Systems and methods for providing a user interface

• US 9,141,279 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2013
• Issued: 09/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ade-Hall, Martin
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisen, Alexander
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALMEIDA, CORY A
• Application Number:
  US13/924,904
• Publication Number:
  US 20130285962A1
• Time in Patent Office: 820 Days
• Field of Search: 345173-179
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04805 Virtual magnifying lens, i.e. window or frame movable on top of displayed information to enlarge it for better reading or selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/70 methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation methods for entering alphabetical characters per se G06F3/0237

Abstract

A device may include a touch sensitive display and logic configured to control the touch sensitive display to display information to a user, provide a window of enlarged information via the touch sensitive display based on a determined position of input on the touch sensitive display, and receive a selection from the enlarged information based on a determined position of input within the provided window.

Claims

1. A mobile communication device, comprising:

a touch sensitive display; and

a processor configured to;

display, in a first window of the touch sensitive display, first information to a user,

display, in a second, different window of the touch sensitive display, enlarged information based on a determined first position of input on the touch sensitive display, the displayed enlarged information corresponding to a first portion of the displayed first information displayed in the first window, the second window being displayed simultaneously with the first window and in a position that is offset from the displayed first window,

detect, via the second window, selection of second information, from the displayed enlarged information, based on a determined second position of input within the second window, and

display, in a third window different from each of the first and the second windows, in response to the selection of the second information, second enlarged information corresponding to the second information,

wherein the third window is displayed simultaneously with the first and the second windows, and in a position that is offset from the displayed first and second windows.

2. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the displayed first information includes a plurality of selectable information.

3. The mobile communication device of claim 2, wherein the enlarged information includes at least a plurality of words based on the first information.

4. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the determined position of input within the second window is determined based on a position of a finger of a user or a stylus on the touch sensitive display.

5. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display, a cursor on the display based on the determined first position of input on the touch sensitive display; and

add icons or additional information to the second window based on a change in a position of the cursor.

6. A method comprising:

displaying a plurality of words via a first window of a touch sensitive display;

determining a position of input on the touch sensitive display;

detecting, based on the determined position of input, selection of at least one of a first plurality of words from the displayed plurality of words;

displaying, based on the detected selection of the first plurality of words, a second, different window that includes enlarged words, the enlarged words corresponding to words included in the at least one of the first plurality of words, the second window being displayed concurrently with the first window and in a position that is offset from the displayed first window;

detecting selection of a first enlarged word, within the second window based on at least one of a determined position of input within the second window or a determined position of input outside the second window; and

displaying, in a third window different from each of the first and the second windows, in response to the selection of a first enlarged word, second enlarged information corresponding to the selection of the first enlarged word,

wherein the third window is displayed simultaneously with the first and the second windows and in a position that is offset from the displayed first and second windows.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

displaying a cursor on the second window based on the on the determined position of input on the touch sensitive display; and

dragging a scroll bar on the display of the second window based on a change in a position of the cursor.

8. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

displaying a cursor on the display based on the on the determined position of input on the touch sensitive display, and

adding icons or additional information to the second window based on a change in a position of the cursor.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the displayed second window covers a portion of the first plurality of words in the first window, and

wherein the displayed third window covers a portion of the enlarged second window.

10. The method of claim 6,

wherein detecting selection of the first enlarged word includes:

determining a first position at which a user removed a finger from the surface of the touch sensitive display; and

detecting selection of the first enlarged word based on the determined first position.

11. A device comprising:

a touch sensitive screen to display information;

a memory to store a plurality of instructions; and

a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to;

display, in a first window and via the touch sensitive screen, a plurality of information;

determine a position of input on the touch sensitive screen;

identify a selection from the plurality of information based on the determined position of input;

display an enlarged interface screen in a second window based on the identified selection,

wherein the enlarged interface screen is displayed concurrently with the first window displaying the plurality of information, and the second window is offset from the displayed first window;

determine a position of input on the enlarged interface screen of the second window; and

display, in a third window different from each of the first and the second windows, in response to the determined position of input on the enlarged interface screen, second enlarged information,

wherein the third window is displayed simultaneously with the first and the second windows.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the enlarged interface screen displays a plurality of words based on the identified selection.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the determined position of input is determined by sensing a position of a finger of a user or a stylus.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the identified selection is based on a position that is identified when a user removes a finger from the surface of the touch sensitive display.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium, having stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

display in a first window a plurality of information on a display;

determine a position of input on the display;

detect based on the determined position of input, selection of first information displayed on the display;

display, on the display and in a different window, an enlarged window that includes at least some of the first information, and wherein the enlarged window is offset from the displayed first window;

select a particular information from the first information, based on a second input detected within the enlarged window;

display a cursor on the display based on the on the determined position of input on the display; and

add additional information to the second window based on a change in a position of the cursor.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the displayed first information includes a plurality of selectable information.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the enlarged window displays at least a plurality of words based on the first information.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the stored sequences of instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

determine the second input based on a position of a position of a finger of a user or a within the enlarged window.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the determined second input is based on a position of liftoff.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the enlarged window covers a portion of the first information.