METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CONTROL THE DISPLAY OF INFORMATION

• US 20120036473A1
• Filed: 05/27/2009
• Published: 02/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Haseyama, Todd, Guettier, Diane Lenore
• Application Number:
  US13/260,342
• Publication Number:
  US 20120036473A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• 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

An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a system for displaying information. The system may include an input device, a display, and a processor. The processor may be configured to obtain an input from the input device and redraw a plurality of objects in a different location on the display in response to the input from the input device. The plurality of objects may extend beyond the display and the processor may be configured to indicate a logical break in the plurality of objects on the display.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a display of information, comprising:

showing a plurality of objects on a display, wherein the plurality of objects extends beyond a border of the display, and wherein the plurality of objects comprises a logical break;

obtaining a user input from an input device, wherein the user input indicates a direction to scroll the plurality of objects on the display;

scrolling the objects in the direction indicated by the user input, wherein a logical break in the plurality objects is displayed; and

indicating the presence of the logical break in the plurality of objects on the display.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising slowing or halting the scrolling the objects when the logical break reaches a predetermined point on the display.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising reversing the scrolling of objects when the logical break reaches a predetermined point on the display.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

obtaining a second user input to continue the scrolling of objects in the direction indicated by the user input; and

resuming the scrolling of objects beyond the logical break in the direction indicated by the user input.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the logical break comprises a point separating the end of the plurality of objects from the beginning of the plurality of objects.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the logical break comprises a separation in the plurality of objects by a timeframe, a directory, a topic, a file type, a file size, or any combinations thereof.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of objects forms a continuous two-dimensional or three-dimensional matrix.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising continuously scrolling the objects until a user provides an input to stop the scrolling.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising increasing the speed of the scrolling of the objects based at least in part upon a second user input.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

reading the plurality of objects from a memory card.

11. A system for displaying information, comprising:

an input device;

a display;

a processor configured to obtain an input from the input device and redraw a plurality of objects in a different location on the display in response to the input from the input device, wherein the plurality of objects extends beyond the display, and wherein the processor is configured to indicate a logical break in the plurality of objects on the display.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the input device and display comprise a touch sensitive screen,

13. The system of claims 11, further comprising a memory card reader configured to accept a memory card comprising the plurality of objects.

14. The system of any of claims 11, further comprising slowing, stopping, or reversing a scrolling of objects across the display when the logical break reaches a predetermined point on the screen,

15. A system for displaying information, comprising:

a means for showing a plurality of objects on a display, wherein the plurality of objects extends beyond a border of the display, and wherein the plurality of objects comprises a logical break;

a means for obtaining a user input from an input device, wherein the user input indicates a direction to scroll the plurality of objects on the display;

a means for scrolling the objects in the direction indicated by the user input, wherein a logical break in the plurality objects is displayed; and

a means for indicating the presence of the logical break in the plurality of objects on the display.