Picture-in-picture for operating systems

• US 9,619,120 B1
• Filed: 06/30/2014
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Girard, Eugene Louis Charles, Flack, Robert, Truong, Steven Chi, Kuscher, Alexander Friedrich
• Primary Examiner(s): Angkool, David Phantana
• Application Number:
  US14/320,536
• Time in Patent Office: 1,016 Days
• Field of Search: 715800
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• 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 3/0484 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

Abstract

Aspects of the subject technology relate to scaling an application window. A method includes determining a first window size for an application, and instructing the application to render at the first window size. The method also includes determining a second window size for the application, scaling the first window size to the second window size based on a scale value, and displaying the scaled application at the second window size. The scaling allows a full-screen view of the application to be displayed on a smaller window, or allows shrinking the application window to a size below a normal minimum window size. Inputs to the scaled window are also scaled so that the application continues to behave as if rendered at the first window size.

Claims

1. A method of displaying multiple applications comprising:

determining a first window size for displaying a first application on a display;

instructing, by an operating system (OS), the first application to render at the first window size;

performing a first rendering of the first application at the first window size in response to the instructing;

determining a second window size for displaying the first application on the display;

determining, by the OS, a scale value for scaling the first rendering to the second window size;

performing, by the OS, a second rendering of the first application at the second window size, based on scaling the first rendering to the second window size according to the determined scale value;

displaying the second rendering on the display;

receiving a user input in association with the second rendering;

adjusting, by the OS, the user input based on the determined scale value to correspond to the first rendering; and

providing the adjusted user input to the first application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first rendering is not displayed on the display.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first window size corresponds to a maximum window size for the display.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second rendering is displayed over at least a portion of a second application window.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein a second application window size of the second application window corresponds to a maximum window size for the display.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second window size rendering is displayed in a notification portion of the OS.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the second window size rendering is in response to a status change in the first application.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a notification near the second window size rendering on the display in response to a status change in the first application.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a third window size for displaying the first application on the display;

rendering the first application at the third window size based on scaling the first window size rendering to the third window size according to a second scale value; and

displaying the third window size rendering on the display.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein displaying the third window size rendering is in response to a status change in the first application.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the user input further comprises scaling a location component of the user input based on the determined scale value.

12. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

determining a first window size for displaying a first application on a display;

instructing, by an operating system (OS), the first application to render at the first window size;

performing a first rendering of the first application at the first window size in response to the instructing;

determining a second window size for displaying the first application on the display;

determining, by the OS, a scale value for scaling the first rendering to the second window size;

performing, by the OS, a second rendering of the first application at the second window size, based on scaling the first rendering to the second window size according to the determined scale value;

displaying the second rendering on the display;

receiving a user input in association with the second rendering;

adjusting, by the OS, the user input based on the determined scale value to correspond to the first rendering; and

providing the adjusted user input to the first application.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein adjusting the user input further comprises scaling a location component of the user input based on the determined scale value.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the second rendering is displayed with an icon corresponding to the first application.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the second rendering is displayed in response to activating the icon corresponding to the first application.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the second rendering includes user interface (UI) elements scaled by the determined scale value.

17. A system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

determining a first window size for displaying a first application on a display;

instructing, by an operating system (OS), the first application to render at the first window size;

performing a first rendering of the first application at the first window size in response to the instructing;

determining a second window size for displaying the first application on the display;

determining, by the OS, a scale value for scaling the first rendering to the second window size;

performing, by the OS, a second rendering of the first application at the second window size, based on scaling the first rendering to the second window size according to the determined scale value;

displaying the second rendering on the display;

receiving a user input in association with the second rendering;

adjusting, by the OS, the user input based on the determined scale value to correspond to the first rendering; and

providing the adjusted user input to the first application.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining a third window size for displaying a second application on the display;

performing a first rendering of the second application at the third window size;

determining a fourth window size for displaying the second application on the display;

determining a second scale value for scaling the first rendering of the second application to the fourth window size;

performing a second rendering of the second application at the fourth window size, based on scaling the first rendering of the second application to the fourth window size according to the determined second scale value; and

displaying the second rendering of the second application on the display.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a second user input in association with the second rendering of the second application;

adjusting the second user input based on the determined scale value; and

providing the adjusted second user input to the second application.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the second rendering of the second application is displayed adjacent to the second rendering of the first application.