Method and device for browsing information on a display
First Claim
1. A method for browsing information on a display device of a hand-held device, wherein the method comprises a virtual display being the display device of the hand-held device, a viewpoint from which the virtual display is viewed and a virtual data object comprising information to be viewed on the virtual display, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- coupling the display device to a digital processor;
mapping information content generated by the digital processor into the virtual data object suitable for conveying information to the user of the hand-held device;
displaying a portion of the virtual data object at a time on the display device, the virtual data object comprising characters, pictures, lines, links, video or pixels that can be conveniently displayed on the display device at a time;
wherein information is browsed on the display device essentially in a mirror-like way, the method further comprising the step of;
moving the portion of the virtual data object displayed on the display device in the same direction as the hand-held device is tilted, whereby a certain orientation of the hand-held device always displays the same portion of the virtual data object on the display device.
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Abstract
The idea of the present invention is to browse information on a display device of a hand-held device naturally and logically. Characteristic of the invention is that information is browsed on the display device essentially in a mirror-like way. In other words, the portion of the virtual data object displayed on the display device is moved in the same direction as the hand-held device is tilted. In other words, the movements of the portion of the virtual data object displayed on the display device depends on the orientation of the hand-held device. An important feature of the invention is also that a certain orientation of the hand-held device always displays the same portion of the virtual data object on the display device. The browsing method described above is extremely logical, and the movements and responses to the movements are natural.
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33 Claims
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1. A method for browsing information on a display device of a hand-held device, wherein the method comprises a virtual display being the display device of the hand-held device, a viewpoint from which the virtual display is viewed and a virtual data object comprising information to be viewed on the virtual display, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
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coupling the display device to a digital processor;
mapping information content generated by the digital processor into the virtual data object suitable for conveying information to the user of the hand-held device;
displaying a portion of the virtual data object at a time on the display device, the virtual data object comprising characters, pictures, lines, links, video or pixels that can be conveniently displayed on the display device at a time;
wherein information is browsed on the display device essentially in a mirror-like way, the method further comprising the step of;
moving the portion of the virtual data object displayed on the display device in the same direction as the hand-held device is tilted, whereby a certain orientation of the hand-held device always displays the same portion of the virtual data object on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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13. A hand-held device for browsing information,
wherein the hand-held device comprises a virtual display being the display device of the hand-held device, the hand-held device comprising: -
a digital processor (30);
a memory (60,70) coupled to the digital processor (30), the memory (60,70) comprising a virtual data object suitable for conveying information to the user of the hand-held device;
a display device (10) coupled to the digital processor (30);
means (30) for moving the portion of the virtual data object displayed on the display device in the same direction as the hand-held device is tilted, whereby a certain orientation of the hand-held device always displays the same portion of the virtual data object on the display device.
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22. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium, wherein the computer program executes the program steps recorded in a computer-readable medium to perform a method for browsing information on a display device of a hand-held device, wherein the method comprises a virtual display being the display device of the hand-held device, a viewpoint from which the virtual display is viewed and a virtual data object comprising information to be viewed on the virtual display, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
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coupling the display device to a digital processor;
mapping information content generated by the digital processor into the virtual data object suitable for conveying information to the user of the hand-held device;
displaying a portion of the virtual data object at a time on the display device, the virtual data object comprising characters, pictures, lines, links, video or pixels that can be conveniently displayed on the display device at a time;
wherein in the method information is browsed on the display device essentially in a mirror-like way, the method further comprising the step of;
moving the portion of the virtual data object displayed on the display device in the same direction as the hand-held device is tilted, whereby a certain orientation of the hand-held device always displays the same portion of the virtual data object on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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