GB2412048A - Viewing an image larger than the display device - Google Patents

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GB2412048A
GB2412048A GB0405350A GB0405350A GB2412048A GB 2412048 A GB2412048 A GB 2412048A GB 0405350 A GB0405350 A GB 0405350A GB 0405350 A GB0405350 A GB 0405350A GB 2412048 A GB2412048 A GB 2412048A
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    • G06F3/048—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
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Abstract

A invention for moving a page that is too large to fit all at once on a display screen, so revealing parts of the page in a smooth transition depending on the input to the input device which instructs the direction the page on the display screen is to be moved, thereby revealing more of the page in one direction and hiding previously visible parts of the page in the opposite direction. Also a pointer, with all standard facilities of a standard pointer on a standard computer controlled by a standard mouse, can be used to move the page on the display screen in the same method, the pointer has the facility to be made visible or invisible on the screen.

Description

24 1 2048 The Improved Display Invention At present, the only image that
can be displayed on a screen, image refers to anything that can be displayed on a display screen including but not limited to text, graphics, pictures etc. is an image that is the same size as the screen, scrolling of display images is possible but this is inconvenient and time consuming to use.
The display screen of a mobile device, which has to be small to allow the mobile device to be used as a mobile device. It is very difficult to display full sized pages on these small screens without making the page much smaller which means that the items on the page are too small to be seen.
This invention uses an input device which can be operated with one hand, input on the input device consists of movement which is converted into signals which the hardware, consisting of memory, display hardware and processing hardware and software, can process so movement on the input device is translated into corresponding movements of the full size page, of which not all is visible on the display screen, so revealing different parts of the page in a "dual movement that were not visible before the input was applied to the input device.
The invention, when the appropriate input is applied to the input device, enable a revealing of parts of the page that were not visible before while at the other end of the screen previously visible parts of the page go offthe display screen to make space for the newly revealed parts of the page This action can be done in any direction depending on the input applied to the input device.
The invention will enable large pages too big to be viewed all at once on a display screen to be easily and quickly viewed.
Preferably the invention along with all its components will also enable control of a on screen pointer which behaves like a mouse on a standard computer along with the same functions as a mouse on a standard computer. The on screen pointer being able to take any form a standard computer mouse can take.
Preferably the on screen pointer will also, when moved to an edge of the display screen be able to move the page being displayed on the display screen. The components of the invention will calculate the direction to move the page on the display screen to reveal previously hidden parts of the page while hiding previously visible parts of the page, by calculating the direction and angle the pointer was moving in just before the pointer reached an edge of the display screen.
Preferably with the facility to make the on screen pointer visible or invisible according to the user's wishes preferably the invention will have standard select buttons as with a standard mouse used on a standard computer.
Preferably with the facility for the device with the invention to know that if the pointer is switched on then the pointer controls the movement of the page and if switched off the page on the display screen starts moving on input to the input device, not waiting for the time taken for the pointer to reach an edge of the display screen before moving the page on the display screen.
An example of the invention will now be described by referring to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 A drawing in block diagram form of the four modules of the invention.
Figures 2-5 Showing how a page with information on it, information includes but is not limited to text, graphics, pictures etc. in this case the basic drawing of a man with Andrew written on his chest, can be viewed by moving the page on the display screen.
Figures 6^9 Showing the same as figures 2-5, but using an onscreen pointer to move the page on the display screen.
Figure 10 Showing the same as figure 1, but with the mouse select facility and the facility to make the pointer invisible.
As in figure 1, there is an input device 5, the input device can be but not limited to a trackball, joystick type device, touch pad etc. which is used to enter input by means of moving the device or putting a finger or a thumb onto it and moving the finger or thumb while the finger or thumb is in contact with the input device 5, this input will be converted by the hardware 6 into signals which can be understood by the hardware in module 7, module 7 is where all the hardware and software which processes the signals from the input device 5 and correspondingly moves the page on the display screen The hardware in module 7 includes but is not limited to memory, display hardware and processing hardware.
The page being displayed can be moved in any direction that is inputted into the input device 5, the movement of the page will continue in the same direction as long as the input to input device 5 is in the same direction. The movement of the page stops when the user stops input to the input device 5.
Or an edge of the of the whole page, hidden and visible parts 1, is reached, in this case the module 7 will know that an edge of the page 1 has been reached, module 7 will know this by understanding, with its software, the standard codes in the whole page 1.
Or the user changes the input to the input device 5 to change the direction of the movement of the page on the display screen.
As shown in figures 2-5, the whole page 1 has an drawing 3 with part of the drawing 3 visible in the display area of the display screen 2, the display screen 2 shows the portion of the whole page 1 that would be visible to a viewer viewing the display screen. The arrows 10 show the direction the page 1 is moving in, by means of appropriate input to the input device 5.
Figure 2 shows the drawing 3 on the left side of the display screen 2 with only part of drawing 3 visible on the left side of the display screen 2. With arrows 10 showing the direction of movement of the drawing 3 on page 1 thereby showing the direction of movement of page l with appropriate input to input device 5.
Figure 3 shows the page moved by instructions inputted to the input device 5 now showing the drawing 3 having been gradually moved and the movement stopped so the drawing 3 is now partly visible on the right side ofthe display screen 2. With arrows 10 showing the direction of movement of the drawing 3 on page 1 thereby showing the direction of movement of page 1 with appropriate input to input device 5.
Figure 4 shows the drawing 3 moved gradually until the movement was stopped with the drawing 3 raised on the right side of the display screen and only the lower part of the drawing 3 visible on the display screen 2. With arrows 10 showing the direction of movement of the drawing 3 on page 1 thereby showing the direction of movement of page 1 with appropriate input to input device 5.
Figure 5 shows the drawing 3 gradually moved to be visible to the bottom of the display screen 2 by means of input to the input device with the top part of drawing 3 visible on the display screen 2.
With arrows 10 showing the direction of movement of the drawing 3 on page 1 thereby showing the direction of movement of page 1 with appropriate input to input device 5.
The invention can, by means of input to input device 4, move the page on the display screen to reveal any part of the page 1 not visible on the screen due to the page 1 being too large to fit all at once on the display screen.
As in figures 6-9 the movement of the page 1 on the display screen can also be controlled by switching on the on screen pointer by means of switch 9, the pointer 4 is also controlled by input to input device 5 in the same way that input to input device 5 was used to move the page 1 on the display screen 2.
Arrows 10 on figures 6-9 show the direction the drawing 3 and so the page 1 move in by means of appropriate input to the input device 5 When the pointer 4 is taken to the edge of the display screen 2 by input to the input device 5 the software and hardware in module 7 will look at the angle and direction the pointer 4 was moving in before it came to an edge of the display screen 2 and will reveal more of page 1 on the display screen 2 in the direction of the last movement of the pointer 4.
It will do this while the input device 5 is still receiving input for the movement of page 1 in the same direction.
Or it will carry on moving the page 1 until a edge of the page 1 is reached and there is no more of page 1 to reveal in that direction, the invention will know this is the case by understanding the codes in page 1, when an edge of page 1 is reached then the invention will not move page 1 any more in that direction even if the input to input device 5 instructs it to do so.
The page 1 will only be moved further once an edge in one direction is reached if the direction of movement is changed by input to input device 5 by moving the pointer in another direction to another edge of the display screen 2.
Also the module 7 will know that if the pointer 4 is switched on then the movement of the page 1 will only begin when the pointer 4 is taken to an edge of the display screen 2 and the input to the input device S carries on in the same direction. If the pointer 4 is switched off then the page movement will start as soon as input to the input device 5 is applied.

Claims (5)

  1. Claims 1. A device which can make different parts of a page on a display
    screen visible where the page is too large to be displayed all at once on the display screen while the device with the invention can be held steady, meaning the device does not have to be moved around to move the page on the display screen.
  2. 2. A device as in claim 1 where an onscreen pointer which behaves as a standard onscreen pointer as controlled by a mouse on a standard computer, and also can move the page on the display screen by being taken to an edge of the display screen by input to the device and the invention can tell from the direction the pointer did take to reach the edge of the screen in which direction to reveal more of the page on the display screen.
  3. 3. A device as in claims 1 and 2 where the device knows that if the pointer is switched on then the page movement only starts when the pointer is moved to an edge of the screen and carries on being instructed to move on, and when the pointer is switched offthe page movement starts when input is applied to the input device.
  4. 4. A device as in claim 2 which has the facility to make the onscreen pointer visible or invisible.
  5. 5. A device as in claim 2 with facilities for all standard features of a standard pointer as controlled by a standard mouse on a standard computer.
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