INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE DEVICES
First Claim
1. A portable electronic device for displaying information, the device comprising:
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a display comprised in the enclosure such that an active surface of the display is visible;
a vertical control separate from the display and disposed along a right or left side of the display, the vertical control and operable to vertically move content displayed by the active surface of said display, the vertical control including a current position indicator.
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Abstract
User input-output schemes are provided for portable computing devices such as MIDs, UMPCs, and tablet PCs. In one embodiment, a device has position indicators beside or below the device display. The indicators may be input/output controls which receive touch commands to scroll displayed information horizontally or vertically. In another embodiment, a combined user input sensor is housed in a device enclosure. The sensor includes a wheel sensor and a pointer controlling sensor presented from within the inner circumference of the wheel sensor. The wheel sensor may be a rotating wheel having a gear linkage for coupling to a transducer to detect wheel sensor movement. In another embodiment, a device operates in two modes, one mode with on screen soft buttons managed by the device hardware to provide input similar to hardware buttons, the other mode removes the device-managed buttons and allows full touchscreen display access to the operating system.
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22 Claims
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1. A portable electronic device for displaying information, the device comprising:
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an enclosure; a display comprised in the enclosure such that an active surface of the display is visible; a vertical control separate from the display and disposed along a right or left side of the display, the vertical control and operable to vertically move content displayed by the active surface of said display, the vertical control including a current position indicator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A portable electronic device for displaying information, the device comprising:
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an enclosure; a display comprised in the enclosure such that an active surface of the display is visible; a combined user input sensor housed in the enclosure, the combined sensor comprising a wheel sensor having an outer circumference and an inner circumference, the combined sensor further comprising a pointer controlling sensor presented from within the inner circumference of the wheel sensor. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of method of outputting information to a user of a portable electronic device, the method comprising:
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displaying information on a display screen of the portable device; and displaying a position indicator on a user input output control disposed alongside the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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