Motion-based view scrolling system with proportional and dynamic modes

• US 9,348,435 B2
• Filed: 10/02/2015
• Issued: 05/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Innoventions Incorporated, Orna Feinstein
• Original Assignee: Innoventions Incorporated
• Inventors: Feinstein, David Y.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shankar, Vijay
• Application Number:
  US14/873,448
• Publication Number:
  US 20160085320A1
• Time in Patent Office: 235 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-169, 345173-179, 178 1801- 1807
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 17/1028 with arcuate springs only, e.g. baskets with outwardly bowed strips for cementing operations
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 17/1078 Stabilisers or centralisers for casing, tubing or drill pipes devices for off-center positioning E21B17/10; E21B17/1007 - E21B17/1064 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/13 by electromagnetic energy, e.g. radio frequency
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/14 using acoustic waves
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 21/22 for measuring angles or tapers; for testing the alignment of axes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• 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 3/03 Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and methods for motion-based scrolling of a relatively large contents view on an electronic device with a relatively small screen display. The user controls the scrolling by changing the device'"'"'s tilt relative to a baseline tilt. The scrolling control can follow a Proportional Scroll mode, where the relative tilt directly controls the screen position over the contents view, or a Dynamic Scroll mode where the relative tilt controls the scrolling speed. The present invention obtains a criterion for automatically selecting the best scrolling mode when the dimensions of the contents view change. The baseline tilt is updated when the screen reaches an edge of the contents view to eliminate the creation of a non responsive range of tilt changes when the user changes tilt direction.

Claims

1. A system for motion-based view scrolling of a contents view of an electronic device, comprising:

a screen display for displaying at least a portion of said contents view;

a motion sensor configured to sense a first tilt angle of said device along a first direction and to sense a second tilt angle of said device along a second direction;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising;

instructions for generating a first and second tilt signals, said first tilt signal is indicative to said first tilt angle and said second tilt signal is indicative to said second tilt angle;

instructions for determining, when scrolling activity is initiated, a first and second scrolling ranges along said first and second directions respectively, and configuring a first and a second response graphs, said first response graph maps a first tilt rotation range onto said first scrolling range, said second response graph maps a second tilt rotation range onto said second scrolling range;

instructions for a first direction scrolling of said contents view wherein said screen display is placed at a position within said first scrolling range mapped from said first tilt angle by said first response graph; and

instructions for a second direction scrolling of said contents view simultaneously with said first direction scrolling wherein said screen display is placed at a position within said second scrolling range mapped from said second tilt angle by said second response graph.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said first direction aligns with the horizontal direction of said contents view and wherein said second direction aligns with the vertical direction of said contents view, the first and second directions being orthogonal.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said first response graph proportionally maps said first tilt rotation range onto said first scrolling range in accordance with a first proportional constant, and wherein said second response graph proportionally maps said second tilt rotation range onto said second scrolling range in accordance with a second proportional constant.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the one or more programs further comprising instructions for computing a first ratio equal to said first scrolling range divided by first tilt rotation range and a second ratio equal to said second scrolling range divided by second tilt rotation range, and further selecting said first and second proportional constants to be equal to the larger of said first and second ratios.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one response graph of said first response graph and second response graph is a non-linear response graph.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said non-linear response graph provides smaller scrolling distances for tilt angle changes performed while the tilt angle is close to the initial tilt angle value when scrolling is initiated, and wherein said non-linear response graph provides larger scrolling distances for the same tilt angle changes performed while the tilt angle is closer to the upper and lower limits of said tilt rotation range.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said first tilt signal and said second tilt signal are filtered to reduce undesired jitter while scrolling.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said one or more programs do not alter the position of said screen display unless at least one of the first and second tilt angles exceed a threshold from baseline tilt angles recorded when scrolling is initiated.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said first and second tilt rotation ranges are adjustable by an operator of said device to minimize the oblique angle at which the device is held when scrolling to an edge of said contents view.

10. A system for motion-based view scrolling of a contents view of an electronic mobile device, comprising:

a screen display for displaying at least a portion of said contents view;

a motion sensor configured to sense at least one tilt angle along a first direction of the mobile device; and

a processor coupled to the display and to the motion sensor and configured to;

scroll said contents view with said screen display along said first direction based on the at least one tilt angle when said at least one tilt angle is changed within a first tilt rotation range, said first tilt rotation range is proportionally translated onto a first scrolling range that spans said contents view from a first edge to an opposite edge along said first direction, wherein setting said at least one tilt angle to one end of said first rotation range scrolls the contents view to said first edge, and wherein setting said at least one tilt angle to the other end of said first rotation range scrolls the contents view to said opposite edge.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein said processor records said first tilt rotation range as a first baseline tilt rotation range when scrolling starts, and wherein said processor further shifts said first baseline tilt rotation range when said device is rotated beyond one end of said first tilt rotation range while keeping said screen display at the corresponding edge of said contents view, and wherein said first response graph is modified to map said shifted first baseline tilt rotation range onto said first scrolling range so that a reversed rotation of the device in the opposite direction from said corresponding edge causes an immediate scrolling away from said corresponding edge.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said shifting of said first baseline tilt rotation range is augmented by a relatively small padding angle so that said reversed rotation of said device causes a scrolling away from said corresponding edge once the reversed rotation exceeds said padding angle.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein said processor further determining a magnification value equal to the length of said contents view divided by the length of said screen display along said first direction, and wherein said response graph based scrolling is substituted with a dynamic scrolling when said magnification value exceeds a predefined value, and wherein said dynamic scrolling causes the contents view to be scrolled along said first direction at a scrolling rate based on said at least one tilt angle.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one tilt angle includes a first tilt angle and a second tilt angel, said first tilt angle aligns with the horizontal direction of said contents view and said second tilt angle aligns with the vertical direction of said contents view, the first and second tilt angles being orthogonal.

15. A computer-implemented method comprising:

displaying at least a portion of a contents view of an electronic mobile device on a screen display of said device;

detecting a scrolling initiation and a scrolling termination commands;

generating a tilt signal indicative of at least one tilt angle of the mobile device along a first direction;

subsequent to detecting said scrolling initiation command, assigning a response graph that directly relates a first tilt rotation range onto a scrolling range that spans said contents view from a first edge to an opposite edge along said first direction, said response graph further maps the current value of said tilt signal to the current screen display position over said contents view; and

subsequent to assigning said response graph, and prior to detecting said scrolling termination command, scrolling said contents view by placing said screen display at a position mapped from said tilt signal by said response graph, wherein changing the at least one tilt angle within the entire first tilt rotation range scrolls the contents view from said first edge to said opposite edge.

16. The method of claim 15, further monitoring changes in the dimensions of said contents view while scrolling, wherein a detection of a change in said dimensions causes an adjustment of said response graph that directly relates said first tilt rotation range onto a modified scrolling range that spans the modified contents view from said first edge to said opposite edge, and wherein said response graph adjustment further maps the current value of said tilt signal to the current screen display position over the modified contents view.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein said response graph is a proportional relation computed directly from the ratio of said scrolling range to said first tilt rotation range.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein said response graph is non-linear.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein each type of a contents view has a pre assigned response graph, and wherein the assigning of the response graph further determining the current type of said contents view and selecting a response graph that is pre assigned to the detected type of contents view.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising storing said at least one tilt angle as a baseline tilt angle in response to detecting said scrolling initiation command, and wherein the scrolling of said contents view does not alter the position of said screen display on said contents view unless the difference between said at least one tilt angle and said baseline tilt angle exceeds a threshold.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein the assigning of the response graph further comprising storing said first tilt rotation range as a baseline tilt rotation range, wherein the scrolling of said contents view further comprising shifting said baseline tilt rotation range in the direction of said device rotation when said device is rotated beyond one end of said first tilt rotation range while keeping said display screen at the corresponding edge of said contents view, and wherein said response graph is modified to map the shifted baseline tilt rotation range onto said scrolling range so that rotating the device in the opposite direction causes an immediate scrolling away from said corresponding edge.

22. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining a magnification value equal to the length of said contents view divided by the length of said screen display along said first direction; and

substituting said response graph based scrolling with a dynamic scrolling when said magnification value exceeds a predefined value, wherein said dynamic scrolling causes the contents view to scroll along said first direction at a rate based on said at least one tilt angle.

23. A computer-implemented method comprising:

displaying at least a portion of a contents view of an electronic mobile device on a screen display of said device;

detecting a scrolling initiation and a scrolling termination commands;

generating a first tilt signal indicative to a first tilt angle along a first direction and a second tilt signal indicative to a second tilt angle along a second direction;

subsequent to detecting said scrolling initiation command, assigning a first response graph that directly relates a first tilt rotation range onto a first scrolling range that spans said contents view from one edge to an opposite edge along said first direction, and a second response graph that directly relates a second tilt rotation range onto a second scrolling range that spans said contents view from one edge to an opposite edge along said second direction, wherein said first and second response graphs map current values of said first and second tilt signals to current screen display position over said contents view; and

subsequent to assigning said first and second response graphs, and prior to detecting said scrolling termination command, scrolling said contents view by placing said screen display at a position mapped from said first and second tilt signals by said first and second response graphs respectively.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein said first direction aligns with the horizontal direction of said contents view and said second direction aligns with the vertical direction of said contents view, the first and second directions being orthogonal.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein said first response graph proportionally maps said first tilt rotation range to said first scrolling range in accordance with a first proportional constant, and wherein said second response graph proportionally relates said second tilt rotation range to said second scrolling range in accordance with a second proportional constant.

26. The method of claim 25, further computing a first ratio equal to said first scrolling range divided by first tilt rotation range and a second ratio equal to said second scrolling range divided by second tilt rotation range, and further setting said first and second proportional constants to be equal to the larger of said first and second ratios.

27. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

adjusting said first response graph and said second response graph when detecting changes in the dimensions of said contents view so that said first and second tilt rotation ranges are directly mapped to a modified first scrolling range and a modified second scrolling range respectively, wherein said first and second response graphs map current values of said first and second tilt signals to current screen display position over said contents view along said first direction and said second direction respectively.

28. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

determining a first and second magnification values, said first magnification value equals to the length of said contents view divided by the length of said screen display along said first direction, said second magnification value equals to the length of said contents view divided by the length of said screen display along said second direction;

substituting said first response graph based scrolling along said first direction with a dynamic scrolling relating said first tilt signal to scrolling speed along said first direction when said first magnification value exceeds a first predefined value; and

substituting said second response graph based scrolling along said second direction with a dynamic scrolling relating said second tilt signal to scrolling speed along said second direction when said second magnification value exceeds a second predefined value.

29. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

in response to detecting said scrolling initiation command, storing said first and second tilt rotation ranges as a first and a second baseline tilt rotation ranges respectively;

shifting said first baseline tilt rotation range when said device is rotated beyond one end of said first tilt rotation range while keeping said screen display at the corresponding edge of said contents view and modifying said first response graph to map the shifted first baseline tilt rotation range onto said first scrolling range;

shifting said second baseline tilt rotation range when said device is rotated beyond one end of said second tilt rotation range while keeping said screen display at the corresponding edge of said contents view and modifying said second response graph to map the shifted second baseline tilt rotation range onto said second scrolling range;

whereby rotating the device when the screen display is placed at an edge of said contents view in the opposite direction from said edge causes an immediate scrolling away from said edge.