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View navigation and magnification of a hand-held device with a display

  • US 6,933,923 B2
  • Filed: 08/20/2002
  • Issued: 08/23/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of scrolling a virtual display on a physical display of a hand-held device simultaneously in two dimensions, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) detecting a first orientation change of the hand-held device along a first axis of the physical display;

    (b) detecting a second orientation change of the hand-held device along a second axis of the physical display simultaneously with step (a);

    (c) scrolling the virtual display in a first dimension at a first rate, responsive to step (a);

    (d) scrolling the virtual display in a second dimension at a second rate, responsive to step (b), simultaneously with step (c);

    (e) changing the first rate responsive to a first stored response curve; and

    (f) changing the second rate responsive to a second stored response curve, wherein the first response curve and the second response curve are selected from a plurality of response curves.

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