User interface for removing an object from a display
DCFirst Claim
1. A system for manipulating images comprisinga screen upon which an image is displayed;
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when the image is being dragged in response to the location inputs and the system detects that the velocity with which the image is being dragged exceeds a threshold velocity, the system responds by removing the image from the display without leaving any representative thereof in the display.
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Abstract
A digital system that may be used by children two years old and older. The digital system is contained in a child-proof case and has an upward-facing display with a touch-sensitive screen that is within easy reach of a child. Other I/O devices include proximity and motion sensors and a microphone, and there is also a loudspeaker. When a proximity sensor senses someone in the neighborhood of the system, it displays images on the display. A child may manipulate the images by touching them on the touch screen. Manipulations include selecting an image by touching it, “dragging” the selected image by moving the finger touching the image across the screen and “dropping” the image by lifting a finger from it, moving a selected image by touching another location on the screen and thereby causing the selected image to move to the touched location, removing an image from the screen by “throwing” it, i.e., moving it above a threshold speed, and modifying the image by tapping it twice and then moving the finger in a horizontal or vertical direction on the screen. The direction in which an image is thrown may further determine what the thrown image is replaced with. The manipulations are used to in activities such as shape matching, puzzle assembly, assembly of a face out of parts, and hide-and-go-seek.
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1. A system for manipulating images comprising
a screen upon which an image is displayed; - and
a computer coupled to the screen, the computer causing the images to be manipulated in response to location inputs from a pointing device, the system being characterized in that; when the image is being dragged in response to the location inputs and the system detects that the velocity with which the image is being dragged exceeds a threshold velocity, the system responds by removing the image from the display without leaving any representative thereof in the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 18)
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7. A system for manipulating a movable image comprising:
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a touch-sensitive screen upon which an image is displayed; a computer coupled to the screen, the computer causing the image to be manipulated when the touch screen is touched, the system being characterized in that; touching the movable image at a point within the image selects the image for moving and when the point being touched is being continually moved and the system detects that the velocity at which the point is moving exceeds a predetermined threshold velocity, the image being continually moved is removed from the screen without leaving any representative thereof on the screen. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19)
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15. Apparatus for displaying images, the apparatus comprising:
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a touch screen for displaying the images and a computer coupled to the touch screen, the computer responding to a continuing touch that moves the image across the touch screen such that when the computer detects that the velocity of the touch exceeds a predetermined threshold, the computer responds by removing the image from the screen, and by replacing the image with a replacement image that is not a representative of the removed image. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 20)
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