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User interface device
Assignee: Hewlett Packard Development Co LP
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Filing: 1995-10-27
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Granted: 2000-05-09
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Expires: 2015-10-27
Abstract
Abstract A user interface device for intuitive sequencing through displayed information comprises a cue block 10 with a top smooth curved control surface 12 and downwardly inclined ribbed or textured control surfaces 14, which suggest the smooth surfaces of the exposed pages of an open book, and the ribbed edges of the page edges to either side, respectively. The device detects the location or movement of a user's finger on or near the control surfaces and maps this to appropriate page turning commands to control the speed, direction and/or mode of sequencing.
Inventors
- 👤 David Edward Allport
- 👤 John Christopher Rudin
- 👤 Roger Brian Gimson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-10 01:45
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0481; G06F3/0483; G06F1/00; G06F1/16; G06F1/1613; G06F1/1626; G06F1/1633; G06F1/1684; G06F1/169; G06F15/00; G06F15/02; G06F15/025; G06F15/0283; G06F3/03; G06F3/033; G06F3/0362; G06F3/0484; G06F3/0485
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
178 words
A user interface device for allowing a user to progressively, logically move through a sequence of information available for display, the user interface comprising: a cue object having at lease a first control surface region and a second control surface region, both of which are visually distinguishable by a user, one of said control surface regions comprising a ribbed or textured control surface; user location/movement detecting means for detecting location, speed of movement, or both location and speed of movement of a user's gesture relative to each of said first control surface region and said second control surface region and for determining a relationship between a location or speed of movement of said user's gesture and at least one said control surface region; and control means responsive to an output of said user location/movement detecting means indicative of said relationship of said location or speed of movement of said user's gesture and said at least one control surface region, for accordingly altering a logical position or a speed of movement through said sequence of information available for display.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
178 words
A user interface device for allowing a user to progressively, logically move through a sequence of information available for display, the user interface comprising: a cue object having at lease a first control surface region and a second control surface region, both of which are visually distinguishable by a user, one of said control surface regions comprising a ribbed or textured control surface; user location/movement detecting means for detecting location, speed of movement, or both location and speed of movement of a user's gesture relative to each of said first control surface region and said second control surface region and for determining a relationship between a location or speed of movement of said user's gesture and at least one said control surface region; and control means responsive to an output of said user location/movement detecting means indicative of said relationship of said location or speed of movement of said user's gesture and said at least one control surface region, for accordingly altering a logical position or a speed of movement through said sequence of information available for display.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A user interface device according to claim 1, wherein said control surface regions are distinguishable by touch.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
A user interface device according to claim 2, wherein said control surface regions comprise a smooth surface region and a ribbed or textured surface region.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
A user interface device according to claim 2, wherein said control surface regions comprise a central generally curved smooth control surface region, with one downwardly inclined ribbed or textured control surface region disposed at each side thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A user interface device according to claim 1, wherein the cue object includes means for attachment to a display panel on which said displayed information is presented in use.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
A user interface device according to claim 1, wherein said means for detecting comprises means for detecting the location and/or movement of a user's hand or finger.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
A user interface device according to claim 1, wherein said means for detecting includes transmitting means for providing an electrostatic field, receiving means for detecting said electrostatic field, and means responsive to the current at said receiving means for determining the user location.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
A user interface device according to claim 1, wherein said means for detecting includes capacitive position sensing means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
A user interface device according to claim 1, wherein the user location/movement detecting means comprises: a first sensor adjacent the first control surface region and a second sensor adjacent the second control surface region.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
A user interface device according to claim 9, wherein said first sensor is a capacitative position sensing means and the second sensor includes means for generating an electrostatic field and means for detecting the disturbance thereto caused by user proximity.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
59 words
A user interface device as claimed in claim 1, wherein on interpretation of the signals detected by the user location/movement detecting means as a particular user gesture the control means alters a logical position or a speed of movement through said sequence of information available for display in accordance with a predetermined instruction associated with said particular user gesture.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
94 words
A user interface device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control means is responsive to an output of said user location/movement detecting means indicative of a relationship of said location or movement of said user's gesture and the first control region by continuous movement through said sequence of information, and the control means is responsive to an output of said user location/movement detecting means indicative of a relationship of said location or movement of said user's gesture and the second control region by movement in a discrete step through the sequence of information.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
38 words
A user interface device as claimed in claim 1, wherein an amount of alteration of logical position or of speed of movement by the control means is determined by user position relative to the associated control surface region.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
A user interface device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sequence of information available for display consists of an electrically stored document in a form of pages in a sequence.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
120 words
A user interface device for allowing a user to progressively, logically move through a sequence of information available for display, the user interface comprising: a cue object having a control surface region, said control surface region comprising a ribbed or textured control surface user location/movement detecting means for detecting user location or both user location and user speed of movement relative to the control surface region, and control means responsive to an output of said user location/movement detecting means for altering a logical position or speed of movement through said sequence of information available for display, wherein the amount of alteration of logical position by the control means is determined by user position relative to the associated control surface region.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
120 words
A user interface device for allowing a user to progressively, logically move through a sequence of information available for display, the user interface comprising: a cue object having a control surface region, said control surface region comprising a ribbed or textured control surface user location/movement detecting means for detecting user location or both user location and user speed of movement relative to the control surface region, and control means responsive to an output of said user location/movement detecting means for altering a logical position or speed of movement through said sequence of information available for display, wherein the amount of alteration of logical position by the control means is determined by user position relative to the associated control surface region.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
28 words
A user interface device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the control means is adapted to interpret signals detected by the user location/movement detecting means as user gestures.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
58 words
A user interface design as claimed in claim 16, wherein on interpretation of the signals detected by the user location/movement detecting means as a particular user gesture, the control means alters a logical position or speed of movement through said sequence of information available for display in accordance with a predetermined instruction associated with the particular user gesture.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
27 words
A user interface device according to claim 15, wherein said means for detecting comprises means for detecting the location and/or movement of a user's hand or finger.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
43 words
A user interface device according to claim 15, wherein said means for detecting includes transmitting means for providing an electrostatic field, receiving means for detecting said electrostatic field, and means responsive to the current at said receiving means for determining the user location.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
18 words
A user interface device according to claim 15, wherein said means for detecting includes capacitative position sensing means.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
31 words
A user interface device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the sequence of information available for display consists of an electrically stored document in a form of pages in a sequence.
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