User interface features for information manipulation and display devices
AssigneeGuideworks, LLC
InventorMichael L. Craner
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for improving the market appeal and/or usability of information manipulation and/or display devices (IMDDs).
Claims19
A method for altering the presentation of a plurality of multimedia objects that are displayed by an information manipulation and/or display device (IMDD) as a function of characteristics of a user interface element of the IMDD, the method comprising:
- receiving a video comprising the plurality of multimedia objects from a video source, the plurality containing a first multimedia object and a second multimedia object, the first multimedia object at a depth that is different than the depth of the second multimedia object from the perspective of a potential viewer of the IMDD;
- invoking a user interface element that is part of a user interface of the IMDD and not in the video, which user interface element is at a depth that is different than the depths of the first and second multimedia objects;
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- calculating first and second shadowing effects corresponding to the first and second multimedia objects, wherein the shadowing effects are applied differently to the first multimedia object and the second multimedia object and each shadowing effect is at least a function of the depths of the user interface element and the first and second multimedia objects.
A method for altering the trajectory of a multimedia object that is displayed by an information manipulation and/or display device (IMDD) as a function of characteristics of a user interface element of the IMDD, the method comprising:
- receiving a video comprising a multimedia object with an associated initial trajectory over time;
- invoking a user interface element that is part of a user interface of the IMDD and not in the video, which user interface element is at a position proximate to one or more positions along the initial trajectory of the multimedia object;
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- altering the initial trajectory of the multimedia object over time as at least a function of the invoking of the user interface element, the initial trajectory of the multimedia object, and the position of the user interface element.
A method for altering the look of a multimedia object that is displayed by an information manipulation and/or display device (IMDD) as a function of characteristics of a user interface element of the IMDD, the method comprising:
- receiving a video comprising a multimedia object with an associated initial texture characteristic and a position at a point in time;
- invoking a user interface element that is part of a user interface for the IMDD and not in the video, which user interface element is at a position proximate to the position of the multimedia object at the point in time;
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- altering the initial texture characteristic of the multimedia object as at least a function of the invoking of the user interface element, the position of the multimedia object, the position of the user interface element and texture characteristics of both the user interface element and the multimedia object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.