Visual embellishment for objects

• US 8,976,199 B2
• Filed: 07/23/2012
• Issued: 03/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Matas, Michael, Tsinteris, Kimon, Sarner, Austin, Melcher, Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoang, Peter
• Application Number:
  US13/555,845
• Publication Number:
  US 20130194307A1
• Time in Patent Office: 960 Days
• Field of Search: 345/634, 715/853
• US Class Current: 345/634
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/137 Hierarchical processing, e.g. outlines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/60 Shadow generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

Particular embodiments display a series of objects across a screen of an electronic device, the objects being arranged side by side; display a boundary of each object in the series, the boundary of an object near the center of the series slightly overlapping a portion of each of two objects next to the object nearer the center of the series; and display a shadow around the object near the center of the series, the shadow overlapping a portion of each of the two objects next to the object near the center of the series to simulate an visual effect that the object near the center of the series is above the other objects in the series.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

displaying a series of pages of an electronic book across a screen of an electronic device, the pages of the electronic book being arranged side by side, and the pages of the electronic book comprising at least one interactive object;

displaying a boundary of each page of the electronic book in the series, the boundary of a page near the center of the series slightly overlapping a portion of each of two pages next to the page the center of the series;

displaying a shadow around the entirety of the page near the center of the series, the shadow overlapping a portion of each of the two pages next to the page near the center of the series to simulate a visual effect that the page near the center of the series is above the other pages of the electronic book; and

displaying a shadow around the interactive object on the page,

wherein when the interactive object is picked up off the page and folded in response to a user interaction with the object, the shadow around the object changes based on the position of a simulated light source placed above the page.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the page near the center of the series is displayed at a size larger than the other pages in the series.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising

in response to a user sliding one or more fingers across the screen in a first direction toward a first side of the screen,

moving the series of pages across the screen in the first direction so that an existing page at a first end of the series is moved off the screen and a new page at a second end of the series is moved onto the screen;

decreasing the size of the page previously near the center of the series;

removing the shadow around the page previously near the center of the series;

increasing the size of a page currently near the center of the series; and

displaying a shadow around the entirety of the page currently near the center of the series.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further comprising

in response to a user sliding one or more fingers across the screen in a second direction toward a second side of the screen,

moving the series of pages across the screen in the second direction so that an existing page at the second end of the series is moved off the screen and a new page at the first end of the series is moved onto the screen;

decreasing the size of the page previously near the center of the series;

removing the shadow around the page previously near the center of the series;

increasing the size of a page currently near the center of the series; and

displaying a shadow around the entirety of the page currently near the center of the series.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the series of page is moved at a speed same as the fingers sliding across the screen.

6. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

display a series of pages of an electronic book across a screen of an electronic device, the pages of the electronic book being arranged side by side, and the pages of the electronic book comprising at least one interactive object;

display a boundary of each page of the electronic book in the series, the boundary of a page near the center of the series slightly overlapping a portion of each of two pages next to the page near the center of the series;

display a shadow around the entirety of the page near the center of the series, the shadow overlapping a portion of each of the two pages next to the page near the center of the series to simulate a visual effect that the object near the center of the series is above the other pages of the electronic book; and

displaying a shadow around the interactive object on the page,

wherein when the interactive object is picked up off the page and folded in response to a user interaction with the object, the shadow around the object changes based on the position of a simulated light source placed above the page.

7. The media of claim 6, wherein the page near the center of the series is displayed at a size larger than the other pages in the series.

8. The media of claim 7, wherein the software is further operable when executed to

in response to a user sliding one or more fingers across the screen in a first direction toward a first side of the screen,

move the series of pages across the screen in the first direction so that an existing page at a first end of the series is moved off the screen and a new page at a second end of the series is moved onto the screen;

decrease the size of the page previously near the center of the series;

remove the shadow around the page previously near the center of the series;

increase the size of a page currently near the center of the series; and

display a shadow around the entirety of the page currently near the center of the series.

9. The media of claim 8, wherein the software is further operable when executed to

in response to a user sliding one or more fingers across the screen in a second direction toward a second side of the screen,

move the series of pages across the screen in the second direction so that an existing page at the second end of the series is moved off the screen and a new page at the first end of the series is moved onto the screen;

decrease the size of the page previously near the center of the series;

remove the shadow around the page previously near the center of the series;

increase the size of a page currently near the center of the series; and

display a shadow around the entirety of the page currently near the center of the series.

10. The media of claim 6, wherein the series of pages is moved at a speed same as the fingers sliding across the screen.

11. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to;

display a series of pages of an electronic book across a screen of an electronic device, the pages of the electronic book being arranged side by side, and the pages of the electronic book comprising at least one interactive object;

display a boundary of each page of the electronic book in the series, the boundary of a page near the center of the series slightly overlapping a portion of each of two pages next to the page near the center of the series;

display a shadow around the entirety of the page near the center of the series, the shadow overlapping a portion of each of the two pages next to the page near the center of the series to simulate a visual effect that the page near the center of the series is above the other pages of the electronic book; and

displaying a shadow around the interactive object on the page,

wherein when the interactive object is picked up off the page and folded in response to a user interaction with the object, the shadow around the object changes based on the position of a simulated light source placed above the page.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the page near the center of the series is displayed at a size larger than the other pages in the series.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the processors are further operable when executing the instructions to

in response to a user sliding one or more fingers across the screen in a first direction toward a first side of the screen,

move the series of pages across the screen in the first direction so that an existing page at a first end of the series is moved off the screen and a new page at a second end of the series is moved onto the screen;

decrease the size of the page previously near the center of the series;

remove the shadow around the page previously near the center of the series;

increase the size of a page currently near the center of the series; and

display a shadow around the entirety of the page currently near the center of the series.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the processors are further operable when executing the instructions to

in response to a user sliding one or more fingers across the screen in a second direction toward a second side of the screen,

move the series of pages across the screen in the second direction so that an existing page at the second end of the series is moved off the screen and a new page at the first end of the series is moved onto the screen;

decrease the size of the page previously near the center of the series;

remove the shadow around the page previously near the center of the series;

increase the size of a page currently near the center of the series; and

display a shadow around the entirety of the page currently near the center of the series.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the series of pages is moved at a speed same as the fingers sliding across the screen.