Temporal data control system

Claim 2

A computer system having a program displaying a data sequence, allowing a user to translate a mobile input device in an input plane to move a cursor onto the sequence to select the sequence and allowing the user to rotate the device around an axis substantially orthogonal to the input plane to control the sequence.

Claim 3

A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the device is transparent and the user moves the device onto the sequence to select the sequence.

Claim 4

A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the user moves a cursor onto the sequence by moving the device to select the sequence.

Claim 5

A system as recited in claim 1, wherein rotating the device does not move the cursor.

Claim 6

A system as recited in claim 1, wherein a rotational direction controls sequence direction.

Claim 7

A system as recited in claim 1, wherein when the sequence is playing, the rotation controls a speed of the playing.

Claim 8

A system as recited in claim 4, wherein the cursor remains positioned on the sequence during the control.

Claim 11

A temporal data sequence control system, comprising: a display displaying at least two temporal data sequences in separate windows and displaying a cursor; an input device, comprising: a hand held, mobile scrubwheel movable by a user, comprising: a disk shaped core having a ring shaped first position indicator located in a center of said core, having a screw hole in the center of said core and a bearing mounted around the screw hole; and a rotatable disk resting on the bearing, having a stick shaped second position indicator located in a periphery of said disk, and a switch connected to the second indicator and switchable by a finger of the user; and a tablet on which the scrubwheel rests and can be moved, detecting the positions of the first and second position indicators and detecting a switched condition of the switch; and a computer connected to said tablet and said display, controlling a position of the cursor on said display responsive to a position of the first position indicator to select one of the temporal data sequences when the cursor is in the window of one of the temporal data sequences and controlling the one of the temporal data sequences responsive to a position of the second position indicator as the second position indicator rotates about said core when said disk rotates and to the switched condition of the switch.

Claim 12

A temporal data sequence control system, comprising: a display displaying at least two temporal data sequences in separate windows and displaying a cursor; an input device, comprising: a hand held, mobile scrubwheel movable by a user, comprising: a disk shaped core having a ring shaped first position indicator located in a center of said core, having a screw hole in the center of said core and a bearing mounted around the screw hole; and a rotatable disk resting on the bearing, having a stick shaped second position indicator located in a periphery of said disk, and a switch connected to the second indicator and switchable by a finger of the user; and a tablet on which the scrubwheel rests and can be moved, detecting the positions of the first and second position indicators and detecting a switched condition of the switch; and a computer connected to said tablet and said display, controlling a position of the cursor on said display responsive to a position of the first position indicator to select one of the temporal data sequences when the cursor is in the window of one of the temporal data sequences and controlling the one of the temporal data sequences responsive to a position of the second position indicator as the second position indicator rotates about said core when said disk rotates and to the switched condition of the switch.

Claim 13

A storage media storing a process for displaying a temporal sequence, allowing a user to translate an input device in an input plane to move a cursor on the temporal sequence using the input device to select the sequence and allowing the user to control the sequence with the input device by rotating the device about an axis orthogonal to the input plane.

Claim 14

A storage media storing a process for displaying a temporal sequence, allowing a user to translate an input device in an input plane to move a cursor on the temporal sequence using the input device to select the sequence and allowing the user to control the sequence with the input device by rotating the device about an axis orthogonal to the input plane.

Claim 15

A sequence data control process, comprising: allowing a user to translate a cursor to move the cursor onto a sequence to select the sequence to be controlled using an input device in an input plane; and allowing a user to control the sequence by rotating the device about an axis orthogonal to the input plane.

Claim 16

A sequence data control process, comprising: allowing a user to translate a cursor to move the cursor onto a sequence to select the sequence to be controlled using an input device in an input plane; and allowing a user to control the sequence by rotating the device about an axis orthogonal to the input plane.

Claim 17

A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the input device is a disk rotating in a plane oriented parallel to a surface upon which the input device rests.

Claim 18

A computer system having a program displaying a temporal data sequence, allowing a user to translate a mobile input device within an input plane to move a cursor onto the temporal sequence to select the temporal sequence and allowing the user to rotate the device about an axis orthogonal to the input plane to directly control the temporal sequence.

Claim 19

A computer system having a program displaying a temporal data sequence, allowing a user to translate a mobile input device within an input plane to move a cursor onto the temporal sequence to select the temporal sequence and allowing the user to rotate the device about an axis orthogonal to the input plane to directly control the temporal sequence.

Claim 20

A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said input device comprises a disk with a circumferential side surface parallel to the axis and a top surface orthogonal to the axis allowing fingers to be positioned on the side and top surfaces during sequence control.

Claim 21

A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said input device comprises a control surface adapted such that finger contact with the control surface does not have to be broken to control an entire range of the sequence.

Claim 22

A computer system having a program displaying a data sequence, allowing a user to translate a mobile input device in a horizontal input plane to move a cursor onto the sequence to select the sequence and allowing the user to rotate the device around an axis substantially orthogonal to the input plane to control the sequence.

Claim 23

A computer system having a program displaying a data sequence, allowing a user to translate a mobile input device in a horizontal input plane to move a cursor onto the sequence to select the sequence and allowing the user to rotate the device around an axis substantially orthogonal to the input plane to control the sequence.

Claim 24

A computer system having a program displaying a data sequence, allowing a user to translate a mobile input device in an electromagnetic field sensor input plane to move a cursor onto the sequence to select the sequence and allowing the user to rotate the device around an axis substantially orthogonal to the input plane to control the sequence.

Claim 25

A computer system having a program displaying a data sequence, allowing a user to translate a mobile input device in an electromagnetic field sensor input plane to move a cursor onto the sequence to select the sequence and allowing the user to rotate the device around an axis substantially orthogonal to the input plane to control the sequence.

Claim 26

A computer system having a program displaying a data sequence, allowing a user to translate a mobile input device in a substantially horizontal, electromagnetic field sensor tablet input plane to move a cursor onto the sequence to select the sequence and allowing the user to rotate the device around an axis substantially orthogonal to the input plane to control the sequence.

Claim 27

A computer system having a program displaying a data sequence, allowing a user to translate a mobile input device in a substantially horizontal, electromagnetic field sensor tablet input plane to move a cursor onto the sequence to select the sequence and allowing the user to rotate the device around an axis substantially orthogonal to the input plane to control the sequence.