DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND METHOD

• US 20180292960A1
• Filed: 04/05/2018
• Published: 10/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Europe (Amsterdam) BV (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Europe Limited (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: ORCHARD, Douglas
• Granted Patent: US 11,048,401 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/08 Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04807 Pen manipulated menu
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00944 Details of construction or manufacture

Abstract

A device is described that comprises display circuitry configured to emphasise a content item from a plurality of content items; touch screen circuitry configured to receive a user input; and control circuitry configured to: detect the user input on the touch screen circuitry, such that the emphasis on the content item scrolls through the plurality of content items when the detected user input is an arc in a first direction.

Claims

1. A device comprising display circuitry configured to emphasise a content item from a plurality of content items;

touch screen circuitry configured to receive a user input; and

control circuitry configured to;

detect the user input on the touch screen circuitry, such that the emphasis on the content item scrolls through the plurality of content items when the detected user input is an arc in a first direction.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of content items are arranged in a plurality of hierarchical levels, wherein the control circuitry is configured to scroll through the content items in the same hierarchical level when the detected user input is the arc.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the control circuitry is configured to:

detect a second touch input and when the second touch input is detected, select the emphasised content item.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the control circuitry is configured to scroll the content items when the detected arc is between 70°

and 75°

from the vertical.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the control circuitry is configured to continue scrolling through the content items when the detected user input is an arc in a second direction, the second direction being opposite to the first direction.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the control circuitry is configured to automatically continue scrolling through the content items until a further user input is detected.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the control circuitry is configured to move to a lower hierarchical level associated with the emphasised content item when the detected user input is a downward user input.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the control circuitry is configured to move to a higher hierarchical level associated with the emphasised content item when the detected user input is an upward user input.

9. A method of controlling a device comprising emphasising a content item from a plurality of content items;

receiving a user input;

detecting the user input, such that the emphasis on the content item scrolls through the plurality of content items when the detected user input is an arc in a first direction.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of content items are arranged in a plurality of hierarchical levels, and the method comprises scrolling through the content items in the same hierarchical level when the detected user input is the arc.

11. The method according to claim 9, comprising detecting a second touch input and when the second touch input is detected, selecting the emphasised content item.

12. The method according to claim 9, comprising scrolling the content items when the detected arc is between 70°

and 75°

from the vertical.

13. The method according to claim 9, comprising continue scrolling through the content items when the detected user input is an arc in a second direction, the second direction being opposite to the first direction.

14. The method according to claim 9, comprising automatically continue scrolling through the content items until a further user input is detected.

15. The method according to claim 9, comprising moving to a lower hierarchical level associated with the emphasised content item when the detected user input is a downward user input.

16. The method according to claim 9, comprising moving to a higher hierarchical level associated with the emphasised content item when the detected user input is an upward user input.

17. A computer program product comprising computer readable instructions which, when loaded onto a computer, configure the computer to perform a method according to claim 9.