USER INTERFACE FOR AUDIO VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE SUCH AS TV

• US 20120257108A1
• Filed: 06/08/2011
• Published: 10/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: FRIEDLANDER, STEVEN, YEH, SABRINA TAI-CHEN, YOUNG, DAVID
• Granted Patent: US 8,497,942 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/563
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72

Abstract

In a grid based GUI system that scrolls, a pane in the grid showing a decimated view of a currently selected video does not scroll when the other panels in the grid scroll. In this way the viewer can always see the current video while navigating to other panels in the grid representing respective video content.

Claims

1. Audio video display device (AVDD) comprising:

processor;

video display presenting demanded images under control of the processor;

computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to;

present on the display a graphical user interface (GUI) including plural panels arranged in a grid, a first panel being a current video panel presenting a viewer-selected video, panels other than the first panel presenting respective images and metadata associated with respective video content available for presentation on the display;

receive a viewer scroll command; and

responsive to the scroll command, presenting animation on the display showing all panels except the first panel moving translationally away from their respective grid locations at which they were located prior to the scroll command, the first panel not being moved responsive to the scroll command.

2. The AVDD of claim 1, wherein the animation shows at least some panels rotating about respective edges.

3. The AVDD of claim 1, wherein nine full panels are presented in the grid arranged in three rows of three panels each and the first panel remains located in a predetermined onscreen location in the grid as other panels move responsive to the scroll command.

4. The AVDD of claim 3, wherein the predetermined location is the upper left corner of the grid and all nine panels have the same size as each other.

5. The AVD of claim 1, wherein to indicate that the panels on the grid are not the only content panels available for selection, faded but still visible left and right panel portions are presented along left and right edges of the display outside the grid, with one faded but still visible panel portion provided on each end of each row of panels, the faded but still visible panel portions being smaller than the panels.

6. The AVDD of claim 1, wherein responsive to a viewer command to scroll, the processor executes an animation sequence in which all panels other than the first panel rotate simultaneously with each other on the display, the first panel not rotating, the animation sequence also including all panels except the first panel simultaneously moving translationally across the display, a second panel other than the first panel being moved an extra column than all other panels other than the first panel responsive to a determination that the second panel would be overlaid on the first panel absent moving an extra column.

7. The AVDD of claim 1, wherein responsive to the scroll command, the processor calculates a new position for each panel other than the first panel independently of calculating the positions of other panels.

8. The AVDD of claim 1, wherein responsive to a viewer selection of a second panel other than the first panel, video associated with the second panel replaces video in the first panel.

9. Method comprising:

receiving, at an audio video display device (AVDD), a scroll command to scroll a graphical user interface (GUI) being presented on the AVDD, the GUI including non-pinned panels representing respective video content and a single pinned panel in which a currently selected live video is presented; and

responsive to the scroll command, individually calculating a new location for each of the non-pinned panels independently of the other non-pinned panels.

10. The method of claim 9, comprising, for each non-pinned panel, computing a new position of the non-pinned panel based on the command.

11. The method of claim 10, comprising determining whether the new position is a location of the pinned panel, and responsive to a determination that the new position is a location of the pinned panel, refining the new location to be one additional column of the GUI in a direction of the scroll.

12. The method of claim 9, comprising simultaneously rotating and translating all non-pinned panels responsive to the scroll command.

13. Audio video display device (AVDD) comprising:

processor;

video display presenting demanded images under control of the processor;

computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to;

present on the display a graphical user interface (GUI) including plural panels arranged in a grid, a first panel being a current video panel, panels other than the first panel representing respective video content;

receive a viewer scroll command; and

responsive to the scroll command, moving all panels except the first panel to respective new locations and not moving the first panel.

14. The AVDD of claim 13, wherein the processor presents animation on the display showing all panels except the first panel moving translationally away from their respective grid locations at which they were located prior to the scroll command, the first panel not being moved responsive to the scroll command.

15. The AVDD of claim 14, wherein the animation shows at least some panels rotating about respective edges.

16. The AVDD of claim 13, wherein nine full panels are presented in the grid arranged in three rows of three panels each and the first panel remains located in a predetermined onscreen location in the grid as other panels move responsive to the scroll command.

17. The AVDD of claim 16, wherein the predetermined location is the upper left corner of the grid and all nine panels have the same size as each other.

18. The AVD of claim 13, wherein to indicate that the panels on the grid are not the only content panels available for selection, faded but still visible left and right panel portions are presented along left and right edges of the display outside the grid, with one faded but still visible panel portion provided on each end of each row of panels, the faded but still visible panel portions being smaller than the panels.

19. The AVDD of claim 13, wherein responsive to a viewer command to scroll, the processor executes an animation sequence in which all panels other than the first panel rotate simultaneously with each other on the display, the first panel not rotating, the animation sequence also including all panels except the first panel simultaneously moving translationally across the display, a second panel other than the first panel being moved an extra column than all other panels other than the first panel responsive to a determination that the second panel would be overlaid on the first panel absent moving an extra column.

20. The AVDD of claim 13, wherein responsive to the scroll command, the processor calculates a new position for each panel other than the first panel independently of calculating the positions of other panels.