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Graphical user interface with fisheye adaptation principle
Assignee: ZENTRALABTEILUNG GEWERBLICHER RECHTSSCHUTZ
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Filing: 1991-07-18
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Granted: 1995-10-17
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Expires: 2011-07-18
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a method for carrying out a variable dialog with technical equipment that has a display and an input, such as a television screen with a touch keyboard. According to the invention, the dialog is to be carried out by means of the fisheye principle, in which, by means of one or more multi-stage input elements, the extent or scope of the functions that are shown and accessible in parallel, by means of a threshold value indicator, is adjustable by means of an input operation.
Inventors
- 👤 Georg Geiser
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 05:15
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/247; H04M1/2477; G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0481; G06F3/0482; G09; G09B; G09B5/00; G09B5/06; G09B5/065; H04M1/26; H04M1/27; H04M1/274; H04M1/2745; H04M1/27467; H04M1/27475
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
158 words
A method of performing a variable dialog with a technical gadget that has a display which represents information at a plurality of points having (x, y) coordinates, and has an input element for inputting control information, comprising the steps of: evaluating the relevance of the represented information according to the formula; Relevance Function R(x, y; x o , y o )=Importance at Point (x, y) less Diminution D of Importance from the Position of Fixation Point x o , y o (D(x-x o , y-y o )); specifying with the input element an amount of information to be displayed, by means of a threshold value k; selecting by means of an input device, in an input operation, a number of information items to be displayed in parallel and functions to be .displayed and made available; detecting a sophistication level of a user of said technical gadget; and resetting said threshold value k in accordance with said detecting step.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
158 words
A method of performing a variable dialog with a technical gadget that has a display which represents information at a plurality of points having (x, y) coordinates, and has an input element for inputting control information, comprising the steps of: evaluating the relevance of the represented information according to the formula; Relevance Function R(x, y; x o , y o )=Importance at Point (x, y) less Diminution D of Importance from the Position of Fixation Point x o , y o (D(x-x o , y-y o )); specifying with the input element an amount of information to be displayed, by means of a threshold value k; selecting by means of an input device, in an input operation, a number of information items to be displayed in parallel and functions to be .displayed and made available; detecting a sophistication level of a user of said technical gadget; and resetting said threshold value k in accordance with said detecting step.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the display includes a screen and said input element includes a touch screen.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the display includes a screen and said input element includes programmable keys.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said step of selecting the functions includes the user selecting an extent of a viewing field with a multi-stage input element to set the scope of the functions offered in parallel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 1, further including the step of the user specifying a fixation point which the user wishes to encounter at the beginning of reuse of the gadget, by means of said input element.
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