Accelerated Panning User Interface Interactions

• US 20100031186A1
• Filed: 05/28/2009
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Dickinson, Paul A., Yamasani, Amith, Cleron, Michael A., Tseng, Erick
• Granted Patent: US 8,291,341 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/786
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/005 with correlation of navigation data from several sources, e.g. map or contour matching G01C21/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1624 with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A computer-implemented user interface method includes displaying on a touch screen a potion of a large scale graphical space that is at least multiples larger than the device display, receiving from a user of the device an input to pan within the graphical space, automatically generating a pop up graphical panning control in response to receiving the user input, and receiving a user input to the panning control and providing panning in the graphical space, wherein movement of the panning control in a single selection is able to pan the display across a substantial portion of the large scale graphical space.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented user interface method, comprising:

displaying on a touch screen a potion of a large scale graphical space that is at least multiples larger than the device display;

receiving from a user of the device an input to pan within the graphical space;

automatically generating a pop up graphical panning control in response to receiving the user input; and

receiving a user input to the panning control and providing panning in the graphical space, wherein movement of the panning control in a single selection is able to pan the display across a substantial portion of the large scale graphical space.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the pop up control comprises a slider button located along an edge of the touch screen.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising increasing the graphical panning control in size if the user provides multiple panning inputs without selecting the control.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical space comprises a list of items and the graphical panning control causes accelerated scrolling through the list.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical space comprises a map or image and the graphical panning control causes accelerated panning across the map or image.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically removing the graphical panning control a determined time after a user selects the graphical panning control.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying on the touch screen, during user selection of the panning control, a miniature representation of the graphical space and an indicator of the user'"'"'s current location within the graphical space.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying on the touch screen, during user selection of the panning control, an indicator of a segment, from within a group of discrete segments in the graphical space, that is currently being displayed on the touch screen.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the pop up graphical panning control is generated in response to a long press by the user on the touch screen.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the pop up graphical panning control is generated in response to a quick flick input on the touch screen.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the pop up graphical panning control is sized relatively proportionately to the size of the touch screen in comparison to the size of the graphical space.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a long press input from the user on the touch screen and generating a zoom control on the touch screen in response to the long press input.

13. An article comprising a computer-readable data storage medium storing program code operable to cause one or more machines to perform operations, the operations comprising:

displaying on a touch screen a potion of a large scale graphical space that is at least several multiples larger than the device display;

receiving from a user of the device an input to pan within the graphical space;

automatically generating a pop up graphical panning control in response to receiving the user input; and

receiving a user input to the panning control and providing panning in the graphical space, wherein movement of the panning control in a single selection is able to panning the display across a substantial portion of the large scale graphical space.

14. The article of claim 13, wherein the pop up control comprises a slider button located along an edge of the touch screen.

15. The article of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise increasing the graphical panning control in size if the user provides multiple panning inputs without selecting the control.

16. The article of claim 13, wherein the graphical space comprises a list of items and the graphical panning control causes accelerated scrolling through the list.

17. The article of claim 13, wherein the graphical space comprises a map or image and the graphical panning control causes accelerated panning across the map or image.

18. The article of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise automatically removing the graphical panning control a determined time after a user selects the control.

19. The article of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise displaying on the touch screen, during user selection of the panning control, a miniature representation of the graphical space and an indicator of the user'"'"'s current location within the graphical space.

20. The article of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise displaying on the touch screen, during user selection of the panning control, an indicator of a segment, from within a group of discrete segments in the graphical space, that is currently being displayed on the touch screen.

21. The article of claim 13, wherein the pop up graphical panning control is generated in response to a long press by the user on the touch screen.

22. The article of claim 13, wherein the pop up graphical panning control is generated in response to a quick flick input on the touch screen.

23. The article of claim 13, wherein the pop up graphical panning control is sized relatively proportionately to the size of the touch screen in comparison to the size of the graphical space.

24. The article of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a long press input from the user on the touch screen and generating a zoom control on the touch screen in response to the long press input.

25. A computer-implemented user interface system, comprising:

a graphical display to present portions of large scale graphical areas;

a touch screen user input mechanism to receive user selections in coordination with the display of the portions of the lathe scale graphical areas; and

means for generating an accelerated panning control in response to a user panning selection on portions of the large scale graphical areas.

26. The system of claim 25, further comprising a mapping application, and wherein the pop up control comprises a panning control for controlling the mapping application.