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US 2011/0214089 A1Published application
Menu display for a graphical user interface
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsZEENAT JETHA, JOHANNES A. JANSEN
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AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsZEENAT JETHA, JOHANNES A. JANSEN
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Methods of providing a menu display 1 for a GUI 31 are disclosed together with a computer program, a computer-readable storage medium 34 and apparatus 31 for the same. Methods include the steps of displaying a menu 1 in the form of a group of icons 3, 20, 21 wherein each icon corresponds to a menu option and is selectable by a user, and displaying an icon selector graphic 4 adapted to identify the icon 20 corresponding to a menu option currently selected by a user. A textual label 19 or a submenu 6-11 corresponding to the currently selected menu option/icon 20 may be displayed. Also, the group of icons and the icon selector graphic may be rotatable relative to each other and where the icon selector graphic is stationary and the group of icons rotatable, the centre of rotation of the group of icons may be located outside the periphery of a display. Further disclosed is a rotatable menu window 5.
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A method of providing a menu display (1) for a GUI comprising the steps of displaying a first menu in a rotatable window (22);
A method according to claim 1 wherein the user is enabled to select the menu being displayed and the option in the selected menu by using the same selection means in the same fashion.
A method according to claim 2 wherein the user is enabled to switch between the first and the second mode by using further selection means.
A method according to claim 3 wherein the selection means comprises up and down cursor keys on a keypad and the further selection means comprises left and right cursor keys on a keypad.
A method according to claim 3 wherein the further selection means comprises a toggle switch for toggling between the first and second mode.
A method according to claim 1 wherein, in the event of a new menu being selected, the window is rotated 180°.
A method according to claim 1 wherein, during rotation, the illusion of perspective is produced by shrinking the part of the window (22) and its content perceived to be behind the display (1) and enlarging the part of the window and its contents perceived to be in front of the display;
Apparatus (31) having a display, a processor and a user input device for providing a GUI menu display in accordance with claim 1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.