Selection mechanism in a portable terminal
First Claim
1. A portable terminal for presenting information regarding a plurality of devices in a proximate environment, said portable terminal havinga digital processor and related memory,an operator movable operating element,a display for selectively displaying information data of a selected one of said devices, andmeans for selecting any one of said devices comprising:
- an array of display objects representing individual devices, said array being at least partially displayed on said display,and a marker displayed on said display, said array and said marker being movable relative to one another,wherein the movement of the movable operating element by an operator results in a substantially coincident movement of said array of marker andsaid movable operating element is positioned so that it appears to an operator to at least partially overlap with the display such that said array or said marker appears to an operator to be an integral part of the operating element and that the array and the movable operating element appear to either rotate about the same axis or move parallel to one another.
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Abstract
A portable terminal for presenting status data of a plurality of devices in a proximate environment, wherein the portable terminal includes a display for displaying operating status data of anyone of the devices and a means for selecting anyone of these devices. The portable terminal contains an array of objects representing individual devices being at least partially displayed on the display and movable along a marker, or vice versa, in response to an operator actuating an operating element. The display image is so configured that the array of objects or the marker appears to be an integral part of the operating element.
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20 Claims
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1. A portable terminal for presenting information regarding a plurality of devices in a proximate environment, said portable terminal having
a digital processor and related memory, an operator movable operating element, a display for selectively displaying information data of a selected one of said devices, and means for selecting any one of said devices comprising: -
an array of display objects representing individual devices, said array being at least partially displayed on said display, and a marker displayed on said display, said array and said marker being movable relative to one another, wherein the movement of the movable operating element by an operator results in a substantially coincident movement of said array of marker and said movable operating element is positioned so that it appears to an operator to at least partially overlap with the display such that said array or said marker appears to an operator to be an integral part of the operating element and that the array and the movable operating element appear to either rotate about the same axis or move parallel to one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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18. A portable terminal for presenting information regarding a plurality of devices in a proximate environment, said portable terminal having
a digital processor and related memory. a mechanically movable operating element, a display for selectively displaying information data of a selected one of said devices, and means for selecting any one of said devices comprising: -
an array of display objects representing individual devices, said array being at least partially displayed on said display, and a marker displayed on said display, said array and said marker being movable relative to one another, wherein a movement of the mechanically movable operating element by an operator in a given direction results in a substantially coincident movement of said array or marker in the given direction, and said movable operating element is disposed below the display in a partially overlapping position therewith, and the displayed array and the displayed marker are positioned on the display in such a way that one of them moves in unison with the movable operating element so as to appear to an observer of the display as if it is an integral part of the movable operating element and that the array and the movable operating element appear to either rotate about the same axis or parallel to one another.
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20. A portable terminal for presenting information regarding a plurality of devices in a proximate environment, said portable terminal comprising:
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a digital processor and related memory; a mechanically movable rotatable ring having a fixed radius of curvature; a display for selectively displaying information data of a selected one of said devices, wherein the display provides an arc shaped arrangement of display objects, the diameter of the arc being substantially the same radius of curvature as that of the movable rotating ring, and the array of display objects represents a number of individual ones of said plurality of devices; and a marker displayed on said display, said array and said marker being movable relative to one another by rotating the rotatable ring, wherein a movement of the mechanically movable rotatable ring by an operator in a given direction results in a substantially coincident movement of the display objects on said arc-shaped display with respect to said marker in the given direction, so that the arc shaped arrangement of display objects appears to an observer of the display as if it is an integral part of the mechanically movable rotatable ring and that the array and the movable operating element appear to rotate about the same axis.
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Specification