ENHANCED ROLL-OVER, BUTTON, MENU, SLIDER, AND HYPERLINK ENVIRONMENTS FOR HIGH DIMENSIONAL TOUCHPAD (HTPD), OTHER ADVANCED TOUCH USER INTERFACES, AND ADVANCED MICE

• US 20110202889A1
• Filed: 02/12/2011
• Published: 08/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC (Advanced Touchscreen and Gesture Technologies, LLC)
• Original Assignee: NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC (Advanced Touchscreen and Gesture Technologies, LLC)
• Inventors: Hu, Vivian, LUDWIG, Lester F.
• Granted Patent: US 9,830,042 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/856
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object

Abstract

A hypermedia object associated with an application, displayed on a display screen, and responsive to information is disclosed. The information is provided by a user interface input device having two-dimensional pointing functions and at least one additional user-adjustable input for entering values from a range of more than two possible values. The hypermedia object includes a first visual representation of the hypermedia object for display in a first region of a display screen, an associated responsive area in a second region of the display for in activating the hypermedia object, and a procedure for allowing a user to activate the hypermedia object from a user-initiated action enacted on the user interface input device. Activating the hypermedia object enables the entry of at least one additional user-adjustable input value for use by the associated application.

Claims

1. A hypermedia object associated with an application, the hypermedia object for display on a display screen and responsive to information provided by a user interface input device comprising two-dimensional pointing functions and at least one additional user-adjustable input for entering values from a range comprising more than two possible values, the hypermedia object comprising:

a first visual representation of the hypermedia object for display in a first region of a display screen wherein the first region is associated with an application;

an associated responsive area in a second region of the display for in activating the hypermedia object;

a procedure for allowing a user to activate the hypermedia object from a user-initiated action enacted on a user interface input device, the user interface device comprising two-dimensional pointing functions and at least one additional user-adjustable input for entering values from a range comprising more than two values;

wherein activating the hypermedia object enables the entry of at least one additional user-adjustable input value for use by the associated application.

2. The hypermedia object of claim 1 wherein the first and second regions of the display are the same region.

3. The hypermedia object of claim 1 further comprising a hyperlink function activated by user interface input device when a cursor is positioned within the associated responsive area, the cursor position controlled by the two-dimensional pointing functions.

4. The hypermedia object of claim 1 wherein the hypermedia object comprises a rollover function activated by using the user interface input device to position a cursor within the associated responsive area, the cursor position controlled by the two-dimensional pointing functions.

5. The hypermedia object of claim 1 wherein the hypermedia object comprises a button function activated by the user interface input device when a cursor is positioned within the associated responsive area, the cursor position controlled by the two-dimensional pointing functions.

6. The hypermedia object of claim 1 wherein the hypermedia object comprises a slider function.

7. The hypermedia object of claim 1 wherein the hypermedia object comprises a menu function.

8. The hypermedia object of claim 1 wherein the user input device is a computer mouse comprising a first scrollwheel.

9. The hypermedia object of claim 8 wherein the user input device is a computer mouse further comprising a second scrollwheel.

10. The hypermedia object of claim 1 wherein the user input device is a computer mouse comprising a touchpad.

11. The hypermedia object of claim 1 wherein the user input device is a computer mouse comprising a High Definition Touch Pad (HDTP).

12. The hypermedia object of claim 1 wherein the user input device comprises a touch user interface responsive to gestures and the at least one additional user-adjustable input comprises at least one gesture.

13. The hypermedia object of claim 1 wherein the user input device comprises a touch user interface responsive to the yaw angle of a finger in contact with the touch user interface and the at least one additional user-adjustable input is responsive to a measurement of the yaw angle.

14. The hypermedia object of claim 1 wherein the user input device comprises a touch user interface responsive to the roll angle of a finger in contact with the touch user interface and the at least one additional user-adjustable input is responsive to a measurement of the roll angle.

15. The hypermedia object of claim 1 wherein the user input device comprises a touch user interface responsive to the pitch angle of a finger in contact with the touch user interface and the at least one additional user-adjustable input is responsive to a measurement of the pitch angle.

16. The hypermedia object of claim 1 wherein the user input device comprises a touch user interface responsive to at least two angles of a finger in contact with the touch user interface and the at least one additional user-adjustable input is responsive to a measurement of each of the two angles.

17. The hypermedia object of claim 1 wherein a second visual representation of the hypermedia object is displayed when the hypermedia object is activated.

18. The hypermedia object of claim 1 wherein the first visual representation of the hypermedia object changes when the hypermedia object is activated.

19. The hypermedia object of claim 1 wherein the first visual representation of the hypermedia object changes responsive to the at least one additional user-adjustable input.

20. The hypermedia object of claim 1 wherein the user input device is a touch interface comprising a tactile grammar.