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Methods, apparatus and data structures for providing a user interface, which exploits spatial memory in three-dimensions, to objects and in which object occlusion is avoided
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Inventors: Robertson, George G.; Robbins, Daniel C.; Van Dantzich, Maarten Roderik;
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Remond, WA)
Primary Examiner: Bayerl; Raymond J.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Michaelson & Wallace, Michaelson; Peter L.
A graphical user interface in which object thumbnails are rendered on a simulated three-dimensional surface which (i) exploits spatial memory and (ii) allows more objects to be rendered on a given screen. The objects may be moved, continuously, on the surface with a two-dimensional input device. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention provides a user interface, and in particular a graphical user interface, to organize and access information or content (also referred to as an "object").
The present invention permits a user to view and organize all objects and to edit or otherwise work on a selected object by, for example, representing, graphically, objects or content with a low resolution image which can be added, moved, or deleted from a simulated three-dimensional environment on the user's video monitor.
The present invention may use pop-up title or information bars for permitting a user to discern more about the object represented by a low resolution image.
The present invention may use higher resolution image representations of objects, or "live" objects loaded within an associated application, for editing or otherwise working on a selected object.
Other visual representations of objects may be used, such as schematic or iconic representations of the content of each object for example.
Any and all visual representations of objects may be referred to as "thumbnails" in the following.
The user interface of the present invention exploits spatial memory by, for example, simulating a plane located and oriented in three-dimensional space, or other three-dimensional landscape on which the object thumbnails may be manipulated.
The plane or landscape may include visual landmarks for enhancing a user's spatial memory.
As the object thumbnails are moved about the landscape, the present invention may employ perspective views (perceived image scaling with distance), partial image occlusion, shadows, and/or spatialized audio to reinforce the simulated three-dimensional plane or landscape.
Other audio cues may be used to indicate proximal relationships between object thumbnails, such as when an object thumbnail being "moved" is close to a pre-existing cluster of object thumbnails.
An ancillary advantage of using a simulated three-dimensional landscape is that more objects can be represented, at one time, on a single display screen
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