USER INTERFACE, APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VIEWING OF CONTENT ON A SCREEN

• US 20090128500A1
• Filed: 11/16/2007
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: SINCLAIR, John Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 8,217,906 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A user interface is disclosed, comprising a screen arranged to view content, wherein the screen is arranged to display a part of the content if there is not space for the entire content on the screen, and wherein the content is scrollable to enable the desired part of the content to be displayed; and a touch sensitive input area arranged to enable input of touch actions, wherein a first touch action is adapted to control scrolling of said content, wherein a speed relation determines a relation between a speed of scrolling and a speed of the touch action in a first direction on said touch sensitive input, and wherein the speed relation is determined by the position of the touch action on said touch sensitive area along a second direction perpendicular to said first direction. Further, an apparatus, a method, and a computer program for viewing of content on a screen are disclosed.

Claims

1. A user interface comprising p1 a screen arranged to view content,

wherein the screen is arranged to display a part of the content if there is not space for the entire content on the screen, and

wherein the content is scrollable to enable the desired part of the content to be displayed;

and

a touch sensitive input area arranged to enable input of touch actions,

wherein a first touch action is adapted to control scrolling of said content,

wherein a speed relation determines a relation between a speed of scrolling and a speed of the touch action in a first direction on said touch sensitive input, and

wherein the speed relation is determined by the position of the touch action on said touch sensitive area along a second direction perpendicular to said first direction.

2. The user interface according to claim 1, wherein the determined speed relation has a range of a minimal value at one end of the screen along the second direction, and a maximal value at the other end along the second direction.

3. The user interface according to claim 2, wherein the determined speed relation range has the maximal value corresponding to the relation between the size of the entire content to the size of the part of the content fitting into the screen.

4. The user interface according to claim 2, wherein the determined speed relation range has the minimum value of one to one.

5. The user interface according to claim 2, wherein the speed relation is assigned a continuously increasing value from the minimum value to the maximum value along the second direction.

6. The user interface according to claim 2, wherein the speed relation is assigned a plurality of discrete values increasing from the minimum value to the maximum value along the second direction.

7. The user interface according to claim 1, wherein a second touch action is adapted to control selection of one item of said content.

8. The user interface according to claim 1, wherein the determined speed relation has a minimal value at one end of the screen along the second direction, and a maximal value at the other end along the second direction, wherein the determined speed relation has the maximal value corresponding to the relation between the size of the entire content to the size of the part of the content fitting into the screen, the determined speed relation has the minimum value of one to one, and the speed relation is assigned a continuously increasing value from the minimum value to the maximum value along the second direction.

9. The user interface according to claim 1, wherein the determined speed relation has a minimal value at one end of the screen along the second direction, and a maximal value at the other end along the second direction, wherein the determined speed relation has the maximal value corresponding to the relation between the size of the entire content to the size of the part of the content fitting into the screen, the determined speed relation has the minimum value of one to one, and the speed relation is assigned a plurality of discrete values increasing from the minimum value to the maximum value along the second direction.

10. The user interface according to claim 1, wherein the touch sensitive area is arranged on the screen.

11. An apparatus comprising a processor and a user interface controlled by the processor, the user interface comprising

a screen arranged to view content,

wherein the screen is arranged to display a part of the content if there is not space for the entire content on the screen, and

wherein the content is scrollable to enable the desired part of the content to be displayed;

and

a touch sensitive input area arranged to enable input of touch actions,

wherein a first touch action is adapted to control scrolling of said content,

wherein a speed relation determines a relation between a speed of scrolling and a speed of the touch action in a first direction on said touch sensitive input, and

wherein the speed relation is determined by the position of the touch action on said touch sensitive area along a second direction perpendicular to said first direction.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the determined speed relation has a range of a minimal value at one end of the screen along the second direction, and a maximal value at the other end along the second direction.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the determined speed relation range has the maximal value corresponding to the relation between the size of the entire content to the size of the part of the content fitting into the screen.

14. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the determined speed relation range has the minimum value of one to one.

15. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the speed relation is assigned a continuously increasing value from the minimum value to the maximum value along the second direction.

16. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the speed relation is assigned a plurality of discrete values increasing from the minimum value to the maximum value along the second direction.

17. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein a second touch action is adapted to control selection of one item of said content.

18. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the touch sensitive area is arranged on the screen.

19. A user interface method comprising

viewing content on a screen, including

scrolling the content where the screen is arranged to display a part of the content if there is not space for the entire content on the screen to enable the desired part of the content to be displayed;

and

receiving input of touch actions on a touch sensitive input area, wherein a first touch action is adapted to control scrolling of said content, including

determining a speed relation which determines a relation between a speed of scrolling and a speed of the touch action in a first direction on said touch sensitive input, wherein the speed relation is determined by the position of the touch action on said touch sensitive area along a second direction perpendicular to said first direction.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the determined speed relation has a range of a minimal value at one end of the screen along the second direction, and a maximal value at the other end along the second direction,wherein the determined speed relation has the maximal value corresponding to the relation between the size of the entire content to the size of the part of the content fitting into the screen.

21. The method according to claim 19, wherein the determined speed relation has a range of a minimal value at one end of the screen along the second direction, and a maximal value at the other end along the second direction, wherein the determined minimum speed has the minimum value of one to one.

22. The method according to claim 19, further comprising assigning a continuously increasing speed relation value from a minimum value to a maximum value along the second direction.

23. The method according to claim 19, wherein assigning the speed relation comprises assigning a plurality of discrete values increasing from a minimum value to a maximum value along the second direction.

24. The method according to claim 19, further comprising receiving a second touch action adapted to control selection of one item of said content.

25. A computer readable medium comprising program code, which when executed by a processor is arranged to cause the processor to perform

viewing content on a screen, including

scrolling the content where the screen is arranged to display a part of the content if there is not space for the entire content on the screen to enable the desired part of the content to be displayed;

and

receiving input of touch actions on a touch sensitive input area, wherein a first touch action is adapted to control scrolling of said content, including

determining a speed relation which determines a relation between a speed of scrolling and a speed of the touch action in a first direction on said touch sensitive input, wherein the speed relation is determined by the position of the touch action on said touch sensitive area along a second direction perpendicular to said first direction.