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US Patent Application 20060143577 - GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MANIPULATING GRAPHIC IMAGES AND METHOD THEREOF

Application 20060143577 Filed on October 20, 2005. Published on June 29, 2006

Inventors

US Classes

715/815, Sizing modification (e.g., scaling)715/810, Menu or selectable iconic array (e.g., palette)715/825, Dynamically generated menu items715/830Scrolling (e.g., spin dial)

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Documents

  • 093140433 TW 12/24/2004

International Class

G06F 17/00


Abstract text


A method for enabling the manipulation of a plurality of items in a graphic user interface (GUI) is provided. One embodiment of the method includes steps of: dividing the plurality of items to a plurality of groups, each group and item are represented by a graphic image; arranging the plurality of groups in the form of a rotatable ellipse, wherein the plurality of groups are each movable into and out of an active area in the rotatable ellipse as an active group, and items of the active group are arranged in the form of a rotatable cylinder, each being movable into and out of a selectable area in the rotatable cylinder as a desired item; increasing in size as a graphic image moves toward and into the active area or the selectable area, attaining its largest size in the active area or the selectable area. A related system is also provided.

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