DIRECT, FEATURE-BASED AND MULTI-TOUCH DYNAMIC SEARCH AND MANIPULATION OF IMAGE SETS
First Claim
1. A method for manipulation of a set of graphic objects, comprising:
- with a computer processor, displaying a navigation map on a user interface, the navigation map representing a set of graphic objects;
providing for a user to manipulate a target window which is displayed on the navigation map, the window encompassing only a subset of the graphic objects; and
displaying graphic objects in the subset of graphic objects on the user interface in synchronization with the displayed target window.
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Abstract
A system and method for manipulating graphic objects on a tactile user interface are provided. The graphic objects can be photographic images which are retrieved in response to a query and are clustered, based on values of first and second user-selected features assigned to the graphic objects. A navigation map is displayed on the user interface. The navigation map represents the clusters of graphic objects in first and second dimensions, corresponding to the first and second features. A user can manipulate a target window displayed on the navigation map using the tactile user interface. The target window encompasses a subset of the clustered graphic objects. A synchronized display of graphic objects in the subset of graphic objects on the user interface corresponds to the subset of clustered graphic objects within the displayed target window.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for manipulation of a set of graphic objects, comprising:
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with a computer processor, displaying a navigation map on a user interface, the navigation map representing a set of graphic objects; providing for a user to manipulate a target window which is displayed on the navigation map, the window encompassing only a subset of the graphic objects; and displaying graphic objects in the subset of graphic objects on the user interface in synchronization with the displayed target window. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for manipulation of graphic objects, comprising:
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a user interface comprising a display device; memory which stores instructions for; displaying a navigation map on the display device, the navigation map representing a set of graphic objects; interpreting signals representative of user touches on the display device as manipulation of a target window which is displayed on the navigation map, and moving the target window in response thereto, the window encompassing only a subset of the graphic objects; and displaying graphic objects in the subset of graphic objects on the display device, the display of graphic objects changing in synchronization with the movement of the target window; and a computer processor in communication with the memory for implementing the instructions. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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retrieving a set of graphic objects; clustering the graphic objects into clusters, based on values of first and second user-selected features assigned to the graphic objects; displaying a navigation map on a user interface, the navigation map representing the clusters of graphic objects as an array of cluster objects arranged in first and second dimensions corresponding to the first and second features; receiving signals representative of user manipulation of a target window which is displayed on the navigation map, the displayed target window encompassing only a subset of the cluster objects; and displaying graphic objects in the subset of graphic objects on the user interface corresponding to the subset of cluster objects within the displayed target window. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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