STATIONARY OR MOBILE TERMINAL CONTROLLED BY A POINTING OR INPUT PERIPHERAL

• US 20130033499A1
• Filed: 09/21/2010
• Published: 02/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Milibris S.A.
• Original Assignee: Milibris S.A.
• Inventors: Monteux, Guillaume, Rucine, Nicolas, Monrouzeau, Raphal, Vauvillier, Luc
• Granted Patent: US 8,982,148 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/473
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor

Abstract

A stationary or mobile terminal controlled by a pointing or input peripheral device is presented. The invention pertains to the field of man-machine interfaces (MMI) applied to digital reading. There is provided a stationary or mobile terminal that is capable of reproducing, when used, the sensation of reading paper on a screen, of developing novel modes of reading, and of enabling press groups to render the publications thereof paperless while doing away with the material and technical limitations of various reading terminals.

Claims

1. A stationary or mobile terminal capable of being controlled by a pointing or input peripheral, the terminal comprising:

storage means on which a plurality of pages are stored;

means for displaying the plurality of stored pages in the form of a grid called a breadcrumb trail, each element of said breadcrumb trail being composed of the front or back of a page called the single page, or the front of one page and the back of another conjoined page called a double page, the assembly of said elements being ordered by default in the ascending direction of the pages;

means for displaying a view called the leafing view composed of two stacks of recto verso pages respectively called the left stack and the right stack and respectively ordered in the ascending direction and the descending direction, or a single stack containing all of the recto .verso pages, ordered in the ascending or descending direction, all belonging to the plurality of stored pages;

means for controlling said display means, the controller comprising;

means for detecting user interaction by means of a mouse and/or a keyboard, comprising the detection of the position and movements of a cursor, the pressure and release of a button, the direction and amplitude of a scroll wheel movement, and the single, maintained or repeated pressing of one or more keys of a keyboard simultaneously;

means to detect the single or double target page of said breadcrumb trail that is defined as being one of said single or double pages depending on the detection of the position of the cursor or the position of said breadcrumb trail on the screen;

means to execute an animation simulating a zoom-in or zoom-out composed of a homothety and/or a translation of said breadcrumb trail.

2. The stationary or mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein said control means comprise means to execute a composite of a homothety center and variable ratios and/or a variable vector translation of said breadcrumb trail, said variations being dependent either on the position of the cursor, the direction and amplitude of the scroll wheel movement, the dimensions and position of said breadcrumb trail, or the number of successive presses on or the maintained press on one or more keys of the keyboard simultaneously, the dimensions and position of said breadcrumb trail.

3. The stationary or mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein said control means comprise:

means to modify the animation simulating a zoom-in or zoom-out composed of a homothety and/or translation of said breadcrumb trail, enabling the progressive refocusing of said single or double target page of the breadcrumb trail as their respective dimensions move towards the fixed dimensions of said left and right current pages of the leafing view;

means for displaying and masking said breadcrumb trail and leafing view, ensuring an invisible transition for the user by stacking said single or double target page and said left and right current pages when their respective dimensions and positions are identical.

4. The stationary or mobile terminal according to claim 3, wherein said control means comprise means for detecting the change of current pages by the user in said leafing view, and for modifying the position of said breadcrumb trail when said breadcrumb is masked, enabling the continuity of invisible transitions for the user by stacking the new current pages of said leafing view with the corresponding double page of said breadcrumb trail.

5. The stationary or mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein said control means comprise:

means to go from said left and right current pages, respectively called pages N−

1/N, to the next pages in the right stack, called pages N+1/N+2, or to the preceding pages in the left stack, called pages N−

3/N−

2, depending on the detection of the position of the cursor when pressing the mouse button, called the initial position, and the detection of the position of the cursor when releasing the mouse button, called the final position, or the detection of a press on a keyboard key;

means for stopping the passage from said pages N−

1/N to the following pages, called pages N+1/N+2, and returning from the following pages, called pages N+1/N+2, to the current pages, called pages N−

1/N;

means for stopping the passage from said pages N−

1/N to the preceding pages, called pages N−

3/N−

2, and returning from the preceding pages, called pages N−

3/N−

2, to the current pages, called pages N−

1/N.

6. A stationary or mobile terminal capable of being controlled by a pointing or input peripheral, the terminal comprising:

a storage device on which a plurality of pages are stored;

a first display device configured to display the plurality of stored pages in the form of a grid called a breadcrumb trail, each element of said breadcrumb trail being composed of the front or back of a page called the single page, or the front of one page and the back of another conjoined page called a double page, the assembly of said elements being ordered by default in the ascending direction of the pages;

a second display device configured to display a view called the leafing view composed of two stacks of recto verso pages respectively called the left stack and the right stack and respectively ordered in the ascending direction and the descending direction, or a single stack containing all of the recto verso pages, ordered in the ascending or descending direction, all belonging to the plurality of stored pages;

a controller configured to control said first and second display devices, the controller comprising;

a detection device configured to detect user interaction with a mouse and/or a keyboard, comprising the detection of the position and movements of a cursor, the pressure and release of a button, the direction and amplitude of a scroll Wheel movement, and the single, maintained or repeated pressing of one or more keys of a keyboard simultaneously;

a detecting device configured to detect the single or double target page of said breadcrumb trail that is defined as being one of said single or double pages depending on the detection of the position of the cursor or the position of said breadcrumb trail on the screen;

an executing device configured to execute an animation simulating a zoom-in or zoom-out composed of a homothety and/or a translation of said breadcrumb trail.

7. The stationary or mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein said controller comprises an executing device to execute a composite of a homothety center and variable ratios and/or a variable vector translation of said breadcrumb trail, said variations being dependent either on the position of the cursor, the direction and amplitude of the scroll wheel movement, the dimensions and position of said breadcrumb trail, or the number of successive presses on or the maintained press on one or more keys of the keyboard simultaneously, the dimensions and position of said breadcrumb trail.

8. The stationary or mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein said controller comprises:

a device to modify the animation simulating a zoom-in or zoom-out composed of a homothety and/or a translation of said breadcrumb trail, enabling the progressive refocusing of said single or double target page of the breadcrumb trail as their respective dimensions move towards the fixed dimensions of said left and right current pages of the leafing view;

a displaying and masking device to display and mask said breadcrumb trail and leafing view, ensuring an invisible transition for the user by stacking said single or double target page and said left and right current pages when their respective dimensions and positions are identical.

9. The stationary or mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein said controller comprises a detecting device to detect the change of current pages by the user in said leafing view, and to modify the position of said breadcrumb trail when said breadcrumb is masked, enabling the continuity of invisible transitions for the user by stacking the new current pages of said leafing view with the corresponding double page of said breadcrumb trail.

10. The stationary or mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein said controller comprises:

a device to go from said left and right current pages, respectively called pages N−

1/N, to the next pages in the right stack, called pages N+1/N+2, or to the preceding pages in the left stack, called pages N−

3/N−

2, depending on the detection of the position of the cursor when pressing the mouse button, called the initial position, and the detection of the position of the cursor when releasing the mouse button, called the final position, or the detection of a press on a keyboard key;

a device to stop the passage from said pages N−

1/N to the following pages, called pages N+1/N+2, and returning from the following pages, called pages N+1/N+2, to the current pages, called pages N−

1/N;

a device to stop the passage from said pages N−

1/N to the preceding pages, called pages N−

3/N−

2, and returning from the preceding pages, called pages N−

3/N−

2, to the current pages, called pages N−

1/N.