METHOD OF IMPROVED VIEWING OF VISUAL OBJECTS ON A DISPLAY, AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method of outputting a number of visual objects on a display of a handheld electronic device, the method comprising:
- depicting as a first output on the display;
a first visual object at an initial size, anda second visual object at an initial size;
making a determination that a focus of the handheld electronic device is on a predetermined visual object; and
responsive to said determination, depicting as a second output on the display;
an enlarged version of at least a portion of the first visual object, andat least a portion of the second visual object at the initial size.
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Abstract
An improved handheld electronic device and method facilitate use of the handheld electronic device by visually outputting certain visual objects on the display in an enlarged fashion. Icons and clickable buttons can be enlarged when a visual focus is thereon to indicate that a received selection input will initiate the function represented by the icon or clickable button. In other situations, such as when a particular input field is the subject of an input focus, the label associated with the particular input field can be enlarged to thereby indicated that its associated input field is the subject of the input focus. In another situation the visual object that may be the subject of the visual focus of the system can be a sentence in a passage of text, with navigational or other inputs successively shifting the visual focus to successive sentences, and thereby causing the successive sentences to be depicted in an enlarged fashion.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of outputting a number of visual objects on a display of a handheld electronic device, the method comprising:
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depicting as a first output on the display; a first visual object at an initial size, and a second visual object at an initial size; making a determination that a focus of the handheld electronic device is on a predetermined visual object; and responsive to said determination, depicting as a second output on the display; an enlarged version of at least a portion of the first visual object, and at least a portion of the second visual object at the initial size. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A handheld electronic device comprising:
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a processor apparatus comprising a processor and a memory; an input apparatus structured to provide input to the processor apparatus; an output apparatus comprising a display and being structured to receive output signals from the processor apparatus and to responsively provide visual output; the memory having stored therein at least a first routine comprising instructions which, when executed on the processor, cause the handheld electronic device to perform operations that comprise; depicting as a first output on the display; a first visual object at an initial size, and a second visual object at an initial size; determining that a visual focus of the handheld electronic device is on a predetermined visual object; and responsive to said determining, depicting as a second output on the display; an enlarged version of at least a portion of the first visual object, and at least a portion of the second visual object at the initial size.
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