METHOD OF DISPLAYING INPUT DURING A COLLABORATION SESSION AND INTERACTIVE BOARD EMPLOYING SAME

• US 20130198653A1
• Filed: 01/10/2013
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Smart Technologies ULC (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Smart Technologies ULC (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: TSE, EDWARD, XIN, MIN, BOYLE, MICHAEL, LEUNG, ANDREW, VAN IEPEREN, TACO
• Application Number:
  US13/738,355
• Publication Number:
  US 20130198653A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/751
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services

Abstract

A method of displaying input during a collaboration session, comprises providing a canvas for receiving input from at least one participant using a computing device joined to the collaboration session; and displaying the canvas at one of a plurality of discrete zoom levels on a display associated with the computing device.

Claims

1. A method of displaying input during a collaboration session, comprising:

providing a canvas for receiving input from at least one participant using a computing device joined to the collaboration session; and

displaying the canvas at one of a plurality of discrete zoom levels on a display associated with the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the input is touch input in the form of digital ink.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

displaying new digital ink input on the canvas at a fixed line thickness with respect to the display associated with the computing device, regardless of the current zoom level of the canvas.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the canvas at another of said discrete zoom levels in response to a zoom command.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the zoom command is invoked in response to an input zoom gesture.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein zooming of the canvas is displayed according to a continuous zoom level scale during the zoom command.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

adjusting the line thickness of digital ink displayed in the canvas to said another discrete zoom level.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the canvas at another of said discrete zoom levels in response to a digital ink selection command.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the digital ink selection command is invoked in response to an input double-tapping gesture.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said another discrete zoom level is a zoom level at which the selected digital ink was input onto the canvas.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

searching for a saved favourite view of said canvas that is near a current view of said canvas; and

displaying the canvas such that it is centered on an average center position of the current view and the favourite view.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said displaying comprises displaying at least one view of the canvas at a respective discrete zoom level.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the collaboration session runs on a remote host server.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the collaboration session is accessible via an Internet browser application running on the computing device in communication with said remote host server.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein said displaying further comprises displaying the canvas within an Internet browser application window on said display associated with the computing device.

13. The method of claim 13, wherein said at least one view comprises a plurality of views, the method further comprising displaying said plurality of views of the canvas simultaneously on the display associated with the computing device.

17. An interactive board configured to communicate with a collaboration application running a collaboration session that provides a canvas for receiving input from participants, said interactive board being configured to, during said collaboration session:

receive input from at least one of said participants; and

display the canvas at one of a plurality of discrete zoom levels.

18. The interactive board of claim 17, wherein the input is touch input in the form of digital ink.

19. The interactive board of claim 18, wherein said interactive board is further configured to:

display new digital ink input on the canvas at a fixed line thickness with respect to said interactive board, regardless of the current zoom level of the canvas.

20. The interactive board of claim 17, wherein said interactive board is further configured to:

display the canvas at another of said discrete zoom levels in response to a zoom command.

21. The interactive board of claim 20, wherein the zoom command is invoked in response to an input zoom gesture.

22. The interactive board of claim 19, wherein zooming of the canvas is displayed according to a continuous zoom level scale during the zoom command.

23. The interactive board of claim 19, wherein said interactive board is further configured to:

adjust the line thickness of digital ink displayed on the canvas to said another discrete zoom level.

24. The interactive board of claim 17, wherein said interactive board is further configured to:

display the canvas at another of said discrete zoom levels in response to a digital ink selection command.

25. The interactive board of claim 24, wherein the digital ink selection command is invoked in response to an input double-tapping gesture.

26. The interactive board of claim 25, wherein said another discrete zoom level is a zoom level at which the selected digital ink was input onto the canvas.

27. The interactive board of claim 24, wherein said interactive board is further configured to:

display the canvas such that it is centered on an average center position of a favourite view of said canvas that is near a current view of said canvas.

28. The interactive board of claim 17, wherein said interactive board is further configured to display a plurality of views of the canvas simultaneously, each of said plurality of views being displayed at a respective discrete zoom level.

29. The interactive board of claim 17, wherein said interactive board is configured to communicate with a remote host server running the collaboration application.

30. The interactive board of claim 29, wherein said interactive board is further configured to access the collaboration session via an Internet browser application running on a general purpose computing device in communication with said interactive board.

31. The interactive board of claim 30, wherein said interactive board is further configured to display an Internet browser application window, in which said canvas is displayed.

32. The interactive board of claim 17, wherein said interactive board is in communication with a general purpose computing device running the collaboration application.

33. The interactive board of claim 32, wherein said interactive board is further configured to display a collaboration program application window, in which said canvas is displayed.