Display for a graphical user interface
AssigneePhilips Corporation
InventorsAshok Gupta, Judith F.M. Masthoff, Paul Zwart
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AssigneePhilips Corporation
InventorsAshok Gupta, Judith F.M. Masthoff, Paul Zwart
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A method of providing a display (10) for a graphical user interface in which a user may define a selected region (20) of a subject image (3) is disclosed together with a computer program, a computer-readable storage medium (72) and apparatus for the same (71). The method comprising the steps of displaying the subject image (3); displaying at least one mask (12, 13, 14, 15) over the subject image wherein at least part of the or each mask extends to the periphery of the subject image (11); and defining the selected region (20) as those parts of the subject image not covered by a mask. The or each mask has a geometry which may vary in accordance with a user's input whereby the user selecting a first point within a mask and a second point displaced therefrom causes the geometry of that mask to vary in relation to the displacement (16, 17, 18, 19, 21) between the first and second points.
A method of providing a display for a graphical user interface in which a user may define a selected region of a subject image, the method comprising the steps of:
A method according to any preceding claim wherein the subject image is rectangular;
A method according to any preceding claim wherein the first and second points are selected using a drag and drop technique.
A method as hereinbefore described with reference to accompanying FIGS. 2 to 6.
A computer program comprising instructions for performing a method according to any preceding claim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.