Data processing system graphical user interface which emulates printed material
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJonathan D. Henckel, Paul A. Hospers
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Abstract
An interface for making information available to a user provides a display similar to a printed book or magazine. In order to "turn the page" of the displayed book, the user touches the screen with his hand or a pointing device, and moves it across the screen. Movement across the screen, while touching the screen, causes an animated turning of the page of the displayed printed material. This page turning technique is very similar to the turning of a page with an actual book or magazine.
Claims25
A method for displaying information for a user, comprising the steps of:
- displaying an image of a multiple page document on a display device;
- specifying, with an input means, a position on a displayed page of the document;
- detecting movement of the specified position in a first direction;
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- in response to movement of the specified position in the first direction, displaying an animated sequence of images corresponding to turning a page of the document in the first direction.
An apparatus for displaying information for a user, comprising:
- means for displaying an image of a multiple page document on a display device;
- input means for specifying a position on a displayed page of the document;
- means for detecting movement of the specified position in a first direction;
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- means for, in response to movement of the specified position in the first direction, displaying an animated sequence of images corresponding to turning a page of the document in the first direction.
A graphical interface for a computer system, comprising:
- a display for displaying graphical images of a multiple page document;
- input means for specifying a position corresponding to a selected location on a displayed page of the document;
- control means for, in response to a sensed movement of the specified position in a first direction, animating the display to show a page of the document turning in the first direction to display another, previously undisplayed, page.
A method for displaying a multiple page document on a touch screen graphical display device, comprising the steps of:
- displaying a graphical image representing the document, wherein the document has at least one displayed page and a plurality of underlying pages which are covered, and which are displayed only as page edges;
- sensing a location corresponding to a touch on the screen within an area defined by the displayed page;
- in response to the sensed location moving in a first direction, displaying a sequence of images showing an animated representation of a document page turning in the first direction, wherein an underlying page, previously covered, is exposed;
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- when the touch on the screen is terminated, completing the sequence of images to show the completion of the document page turning.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.