Graphical user interface

• US 20020033840A1
• Filed: 09/18/2001
• Published: 03/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Coles, Susan, Masthoff, Judith F.M.
• Application Number:
  US09/954,648
• Publication Number:
  US 20020033840A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/700
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4221 Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44222 Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/454 Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4667 Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72

Abstract

A graphical user interface (12, 32) displaying parameters for selection is customisable by a habit or pattern sensing device (22, 38) which provides a display in an optimised format. The user presses a button (20, 50) once to accept the optimised interface and twice to return to a default setting. The parameters may be television channels, or may be variables in an image processing system.

Claims

1. A method of customising a graphical user interface for a computer controlled system having at least one selectable parameter, comprising the steps of:

monitoring the selection of the at least one selectable parameter by a user;

determining any pattern of selection;

devising an optimised arrangement of the parameter selection which matches the pattern of selection;

displaying the optimised arrangement; and

providing actuatable means arranged so that a first actuation accepts the displayed optimised arrangement and a second activation cancels the displayed optimised arrangement.

2. A method according to claim 1, in which the parameters are displayed as a menu and the order of the parameters in the menu is varied.

3. A method according to claim 1, in which the selectable parameters are channels of a multi-channel television system.

4. A method according to claim 1, in which the selectable parameters are processing parameters of an optical processing system.

5. A method according to claim 4, in which the optical system is an x-ray image processing system.

6. A method according to claim 4, in which the optical system is an x-ray image recording system.

7. A computer controlled system having a customisable graphical user interface by which a plurality of parameters can be selected comprising:

display means to display the parameters;

selection means to select the parameters;

monitoring means to monitor the selection of parameters and to devise an optimised arrangement of the parameter selection, and

actuatable means arranged so that a first actuation accepts the displayed optimised arrangement and a second actuation cancels the displayed optimised arrangement.

8. A system according to claim 7, in which the actuable means is a manual control.