Control for scaled parameters
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a plurality of scaled parameters with a computer system having a memory, a processor, a display and an input device, comprising the steps of:
- presenting a control on the display, the control having a main window and a control element which is movable within the main window;
determining a coordinate of the control element relative to a main window reference point, the coordinate and the reference point having a plurality of components; and
adjusting values of a first and a second scaled parameter according to a first and a second function respectively, wherein an input to the first function is the difference between a first component of the coordinate and the reference point and an input to the second function is the difference between a second component of the coordinate and reference point.
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Abstract
A control comprising a main window and control element movable within the main window is used to control a plurality of scaled parameters. The control is implemented in a graphical user interface for a computer system having a memory, a processor, a display and an input device. At initialization, the x,y coordinate of the control element with respect to the main window corresponds to initial values of a first and a second scaled parameter. As the control element is moved within the main window according to a set of input signals from the input device, a second x,y coordinate of the control element is determined. The first scaled parameter is adjusted according to an x value of the second x,y coordinate and the second scaled parameter is adjusted according to a y value of the second x,y coordinate.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a plurality of scaled parameters with a computer system having a memory, a processor, a display and an input device, comprising the steps of:
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presenting a control on the display, the control having a main window and a control element which is movable within the main window; determining a coordinate of the control element relative to a main window reference point, the coordinate and the reference point having a plurality of components; and adjusting values of a first and a second scaled parameter according to a first and a second function respectively, wherein an input to the first function is the difference between a first component of the coordinate and the reference point and an input to the second function is the difference between a second component of the coordinate and reference point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for controlling a plurality of scaled parameters with a computer system having a memory, a processor, a display and an input device comprising:
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means for presenting a control on the display, the control having a main window and a control element which is movable within the main window; means for determining a coordinate of the control element with respect to the main window, the coordinate having a plurality of components; and means for adjusting values of a first and a second scaled parameter according to the coordinate, the first scaled parameter adjusted according to a first function in which a first component of the coordinate is an input, the second scaled parameter adjusted according to a second function in which a second component of the coordinate is an input. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product on a computer readable medium for controlling a plurality of scaled parameters executable on a computer system having a memory, a processor, a display and an input device comprising:
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means for presenting a control on the display, the control having a main window and control element which is movable within the main window; means for determining an coordinate of the control element with respect to the main window, the coordinate having a plurality of components; and means for moving the control element in a first direction represented by a first component of the coordinate and in a second direction orthogonal to the first represented by second component of the coordinate; means for adjusting a first and a second scaled parameter, the first scaled parameter increasing in value as the control element is moved in the first direction, the second scaled parameter increasing in value as the control element is moved in the second direction. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for simultaneously adjusting a plurality of scaled parameters with a computer system comprising the steps of:
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presenting and moving a control element within a bounded display space on a display; changing a first scaled parameter according to a a first function using inputs of a horizontal distance of the control element from a reference point in the display space and a width of the display space; and changing a second scaled parameter according to a a second function using inputs of a vertical distance of the control element from the reference point and a height of the display space. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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