METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN IMAGE ON A DISPLAY

• US 20150020007A1
• Filed: 03/12/2012
• Published: 01/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Unify Patente GmbH & Co. KG (Atos SE)
• Original Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. KG (Atos SE)
• Inventors: Lederer, Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 9,146,662 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• 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 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/00 Geometric image transformations in the plane of the image

Abstract

We provide methods for influencing the presentation of image information displayed on a display device of a piece of information technology equipment using a transformation of an image including performing a first transformation according to a control motion performed by the user; and triggering a transformation; providing a field on the display device such that the field at the conclusion of the control motion remains activatable for at least a defined or definable period, and performing an additional transformation that is identical to the first transformation each time the field is activated by the user.

The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding piece of information technology equipment.

Claims

1. A method for influencing presentation of image information displayed on a display device of a piece of information technology equipment involving a transformation of the image information as desired by a user, wherein the transformation comprises at least one of transposition, rotation, compression, and expansion of the image information, comprising:

performing a first transformation according to a control motion performed by the user;

triggering the transformation;

providing a field on the display device such that the field remains activatable at the conclusion of the control motion for at least a defined or definable period, and

performing an additional transformation that is identical to the first transformation each time the field is activated by the user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising forming the field in that area of the display device where the control motion was concluded.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the field is not visible to the user.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically deactivating the activatable field after expiration of a defined period after activation.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein, the period during which the field remains activatable after conclusion of the control motion can be set by the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein, a touchscreen is used as the display device and a user performs a swiping motion as the control motion using at least one of a finger, a thumb, and a pointer device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein lifting one of the finger, the thumb, and pointer device that is performing the control motion off the touchscreen concludes the control motion.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein a multi-finger swiping motion is performed as the control motion using at least two fingers or a thumb and at least one finger, and, at the conclusion of the control motion, an activatable field for performing the subsequent transformation is formed at every area of the display device where a component of the control motion performed using a finger or thumb is concluded.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein,

each activatable field is deactivated by tapping an area of the display device outside of the field.

10. A computer program for a control device stored on a piece of information technology equipment that, when executed, perfoms a method according to claim 1.

11. A data carrier storing a computer program product according to claim 10.

12. A piece of information technology equipment comprising,

a display device, and

a control device for controlling the display device, wherein the control device is controls the display device according to the method of claim 1.

13. The piece of information technology equipment of claim 12,

said display device comprising a touchscreen.

14. (canceled)