SENSING USER INPUT TO CHANGE ATTRIBUTES OF RENDERED CONTENT

• US 20150149953A1
• Filed: 11/25/2013
• Published: 05/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Acumed Llc (Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated), Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: MCDOUGALL, Paul, GUGLANI, Arpit, WATSON, Reilly
• Granted Patent: US 10,108,308 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04805 Virtual magnifying lens, i.e. window or frame movable on top of displayed information to enlarge it for better reading or selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• 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 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

First content is rendered on a display screen of a computing system according to a first setting for an attribute of the first content. In response to sensing motion proximate to a sensing device, second content is displayed on the display screen according to the first setting for the attribute. The second content is displayed in a window within the first content displayed on the display screen. In response to sensing further motion, the first setting is changed to a second setting, and the second content is displayed in the window according to the second setting for the attribute. In response to sensing cessation of the further motion, the window is closed, the first content is reformatted according to the second setting for the attribute, and at least a portion of the reformatted first content on the display screen.

Claims

1. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a computing system to perform a method comprising:

rendering first content on a display screen of the computing system, the display screen comprising a sensing device, the first content rendered on the display screen according to a first setting for an attribute of the first content;

in response to sensing motion proximate to the sensing device, displaying second content on the display screen according to the first setting for the attribute, the second content displayed in a window within the first content displayed on the display screen;

in response to sensing further motion, changing the first setting to a second setting and displaying the second content in the window according to the second setting for the attribute; and

in response to sensing cessation of the further motion, closing the window, reformatting the first content according to the second setting for the attribute, and rendering at least a portion of the reformatted first content on the display screen.

2. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the first content comprises at least a portion of an electronic book (e-book) and the computing system comprises an e-book reader.

3. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the attribute is selectable from a plurality of attributes, wherein further the attribute is selected from the group consisting of:

font size;

line spacing;

margin setting;

background color;

font color;

font face;

brightness setting; and

contrast setting.

4. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the motion comprises user gestures selected from the group consisting of:

touching the sensing device with two fingers;

pinching close the fingers; and

stretching open the fingers.

5. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 4 wherein the window is opened in a space between the fingers.

6. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 5 wherein the window remains on an imaginary line between the fingers as the fingers are pinched close and as the fingers are stretched open.

7. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 5 wherein the window remains centered between the fingers as the fingers are pinched close and as the fingers are stretched open.

8. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the first content rendered on the display screen comprises an electronic page comprising text, wherein further the operation of reformatting the first content comprises line-wrapping the text within the boundaries of the electronic page.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 wherein the operation of displaying the second content according to the second setting comprises reformatting the second content according to the second setting and rendering at least a portion of the reformatted second content in the window.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 wherein the second content comprises a bitmap of a portion of the text, wherein further the operation of displaying the second content according to the second setting comprises displaying the second content in the window at a resolution that corresponds to the second setting.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 wherein the second content comprises a sample of text accessed from a memory of the computing system, wherein further the operation of displaying the second content according to the second setting comprises displaying the sample of text in the window with the text in the sample at a size that corresponds to the second setting.

12. A system comprising:

a processor;

a display coupled to the processor;

a sensing element coupled to the processor; and

memory coupled to the processor, the memory have stored therein instructions that, if executed by the system, cause the system to execute operations comprising;

accessing a file stored in the memory, the file comprising data comprising first content;

displaying the first content as first text, the text first formatted using a first setting for an attribute of the first text;

in response to sensing a user-generated first movement relative to the sensing element, displaying second content as second text formatted using the first setting, the second text displayed in a window within the first text;

in response to sensing a user-generated second movement relative to the sensing element, changing the first setting to a second setting and displaying the second text in the window formatted using the second setting; and

in response to sensing cessation of the second movement, closing the window, reformatting the first text according to the second setting, and rendering at least a portion of the reformatted first text on the display screen.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the content comprises an electronic book (e-book) and wherein the attribute is selected from the group consisting of:

font size;

line spacing;

margin setting;

background color;

font color;

font face;

brightness setting; and

contrast setting.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein the first movement comprises touching the sensing device with two fingers, wherein further the second movement is selected from the group consisting of:

pinching close the fingers; and

stretching open the fingers.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein the operation of displaying the second text using the second setting comprises reformatting the second text according to the second setting and rendering at least a portion of the reformatted second text in the window.

16. The system of claim 12 wherein the second text comprises a bitmap of a portion of the first text, wherein further the operation of displaying the second content using the second setting comprises displaying the second text in the window at a resolution that corresponds to the second setting.

17. The system of claim 12 wherein the second text comprises a sample of text accessed from the memory, wherein further the operation of displaying the second text according to the second setting comprises displaying the sample of text in the window with the text in the sample at a size that corresponds to the second setting.

18. A method of changing attributes of displayed content, the method comprising:

displaying, on a device comprising a touchscreen, an electronic page comprising first text;

in response to sensing motion proximate to the touchscreen, displaying a window within the first text, the window containing second text;

in response to sensing further motion proximate to the touchscreen, resizing the second text within the window from a first font size to a second font size; and

in response to cessation of the further motion, closing the window and reformatting the displayed first text, the reformatting comprising resizing the first text to the second font size.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the device comprises an e-book reader.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein the motion comprises user gestures selected from the group consisting of:

touching the sensing device with two fingers;

pinching close the fingers; and

stretching open the fingers.

21. The method of claim 18 wherein the operation of resizing the second text comprises an operation selected from the group consisting of:

re-rendering the second text using the second font size;

displaying the second text as a bitmap and changing the resolution of the bitmap; and

retrieving and displaying a sample of text stored in memory, wherein the text in the sample is preformatted at the second font size.