SCALABLE SCROLLBAR MARKERS

• US 20080034316A1
• Filed: 08/01/2006
• Published: 02/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Thoresson, Johan
• Application Number:
  US11/461,471
• Publication Number:
  US 20080034316A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars

Abstract

An electronic equipment is provided that includes a display and a display control for presenting a window and an image within the window to the display. The window includes at least one scrollbar for altering at least one of a horizontal position or a vertical position of the window relative to the image within in the window. In addition, the electronic equipment includes a user input, operatively coupled to the display control, for engaging the at least one scrollbar in order to effect a zoom function with respect to the image displayed in the window.

Claims

1. An electronic equipment, comprising:

a display;

a display control for presenting a window and an image within the window to the display, the window including at least one scrollbar for altering at least one of a horizontal position or a vertical position of the window relative to the image within in the window; and

a user input, operatively coupled to the display control, for engaging the at least one scrollbar in order to effect a zoom function with respect to the image displayed in the window.

2. The electronic equipment of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises a position indicator, and the display control is configured to cause the display to display a zoom control icon when the position indicator is in close proximity to a scrollbar marker included in the at least one scrollbar.

3. The electronic equipment of claim 2, wherein the zoom control icon allows a user to increase or decrease the length of the scrollbar marker to effect the zoom function.

4. The electronic equipment of claim 2, wherein the display control causes the display to display the zoom control icon when the position indicator is in close proximity to an end of the scrollbar marker.

5. The electronic equipment of claim 2, wherein the display is a touchscreen display and the placement of the position indicator is controlled via the touchscreen display.

6. The electronic equipment of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises a position indicator, and the display control is configured to effect the zoom function as a function of the position indicator selecting a scrollbar marker included in the at least one scrollbar for at least a predetermined amount of time.

7. The electronic equipment of claim 6, wherein the display control effects the zoom function in a first direction upon a single select and hold operation by the position indicator, and effects the zoom function in a second direction upon a double select and hold operation by the position indicator.

8. The electronic equipment of claim 7, wherein the display is a touchscreen display and the placement of the position indicator and selection of the scrollbar marker is controlled via the touchscreen display.

9. The electronic equipment of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises a position indicator, and the display control is configured to cause the display to display zoom control selection items when the position indicator is in close proximity to a scrollbar marker included in the at least one scrollbar.

10. The electronic equipment of claim 9, wherein the zoom control selection items include a zoom in selection item and a zoom out selection item.

11. A method for controlling an electronic equipment, the electronic equipment including a display;

a display control for presenting a window and an image within the window to the display, the window including at least one scrollbar for altering at least one of a horizontal position or a vertical position of the window relative to the image within in the window; and

a user input, the method comprising the steps of;

engaging the at least one scrollbar with the user input to effect a zoom function with respect to the image displayed in the window.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the user input comprises a position indicator, and the display control is configured to cause the display to display a zoom control icon when the position indicator is placed in close proximity to a scrollbar marker included in the at least one scrollbar.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of increasing or decreasing the length of the scrollbar marker using the zoom control icon to effect the zoom function.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the display control causes the display to display the zoom control icon when the position indicator is placed in close proximity to an end of the scrollbar marker.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the display is a touchscreen display and the placement of the position indicator is controlled via the touchscreen display.

16. The method of claim 11, comprising the step of selecting a scrollbar marker included in the at least one scrollbar for at least a predetermined amount of time in order to effect the zoom function.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the display control effects the zoom function in a first direction upon a single select and hold operation of the at least one scrollbar, and effects the zoom function in a second direction upon a double select and hold operation of the at least one scrollbar.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the display is a touchscreen display and the selection of the scrollbar marker is controlled via the touchscreen display.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the display control is configured to cause the display to display zoom control selection items when the scrollbar marker is addressed by the user input.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the zoom control selection items include a zoom in selection item and a zoom out selection item.