User interface systems and methods for manipulating and viewing digital documents

• US 9,778,836 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2012
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Anwar, Majid
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Chau
• Application Number:
  US13/728,099
• Publication Number:
  US 20130117666A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,741 Days
• Field of Search: 715255
• 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 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• 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 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/114 Pagination

Abstract

Systems, including handheld computing devices that include system code stored within the memory and adapted to be executed by the processor. The system code can process an input byte stream that is representative of contents to be displayed on the touch sensitive display and can generate a content document file representative of an internal representation of the content.

A tool document file may also be stored in the memory and may provide an internal representation of a document providing an image that is representative of a graphical tool. Associated with a tool document can be tool code that is capable of processing the content document file to create an internal representation of the contents that presents the content in a manner that achieves a display effect associated with the tool. The device will also include parsing code that processes the content document file, the tool document file, and the processed internal representation to generate a screen document for display on the touch sensitive display in a manner that portrays the display effect.

Claims

1. A device for manipulating and viewing one or more documents having displayable data, comprising:

a display unit for displaying content; and

a controller configured to process any form of a displayable data and provide an integrated digital representation of document objects of the displayable data to control displaying in a viewing area of the display unit,

wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to output a plurality of images as an integrated display comprised of at least one form of the displayable data being output as a large image on a main portion of the viewing area, and a plurality of thumbnail images in which an output of each respective thumbnail image is smaller than the output of the large image and displayed along a specific portion of the viewing area other than the main portion;

wherein in response to selection of a particular thumbnail image of the plurality of thumbnail images, said particular thumbnail image is displayed as the large image in the main portion of the viewing area,

wherein the controller is further configured to process a relevant portion of the viewing area to create an enlarged view of the relevant portion in the main portion of the viewing area when a magnifying operation is performed using a magnifying glass tool, the enlarged view being displayed in a lens area provided by the magnifying glass tool, and the enlarged view includes at least one additional information not previously presented in the large image, for viewing at least one element of the large image that is visible only using the magnifying glass tool, the at least one additional information being of a type that differs according to context in which the magnifying glass tool is employed.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to be able to change a color displayed in the viewing area.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the displayable data comprises one or more of image data, streamed video, or web pages.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the controller includes at least one document agent that translates said one or more documents into an internal representation.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the controller includes one or more document agents for translating one or more formats of documents into an internal representation, respectively.

6. The device according to claim 1, comprising a mobile terminal in which said display comprises a touch screen.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein a particular thumbnail is selected for display as the large image via a pointing device.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the display comprises a touch screen, and a particular thumbnail is selected as the large image by tactile control on the display.

9. The device according to claim 8, wherein the display of a plurality of thumbnails are scrolled in response to tactile control on the display.

10. The device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of thumbnail images comprises pages of a same document.

11. The device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of thumbnail images comprises pages of one document.

12. The device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of thumbnail images comprises pages of more than one document.

13. The device according to claim 1, wherein when the magnifying glass tool is employed in association with text content, the type of the at least one additional information is a text editing tool.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein the type of the at least one additional information is additional location information when the magnifying glass tool is employed in association with a rendering of a map.

15. The device according to claim 14, wherein the additional location information comprises additional roads of the map.

16. The device according to claim 13, wherein when the magnifying glass tool is employed in association with text content, the at least one additional information comprises pull down menus.

17. The device according to claim 13, wherein when the magnifying glass tool is employed in association with text content, the at least one additional information comprises annotation information.

18. The device according to claim 13, wherein when the magnifying glass tool is employed in association with text content, the at least one additional information comprises text bubbles.

19. The device according to claim 13, wherein when the magnifying glass tool is employed in association with text content, the at least one additional information comprises control buttons.

20. A method for manipulating and viewing one or more documents comprised of displayable data, said method comprising:

displaying, by a display unit, content;

processing, by a controller, any form of a displayable data and providing an integrated digital representation of document objects of the displayable data to control displaying in a viewing area of the display unit;

outputting, by the display unit under a control of the controller, a plurality of images as an integrated display comprised of at least one form of the displayable data being output as a large image on a main portion of the viewing area, and a plurality of thumbnail images in which an output of each respective thumbnail image is smaller than the output of the large image and displayed along a specific portion of the viewing area other than the main portion;

wherein in response to selection of a particular thumbnail image of the plurality of thumbnail images, said particular thumbnail image is displayed as the large image in the main portion of the viewing area,

wherein the processing further comprises processing a relevant portion of the viewing area to create an enlarged view of the relevant portion in the main portion of the viewing area when a magnifying operation is performed using a magnifying glass tool, the enlarged view being displayed in a lens area provided by the magnifying glass tool, and providing at least one additional information in the enlarged view of the relevant portion of the viewing area not previously presented in the large image, for viewing at least one element of the large image that is visible only using the magnifying glass tool, the at least one additional information being of a type that differs according to context in which the magnifying glass tool is employed.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein a color displayed in the viewing area is able to be changed by the controller.

22. The method according to claim 20, wherein the displayable data comprises one or more of image data, streamed video, or web pages.

23. The method according to claim 20, wherein the controller includes at least one document agent that translates said one or more documents into an internal representation.

24. The method according to claim 20, wherein the controller includes one or more document agents for translating one or more formats of documents into an internal representation, respectively.