Animations

• US 20110109635A1
• Filed: 01/14/2011
• Published: 05/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Andrew Platzer, John Harper
• Original Assignee: Andrew Platzer, John Harper
• Inventors: Platzer, Andrew, Harper, John
• Granted Patent: US 8,531,465 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/473
• 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: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/00 Animation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

At least certain embodiments of the present disclosure include a method for animating a display region, windows, or views displayed on a display of a device. The method includes starting at least two animations. The method further includes determining the progress of each animation. The method further includes completing each animation based on a single timer.

Claims

1. A machine implemented method for animations displayed on a display of a data processing device, comprising:

animating a plurality of animations with a single animation timer provided by a user interface animator.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the animations comprise transform, frame, and opacity animations.

3. A machine readable medium storing executable program instructions which when executed cause a data processing system to perform a method comprising:

animating a plurality of animations with a single animation timer provided by a user interface animator.

4. In an environment with a user interface software interacting with a software application, an apparatus, comprising:

means for animating a plurality of animations with a single animation timer provided by a user interface animator.

5. A machine implemented method for animations displayed on a display of a device, comprising:

animating a plurality of animations with a single animation timer provided by a timing signal associated with a redraw interval of a graphics unit.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the animations comprise transform, frame, and opacity animations.

7. The method as in claim 5, wherein the device is one of:

a data processing device, a portable device, a portable data processing device, a multi touch device, a multi touch portable device, a wireless device, and a cell phone.

8. A machine readable medium storing executable program instructions which when executed cause a data processing system to perform a method comprising:

animating a plurality of animations with a single animation timer provided by a timing signal associated with a redraw interval of a graphics unit.

9. In an environment with a user interface software interacting with a software application, an apparatus, comprising:

means for animating a plurality of animations with a single animation timer provided by a timing signal associated with a redraw interval of a graphics unit.

10. A device comprising:

an input panel which is configured to receive user input;

a display device integrated with the input panel;

a central processing unit coupled to the input panel, the processor being configured to create and animate objects, based on at least the user input,

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory being configured to store the objects; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the programs including;

instructions for detecting a movement of an user input on or near the input panel;

instructions for animating one or more views displayed on the display device in response to detecting the user input;

instructions for completing the animating of the one or more views displayed on the display device based on a single timer.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the single timer comprises a timer based on a redraw interval of the display.