Tiltable user interface
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1. A method for tilting a graphical user interface within a display for a device, the display in a planar arrangement defined by an X-axis and a Y-axis, the method comprising:
- displaying a first view of a flat layer in the graphical user interface;
receiving an input indicating a tilt of the device, the tilt including a component of rotation around at least one of the X-axis or the Y-axis of the display;
applying the tilt to the first view of the flat layer to generate a tilted view of the flat layer in response to the input, the tilted view including a rotation of the first view of the flat layer around at least one of the X-axis or the Y-axis on the display;
displaying the tilted view in the graphical user interface, the tilted view including an icon that was not displayed in the first view, wherein the first view is displayed instead of the tilted view if the tilt is below a threshold rotation and the graphical user interface depicts a 3-dimensional environment including a Z-axis orthogonal to the display; and
depicting parallax between a first element with a first Z component and a second element with a second Z component as the graphical user interface changes between the first view and the tilted view.
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Abstract
A programmable effects system for graphical user interfaces is disclosed. One embodiment comprises adjusting a graphical user interface in response to a tilt of a device. In this way, a graphical user interface may have viewable content not shown in a first view, where the viewable content may be displayed in a tilted view in response to the device tilt.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for tilting a graphical user interface within a display for a device, the display in a planar arrangement defined by an X-axis and a Y-axis, the method comprising:
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displaying a first view of a flat layer in the graphical user interface; receiving an input indicating a tilt of the device, the tilt including a component of rotation around at least one of the X-axis or the Y-axis of the display; applying the tilt to the first view of the flat layer to generate a tilted view of the flat layer in response to the input, the tilted view including a rotation of the first view of the flat layer around at least one of the X-axis or the Y-axis on the display; displaying the tilted view in the graphical user interface, the tilted view including an icon that was not displayed in the first view, wherein the first view is displayed instead of the tilted view if the tilt is below a threshold rotation and the graphical user interface depicts a 3-dimensional environment including a Z-axis orthogonal to the display; and depicting parallax between a first element with a first Z component and a second element with a second Z component as the graphical user interface changes between the first view and the tilted view. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system to provide a tiltable graphical user interface, the system comprising:
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a display including a graphical user interface, the display having a planar arrangement defined by an X-axis and a Y-axis; an accelerometer to detect a tilt of the display, the tilt including a component of rotation around at least one of the X-axis or the Y-axis; an orientation module in communication with the accelerometer, the orientation module to receive an input from the accelerometer indicating the tilt and to calculate an amount of tilt to be applied to a first view of a flat layer shown in the graphical user interface; a user interface module in communication with the display and the orientation module, the user interface module to generate a tilted view based on the amount of tilt applied to the first view of the flat layer and including an icon that was not displayed in the first view, wherein the display is configured to display the tilted view of the flat layer in the graphical user interface; and wherein the first view is displayed instead of the tilted view if the tilt is below a threshold rotation and the graphical user interface depicts a 3-dimensional environment including a Z-axis orthogonal to the display, the user interface module configured to depict parallax between a first element with a first Z component and a second element with a second Z component as the graphical user interface changes between the first view and the tilted view. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a computing device to tilt a graphical user interface within a display for a device, the display in a planar arrangement defined by an X-axis and a Y-axis, the instructions being executable to perform a method comprising:
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displaying a first view of a flat layer in the graphical user interface; receiving an input indicating a tilt of the device, the tilt including a component of rotation around at least one of the X-axis or the Y-axis of the display; applying the tilt to the first view of the flat layer to generate a tilted view of the flat layer in response to the input, the tilted view including a rotation of the first view around at least one of the X-axis or the Y-axis on the display; and displaying the tilted view in the graphical user interface, the tilted view including an icon that was not displayed in the first view, wherein the first view is displayed instead of the tilted view if the tilt is below a threshold rotation and the graphical user interface depicts a 3-dimensional environment including a Z-axis orthogonal to the display; and depicting parallax between a first element with a first Z component and a second element with a second Z component as the graphical user interface changes between the first view and the tilted view.
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