INTELLIGENT WINDOW PLACEMENT WITH MULTIPLE WINDOWS USING HIGH DPI SCREENS

• US 20140237421A1
• Filed: 02/20/2013
• Published: 08/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: KUHNE, Stefan, Kuscher, Alexander Friedrich, Violet, Scott Ronald, Jitkoff, John Nicholas
• Granted Patent: US 10,152,459 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/800
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/109 Font handling; Temporal or kinetic typography

Abstract

The subject technology discloses configurations for determining a minimum dots per inch (DPI) setting for displaying graphical content in a window based on a native pixel density of a display. Respective graphical content is scaled for displaying in a first window based on the minimum DPI setting to fit a horizontal dimension of the first window. The subject technology then scales respective graphical content for displaying in a second window based on the minimum DPI setting to fit a horizontal dimension of the second window. In some configurations, the graphical content in the first window is scaled at a different DPI setting than the graphical content in the second window.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

determining a minimum dots per inch (DPI) setting for displaying graphical content in a window based on a native pixel density of a display;

scaling respective graphical content for displaying in a first window based on the minimum DPI setting to fit a horizontal dimension of the first window; and

scaling respective graphical content for displaying in a second window based on the minimum DPI setting to fit a horizontal dimension of the second window.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first window and the second window occupy a fullscreen of the display.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first window and the second window share a border.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein scaling respective graphical content for displaying in the first window and the second window is in response to receiving input for moving the shared border.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein scaling respective graphical content for displaying in the first window and the second window occurs simultaneously in response to receiving input for a single command.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein scaling respective graphical content for displaying in the first window and the second window maximizes viewable content in each of the first and the second windows.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first window is displayed as a horizontally adjacent window to the second window.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical content includes one or more scalable fonts.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the native pixel density of the display is measured in pixels per inch (PPI).

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the minimum DPI setting comprises a setting configured to provide legibility of fonts included in a respective window.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the minimum DPI setting is configured based on the user'"'"'s eyesight.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein scaling respective graphical content for displaying in the first window and scaling respective graphical content for displaying in the second window is according to different DPI.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein scaling respective graphical content for displaying in the first window scales an entirety of the respective graphical content to fit the horizontal dimension and a vertical dimension of the first window.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the entirety of the respective graphical content comprises an entire content of a respective web page or document.

15. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

receiving input for modifying a horizontal size of a first window, wherein the first window includes respective graphical content for display;

adjusting the horizontal size of the first window in response to the received input; and

scaling the respective graphical content in the first window to fit the adjusted horizontal size of the first window.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

providing for display the scaled respective graphical content in the first window.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

adjusting the horizontal size of a second window in response to the received input, wherein the second window includes respective graphical content for display; and

scaling the respective graphical content in the second window to fit the adjusted horizontal size of the second window; and

providing for display the scaled respective graphical content in the second window.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the scaled respective graphical content of the first window is displayed at a lower DPI than the scaled respective graphical content of the second window.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the scaled respective graphical content of the first and second windows is scaled according to a minimum dots per inch (DPI) setting based on a native pixel density of a display.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the received input comprises input for increasing the horizontal size of the first window.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the received input further comprises input for decreasing the horizontal size of the second window.

22. The method of claim 17, wherein the first window and the second window occupy a fullscreen of a display.

23. The method of claim 17, wherein the first window is displayed as a horizontally adjacent window to the second window.

24. A system, the system comprising:

memory;

one or more processors;

one or more modules stored in memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the modules comprising;

a windowing module configured to determine a minimum dots per inch (DPI) setting for displaying graphical content in a window based on a native pixel density of a display, scale respective graphical content for displaying in a first window based on the minimum DPI setting to fit a horizontal dimension of the first window, and scale respective graphical content for displaying in a second window based on the minimum DPI setting to fit a horizontal dimension of the second window; and

a graphical user interface (GUI) display module configured to provide for display the scaled respective graphical content in the first window and the second window.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the windowing module is further configured to:

receive input for modifying a horizontal size of a first window, wherein the first window includes respective graphical content for display; and

adjust the horizontal size of the first window in response to the received input; and

scale the respective graphical content in the first window to fit the adjusted horizontal size of the first window.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the windowing module is further configured to:

adjust the horizontal size of a second window in response to the received input, wherein the second window includes respective graphical content for display; and

scale the respective graphical content in the second window to fit the adjusted horizontal size of the second window.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the GUI display module is further configured to:

provide for display the scaled respective graphical in the first window and the scaled respective graphical content in the second window.

28. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

determining a minimum dots per inch (DPI) setting for displaying graphical content in a window based on a native pixel density of a display;

scaling respective graphical content for displaying in a first window based on the minimum DPI setting to fit a horizontal dimension of the first window; and

scaling respective graphical content for displaying in a second window based on the minimum DPI setting to fit a horizontal dimension of the second window.