is within a given distance of a virtual representation of the second electronic device on the interface. | 10-04-2012 |
20120278758 | IMAGE BROWSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ZOOMING IMAGES AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING AMONG IMAGES - An image browsing system includes an electronic device, and a mouse with a sensor for generating a detecting signal based on an operation performed by a user. The electronic device includes a determining unit and a zooming unit. The mouse controls the movements of a cursor in a first state, and controls the electronic device to zoom in or out a current display image in a second state. The determining unit determines whether the current state is the second state, and the detecting signal is a first zooming signal, or a second zooming signal. The zooming unit zooms in the current display image when the current state is the second state, and the detecting signal is the first zooming signal. The zooming unit zooms out the current display image when the current state is the second state, and the detecting signal is the second zooming signal. | 11-01-2012 |
20120290972 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a method for controlling a screen thereof are provided. A plurality of tasks is classified in categories such as an event log and a timeline. The screen is divided into a main screen area in which a main screen image such as a home screen is displayed, and a sub screen area in which a task list associated with one of the categories is displayed. The task list displayed on the sub screen area is substituted with a task list of another category when a change command occurs, while the main screen image can be maintained unchanged. The sub screen area can be enlarged and additional tasks of the same category displayed upon sensing a sub screen enlargement command. | 11-15-2012 |
20120297336 | COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH TOUCH SCREEN AND ASSOCIATED WINDOW RESIZING METHOD - A computer system with a touch screen is provided. The computer system includes a touch unit, a hook unit, and a controlling application program. The touch unit generates a position signal according to the touch point. The hook unit is used for judging whether the first position is near a border of a to-be-resized window according to the position signal. If the first position is not near the border, a left button pressing event at the first position and a left button releasing event at the first position are generated. If the first position is near the border, the left button pressing event at the second position, a continuous motion event corresponding to the movement from the second position to a third position and the left button releasing event at the third position are sequentially generated. | 11-22-2012 |
20120304113 | GESTURE-BASED CONTENT-OBJECT ZOOMING - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for gesture-based content-object zooming. In some embodiments, the techniques receive a gesture made to a user interface displaying multiple content objects, determine which content object to zoom, determine an appropriate size for the content object based on bounds of the object and the size of the user interface, and zoom the object to the appropriate size. | 11-29-2012 |
20120304114 | MANAGING AN IMMERSIVE INTERFACE IN A MULTI-APPLICATION IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for managing an immersive interface in a multi-application immersive environment. In some embodiments, these techniques and apparatuses enable a user to alter sizes and/or a layout of multiple immersive interfaces with as little as one selection. | 11-29-2012 |
20120311487 | AUTOMATICALLY WRAPPING ZOOMED CONTENT - An electronic device receives a request to zoom content displayed in a display screen. A width corresponding to the display screen is determined. The zoomed content is wrapped to cause the zoomed content to fit within the determined width. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311488 | ASYNCHRONOUS HANDLING OF A USER INTERFACE MANIPULATION - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for asynchronous handling of a user interface manipulation. These techniques handle a user interface manipulation with two or more asynchronous processes. One asynchronous process, for example, may determine a position responsive to the user interface manipulation while another asynchronous process determines the pixels to render. By so doing, these techniques enable a quick and/or consistent response to a user interface manipulation. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311489 | Target Element Zoom - Various embodiments provide a target element zoom component that is configured to perform a focal point zoom operation on a target element using an appropriate zoom factor. In at least some embodiments, the target element zoom component receives a request to perform a zoom operation at a focal point of a target element in a page displayed in a display area. In at least some embodiments, the request is received via two-finger tap input on a screen of a touch enabled device. The target element zoom component then determines an appropriate zoom factor for the zoom operation. Responsive to determining the appropriate zoom factor, the target element zoom component performs the zoom operation on the page using the appropriate zoom factor so that the target element remains within the display area with the focal point retained. | 12-06-2012 |
20120324397 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS INTERACTION WITH MEDICAL IMAGE DATA - A system and method includes transmission of a request over a wireless network for a first image having a first resolution from a server coupled to a medical image database, display of the first image on a GUI of a personal device, receipt of a command to modify the first image, and transmission of a request over the network to the server to generate a transient image responsive to the command, the transient image having a second resolution lower than the first resolution. The system also includes display of the transient image on the GUI and comparison of an inactive period with a threshold. If the inactive period exceeds the threshold, the system includes transmission of a request over the network to the server to generate a second image and display the second image on the GUI, the second image corresponding to the transient image and having the first resolution. | 12-20-2012 |
20130014052 | ZOOM-BASED GESTURE USER INTERFACE - A user interface method, including presenting by a computer executing a user interface, multiple interactive items on a display. A first sequence of images is captured indicating a position in space of a hand of a user in proximity to the display, and responsively to the position, one of the interactive items is associated with the hand. After associating the item, a second sequence of images is captured indicating a movement of the hand, and responsively to the movement, a size of the one of the items is changed on the display. | 01-10-2013 |
20130019200 | Methods for combination tools that zoom, pan, rotate, draw, or manipulate during a drag - After positioning the cursor and pressing-and-holding a mouse button to begin a drag, a user continues to drag the cursor out of and into plural popped up regions. While the cursor is within a region, an associated function effects the displayed graphical information in a particular way, such as continuously panning, drawing, zooming, or rotating. Upon rolling-out of a region without entering a contiguous region, the last function continues to execute and all popped up regions are removed such that the user may utilize the entire display without being switched to another function. In a simple form, after release of the mouse button, a tool may zoom out if the user held the mouse substantially stationary and zoom in on a rectangle if the mouse was dragged. Reducing the number of times a user clicks by eliminating the step of selecting a function should help avoid repetitive strain injuries. | 01-17-2013 |
20130031508 | Semantic Zoom within a Diagram of a System - Providing zooming within a system diagram. Initially, a diagram of a system may be displayed. The diagram may include a plurality of icons representing physical components of the system. These plurality of icons may be initially displayed at a first level of magnification. User input to zoom on a first physical component in the diagram may be received. Accordingly, the first physical component may be displayed at a second level of magnification and other ones of the physical components may be displayed at a third level of magnification. The second level of magnification may be greater than the first level of magnification and the third level of magnification may be less than the first level of magnification. Alternatively, or additionally, different representations for various components of the system may be displayed in the diagram during or after the zoom. | 01-31-2013 |
20130042203 | MANAGING AN IMMERSIVE INTERFACE IN A MULTI-APPLICATION IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for managing an immersive interface in a multi-application immersive environment. In some embodiments, these techniques and apparatuses enable a user to alter sizes and/or a layout of multiple immersive interfaces with as little as one selection. | 02-14-2013 |
20130047119 | METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR EXECUTING APPLICATION USING TOUCHSCREEN - A method and a terminal for executing applications intuitively using a touchscreen are provided. The terminal includes a display panel for displaying an icon corresponding to an application, a touch panel for generating a multi-touch event and/or a pinch gesture event detected at least two separate positions of the icon, and a control unit for controlling the display panel, when the multi-touch event and/or the pinch gesture event in response to the multi-touch event is detected at the touch panel, to display an execution screen of the application corresponding to the icon. | 02-21-2013 |
20130061170 | USER INTERFACE ELEMENT - Methods and apparatus for providing a user interface for an electronic device are described. Described embodiments include methods and apparatus for generating a user interface element, expanding a user interface element, transitioning subject information in a user interface element, and removing a user interface element. | 03-07-2013 |
20130061171 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND UI PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit for displaying a User Interface (UI) having a size that varies in response to a user's manipulation of the display unit; and a control unit for changing a type of information displayed in the UI in at least one stage in accordance with a state of the manipulated size of the UI. | 03-07-2013 |
20130067398 | Semantic Zoom - Semantic zoom techniques are described. In one or more implementations, techniques are described that may be utilized by a user to navigate to content of interest. These techniques may also include a variety of different features, such as to support semantic swaps and zooming “in” and “out.” These techniques may also include a variety of different input features, such as to support gestures, cursor-control device, and keyboard inputs. A variety of other features are also supported as further described in the detailed description and figures. | 03-14-2013 |
20130067399 | Semantic Zoom Linguistic Helpers - Semantic zoom techniques are described. In one or more implementations, techniques are described that may be utilized by a user to navigate to content of interest. These techniques may also include a variety of different features, such as to support semantic swaps and zooming “in” and “out.” These techniques may also include a variety of different input features, such as to support gestures, cursor-control device, and keyboard inputs. A variety of other features are also supported as further described in the detailed description and figures. | 03-14-2013 |
20130067400 | Pinch To Adjust - Methods and systems for resizing a display area of a display device are disclosed. An example method may include receiving an on-screen pinch gesture associated with a first location and a second location, the second location being different from the first location on a multi-touch input device. The method may also include for each of a plurality of predefined content areas: adjusting a respective size of each predefined content area based on the on-screen pinch gesture, determining a respective amount of the content to display in the predefined content area based on the respective adjusted size of the predefined content area, and displaying the respective adjusted amount of content within the respective predefined content area associated with the adjusted size on the multi-touch input device. | 03-14-2013 |
20130074006 | COMMAND INVOCATION DURING LOG-IN USER AUTHENTICATION TO AN OPERATING SYSTEM - A user log-in to a system. An embodiment can include, during a user log-in to a system to access a view of a user interface to be presented on a display, receiving a user command to be executed prior to presenting the view on the display, wherein the user is not prompted to enter the user command. Responsive to the user command, the view can be configured in accordance with the user command. The view, as configured in accordance with the user command, can be presented on the display. | 03-21-2013 |
20130086517 | Interface for Navigating Imagery - A user interface for rotating imagery among a plurality of canonical views of a geographic area of interest is disclosed. The interface includes at least one rotation control icon for rotating the imagery among a plurality of canonical views of the geographic area, and a direction indicating portion that indicates a compass direction associated with the canonical view presented on the display device. In particular implementations, the interface can be configured to come into view over the imagery whenever a user navigates to a particular view of the imagery where a plurality of canonical views is available. The motion of the navigation control interface appearing into the imagery is intended to draw attention to the control interface to inform the user that additional canonical views are available. | 04-04-2013 |
20130104075 | ARRANGING DISPLAY AREAS UTILIZING ENHANCED WINDOW STATES - Computer-readable media, computerized methods, and user interfaces (UIs) for manipulating display areas on a GUI workspace by transitioning the display areas from an original state to one of a set of enhanced window states are provided. Initially, an indication to resize a display area is received at an operating system, which consequently invokes an appropriate window state. The indication may include capturing an edge of the display area and vertically dragging the edge to a dock-target region, thereby invoking a vertically-maximized state. Accordingly, configuration settings of the vertically-maximized state are applied such that the display area is stretched to approximately the screen height. In another instance, the indication may include capturing the display area and dragging a display area into a dock-target region, thereby invoking a semi-maximized state. Configuration settings of the semi-maximized state are applied, thus, extending the display area to approximately cover a predefined GUI workspace region. | 04-25-2013 |
20130104076 | ZOOMING-IN A DISPLAYED IMAGE - A system for displaying an image is disclosed. A user input subsystem ( | 04-25-2013 |
20130111399 | DIGITAL IMAGE MAGNIFICATION USER INTERFACE | 05-02-2013 |
20130117711 | RESIZE HANDLE ACTIVATION FOR RESIZABLE PORTIONS OF A USER INTERFACE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for resize handle display management in a graphical user interface (GUI). In an embodiment of the invention, a method for resize handle display management in a GUI is provided. The method includes receiving a directive to display a resize handle for each resizable GUI control in a window, such as by way of a keyboard shortcut. The method additionally includes determining each resizable GUI control in the window, including any separators that separate two resizable regions of a window. Finally, the method includes displaying the window with at least one resize handle for each determined resizable GUI control in the window. | 05-09-2013 |
20130125049 | Auto adjustable pane view - Techniques for an auto adjustable pane view are described, including receiving a request to display a plurality of elements in a pane, the pane located in a display space, determining a number and a size of the a plurality of elements, and sizing the pane based on the number of the plurality of elements and the size of the plurality of elements, wherein the sizing is also based on minimizing unused space in the pane. | 05-16-2013 |
20130125050 | Screen relayout - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, the contents of a window may be reflowed to accommodate one or more of a change in the size or aspect ratio of the window, a change in size of one or more objects or subwindows within the window, and/or the addition or deletion of the contents of the window. The contents of the window may be reflowed proportionally with the event causing the relayout of the window contents such that the contents of the window may be fully displayed within the window area after the event, and/or the relationship of the window contents may be at least partially maintained. | 05-16-2013 |
20130139105 | METHOD AND MOBILE DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING SUPPLEMENTARY WINDOW - A method and mobile device for displaying a supplementary window dependent on a main window include displaying the main window corresponding to a selected user function on a display unit, and receiving an input signal for invoking the supplementary window dependently associated with the main window. In response to the input signal, the device displays the supplementary window on the display unit such that at least a part of the supplementary window is connected to the main window. | 05-30-2013 |
20130145312 | Wiring Method for a Graphical Programming System on a Touch-Based Mobile Device - A touch-gesture wiring method for connecting data flow wires to input/output terminals of nodes in a graphical program is described. The method may be implemented by a graphical programming application that executes on a mobile device that includes a touch-sensitive screen configured to receive user input as touch gestures. The method may aid the user by displaying a magnified view of the input/output terminals that makes it easier (relative to the default view of the graphical program) for the user to see the input/output terminals and/or easier to select a desired one of the input/output terminals. | 06-06-2013 |
20130159925 | Device and Method for Resizing User Interface Content - Heuristics for resizing displayed objects within an electronic document are disclosed. The heuristics include resizing displayed objects to predefined ratios, resizing displayed objects by predefined increments, relating resizing of displayed objects to a global reference grid, and resizing a plurality of displayed objects aligned to an axis. | 06-20-2013 |
20130167075 | Managing Display Areas - A computer-implemented method includes displaying a pane in a device, the pane having first and second content areas. The method further includes, in response to a command to add additional content to the first content area, selecting at least one action of a pan of the displayed pane and a zoom of the displayed pane, the action selected based on a size of the additional content. The method further includes performing the selected action to display a modified pane having the additional content in the first content area. Examples of a computer program product and a device are described. | 06-27-2013 |
20130167076 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESIZING BUFFERED WINDOWS - Methods and apparatuses for resizing buffered windows. In one aspect of the invention, a method to resize a buffered window on a data processing system includes: determining an estimated size for a window which has a first pixel image of a first size buffered in a first window buffer; allocating a second window buffer which is large enough to buffer the window in the estimated size; and buffering a second pixel image of the window in a second size in the second window buffer. In one example according to this aspect, a portion of a frame buffer is updated to the second pixel image to display the window in the second size. A portion of the second window buffer, storing the data that represents the second pixel image, is clipped to update the corresponding portion of the frame buffer. | 06-27-2013 |
20130167077 | Display System, Display Apparatus, Manipulation Apparatus And Function Selection Apparatus - A display system includes a screen panel, an input unit, a switch section, and a resizing section. The screen panel switches a display mode between a window selection mode and a function selection mode. The input unit includes an input panel arranged apart from the screen panel, and defines an arrangement of input regions corresponding to an arrangement of display windows displayed in the window selection mode of the screen panel. When a target input region is manipulated, the switch section sets the target input region as a selected input region, and the resizing section enlarges a size of the selected input region and rearranges an enlarged selected input region on the input panel. | 06-27-2013 |
20130167078 | SCREEN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A screen management system may receive a user input to divide a screen area and divide the screen area into a plurality of divided screen areas. A different application may be displayed in each of the divided screen areas. User input comprised of dragging a resizing bar in a direction is received and the plurality of divided screen areas are resized in response to the user input. | 06-27-2013 |
20130174087 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigation of Information in a Map-Based Interface - A device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface: displays a geographic map in a first mode of an application, the geographic map including a plurality of landmarks, the geographic map being displayed at a first magnification level; detects a first input, the first input including a first finger contact at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a first landmark on the display; in response to detecting the first input: when the first input does not satisfy one or more predefined mode-change conditions, changes the magnification level in accordance with the first input and remains in the first mode; and when the first input satisfies the mode-change conditions, selects the first landmark and enters a second mode of the application; while in the second mode, detects a second input; and, in response to detecting the second input, displays information about the first landmark. | 07-04-2013 |
20130174088 | MAGNIFICATION INTERFACE WITH INDEPENDENT POINTER SIZING - A computer program for rendering a magnified graphic user interface (GUI) establishes an initial magnification level for the graphic user interface and the pointing indicia. The GUI and the pointing indicia are magnified in synchronization until the magnification convergence point is reached. At magnification levels above the convergence point, magnification of the GUI and the pointing indicia becomes decoupled, and only GUI is magnified while the pointing indicia remain at the convergence magnification level. If the GUI magnification level falls below the convergence point, the magnification of GUI and the pointing indicia is recoupled and magnification becomes synchronized. Floor and ceiling magnification values for the pointing indicia may also be established. | 07-04-2013 |
20130179831 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An imaging apparatus includes a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch operation on a display unit, a display control unit configured to control display of an indicator indicating a reference value in an autobracketing shooting and an indicator indicating a bracketing value in the autobracketing shooting, a control unit configured to perform control to increase a width between the reference value and the bracketing value to be set when the touch detection unit detects a touch operation moving in a first direction while keeping touching a setting area for setting the bracketing value on the display unit and to decrease the width when the touch detection unit detects a touch operation moving in a second direction opposite the first direction while keeping touching the setting area, and a bracketing value setting unit configured to set the bracketing value based on the width. | 07-11-2013 |
20130191779 | DISPLAY OF USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS BASED ON TOUCH OR HARDWARE INPUT - User interface elements are configured for touch input and hardware based input. When using touch input, the user interface (UI) elements are optimized for touch input. For example, UI elements may be displayed: using formatting configured for touch input (e.g. changing a size, spacing); using a layout configured for touch input; displaying more/fewer options; changing/removing hover actions, and the like. When using hardware based input, the user interface elements are optimized for the hardware based input. For example, formatting configured for hardware based input may be used (e.g. hover based input may be used, text may be displayed smaller), more/fewer options displayed, and the like. | 07-25-2013 |
20130198685 | CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY OF A DATASET - A medical system comprising a display is presented. In response to the reception of triggering information, a subset of data is selected from a displayed or non-displayed dataset according to a data priority scheme and the displayed dataset is replaced by the display of the selected subset of data. The display of the selected subset of data uses a variety of rendering options. The triggering information is provided by the user or provided by one or more sensors. The data priority scheme is predefined or computed. It is static or dynamic. The data priority scheme can comprise a threshold which is applied for the selection or determination of the subset of data. Examples of priorities associated with data for diabetes care are provided. A range of displays can be used and combined. | 08-01-2013 |
20130239049 | APPLICATION FOR CREATING JOURNALS - Some embodiments provide an image organizing and editing application for creating a journal. In some embodiments, the application allows a user to select media content and creates the journal by populating it with the selected content. To create a designed layout, the application of some embodiments chooses certain images to be larger than other images in the journal. That is, the application may identify an image that is captioned or marked as a favorite, and present that image at a higher resolution than some other images. | 09-12-2013 |
20130239050 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided a display control device including a display control unit that superimposes and displays a sub-screen in which a partial image displayed in a partial region of an input image displayed on a display unit is enlarged and displayed on the input image in a manner that the sub-screen does not overlap with the partial region. | 09-12-2013 |
20130275910 | OPTIMIZATION OF APPLICATION EXECUTION BASED ON LENGTH OF PULLED OUT FLEXIBLE DISPLAY SCREEN - A display device that incorporates a supplemental flexible display that is stored within a main body of the display device is presented that is able to optimize the operation of the display device by controlling an application that is displayed on the supplemental flexible display. The display device is optimized by relating certain applications as being optimized to be displayed for certain display sizes, where the display size is determined by a pulled out length of the supplemental flexible display. This is done because a display size may have a significant impact on the effectiveness of certain applications. | 10-17-2013 |
20130305187 | USER-RESIZABLE ICONS - Systems, methods, and computer media for resizing icons displayed in a user interface are provided. Icons in a display can be resized by a user interacting with the icon itself. A user interaction with an icon can cause an icon resizing mode to be entered. Additional user interaction with the icon can then cause the icon to be resized. The display in which an icon is located can be rearranged as a result of the icon being resized. | 11-14-2013 |
20130311941 | Systems and Methods to Manage Zooming - Systems and methods are provided to manage zooming in an electronic device. An example embodiment method includes receiving an input to increase or decrease a zoom level in an application. If it is determined the application includes a local zoom functionality, then it is further determined if a global zoom functionality is turned on. If so, the global zoom is turned off and then the local zoom is used to increase or decrease the zoom level. In another example embodiment, a method includes receiving an input to activate global zoom. If it is determined the global zoom is turned on, then the global zoom is activated. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311942 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes: a display unit which displays a content image on a screen; a communication unit which communicates with an external server to receive a social network service (SNS); and a controller which displays the content image in a first area of the screen, displays an SNS image in a second area of the screen so that the SNS image and the content image do not overlap, and adjusts both a size of the content image and a size of the SNS image according to a user's input to one of the content image and the SNS image so that the content image and the SNS image do not overlap. | 11-21-2013 |
20130346916 | TECHNIQUES FOR MANIPULATING PANORAMAS - A multi-step animation sequence for smoothly transitioning from a map view to a panorama view of a specified location is disclosed. An orientation overlay can be displayed on the panorama, showing a direction and angular extent of the field of view of the panorama. An initial specified location and a current location of the panorama can also be displayed on the orientation overlay. A navigable placeholder panorama to be displayed in place of a panorama at the specified location when panorama data is not available is disclosed. A perspective view of a street name annotation can be laid on the surface of a street in the panorama. | 12-26-2013 |
20140013272 | Page Editing - Described herein are various implementations for an apparatus and method for displaying marine electronics data. In one implementation, a non-transitory computer-readable medium has stored thereon computer-executable instructions. When the computer-executable instructions are executed by a computer, the computer-executable instructions cause the computer to present a plurality of possible marine electronics data types to be displayed. The computer-executable instructions also cause the computer to receive two or more selections of the possible plurality of marine electronics data types and provide a plurality of templates for displaying the two or more selections. Each template includes two or more windows corresponding to the two or more selections. The computer-executable instructions are further configured to cause the computer to receive a selection from the plurality of templates and display the two or more selections of the plurality of marine electronics data types in the two or more windows. | 01-09-2014 |
20140033118 | Space management in windowed environments - Space management in windowed environments is described, including drawing a window including a first pane and a second pane adjacent to the first pane, receiving an input to activate the first pane, and expanding the first pane and contracting the second pane in response to the receiving the input. | 01-30-2014 |
20140033119 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling a display device for displaying a window executing an application is provided. The method includes displaying the window, determining whether a window control mode for controlling an operation of the window is executed, determining whether a window control event for controlling the window is input into an internal area of the window, and controlling the window based on the determined window control event. | 01-30-2014 |
20140040820 | RE-SIZING USER INTERFACE OBJECT ON TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A resizable user interface object on a touch sensitive display is resized based on detection of first and second contacts at first and second locations on the touch sensitive display. The object is resized based on detection of relative movement of the first and second contacts. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040821 | Zooming Method - A method of zooming in a graphical user interface of an electronic device ( | 02-06-2014 |
20140040822 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND FUNCTION CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME - A method for providing a graphical user interface on a display of a device includes: displaying a photograph image on the display of the device; receiving a touch input made on the display; superimposedly displaying a plurality of control guides at a location corresponding to the touch input over the displayed photograph image in response to the touch input; receiving a drag input corresponding to one of the plurality of control guides displayed on the display; adjusting a display characteristic of the photograph image corresponding to the one of the plurality of control guides, in response to the drag input; and displaying the photograph image having the adjusted display characteristic on the display, wherein the display characteristic is a magnification of the photograph image. | 02-06-2014 |
20140047380 | METHOD OF MOMENTUM BASED ZOOM OF CONTENT ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of interacting with a user interface displaying content on a display of an electronic device is provided. A zoom gesture is detected to modify a zoom level of the content displayed on the user interface. A momentum or kinetic value for the zoom gesture is determined and a final zoom level based on the determined momentum value of the zoom gesture is determined. The animation of the transition to the final zoom level can be adjusted to display the content on the user interface at the determined final zoom level. The content may be a webpage in a web browser where the zoom gesture is performed on regions within the content. The momentum of the zoom gesture is utilized to determine a desired region and adjust a final zoom level to align the content. | 02-13-2014 |
20140047381 | 3D DATA ENVIRONMENT NAVIGATION TOOL - Concepts and technologies are described herein for providing a 3D data environment navigation tool. In accordance with some concepts and technologies disclosed herein, the 3D data environment navigation tool provides a way for a user to manipulate a 3D data environment in which productivity data is rendered. The 3D data environment navigation tool may provide a user interacting with the 3D data environment the ability to manipulate the viewing angle of data rendered in a 3D data environment, thus allowing the user to “tour” or “move around” the data. The 3D data environment navigation tool may be configured to aggregate data at various zoom levels. | 02-13-2014 |
20140047382 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING BACKGROUND SCREEN IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for displaying a background screen in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes resizing at least one of a plurality of background screens according to a first input, displaying at least one of the at least one resized background screen, detecting a second input, and transitioning among the resized background screens based on the detected second input, wherein the background screens respectively include an icon. | 02-13-2014 |
20140068505 | SIZING A PANE OF A WINDOW PRESENTED ON A DISPLAY - Sizing a pane of a window presented on a display. The window is presented to a user on the display. Within the window, the pane is presented at a first pane size. A user input is detected from the user resizing the window. Responsive to detecting the user input resizing the window, a new size of the window resulting from the user input resizing the window is detected. Data is accessed from a machine-readable storage device corresponding to at least one user-defined pane size previously defined by the user to whom the window is presented, wherein the user-defined pane size corresponds to a particular window size. Based on the accessed user-defined pane size(s), a second pane size of the pane at which the pane is to be presented in the newly sized window is determined. The pane is presented in the newly sized window at the second pane size. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068506 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING FONT SIZE IN A MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING A TOUCH SCREEN - A method and apparatus for setting a font size in a mobile terminal having a touch screen. During a font size setting mode, an area of a region where a user's finger touches the screen is detected. A font size corresponding to the detected area is determined from among preset font sizes, and the determined font size is displayed in a specific region on the touch screen. If a font size setting request to the displayed font size is received from the user, the displayed font size is stored for a subsequent display on the touch screen. | 03-06-2014 |
20140089847 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING DATA IN DISPLAY DEVICE USING MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, THE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND THE MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A method of displaying data by a mobile communication terminal mirrored by an external display device is provided. The method includes if a mirroring mode with the external display device is executed, determining whether a first user input for displaying a fixed pointing area is input, if the first user input is input, displaying the pointing area, and transmitting screen data including the pointing area to the external display device in real time. | 03-27-2014 |
20140096075 | METHOD OF AND CIRCUIT FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH A PLURALITY OF PICTURE FILES - A method of displaying images associated with a plurality of picture files on a display of a portable wireless device is disclosed. The method comprises displaying a first image associated with a first picture file; enabling a user to identify a location associated with the first picture file; and displaying a second image in response to a prompt for a next picture file; wherein the second image is related to the first image. | 04-03-2014 |
20140101605 | NAVIGATION WITH SLIDES IN A ZOOMING USER INTERFACE - A method is provided method to control a computer generated presentation using a two-dimensional (2D) zooming user interface, the method comprising: providing on the display screen multiple respective thumbnail images that correspond to the multiple screen images displayed within the presentation; and in response to receipt of user input selecting one thumbnail image followed by receipt of user input selecting another of the thumbnail image, displaying on the display screen a screen image that corresponds to the user selected one thumbnail image followed by display on the display screen of another thumbnail image that corresponds to the user selected another thumbnail image and display of at least one of panning and zooming between display of the one thumbnail image and the another thumbnail image. | 04-10-2014 |
20140109002 | COMPUTER DEVICE USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION - A computer implemented method is disclosed that includes a computer device with a display. In response to receiving input, the method comprises accessing information from an information library and sorting the information into information groups by grouping the information. Further, the method includes displaying in a first graphical user interface on the display a single subset or multiple subsets of the information groups arranged adjacent to each other within the display, and wherein the information groups each include an access point. | 04-17-2014 |
20140115534 | INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Embodiments of the present invention provide an interaction method and apparatus for electronic devices. The method includes: generating a visible interface, where the visible interface includes at least two different display areas; detecting a current hot spot and determining a display area corresponding to the current hot spot as a hot spot display area; and stretching the hot spot display area along a direction of a display area other than the hot spot display area. The apparatus includes an interface generation unit, a hot spot detection unit, and an area stretching unit. The interaction method and apparatus for electronic devices provided in the embodiments of the present invention can stretch the display area a user is paying attention to, thereby improving interaction effects of electronic devices. | 04-24-2014 |
20140123060 | POST-TOUCHDOWN USER INVISIBLE TAP TARGET SIZE INCREASE - The subject technology discloses configurations for providing detecting a first touch input on a touch-sensitive screen, wherein the first touch input corresponds with a position on the touch-sensitive screen. The subject technology further determines if the position of the first touch input is within a predetermined distance of a tap target area associated with a graphical element. The tap target area is then expanded by a predetermined amount to increase an area of the tap target area. The subject technology receives a second touch input on the touch-sensitive screen, wherein the second touch input corresponds with a second position on the touch-sensitive screen. It is determined if the position of the second touch input is within the expanded tap target area. The subject technology then selects the graphical element in response to the position of the second touch input being within the expanded tap target area. | 05-01-2014 |
20140143717 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PAGE ZOOMING METHOD THEREOF - A page zooming method for an electronic device includes the following steps. Displaying a page on the touch screen. Generating operation signals in response to a touch operation applied on the displayed page. Determining the touch operation as a page zoom gesture if one or more points on the displayed page is touched. Determining a quantity of the touched points of the touch operation, and determining the page zoom gesture is a zoom in gesture or a zoom out gesture and a zoom ratio according to the determined quantity of the touched points. Creating a zoomed page according to the displayed page, the determined zoom ratio and the determined type of the page zoom gesture. Displaying the zoomed page on the touch screen. An electronic device using the page zooming method is also provided. | 05-22-2014 |
20140143718 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROFILE CREATION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a window rearrangement module and a profile creator. The window rearrangement module is configured to rearrange windows on a desktop screen based on a profile indicative of arrangement of the windows on the desktop screen. The profile creator is configured to create the profile by acquiring positions and sizes of the windows on the desktop screen. | 05-22-2014 |
20140149930 | USER INTERFACE - An electronic device comprising: a display; a housing enclosing the display and defining an exterior surface region adjacent to the display, the exterior surface region having a plurality of surface zones indicated thereon, the surface zones being capable of being written on by a user to save a written marking thereon; a memory; and user input apparatus; the device having: a first mode in which the device performs a function in respect of a subject entity and in which in response to operation of the user input apparatus to indicate one of the zones the device stores the entity in the memory in association with that zone; and a second mode in which in response to selection of a zone by means of the user input apparatus the device performs a function in respect of an entity stored in association with the selected zone. | 05-29-2014 |
20140164992 | MODIFYING POSITIONS OF ON-CANVAS OBJECTS - Approaches are disclosed for maintaining spatial relationships (i.e., a layout) between a table object and other objects placed on a virtual canvas of an application work space. In certain implementations, offsets between the other objects and the table object are initially determined and are used to maintain the spatial relationships when the table object is resized. In certain implementations, the movement of the objects in response to a resize of the table object is dynamic from the user's perspective and can be easily undone. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164993 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ENLARGING AND DISPLAYING CONTENTS - A method and an electronic device for enlarging and displaying contents are provided. The method includes contents that are enlarged and displayed based on a first region among a plurality of regions in which respective contents are displayed. A touch operation moving at a threshold speed or more is detected. An enlarge ratio of the contents is controlled based on a second region corresponding to a movement direction of the detected touch among abutting regions of the first region. The second region of the enlarge ratio-controlled contents is displayed. | 06-12-2014 |
20140173509 | Device, Method and User Interface for Emphasizing Divisions in Data - A device with one or more processors and memory displays, in a data display panel, a first representation of data from a data set. The data is selected in accordance divisions in a first data-set dimension and divisions in a second data-set dimension, and is organized to emphasize the divisions in the first data-set dimension. The device receives an input corresponding to switching the dimension selector from a first state to a second state. In response to receiving the input, the device displays, in the data display panel, a second representation of a second subset of data from the data set, where the second subset of data is selected from the data set in accordance with the divisions in the first data-set dimension and the divisions in the second data-set dimension, and is organized to emphasize the divisions in the second data-set dimension. | 06-19-2014 |
20140181737 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING CONTENTS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for enlarging contents and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes displaying contents on a front side of a double-sided touch-sensitive display, detecting a selection for enlarging a specific area of the contents, upon the detection of selection, switching the double-sided touch-sensitive display to a semi-transparent mode, sensing a touch on a rear side of the double-sided touch-sensitive display, and displaying a threshold area of the double-sided touch-sensitive display corresponding to a coordinate at which the touch is sensed by enlarging the area by a pre-set magnification factor. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181738 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A control device obtains language configuration and language tags of a webpage in a browser. The control device generates first control information when a user touches on the control device. The control device sends the first control information to the display device for generating the dividing line on the screen according to the first control information. The control device generates the second control information in the control device, and sends the second control information to the display device for adjusting a position of the dividing line on the screen of the display device | 06-26-2014 |
20140181739 | METHOD OF ADJUSTING AN UI AND USER TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A method of adjusting the size, position, or arrangement of a UI and a user terminal using the method are disclosed. A method of adjusting a UI on a user terminal includes: displaying a first UI on a display unit of a user terminal; and displaying a second UI having a reduced size from that of the first UI, in the event that a touch means touching an adjustment area positioned on at least one of an upper side, a lower side, a left side, and a right side of the display unit is moved in a particular direction while maintaining contact, where the adjustment area is positioned within a preset distance from a bezel of the user terminal, and the position where the second UI is displayed is determined according to a touch position of the touch means. | 06-26-2014 |
20140189583 | DISPLAYING AREA ADJUSTMENT - In an embodiment of the invention, a portable electronic device may conserve power while in a normal power mode. The display screen of the portable electronic device may be switched from an original screen mode to an adjusted screen mode. In adjusted screen mode, the display screen may display an adjustable displaying area that is reduced from an original size and it may include an inactive area sized to reduce display consumption of power. An original interface, or a portion thereof, may be displayed in the adjustable displaying area. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 07-03-2014 |
20140208262 | DYNAMIC CONTROL METHOD FOR RESIZING SUB-WINDOWS ON A SCREEN OF A DISPLAY - A dynamic control method for resizing sub-windows on a screen of a display is based on an intuitive drag-and-drop action to enlarge/shrink a sub-window and executed in a monitoring system, comprising steps as follows: pick a focal window, which presents a drag pane with at least a scale icon on its border, on a first split screen layout via a pointer tool; pick and hold one of the at least a scale icon as a drag origin with the pointer tool and activate a drag action from the drag origin to enlarge the drag pane to approximately match a corresponding first sub-window on a second split screen layout; after completing the drag action, the first sub-window is displayed on the screen and a channel image in the focal window will be transmitted to the corresponding first sub-window on the second split screen layout | 07-24-2014 |
20140215387 | INTELLIGENT WINDOW SIZING AND CONTROL - The disclosed subject matter relates to a method for managing display of a window. In certain aspects, the method includes presenting a window in a display area, wherein the window comprises a control icon, receiving a first input indicating a selection of the control icon and presenting a plurality of selectable options associated with the control icon, wherein each of the plurality of selectable options correspond with one of an up direction, a down direction, a left direction or a right direction. In certain aspects, the method further includes receiving a second input indicating a selection of a first one of the plurality of selectable options and adjusting a size of the window in response to the second input based on a direction associated with the first one of the plurality of selectable options. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided. | 07-31-2014 |
20140215388 | RESIZABLE AND LOCKABLE USER INTERFACES - Resizable and lockable user interfaces (UI) are provided. Systems and methods described herein allow a user to resize and/or lock a section of the user interface. Interference and distraction caused by secondary content when primary content is traversed may be minimized. In addition, UI controls are provided to allow traversing primary content and secondary content separately. | 07-31-2014 |
20140223360 | PROVIDING INDOOR FACILITY INFORMATION ON A DIGITAL MAP - A digital map of a geographic area, along with a representation of a building located in the geographic area, is displayed at a selected zoom level via a user interface of a computing device. Availability of indoor facilities at the building is determined. When the selected zoom level has a first value, the one or more indicators of indoor facilities available at the building are displayed inside the representation of the building at respective locations of these indoor facilities. However, when the selected zoom level has a second value, the one or more indicators of indoor facilities available at the building are displayed over or proximately to the representation of the building at a location unrelated to the respective locations of the indoor facilities. | 08-07-2014 |
20140237421 | INTELLIGENT WINDOW PLACEMENT WITH MULTIPLE WINDOWS USING HIGH DPI SCREENS - The subject technology discloses configurations for determining a minimum dots per inch (DPI) setting for displaying graphical content in a window based on a native pixel density of a display. Respective graphical content is scaled for displaying in a first window based on the minimum DPI setting to fit a horizontal dimension of the first window. The subject technology then scales respective graphical content for displaying in a second window based on the minimum DPI setting to fit a horizontal dimension of the second window. In some configurations, the graphical content in the first window is scaled at a different DPI setting than the graphical content in the second window. | 08-21-2014 |
20140237422 | INTERPRETATION OF PRESSURE BASED GESTURE - The disclosure relates to a method whereby a user is provided with a gesture for e.g. editing work on a touch sensing device. By using two objects, e.g. two fingers, on a touch surface of the touch sensing device the user may zoom in or zoom out of a graphical element, halt the zooming, and thereafter crop the graphical element to define a new cropped element of the graphical element. The method makes use of a distance between the two objects, which is determined and monitored. The disclosure also relates to a gesture interpretation unit and to a touch sensing device. | 08-21-2014 |
20140245223 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF OBJECT ON TOUCH SCREEN - A method for controlling display of an object displayed on a touch screen in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes displaying the object on the touch screen, generating an extension bar in response to a touch that is detected on the touch screen for a period of time, generating a zoom window in response to resizing of the extension bar, and zooming in and displaying content of the object in response to movement of the generated zoom window. | 08-28-2014 |
20140258924 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MAIN DATA AND DATA RELATED TO THAT MAIN DATA, AND A MEMORY MEDIUM - A substitution area is kept in part of a display area of main data while that main data is displayed, and substitutes related data that is related to the main data for the main data, and displays related data in the substitution area. While related data is displayed in the substitution area, the size of the substitution area is increased or decreased in response to an instruction from a user. The user can change the size of the substitution area in real-time as necessary. | 09-11-2014 |
20140282232 | AUTOMATICALLY EXPANDING PANES - A portable electronic device and a method for automatically resizing a plurality of dynamically sizable panes displaying information on a screen of a portable electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying the information in the plurality of dynamically sizable panes on the screen of the portable electronic device, interacting with one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes, and automatically resizing all of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes according to the interaction with the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282233 | GRAPHICAL ELEMENT EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION - A computing device (CD) outputs a graphical user interface (GUI) for display at a display device (DD). The GUI includes a grouping of elements that includes an expandable element (EE) having a first size. While the DD displays a first or a last element of the grouping, the CD receives an indication of a gesture including a linear movement of an input point away from the first or last element, e.g., in a direction in which the EE is expandable, and outputs a modified GUI that includes the EE having a second size. Alternatively, the GUI includes multiple EEs having respective sizes. The CD receives an indication of a gesture including a linear movement of multiple input points across the DD, and, while the input points are located within a region of the DD that displays an EE, outputs a modified GUI that includes the EE having a different size. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282234 | APPLICATIONS PRESENTATION METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MOBILE TERMINAL - An applications presentation method and system is provided, the method and system including displaying, a map on a display when a map application is executed, the map scaled to a location range, searching via a processor for installed applications having location information corresponding to the location range among a plurality of applications stored in the mobile terminal, transmitting information identifying at least the location range and the installed applications to an application provision server, receiving information on non-installed applications having the location information corresponding to the location range from the application provision server, and displaying icons including icons of the installed applications and icons of the non-installed applications on the map. | 09-18-2014 |
20140298254 | View mode switch of graphical user interface - A method for implementing a view mode switch of a graphical user interface (GUI) is provided. The method is performed at an electronic device with a touch screen display. In this method, a double-finger pinch gesture on a first sub-view object among a plurality of sub-view objects is detected, upon detection of the double-finger pinch gesture on the first sub-view object, the GUI performs a thumbnail-to-complete or complete-to-thumbnail view mode switch; an information content, which is associated with a sub-view object to be presented and adapted to the switched view mode of the GUI is acquired; and the sub-view object with the acquired information content is presented in the GUI. In addition, an apparatus, a GUI, a system and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium related to the method are also disclosed | 10-02-2014 |
20140304647 | ENHANCED 3D INTERFACING FOR REMOTE DEVICES - Operating a computerized system includes presenting user interface elements on a display screen. A first gesture made in a three-dimensional space by a part of a body of a user is detected. In response to the first gesture, an area of the display screen selected by the user is identified, and a magnification level of one or more of the user elements appearing in the selected area on the display screen is increased. After increasing the magnification level, a second gesture made by the part of the body of the user is detected so as to select one of the user interface elements that appear in the selected area. | 10-09-2014 |
20140310648 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING MEDICAL THUMBNAIL OBJECTS IN A BROWSING COMPONENT - A computer-implemented method and a system for browsing medical thumbnail objects to be displayed on a window on a monitor before loading the medical objects. It is possible to load only those images which indeed are relevant for a user and thus to save transmission time. A display pattern for displaying the thumbnail objects is user-selectable and includes a number of objects to be displayed and advantageously the arrangement or pattern remains constant, even in case a window size has been modified. Using a fixed but user-selectable layout pattern supports selection of relevant images during browsing. The window size is also user-selectable. After having determined the display pattern and the window size the size of the thumbnail objects is calculated automatically according to the determined display pattern and the determined window size. The thumbnail objects are displayed in the calculated object size, which favorably simplifies browsing of complex medical images. | 10-16-2014 |
20140317561 | INTERACTIVE WINDOW - A method performed by a system. The method includes automatically generating an interactive window on at least a portion of a display, the interactive window having a first size corresponding to a first pattern on the display. The method further includes automatically expanding the interactive window to a second size in response to a second pattern on the display to enclose the first pattern and the second pattern in the interactive window. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317562 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - A portable terminal including a touch screen configured to receive a touch input and display an image. The method includes a motion sensing unit configured to sense a motion of the portable terminal; and a controller operatively connected to the motion sensing unit and the touch screen, and configured to: enlarge or reduce a portion of the image on the touch screen, based on the motion sensed by the motion sensing unit while the touch input on the touch screen is maintained. | 10-23-2014 |
20140337794 | SMART INSERTION OF APPLICATIONS INTO LAYOUTS - Embodiments described herein relate to maintaining a tiled arrangement of application windows as a user inserts application windows into a managed display region. A tiled arrangement is an arrangement where windows do not overlap each other and substantially maximize window occupation of the display region. Generally, when a user inserts an application window the tiled arrangement is maintained by resizing any previously present application windows. Where to insert a window, which displayed windows to resize and to what extent can be determined based on factors such as user input, any prior manual adjustment of the tiled arrangement, and/or minimum window sizes. Whether tile arranging is performed in a managed or curated fashion (e.g., by sharing space equally among windows) or in a semi-curated fashion may be determined by taking into account any of the aforementioned factors. | 11-13-2014 |
20140380236 | PINCH GESTURE TO NAVIGATE APPLICATION LAYERS - Using pinch gestures to navigate user interface layers of an application. In particular embodiments, a pinch gesture may cause an application program to close a currently running user interface layer of the application and navigate to another user-interface layer of the application. In some implementations, a pinch gesture may cause an application to close. | 12-25-2014 |
20150020024 | ZOOM CONTROL OF SCREEN IMAGE IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for controlling an electronic device is provided. A signal transmitted from an input device such as an electronic pen is received by the electronic device. In response, the device enters a screen zoom mode. During the screen zoom mode, a moving direction of the input device is detected, and the screen is zoomed in or out based on the detected moving direction. | 01-15-2015 |
20150040062 | MULTI-MONITOR FULL SCREEN MODE IN A WINDOWING ENVIRONMENT - Mechanisms for implementing a multi-monitor full screen mode in an application module are disclosed. An application module determines a number (N) of monitors that are coupled to a plurality of video ports of a device. The application module directs a window management module (WMM) that is independent of the application module to display at least one cover window that has dimensions coextensive with dimensions of respective maximum display areas of the N monitors. A primary monitor of the N monitors is determined, and a full screen display area associated with the primary monitor is determined. A main application window of the application module is sized to have dimensions that are at least coextensive with dimensions of the full screen display area, and the WMM is directed to display the main application window on the at least on primary monitor. | 02-05-2015 |
20150052477 | ENLARGEMENT AND REDUCTION OF DATA WITH A STYLUS - A device and method for enlarging and reducing data is disclosed. Input from a stylus is detected. It is identified whether the input corresponds to enlargement or reduction of the data. A guide is displayed, when the input corresponds to enlargement or reduction of the data. The data is enlarged or reduced based on the input by the stylus on the guide. | 02-19-2015 |
20150058796 | NAVIGATION CONTROL FOR A TABLETOP COMPUTER SYSTEM - One aspect of the invention is a system for providing navigation control for a tabletop computer system. The system includes a multi-touch display and processing circuitry coupled to the multi-touch display. The processing circuitry is configured to display a user interface on the multi-touch display and render a navigation pane on the multi-touch display. The navigation pane includes a reduced-scale copy of the user interface. The processing circuitry is also configured to detect a touch-based input at a position on the navigation pane and determine a scaled position on the user interface corresponding to the position on the navigation pane. The processing circuitry is further configured to interpret the touch-based input at the position on the navigation pane as an equivalent touch-based input at the scaled position on the user interface and trigger an event corresponding to the equivalent touch-based input at the scaled position on the user interface. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058797 | WINDOW EXPANSION METHOD AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A window expansion method and an associated electronic device are provided. The method includes detecting an occurrence of an expansion event for expanding a window area, and expanding the window area based on the expansion event. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058798 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine, if touch input has been performed on a first touch screen provided on a front surface of a display screen, whether a touch position at which the touch input has been performed is within a designated area on a displayed image displayed on the display screen wherein a datum of the designated area is a boundary position of the displayed image, a direction specifying unit configured to specify, if the touch position is a position within the designated area, a one-dimensional scaling direction based on the touch position, and an image processing unit configured to execute scaling processing on the displayed image toward the one-dimensional scaling direction if a user has performed a swipe operation toward the one-dimensional scaling direction, whereby the apparatus can receive a command for the one-dimensional scaling processing through a simple operation matching user's sense. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058799 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING USER INTERFACES OF APPLICATIONS IN THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for adjusting user interfaces of applications in an electronic device, the electronic device is controlled to operate in a specified status for determining a specified window size of the user interfaces of the applications. Operations on a touch screen are received and the specified window size is confirmed according to the received operations. A list of the applications is displayed on the touch screen when the specified window size is confirmed, and one or more applications are confirmed to be executed from the list. The confirmed applications are executed, and window sizes of user interfaces corresponding to the confirmed applications are adjusted according to the specified window size. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058800 | PREDICTIVE TARGET ENLARGEMENT - Techniques for aiding user input with a graphical user interface (GUI) are disclosed. A target object among various command regions of the GUI is predicted, e.g., substantially before the cursor reaches any of the regions. The command region corresponding to the predicted target object is enlarged to facilitate user selection of the predicted target object. Enlarging the predicted target object may cause the target object to overlap and/or occlude nearby command regions. After a first target object is predicted, the prediction may be changed based on updated cursor movements. By using predictive target enlargement, users are given early visual feedback about the target, and are given a larger target to acquire, thereby allowing them to be faster and less precise (their mouse direction can wander) yet still acquire their desired result. | 02-26-2015 |
20150067589 | Operation Processing Method And Operation Processing Device - An operation processing method and an operation processing device applied in an electronic apparatus include a display unit in which a first interactive interface having a first size is displayed. The method includes displaying a second interactive interface having a second size which is different from the first size and having a mapping relation with the first interactive interface in the display unit, detecting a first action executed by the user in the second interactive interface; and executing a first operation in the first interactive interface according to the first action. Thus, the first interactive interface can be mapped into the second interactive interface and the first operation that the user expects to execute in the first interactive interface can be implemented by the first action executed in the second interactive interface, so that the user can conveniently operate the electronic apparatus. | 03-05-2015 |
20150074596 | TECHNIQUES TO DISPLAY LOCATION-BASED INFORMATION - Techniques to display location-based information are described. An apparatus may comprise a screen management component and an interface component. The screen management component may be operative to display in a first screen area location-based information on a map according to geographic location, to display in a second screen area a list comprising the location-based information, and to adjust a relative size of the first screen area and the second screen area in response to a received interaction with one of the first screen area and second screen area. The interface component may be operative to receive the interaction with one of the first screen area and second screen area. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074597 | SEPARATE SMOOTHING FILTER FOR PINCH-ZOOMING TOUCHSCREEN GESTURE RESPONSE - A device including a touch screen display may be configured to selectively filter touch input. The device may receive a plurality of touch events. The device may determine whether the touch events correspond to a scaling gesture. When the device determines that the touch events correspond to a scaling gesture, the device may apply a smoothing filter to data corresponding to the touch event. The smoothing filter may be a Kalman based filter. The device may perform a scaling operation using the filtered data. When the device determines that the touch events do not correspond to a scaling gesture, to reduce latency, the smoothing filter may not be applied. | 03-12-2015 |
20150082240 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE PERFORMING SIMILAR OPERATIONS FOR DIFFERENT GESTURES - A portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display is disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which the portable electronic device: displays an application on the touch-sensitive display; and when the application is in a predefined mode, performs a predefined operation in response to each gesture of a set of multiple distinct gestures on the touch-sensitive display. Another aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which the portable electronic device: displays a first application; when the first application is in a first mode, performs a first operation upon detecting a first gesture on the touch-sensitive display; and performs the first operation upon detecting a second gesture on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the second gesture is different from the first gesture. | 03-19-2015 |
20150106763 | MODAL LAUNCHING - Embodiments are described for handling display of modal windows in a multi-screen device. In embodiments, a modal window will be launched and displayed in a display which receives the input that resulted in the display of the modal window. The other portions of a first display or second display, not displaying the modal window, are made inactive. In other embodiments, the modal window occupies only a first display and the second display remains active. | 04-16-2015 |
20150121302 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES - In an information processing method a first operation is received by a user; in response to the first operation, a first application is started and the first application is displayed in a windowlet of an electronic device; a second operation is received by the user in the windowlet; the second operation is parsed, an object corresponding to the second operation is determined, a second application corresponding to the object is determined, whether the second application meets a predetermined condition is judged to generate a judgment result, and the second application is started in a windowlet when the judgment result indicates that the second application meets the predetermined condition. In some embodiments, when a user starts and displays an application in a small window or windowlet, and the windowlet receives his or her operation to start a new application, the started new application will be also displayed in a windowlet. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121303 | METHOD FOR STARTING ACTIVITY OF MOBILE TERMINAL AND THE MOBILE TERMINAL - Some embodiments of the application provide a method for starting an Activity of a mobile terminal and the mobile terminal. The method may comprise: determining a display mode of a new Activity after determining that the new Activity is required to be started; and setting a window flag for starting the Activity according to the determined display mode so as to start the Activity in the display mode indicated by the window flag; where the display mode comprises a window mode and a full-screen mode. | 04-30-2015 |
20150128089 | Scale Sensitive Treatment of Features in a Geographic Information System - Systems and methods for presenting information in response to a user interaction with a geographic image at a point of query in a geographic information system are provided. A user can request information at point of query in the geographic image. Responsive to the user request, the geographic information system can search for and obtain information associated with the request. As part of the logic used to return information responsive to a request at a point of query, a zone of influence can be defined for one or more features depicted in the image. The zone of influence can be defined by a pixel threshold in a pixel space associated with the geographic image. The pixel threshold can be constant across a plurality of zoom levels of the geographic image. | 05-07-2015 |
20150128090 | Rendering Map Images Using Modifications of Non-Raster Map Data - First map data is generated in a vector format for displaying a first map image at a client device. The first map image corresponds to a perspective of a camera panned to a certain location at a certain zoom level. The first map data is provided to the client device via a communication network. Modification data is generated at a map server in a vector format, the modification data specifying a difference between the first map data and a second map data, where the second map data is for displaying a second map image corresponding to the same perspective of the camera panned to the same location at the same zoom level. The modification data is provided to the client device via the communication network for generating the second map image using the first map data and the modification data. | 05-07-2015 |
20150135136 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a determination unit configured to determine, for each window, whether time decided by a certain method has elapsed since a last operation performed on a window in a display screen, and a control unit configured to shut down an application of a window for which the determination unit has determined that the time has elapsed. | 05-14-2015 |
20150324097 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR USE THEREIN, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: operation accepting means for accept an operation input; image storing means for storing a plurality of images; management information storing means for storing management information corresponding to the plurality of images stored in the image storing means; image drawing means for drawing, in a display area including at least an image display area, at least one of images stored in the image storing means onto the image display area in a predetermined sequence; and controlling means for, when an operation input commanding selection of an image included in the image display area has been accepted by the operation accepting means, controlling recording of the selection of the image to management information stored in the management information storing means in correspondence with the image. | 11-12-2015 |
20150331573 | HANDHELD MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WINDOWS OF SAME - In one aspect, a handheld mobile terminal device is provided. The handheld mobile terminal device includes a touch screen and a plurality of applications respectively corresponding to a plurality of windows. The handheld mobile terminal device also has a non-transitory storage medium storing a computer readable program code which, when executed by one or more processors, implements a window control method. The method includes: detecting a first touch operation in a preset area of the touch screen; if the first touch operation is detected in the preset area, displaying a window control icon in a first area of the touch screen; detecting a second touch operation corresponding to the window control icon in the first area; and if the second touch operation corresponding to the window control icon is detected in the first area, transforming the windows in response to the second touch operation. | 11-19-2015 |
20150346973 | SEAMLESSLY ENABLING LARGER UI - A system and method are disclosed for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) on a device display. The display has dimensions of a first size. The GUI is configured for output on a display of the first size, but the device reports the second size. The reporting is responsive to receiving a request to configure the GUI for output on a display of a second size, according to some embodiments. The GUI, configured for output on a display of the second size, is displayed on the device display that has dimensions of the first size. | 12-03-2015 |
20150346992 | 3D Data Environment Navigation Tool - Concepts and technologies are described herein for providing a 3D data environment navigation tool. In accordance with some concepts and technologies disclosed herein, the 3D data environment navigation tool provides a way for a user to manipulate a 3D data environment in which productivity data is rendered. The 3D data environment navigation tool may provide a user interacting with the 3D data environment the ability to manipulate the viewing angle of data rendered in a 3D data environment, thus allowing the user to “tour” or “move around” the data. The 3D data environment navigation tool may be configured to aggregate data at various zoom levels. | 12-03-2015 |
20150363082 | USER INTERFACE CONTROL BASED ON PINCH GESTURES - An example method is provided for a computing device to perform user interface control based on a pinch gesture. The computing device includes a touch-sensitive display. The method may comprise: displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a user interface that includes a user interface element, which occupies part of the user interface and is selectable for resizing, and detecting, on the touch-sensitive display, a pinch gesture for resizing the user interface element within the user interface. The method may further comprise: determining a direction of the pinch gesture; and based on the direction of the pinch gesture, resizing the user interface element horizontally, vertically or diagonally within the user interface. | 12-17-2015 |
20150363100 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In one aspect, when detecting an event such as receiving emails, missed calls, a schedule notification, or the like, a mobile electronic device executes a process for expanding a first operation part associated with the event on a display module and displaying a second operation part indicating a detail of the event within the expanded first operation part. For example, upon detecting an operation applied onto the first operation part via the touch screen, the mobile electronic device executes a process associated with the first operation part, and upon detecting an operation applied onto the second operation part, the mobile electronic device executes a process associated with the second operation part. | 12-17-2015 |
20150371363 | UNOBTRUSIVE SIZING AND PLACEMENT OF POP-UPS - A method, system, and computer program product for unobtrusive sizing and placement of pop-ups are provided in the illustrative embodiments. In a method for displaying a pop-up graphical user interface (GUI), using a device to detect eye movements, a first area of a display device is detected where a content is being displayed, the first area being where an attention of a user is focused. A change in the attention of the user to a second area during a future period is predicted. A third area is identified on the display device, wherein the third area excludes the first and the second areas. The pop-up GUI is displayed in the third area. | 12-24-2015 |
20160004428 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Displaying User Interface Objects Corresponding to an Application - An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display, that includes one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, displays a plurality of application icons, where the plurality of application icons include a respective application icon corresponding to a respective application. While a focus selector is over the respective application icon, the device detects a gesture that includes a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and in response to detecting the gesture: when the contact had a maximum intensity during the gesture that was below a respective intensity threshold, the device displays an application window of the respective application; and when the contact reached an intensity during the gesture that was above the respective intensity threshold, the device displays a plurality of user interface objects that correspond to the respective application. | 01-07-2016 |
20160034156 | Dynamic Joint Dividers for Application Windows - This document describes techniques and apparatuses enabling dynamic joint dividers for application windows. In some embodiments, these techniques and apparatuses enable sizing and positioning of application windows to provide an optimized layout of application windows. | 02-04-2016 |
20160034159 | Assisted Presentation of Application Windows - This document describes techniques and apparatuses enabling assisted presentation of application windows. In some embodiments, these techniques and apparatuses enable sizing and positioning of application windows to provide an optimized layout of application windows. | 02-04-2016 |
20160041735 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXECUTING OBJECT ON DISPLAY - A method and device for executing an object on a display. The method of executing an object includes receiving a user input to an object displayed on a display; gradually enlarging and displaying the object; and executing the application corresponding to the object as the object is enlarged. | 02-11-2016 |
20160041737 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ENLARGING AN IMAGE - A system, method, and computer program product for enabling a user to enlarge a displayed image on a user device. A method of the present invention comprises requesting an image selected by a user from a remote device and receiving said image. The method includes displaying the received image on the user device and receiving a single user input indicating a desired zoom location. The method further includes enlarging the displayed image in response to said input, wherein the vertical height of the image matches the vertical height of the user device display screen. The method further includes downloading from the remote device a high resolution version of the image and displaying the high resolution version in place of the enlarged image. | 02-11-2016 |
20160048304 | HOVER-BASED INTERACTION WITH RENDERED CONTENT - Disclosed are techniques and systems for enabling “hover-based” interaction with content that is rendered on a display of a viewing device. A process may include rendering content on a display, detecting an object hovering in front of a front surface of the display, and in response to detecting the object, determining a location on the front surface of the display corresponding to a position of the object. The determined location on the front surface of the display may then be used to determine a portion of the content that is rendered at the location or within a threshold distance from the location, and a magnified window of the portion of the content may then be displayed in a region of the display. The portion of the content within the magnified window may be actionable by responding to user input when the user input is provided within the magnified window. | 02-18-2016 |
20160048316 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE - Disclosed is a method for providing a user interface, in which an electronic device divides a display region into a main region and a sub-region and displays default information or event information on the sub-region. The electronic device determines whether there is a user input on the sub-region. If the user input moves more from the sub-region than a first distance, the electronic device extends the sub-region and displays detailed default information or detailed event information. | 02-18-2016 |
20160092079 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a selection unit that displays a drawing indicating a search word or an attribute of the search word on a trajectory at one corner of four corners of a screen in a selectable state, moves the drawing along the trajectory in response to an operation of a user, and selects the drawing to select the search word with the attribute attached thereto or the attribute of the search word, and a search unit that performs a search using the search word or the attribute of the search word that is selected by the selection unit, wherein the selection unit displays a plurality of trajectories, each of which an attribute is associated with and the drawing is arranged on. | 03-31-2016 |
20160100100 | Method for Configuring Screen, Electronic Device and Storage Medium - Disclosed is a screen configuring method of an electronic device. The screen configuring method may include displaying a first application execution screen, obtaining a first area of the first application execution screen, displaying a camera application execution screen in the first area; obtaining an image displayed on the camera application execution screen, and reflecting the obtained image to the first application. | 04-07-2016 |
20160124624 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND WEB PAGE RESIZING METHOD - A method of resizing a web page that is displayed on a touch screen of an electronic device includes detecting pressure operation on the touch screen. A further pressure operation is detected when the pressure operation is identified to be valid. The web page is resized according to the further pressure operation. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124625 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY SIZING WINDOWS IN RESPONSE TO USER ACTIONS - A method includes determining a size of a particular window displayed on a display screen and a number of content options for a respective content category displayed in the particular window. The size and the number of content options are determined responsive to an indication of user preferences for the respective content category. The method further includes displaying multiple windows, including the particular window, with each of the multiple windows corresponding to a respective one of different content categories. The particular window is displayed with the determined size and determined number of content options. The method also includes accessing an updated indication. The updated indication reflects observed user behavior. The method additionally includes modifying a size of at least one of the multiple windows and the number of content choices displayed therein responsive to the updated indication. | 05-05-2016 |
20160132223 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY RESIZING WINDOWS - The present invention provides a method for resizing windows and an apparatus for resizing windows. The method, in one embodiment, involves selecting a seam bordering a window, building a list of windows, and resizing more than one window in response to a single seam movement by a user. The apparatus, in one embodiment, is a computer readable medium comprising a computer program for resizing windows. | 05-12-2016 |
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20160162161 | Widget Area Adjustment Method and Apparatus - A widget area adjustment method and apparatus which are related to the field of Internet application technologies, and which can solve a problem of low user operation accuracy. The method includes entering a widget edit mode according to a startup instruction triggered by a user; acquiring a sliding track triggered by the user in a widget that has entered the edit mode, where the sliding track is used to adjust a widget area; and determining the widget area according to an end position of the widget and a position of a screen border, where the end position of the widget is determined by an offset of the sliding track. The method and apparatus may be applied to a process of electronic device usage. | 06-09-2016 |
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20160378312 | TERMINAL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A terminal device includes a processor that executes a process including extracting multiple character strings, in units of rows, from a character area included in an image data, determining whether a subsequent row succeeding a designated row exists when the designation of a position of one of the multiple character strings in the designated row is released, and enlarging and displaying a character string of a beginning of the subsequent row and the vicinity of the beginning when the subsequent row is determined to exist. | 12-29-2016 |