Changing an orientation of a user interface via a course of motion
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1. A method comprising:
- displaying an image containing content together with a dragging element superimposed on top of the image content when positioned over said content on a user interface, wherein said dragging element is independent of said content displayed on said user interface and is displayed at a predetermined position of said user interface;
detecting a course of motion that is performed on said user interface by dragging said dragging element, wherein said course of motion comprises dragging said dragging element from said predetermined position at which said dragging element is displayed to another position of said user interface, andchanging an orientation of said user interface for displaying said image with respect to a physical device said user interface is integrated in according to said detected course of motion.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for changing an orientation of a User Interface (UI), the method comprises the steps of detecting a course of motion that is performed on the UI, and changing the orientation of the UI with respect to a device in which the UI is integrated according to the detected course of motion. The course of motion that is performed on the UI may for instance be the dragging of an element across a touch-screen display or the drawing of a gesture on a touch-screen display. The invention further relates to a device, a mobile phone, a computer program and a computer program product.
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1. A method comprising:
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displaying an image containing content together with a dragging element superimposed on top of the image content when positioned over said content on a user interface, wherein said dragging element is independent of said content displayed on said user interface and is displayed at a predetermined position of said user interface; detecting a course of motion that is performed on said user interface by dragging said dragging element, wherein said course of motion comprises dragging said dragging element from said predetermined position at which said dragging element is displayed to another position of said user interface, and changing an orientation of said user interface for displaying said image with respect to a physical device said user interface is integrated in according to said detected course of motion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a detector configured to detect a course of motion that is performed on a user interface by dragging a dragging element displayed on said user interface together with an image containing content, the dragging element superimposed on top of the image containing content when positioned over said content, wherein said dragging element is independent of said content displayed on said user interface and is displayed at a predetermined position of said user interface, and wherein said course of motion comprises dragging said dragging element from said predetermined position at which said dragging element is displayed to another position of said user interface, and a processor and controller configured to change said orientation of said user interface for displaying said image with respect to a physical device said user interface is integrated in according to said detected course of motion. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus comprising:
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means for displaying an image containing content together with a dragging element superimposed on top of the image content when positioned over said content on a user interface, wherein said dragging element is independent of said content displayed on said user interface and is displayed at a predetermined position of said user interface; means for detecting a course of motion that is performed on said user interface by dragging said dragging element, wherein said course of motion comprises dragging said dragging element from said predetermined position at which said dragging element is displayed to another position of said user interface, and means for changing an orientation of said user interface for displaying said image with respect to a physical device said user interface is integrated in according to said detected course of motion.
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