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US 9,804,764 B2Granted
Method and device for displaying information arranged in lists
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorSven Hoehne
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Abstract
In a method for displaying information, a portion of a list is displayed on a display area, which includes a plurality of list entries, and the displayed portion of the list is changed by a first operator action of a user, the entries of the list being run through consecutively by the first operator action. By a second operator action multiple list entries are skipped so as to reach a list entry that is not contained in the displayed portion of the list entries that were displayed while performing the second operator action. In a device for displaying information, the above method steps are implementable.
Claims9
A method for displaying information, comprising:
- displaying, on a display area, a portion of a list including a plurality of list entries divided into a plurality of classes, wherein each class is associated with a letter, the displayed list entries being a part of a first class associated with a first letter;
- changing the displayed portion of the list by a first operator action of a user including selecting a list entry and steering a movement of the selected list entry in a first direction;
- consecutively running through the entries of the list by the first operator action;
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- skipping multiple list entries by a second operator action including steering a movement of a list entry in a second direction different from the first direction, to reach a first list entry of a second class associated with a second letter, wherein the first list entry of the second class is displayed in the center of the display area;
- wherein the first list entry of the second class is not included in the displayed portion of the list entries displayed while performing the second operator action;
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- wherein at least one operator action includes a movement on a touch-sensitive surface of an input device arranged on the display area, the list entries of the portion of the list are displayed in a one-dimensional line on the display area, the first operator action includes a movement on the touch-sensitive surface substantially in a direction of the one-dimensional line, and the second operator action includes a movement on the touch-sensitive surface substantially in a direction perpendicular to the one-dimensional line.
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A device for displaying information, comprising:
- a display device having a display area;
- a memory adapted to store a list that includes a plurality of list entries divided into a plurality of classes, wherein each class is associated with a letter, the displayed list entries being a part of a first class associated with a first letter, a portion of the list displayable on the display area;
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- an operating device operable by a user to change the displayed portion of the list by a first operator action including selecting a list entry and steering a movement of the selected list entry in a first direction, the entries of the list being run through consecutively in response to the first operator action,
- the operating device operable by the user by a second operator action including steering a movement of a list entry in a second direction different from the first direction, in response to the second operator action multiple list entries are skipped to reach a first list entry of a second class associated with a second letter, wherein the first list entry of the second class is displayed in the center of the display area;
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- wherein the first list entry of the second class is not included in the displayed portion of the list entries displayed while performing the second operator action;
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- wherein at least one operator action includes a movement on a touch-sensitive surface of an input device arranged on the display area, the list entries of the portion of the list are displayed in a one-dimensional line on the display area, the first operator action includes a movement on the touch-sensitive surface substantially in a direction of the one-dimensional line, and the second operator action includes a movement on the touch-sensitive surface substantially in a direction perpendicular to the one-dimensional line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.