THREE DIMENSIONAL VIEWER FOR VIDEO

• US 20080307309A1
• Filed: 06/08/2007
• Published: 12/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Johnson, Gary, Marinkovich, Mike, Lindley, Greg, Doll, Evan, Cannistraro, Alan
• Granted Patent: US 8,006,185 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/723
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of presenting digital content can include displaying several arranged in a staggered formation in a user interface, wherein at least one of the several panes is entirely visible and adjacent panes are partially visible and displayed adjacent to the entirely visible pane, displaying a frame of an item of digital content comprising a sequence of frames in an entirely visible pane and displaying adjacent frames in corresponding adjacent panes, and displaying in the entirely visible pane successive frames of the digital content item by sequentially replacing the frame in the entirely visible pane with an adjacent frame.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of presenting digital content, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of panes arranged in a staggered formation in a user interface, wherein at least one pane of the plurality of panes is entirely visible and adjacent panes are partially visible and displayed adjacent to the at least one entirely visible pane;

displaying a frame of an item of digital content comprising a sequence of frames in an entirely visible pane and displaying adjacent frames in corresponding adjacent panes; and

displaying in the entirely visible pane successive frames of the item of digital content by sequentially replacing the frame in the entirely visible pane with an adjacent frame.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sequence of frames corresponds to digital video.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein sequentially replacing the frame in the entirely visible pane with an adjacent frame causes the replaced frame to be displayed in a partially visible adjacent pane.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the sequentially replacing can be stopped or started based on user input.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein displaying the replaced frame in a partially visible adjacent pane to the right of the entirely visible pane corresponds to displaying the item of digital content in a forward direction.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the direction in which the item of digital content is displayed can be altered based on user input.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the pane is rectangular.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the remaining panes are displayed on the user interface to the left of the at least one entirely visible pane.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein a top edge and a left edge of each of the one or more of the remaining panes displayed to the left of the at least one entirely visible pane are visible.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the remaining panes are displayed on the user interface to the right of the at least one entirely visible pane.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein a top edge and a right edge of each of the one or more of the remaining panes displayed to the right of the at least one entirely visible pane are visible.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising continuously performing the displaying in the entirely visible pane successive frames of the item of digital content by sequentially replacing the frame in the entirely visible pane with the adjacent frame at a rate.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the rate is a rate at which the frames in the sequence are encoded.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting a frame displayed in a pane in the plurality of panes; and

moving the selected frame to a new pane in the plurality of panes.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein moving the selected frame to the new pane causes the remaining frames displayed in the remaining panes to be re-positioned to maintain the sequence of frames.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a second plurality of adjacent to the plurality of panes, the second plurality of panes arranged in a staggered formation on the user interface, wherein a pane of the second plurality of panes is entirely visible and remaining panes of the second plurality of panes, displayed adjacent to the first pane, are partially visible;

selecting a frame displayed in a pane in the plurality of panes; and

moving the selected frame to a pane in the second plurality of panes.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting the selection of a partially visible adjacent pane; and

in response to the detecting, displaying a new entirely visible adjacent pane, and displaying a frame in the displayed partially visible adjacent pane in the new entirely visible adjacent pane.

18. A medium bearing instructions to enable one or more machines to perform operations comprising:

displaying a plurality of panes arranged in a staggered formation in a user interface, wherein at least one pane of the plurality of panes is entirely visible and adjacent panes are partially visible and displayed adjacent to the at least one entirely visible pane;

displaying a frame of an item of digital content comprising a sequence of frames in an entirely visible pane and displaying adjacent frames in corresponding adjacent panes; and

displaying in the entirely visible pane successive frames of the item of digital content by sequentially replacing the frame in the entirely visible pane with an adjacent frame.

19. The medium of claim 18, wherein the sequence of frames corresponds to digital video.

20. The medium of claim 18, wherein sequentially replacing the frame in the entirely visible pane with an adjacent frame causes the replaced frame to be displayed in a partially visible adjacent pane.

21. The medium of claim 20, wherein the sequentially replacing can be stopped or started based on user input.

22. The medium of claim 20, wherein displaying the replaced frame in a partially visible adjacent pane to the right of the entirely visible pane corresponds to displaying the item of digital content in a forward direction.

23. The medium of claim 22, wherein the direction in which the item of digital content is displayed can be altered based on user input.

24. The medium of claim 18, wherein the pane is rectangular.

25. The medium of claim 18, wherein one or more of the remaining panes are displayed on the user interface to the left of the at least one entirely visible pane.

26. The medium of claim 25, wherein a top edge and a left edge of each of the one or more of the remaining panes displayed to the left of the at least one entirely visible pane are visible.

27. The medium of claim 18, wherein one or more of the remaining panes are displayed on the user interface to the right of the at least one entirely visible pane.

28. The medium of claim 27, wherein a top edge and a right edge of each of the one or more of the remaining panes displayed to the right of the at least one entirely visible pane are visible.

29. The medium of claim 18, further comprising continuously performing the displaying in the entirely visible pane successive frames of the item of digital content by sequentially replacing the frame in the entirely visible pane with the adjacent frame at a rate.

30. The medium of claim 29, wherein the rate is a rate at which the frames in the sequence are encoded.

31. The medium of claim 18, further comprising:

selecting a frame displayed in a pane in the plurality of panes; and

moving the selected frame to a new pane in the plurality of panes.

32. The medium of claim 31, wherein moving the selected frame to the new pane causes the remaining frames displayed in the remaining panes to be re-positioned to maintain the sequence of frames.

33. The medium of claim 18, further comprising:

displaying a second plurality of adjacent to the plurality of panes, the second plurality of panes arranged in a staggered formation on the user interface, wherein a pane of the second plurality of panes is entirely visible and remaining panes of the second plurality of panes, displayed adjacent to the first pane, are partially visible;

selecting a frame displayed in a pane in the plurality of panes; and

moving the selected frame to a pane in the second plurality of panes.

34. The medium of claim 18, further comprising:

detecting the selection of a partially visible adjacent pane; and

in response to the detecting, displaying a new entirely visible adjacent pane, and displaying a frame in the displayed partially visible adjacent pane in the new entirely visible adjacent pane.