US 6,690,387 B2
Touch-screen image scrolling system and methodGeneral
US 6,690,387 B2
Touch-screen image scrolling system and method
Tech Center:
2600 Communications
Examiner:
Kent Chang
Art Unit:
2673 Facsimile; Printer; Color; halftone; Scanner; Computer Graphic Processing; 3-D Animation; Display Color; Attributes; Object Processing; Hardware and Memory
Inventors:
John Zimmerman; Jacquelyn Annette Martino
Assignee:
Priority:
12/28/01
Filed:
12/28/01
Granted:
02/10/04
Expiration:
07/30/22
Abstract
Electronic image displays. of lists that extend beyond the vertical display dimension of the display screen, are displaced in the vertical direction by touching the screen with a finger and then moving the finger in the desired direction on the screen. In a natural manner the initial speed of displacement of the displayed image corresponds to the speed of motion of the finger along the screen. When the user's finger is disengaged from the screen, the system senses the disengagement and thereafter allows the vertical displacement speed of the image to decrease at a controlled rate. When it is desired to stop the motion of the image at a given point, or to make a selection from the displayed image, the system measures the length of time that the finger is in contact with the screen and the distance that the finger is moved during that time, to determine if a selection is desired or if it is desired only to stop displacement of the image. That is, a short term contact with the screen, say 500 ms or less, accompanied by little or no displacement on the screen, can be identified as an intended selection. while a longer contact with little or no accompanying displacement can be interpreted as being intended to stop the motion of the image without making a selection.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
G06G06F3/04883G06F