Seamlessly combined freely moving cursor and jumping highlights navigation
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1. A consumer electronics system comprising:
- a user feedback device for rendering user-selectable options; and
a user input device for selection of a specific one of a plurality of options rendered, the user input device comprising;
coarse positioning user input means for enabling a user to navigate towards a neighborhood of the specific option in a coarse positioning mode; and
fine positioning user input means for enabling the user to navigate within the neighborhood of the specific option in a fine positioning mode, wherein the fine positioning user input means is placed around the coarse positioning user input means in such a way that the fine positioning user input means and the coarse positioning user input means are controllable be a user'"'"'s thumb.
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Abstract
A remote control, operating an on-screen set-top box (STB) menu, has a force sensitive resistor (FSR) for coarse or free navigation and a keypad, placed around the FSR, for fine navigation. A user gets feedback by a highlighted item or an on-screen cursor when operating the FSR and by the highlighted item for close-by navigation. Pushing down on the FSR, which also doubles as an OK- or select-key, results in the selection of highlighted option.
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1. A consumer electronics system comprising:
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a user feedback device for rendering user-selectable options; and
a user input device for selection of a specific one of a plurality of options rendered, the user input device comprising;
coarse positioning user input means for enabling a user to navigate towards a neighborhood of the specific option in a coarse positioning mode; and
fine positioning user input means for enabling the user to navigate within the neighborhood of the specific option in a fine positioning mode, wherein the fine positioning user input means is placed around the coarse positioning user input means in such a way that the fine positioning user input means and the coarse positioning user input means are controllable be a user'"'"'s thumb. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A consumer electronics system comprising:
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a user feedback device for rendering user-selectable options; and
a user input device for selection of a specific one of a plurality of options rendered, the user input device comprising;
coarse positioning user input means for enabling a user to navigate towards a neighborhood of the specific option in a coarse positioning mode; and
fine positioning user input means for enabling the user to navigate within the neighborhood of the specific option in a fine positioning mode, wherein the fine positioning user input means comprises four or more directional inputs keys, wherein the coarse positioning input and the fine positioning input means are physically combined into one device, and wherein the device uses contact time discrimination in order to be able to distinguish between a coarse navigation input mode and a fine navigation input mode.
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8. A software application stored in a memory of a processor for enabling a user to interact with a consumer electronics system under feedback of a rendering of user selectable options,
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causing said processor to input data representative of a user input associated with user navigation among the user selectable options; and
causing said processor to output data representative of a current navigation position relative to the user selectable options rendered;
said software application controlling said processor to have a coarse positioning mode to enabling coarse navigation towards a neighborhood of a specific one of the user selectable options, and a fine positioning mode enabling navigation within the neighborhood of the specific one of the user selectable options, wherein operation in the coarse positioning mode or in the fine positioning mode is determined by discrimination between respective time intervals representative of respective temporal patterns of the data at the input. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A method of enabling a user to navigate among user-selectable options rendered on a display monitor, the method comprising the steps:
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enabling the user to provide coarse input data for navigation towards a neighborhood of a specific one of the options in a coarse navigation mode;
enabling the user to provide fine input data for navigation within the neighborhood of the specific option in a fine navigation mode; and
providing, on the display monitor, a first indicia representative of a current position while navigating in the fine navigation mode and a second indicia representative of the current position while navigating in the coarse navigation mode, wherein the method is usable for an input device having combined coarse and the fine input means, whereby contact time discrimination detection is applied for distinguishing between the user'"'"'s coarse and fine navigation input. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A remote controller for control of an indicia rendered on a display monitor for navigating in a menu of user selectable options rendered on the display monitor, wherein the controller comprises:
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coarse positioning user input means for enabling a user to navigate towards a neighborhood of the specific option in a coarse positioning mode; and
fine positioning user input means for enabling the user to navigate within the neighborhood of the specific option in a fine positioning mode, wherein the coarse positioning user input means and the fine positioning user input means are positioned on the controller for being conveniently operated by a user'"'"'s thumb, wherein the coarse and the fine positioning user input means are physically integrated with each other in a component, and wherein the controller comprises a sensor for measuring contact time of the user uninterruptedly operating the component to distinguish between the coarse positioning mode and the fine positioning mode.
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15. A remote controller for control of an indicia rendered on a display monitor for navigating in a menu of user selectable options rendered on the display monitor, wherein the controller comprises:
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coarse positioning user input means for enabling a user to navigate towards a neighborhood of the specific option in a coarse positioning mode; and
fine positioning user input means for enabling the user to navigate within the neighborhood of the specific option in a fine positioning mode, wherein the coarse positioning user input means and the fine positioning user input means are positioned on the controller for being conveniently operated by a user'"'"'s thumb, wherein the controller further comprises option selection user input means for enabling the user to select a specific option associated with a current position of the indicia, and wherein the coarse positioning user input means is spatially located between the fine positioning user input means and the option selection user input means.
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16. A remote controller for control of an indicia rendered on a display monitor for navigating in a menu of user selectable options rendered on the display monitor, wherein the controller comprises:
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coarse positioning user input means for enabling a user to navigate towards a neighborhood of the specific option in a coarse positioning mode; and
fine positioning user input means for enabling the user to navigate within the neighborhood of the specific option in a fine positioning mode, wherein the coarse positioning user input means and the fine positioning user input means are positioned on the controller for being conveniently operated be a user'"'"'s thumb, and wherein the fine position user input means is centered around the coarse position user input means.
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