System and method for navigating information

• US 20040119684A1
• Filed: 12/18/2002
• Published: 06/24/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Want, Roy, Back, Maribeth Joy
• Application Number:
  US10/324,620
• Publication Number:
  US 20040119684A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• 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

Abstract

System and method for navigating information. The system includes an information presentation device having an output portion (e.g., display device or audio device) and one or more motion sensors. The method includes the motion sensors monitoring for at least one movement of the information display device while the device dynamically presents information at its output portion. Upon the sensors detecting movement of the device, the device adjusts the manner in which the information is dynamically presented to enable operators of the device to easily navigate to an appropriate location of the information and adjust the manner in which it is dynamically presented (e.g., the rate of the dynamic presentation).

Claims

1. A method comprising:

monitoring for at least one movement of an information presentation device;

dynamically presenting at least one portion of information at an output portion of the information presentation device; and

adjusting the dynamic presentation based upon the monitored movement.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein monitoring the movements further comprises sensing changes in the acceleration of the information presentation device along at least one axis.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the dynamic presentation further comprises displaying the at least one portion of information on a display device associated with the output portion using a rapid serial visual presentation technique.

4. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the adjusting further comprises dynamically presenting a preceding segment or a proceeding segment of the at least one portion of the information based upon the monitored movement in a first direction.

5. The method as set forth in claim 4 wherein the adjusting further comprises ceasing to dynamically present the at least one portion of information based upon the monitored movement in a second direction.

6. The method as set forth in claim 5 wherein the adjusting further comprises changing a rate of the dynamic presentation based upon the monitored movement in a third direction.

7. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the adjusting further comprises changing the dynamic presentation based upon at least one detected orientation of the information presentation device with respect to a fixed point of reference.

8. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein each of the portions of information comprise at least one of a word having at least one textual symbol and a spoken word.

9. The method as set forth in claim 1 further comprising calibrating the information presentation device.

10. A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, causes the processor to perform:

monitoring for at least one movement of an information presentation device;

dynamically presenting at least one portion of information at an output portion of the information presentation device; and

adjusting the dynamic presentation based upon the monitored movement.

11. The medium as set forth in claim 10 wherein monitoring the movements further comprises sensing changes in the acceleration of the information presentation device along at least one axis.

12. The medium as set forth in claim 10 wherein the dynamic presentation further comprises displaying the at least one portion of information on a display device associated with the output portion using a rapid serial visual presentation technique.

13. The medium as set forth in claim 10 wherein the adjusting further comprises dynamically presenting a preceding segment or a proceeding segment of the at least one portion of the information based upon the monitored movement in a first direction.

14. The medium as set forth in claim 13 wherein the adjusting further comprises ceasing to dynamically present the at least one portion of information based upon the monitored movement in a second direction.

15. The medium as set forth in claim 14 wherein the adjusting further comprises changing a rate of the dynamic presentation based upon the monitored movement in a third direction.

16. The medium as set forth in claim 10 wherein the adjusting further comprises changing the dynamic presentation based upon at least one detected orientation of the information presentation device with respect to a fixed point of reference.

17. The medium as set forth in claim 10 wherein each of the portions of information comprise at least one of a word having at least one textual symbol and a spoken word.

18. The medium as set forth in claim 10 further comprising calibrating the information presentation device.

19. A system comprising:

a sensor system that monitors for at least one movement of an information presentation device;

an information output system that dynamically presents at least one portion of information at an output portion of the information presentation device; and

a processing system that adjusts the dynamic presentation based upon the monitored movement.

20. The system as set forth in claim 19 wherein the sensor system further comprises at least one motion sensor that monitors the movements by sensing changes in the acceleration of the information presentation device along at least one axis.

21. The system as set forth in claim 19 wherein the information output system further comprises a display device associated with the output portion that displays the information using a rapid serial visual presentation technique.

22. The system as set forth in claim 19 wherein the processing system presents a preceding segment or a proceeding segment of the at least one portion of the information based upon the monitored movement in a first direction.

23. The system as set forth in claim 22 wherein the processing system ceases dynamically presenting the at least one portion of information based upon the monitored movement in a second direction.

24. The system as set forth in claim 23 wherein the processing system changes a rate of the dynamic presentation based upon the monitored movement in a third direction.

25. The system as set forth in claim 19 wherein the processing system changes the dynamic presentation based upon at least one detected orientation of the information presentation device with respect to a fixed point of reference.

26. The system as set forth in claim 19 wherein each of the portions of information comprise at least one of a word having at least one textual symbol and a spoken word.

27. The system as set forth in claim 19 further comprising a calibration system that calibrates the information presentation device.