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Continuous and dynamic scene decomposition for user interface

  • US 10,705,692 B2
  • Filed: 10/07/2009
  • Issued: 07/07/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hand-held electronic device, comprising:

  • a hand-held case having one or more major surface;

    a visual display disposed on at least one major surface;

    a touch interface disposed on at least one major surface;

    a processor operably coupled to the visual display and the touch interface; and

    instructions executable by the processor, wherein the instructions are configured such that, when executed, the instructions cause the device to;

    a) present an image on the visual display containing one or more active elements and one or more inactive elements;

    b) decompose the image into a plurality of constituent regions that collectively make up the display, wherein each of said constituent regions corresponds to a different active element of the one or more active elements, wherein proportions of the decomposition of the image into the plurality of constituent regions are adjusted based on a probability that a user will use one or more active elements wherein the probability that user will use on or more of the active elements includes a probability of subsequent use of one or more active elements based on past use of one or more active elements;

    c) correlate an active element in the image on the visual display to a corresponding touch sensitive region of the touch interface; and

    d) activate one of the one or more active elements in response to a touch to the corresponding touch sensitive region of the touch interface by transforming the one of the one or more active elements from an initial state into a transformed state in which the one of the one or more active elements interact with the touch sensitive region in a different mode of operation in the transformed state than in the initial state, wherein the transformation is animated to signify a change to the different mode of operation.

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