Zooming and panning within a user interface

• US 9,990,117 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2015
• Issued: 06/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Cook, Thomas Ryan, Skinner, Jeffrey E., Stewart, Aaron Michael, Yu, Jonathan Jen-Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoang, Peter
• Application Number:
  US14/818,120
• Publication Number:
  US 20170038947A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,036 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• 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 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Abstract

In one aspect, a device includes a processor, a display accessible to the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to present a first portion of a user interface (UI) on the display and receive user input to present an expanded view of the UI and/or to pan within the UI. The instructions are also executable to, in response to receipt of the user input present the expanded view of the UI and present, in the expanded view, an indication of a location of the first portion.

Claims

1. A first device, comprising:

at least one processor;

a display accessible to the at least one processor; and

storage accessible to the at least one processor and bearing instructions executable by the at least one processor to;

present a first portion of a user interface (UI) on the display, the UI being manipulable by plural users using respective devices, the UI being manipulable to at least create content within the UI;

receive user input to present an expanded view of the UI, wherein the expanded view comprises metadata visually indicating at least one user action taken at the UI, wherein the metadata visually indicates at least one user action taken at the UI via text that is presented on the UI and that reflects the metadata;

in response to receipt of the user input to present an expanded view of the UI, present the expanded view of the UI along with the first portion and an indication of a location in the expanded view of the first portion of the UI;

receive user input to filter at least one type of metadata;

responsive to receipt of the user input to filter at least one type of metadata, present at least one type of metadata indicated via the user input to filter at least one type of metadata, wherein presenting the at least one type of metadata comprises presenting text; and

responsive to receipt of the user input to filter at least one type of metadata, not presenting at least one type of metadata that was not indicated via the user input to filter at least one type of metadata.

2. The first device of claim 1, wherein at least some text comprises one or more of:

at least one indication that content has been removed from the UI, at least one indication that content has been moved within the UI.

3. The first device of claim 1, wherein at least some text comprises at least one indication of content that has been scaled within the UI.

4. The first device of claim 1, wherein at least some text comprises at least one indication of content that has been rotated within the UI.

5. The first device of claim 1, wherein at least some text comprises at least one indication of content in the UI that has been that has been converted from one format to another format.

6. The first device of claim 1, wherein at least some text comprises at least one indication of a gesture being directed to the UI using a second device different from the first device.

7. The first device of claim 1, wherein at least some text comprises at least one indication of where in the UI a user is looking.

8. The first device of claim 1, wherein at least some text comprises at least one indication of at least one emotion of a user while looking at the UI.

9. The first device of claim 1, wherein at least some of the metadata comprises at least one indication of a view of a second portion of the UI, but not all of the UI, that is concurrently presented at a second device different from the first device.

10. The first device of claim 9, wherein the indication of the view of the second portion of the UI comprises a box that outlines the second portion of the UI.

11. A method, comprising:

presenting a first portion of a user interface (UI) on a display of a first device, the UI being manipulable by plural users using respective devices, the UI being manipulable to at least create content using the UI;

receiving user input to zoom out in the UI;

in response to receiving the user input to zoom out in the UI, zooming out in the UI to show at least one additional portion of the UI beyond the first portion and presenting an indication of a location of the first portion of the UI, the UI also presenting text indicating an interaction with the UI from a second device different from the first device;

receiving user input to filter at least one type of metadata;

presenting, responsive to receipt of the user input to filter at least one type of metadata, at least one type of metadata indicated via the user input to filter at least one type of metadata, wherein presenting the at least one type of metadata comprises presenting text reflecting the metadata; and

not presenting, responsive to receipt of the user input to filter at least one type of metadata, at least one type of metadata that was not indicated via the user input to filter at least one type of metadata.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the UI is manipulable via each respective device to create sketches.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the UI is manipulable to present one or more of:

files, videos, folders.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the UI comprises text indicating at least one interaction with the UI from the first device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein at least some text indicates a particular user that created a piece of content that is currently presented on the UI.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein at least some text indicates at least one biometric of a particular user while the particular user looks at a portion of the UI.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein at least some text pertains to at least one discussion between users, the at least one discussion related to content presented on the UI, and wherein at least some text indicates information related to when the at least one discussion transpired.

18. A computer readable storage medium (CRSM) that is not a transitory signal and that is not a signal per se, the computer readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

present a first portion of a window on a display of a device, wherein the window presents at least one word indicating at least one user interaction with the window to create content presentable in the window;

receive first user input;

in response to receipt of the first user input, zoom out from the first portion and present an expanded view of the window which shows at least one additional portion of the window other than the first portion;

in response to receipt of the first user input, present a visual indication within the expanded view of a location of the first portion, the visual indication being other than the first portion itself;

receive second user input to filter at least one type of metadata;

responsive to receipt of the second user input, present at least one type of metadata indicated via the second user input, wherein presenting the at least one type of metadata comprises presenting text reflecting the metadata; and

responsive to receipt of the second user input, not presenting at least one type of metadata that was not indicated via the second user input.

19. The CRSM of claim 18, wherein the at least one word indicates a location on the window at which content was previously located but is no longer located.