Animations and transitions

• US 20070055947A1
• Filed: 09/02/2005
• Published: 03/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Gibson, Mark, Sands, Kort, Ostojic, Bojana, Vong, William, Glein, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US11/217,490
• Publication Number:
  US 20070055947A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/800
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/047 Fisheye or wide-angle transformations
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/053 Detail-in-context presentations fisheye or wide-angle transformations G06T3/047

Abstract

Animations and transitions are provided for display of objects in a user interface. The animations and transitions include movement of objects into and within a display area, changes in the size or orientation of an object, and intensity changes for objects within a display area.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a plurality of objects, comprising:

selecting an object from a plurality of objects;

increasing the size of the selected object by at least 5%, the increased size being displayed by fading in; and

decreasing the size of at least one other object in the plurality of objects by at least 5%.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

moving a viewing lens over the selected object prior to increasing the size of the selected object.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

delaying at least 0.5 seconds between moving the viewing lens and increasing the size of the second object.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying text related to the second object after moving the viewing lens.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

delaying at least 0.5 seconds between selecting the object and displaying the text related to the selected object.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

reducing the size of the selected object prior to increasing the size, wherein the increase in size is greater than the reduction in size.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is stored as executable instructions on a computer readable medium.

8. A method for displaying a plurality of objects, comprising:

displaying a first image comprising an icon corresponding to a first task in a display area, the display area including a queue region;

receiving a request to perform a second task;

moving the icon corresponding to the first task to the queue region; and

displaying a second image corresponding to the second task in the display area.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the icon corresponding to the first task is the first image.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising reducing the size of the icon after receiving the request to perform the second task.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the size of the icon is reduced prior to moving the icon to the queue region.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the first image comprises a gallery of icons.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the method is stored as executable instructions on a computer readable medium.

14. A method for displaying an image, comprising:

displaying a first object at an edge of a display area;

moving the object away from the edge in a movement direction;

receiving a scroll request for a direction corresponding to the movement direction; and

displaying a second object in the display area based on the scroll request.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

displaying at least one additional object at the edge of the display area prior to receiving the scroll request, the at least one additional object moving away from the edge along the same direction as the first object.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first object, at least one additional object, and second object comprise a menu or gallery of objects.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the second object is displayed at the edge of the display area.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the second object is a full display area image.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein displaying a second object in the display area further comprises removing a third object from the display area.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the method is stored as executable instructions on a computer readable medium.