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Information display device with adaptive scroll speed
Assignee: US Philips Corp
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Filing: 1997-02-18
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Granted: 1999-08-10
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Expires: 2017-02-18
Abstract
Abstract An information display device with adaptive scroll speed receives at its input (1a, 1b) messages in the form of bursts of information units. The display device comprises presentation apparatus (2), coupled to the input, comprising a display area (2.1) for displaying the messages. The presentation apparatus can scroll the information units through the display area at a specific scroll speed. The information display device further comprises a control signal generator (3) that generates a control signal which is derived from the average rate at which information units are received. The presentation apparatus control the scroll speed in response to the control signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard Cees Spiero
- 👤 Henricus J. Kunnen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 16:15
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/14; G06F3/147; G09; G09G; G09G3/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
106 words
An information display device, comprising: input means for receiving bursts of information units, presentation means, comprising a display area for displaying said information units, said presentation means including means for scrolling the information units through the display area at a specific scroll speed, and control signal generator means for generating a control signal, said control signal generator means comprising evaluation means for generating an evaluation signal representative of an average rate at which said information units are received at said input means, said control signal being derived from said evaluation signal, and wherein said presentation means control the scroll speed in response to said control signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
106 words
An information display device, comprising: input means for receiving bursts of information units, presentation means, comprising a display area for displaying said information units, said presentation means including means for scrolling the information units through the display area at a specific scroll speed, and control signal generator means for generating a control signal, said control signal generator means comprising evaluation means for generating an evaluation signal representative of an average rate at which said information units are received at said input means, said control signal being derived from said evaluation signal, and wherein said presentation means control the scroll speed in response to said control signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said evaluation means are adapted for averaging, during evaluation periods comprising specific periods of time, and for generating said evaluation signal which is representative of an average rate at which said information units are received during an evaluation period.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control signal is said evaluation signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control signal generator means further comprise signal processing means adapted for generating said control signal in response to said evaluation signal and a control signal that was generated previously.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
57 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said control signal generator means further comprise signal processing means for generating, after an evaluation period, said control signal in response to the sum of said evaluation signal multiplied by a first modification factor (α) and a preceding control signal multiplied by a second modification factor (β).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
101 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the signal processing means are further adapted for setting the first modification factor to a value in the range 0≦α≦1 if the average rate of reception during a preceding evaluation period was lower than the scroll speed in that period, for setting the first modification factor to a value α>1 if the average rate of reception during a preceding evaluation period was higher than the scroll speed in that period, and for setting the second modification factor to a value substantially equal to one minus the first modification factor (i.e. β=1-α).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
53 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the signal processing means are further adapted for setting the modification factors to the values α=0 and β=1 if the average rate of reception during a preceding evaluation period was less than a predetermined fraction lower than the scroll speed in that period.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said evaluation periods have a fixed duration.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the beginning and ending of said evaluation periods are controlled in response to the reception of a burst of information units.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
43 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising buffer means for storing information units at the rate at which they are momentarily received at the input means and for emitting information units at a rate related to the scroll speed.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
Apparatus for retrieving information units from a record carrier and/or a broadcast transmission comprising an information display device as claimed in claim 1.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
45 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said input means receive bursts of information units that are not under control of a user of the information display device, and the control signal generator means includes a counter coupled to a storage device.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
44 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 1 wherein, during evaluation time periods, said evaluation means average the information units and generate said evaluation signal which is determined by the average rate at which the information units are received during an evaluation period.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
42 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 13 wherein said control signal generator means further comprises signal processing means responsive to said evaluation signal and to a control signal generated in the preceding evaluation period for generating a new control signal.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
76 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 14 wherein the signal processing means further comprise: a first signal modifier which modifies the evaluation signal by a first modification factor (α), a second signal modifier which modifies the preceding control signal by a second modification factor (β), and means coupled to said first and second signal modifiers for combining the modified evaluation signal and the modified preceding control signal so as to derive said control signal.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
80 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 15 wherein the signal combining means comprises means for adding said modified signals, and said first signal modifier is adapted to adjust the first modification factor (α) to a value in the range 0≦α≦1 if the average rate of reception during a preceding evaluation period was lower than the scroll speed in that period, and said second signal modifier is adapted to adjust the second modification factor (β) to a value β=1-α.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
58 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 16 wherein the first and second signal modifiers adjust the first and second modification factors (α) and (β), respectively, to the values α=0 and β=1 if the average rate of reception during a preceding evaluation period was less than a predetermined fraction lower than the scroll speed in that period.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
52 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 6 wherein the signal processing means are arranged to set the modification factors to the values α=0 and β=1 if the average rate of reception during a preceding evaluation period was less than a predetermined fraction lower than the scroll speed in that period.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
17 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 13 wherein said evaluation periods have a fixed duration.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
31 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 13 wherein the start and end of said evaluation periods are controlled in response to the reception of a burst of information units.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
83 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 4 wherein the signal processing means includes means for generating the control signal in accordance with the formula V2 T =α×V1 T +(β)V2 T-1 , where V2 T is the new control signal, V1 T is the evaluation signal, V2 T-1 is a preceding control signal, α is a modification factor by which the evaluation signal is modified and β is a second modification factor by which the preceding control signal is modified, and β=1-α.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
69 words
The information display device as claimed in claim 4 wherein the signal processing means includes means for generating the control signal in accordance with the formula V2 T =α(V1 T -V2 T-1 )+V2 T-1 , where V2 T is the new control signal, V1 T is the evaluation signal, V2 T-1 is a preceding control signal, and α is a modification factor by which the evaluation signal is modified.
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