WO2001015011B1 - Methods and devices for selecting data files - Google Patents
Methods and devices for selecting data filesInfo
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- WO2001015011B1 WO2001015011B1 PCT/GB2000/003320 GB0003320W WO0115011B1 WO 2001015011 B1 WO2001015011 B1 WO 2001015011B1 GB 0003320 W GB0003320 W GB 0003320W WO 0115011 B1 WO0115011 B1 WO 0115011B1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
- G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
- G06F3/048—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
- G06F3/0481—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
- G06F3/0482—Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
- G06F16/90—Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
- G06F16/904—Browsing; Visualisation therefor
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
- G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
- G06F3/048—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
- G06F3/0481—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
- G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
- G06F3/048—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
- G06F3/0487—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
- G06F3/0488—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
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- General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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- Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
- Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
- Data Mining & Analysis (AREA)
- User Interface Of Digital Computer (AREA)
- Position Input By Displaying (AREA)
- Input From Keyboards Or The Like (AREA)
Abstract
A method is described for allowing a user to select one of a plurality of items. The user employs a device having a display area, and a joystick or a contact sensitive area. The device displays a number of regions equal to the number of items, and defines a number of sections in the angular range of the joystick, or sections within the contact sensitive area, equal to the number of items, and arranged corresponding to the arrangement of the regions of the display area. The user selects one of said items by selecting the corresponding section.
Claims
1. A method for allowing a user to select one of a plurality of items, the method employing a device having a display area and, separately from the display area, a data input means which registers the location of a contact made by the user in a contact sensitive area extending over a continuous range, the contact sensitive area being substantially loop-shaped and encircling the display area, the method including: displaying within the display area a number of regions equal to the number of items; defining within the contact sensitive area a number of sections equal to the number of items, the arrangement of said sections corresponding to the arrangement of said regions of the display area, each section corresponding to a respective region, whereby the user can select one of said items by contacting a location in a respective one of said sections; characterized in that the sections are defined by partitioning the substantially loop-shaped contact sensitive area along its circumferential direction, and the regions are provided along a path corresponding to the circumferential direction of the contact sensitive area.
2. A method according to claim 1 in which the path is independent of the number of regions, and the step of
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displaying the regions includes partitioning the path into a number of elements corresponding to the number of regions and displaying a region in each path element.
3. A method according to any of claims 1 in which for each possible number of regions up to a maximum, there is a predefined arrangement of that number of regions.
4. A method according to claim 1, claim 2 or claim 3 in which the regions have respective centres which are not on a straight line.
5. A method for allowing a user to select one of a plurality of items, the method employing a device having a display area and, separately from the display area, a data input means which registers a selection made by the user within a continuous range, the method including at least one step of: displaying within the display area a number of regions, each item corresponding to a respective item;
(i) defining a plurality of subsets of said regions; and (ii) defining within the continuous range a number of sections equal to the number of subsets, the arrangement of said sections corresponding to the arrangement of the respective subsets of regions, whereby the user can select one of said subsets by selecting the respective one of said sections ; optionally, at least one step of:
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(i) defining a plurality of subsets of said selected subset of regions ; and
(ii) defining within the continuous range a number of sections equal to the number of subsets, the arrangement of said sections corresponding to the arrangement of the respective subsets of regions, whereby the user can select one of said subsets by selecting the respective one of said sections; and defining within the continuous range a number of sections equal to the number of items in the previously selected subset, the arrangement of said sections corresponding to the arrangement of the respective region representing the items, whereby the user can select one of said items by selecting the respective one of said sections; wherein said data input device is contact-sensitive surface or a joystick indicator.
6. A method according to any preceding claim in which the sections collectively cover the whole of the contact sensitive area, so that defining the sections is equivalent to partitioning the entire area.
7. A method according to any preceding claim in which the user can (i) vary the selection of the item, information being displayed in relation to the item corresponding to the present selection, and (ii) by a predetermined action make a definitive selection.
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8. A method according to any preceding claim which is performed repeatedly, on each occasion selecting from items which are logically related to the item selected in the previous step.
9. A method according to any preceding claim in which the logical relationships are of any type or types suitable for defining a hyperspace .
10. A method according to any preceding claim in which the items are data files, sets of data files or portions of data files .
11. A method according to claim 10 in which at least some of the data files are stored in a location remote from the device but accessible to the device.
12. A method according to claim 10 or claim 11 in which, upon selecting a data file, the user is presented with at least some information about that data file.
13. A method according to any of claims 10 to 12 in which, upon selecting a data file, the user can open the selected data file.
14. A device for allowing a user to select one of a plurality of items, the device having a display area, for displaying a number of regions equal to the number of items; a contact-sensitive data input device, separate from said display area , which registers the location of a contact
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made with a substantially loop-shaped contact-sensitive area encircling the display area; and a processor for (i) defining within the contact- sensitive area a number of sections equal to the number of items, the arrangement of said sections corresponding to the arrangement of said regions of the display area and each section corresponding to a respective region, and (ii) upon a user contacting a respective one of the sections, determining the corresponding item, characterized in that the processor defines the sections by partitioning the substantially loop-shaped contact sensitive area along its circumferential direction, and the regions are provided along a path corresponding to the circumferential direction of the contact sensitive area.
15. A device for allowing a user to select one of a plurality of items, the device having a display area, for displaying a number of regions equal to the number of items; a data input means which registers a selection made by the user within a continuous range (e.g. the data input device may be a contact sensitive area, different from said display area, which registers the location of a contact made by the user within the area) ; and a processor for (i) defining a plurality of subsets of said regions; and
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a data input means which registers a selection made by the user within a continuous range (e.g. the data input device may be a contact sensitive area, different from said display area, which registers the location of a contact made by the user within the area) ; and a processor for
(i) defining a plurality of subsets of said regions; and (ii) defining within the continuous range a number of sections equal to the number of subsets, the arrangement of said sections corresponding to the arrangement of the respective subsets of regions, whereby the user can select one of said subsets by selecting the respective one of said sections ; optionally, at least one step of: (i) defining a plurality of subsets of said selected subset of regions ; and
(ii) defining within the continuous range a number of sections equal to the number of subsets, the arrangement of said sections corresponding to the arrangement of the respective subsets of regions, whereby the user can select one of said subsets by selecting the respective one of said sections; and defining within the continuous range a number of sections equal to the number of items in the previously selected subset , the arrangement of said sections corresponding
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to the arrangement of the respective region representing the items, whereby the user can select one of said items by selecting the respective one of said sections; wherein said data input device comprises a contact- sensitive surface or a joystick indicator.
16. A device according to claim 14 or 15 in which the data input means is not adapted to display information.
17. A device according to any of claims 14 to 16 in which the data input means is arranged to be rotatable about the display device, whereby the user can enter data into the data input means by rotating the data input means by a selected rotational angle.
18. A device according to any of claims 14 to 17 in which the data input means has a rest plane and it cantable out of the rest plane, whereby the user can enter data into the data input device by canting the display device in a selected direction.
19. A device according to any of claims 14 to 18 which is an item of consumer electronics.
20. A device according to any of claims 14 to 19 in which the display area is a low resolution screen.
21. A computer program product readable by a computer device which causes the computer device to perform a method according to any of claims 1 to 13.
Priority Applications (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| EP00956675A EP1222572A2 (en) | 1999-08-26 | 2000-08-29 | Methods and devices for selecting data files |
| US10/069,639 US7764272B1 (en) | 1999-08-26 | 2000-08-29 | Methods and devices for selecting items such as data files |
Applications Claiming Priority (4)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| GBPCT/GB99/02820 | 1999-08-26 | ||
| PCT/GB1999/002820 WO2000013104A1 (en) | 1998-08-26 | 1999-08-26 | Methods and devices for mapping data files |
| GB9926274A GB2353615A (en) | 1998-08-26 | 1999-11-05 | Selecting items such as data files |
| GB9926274.3 | 1999-11-05 |
Publications (3)
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| WO2001015011A2 WO2001015011A2 (en) | 2001-03-01 |
| WO2001015011A3 WO2001015011A3 (en) | 2001-06-21 |
| WO2001015011B1 true WO2001015011B1 (en) | 2001-11-15 |
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