COMBINED ABSOLUTE/RELATIVE TOUCHPAD NAVIGATION

摘要

Methods and systems, such as television receivers, are disclosed for receiving data from remote controls for manipulation of graphical user interfaces. Aspects include providing a seamless transition between absolute and relative navigational schemes to allow for users to more efficiently make use of touch and position sensitive remote controls. Further, aspects include dynamically scaling the touch and position sensitive remote controls outputs to match various grid sizes that may be included in the graphical user interface.

主权项

1. A television receiver comprising:
one or more processors; a remote control interface communicatively coupled with the one or more processors; an audio-video output connection communicatively coupled with the one or more processors; and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
generating a video signal for displaying a receiver interface using the audio-video output connection;receiving a data stream at the remote control interface from a remote control associated with the television receiver, wherein the data stream includes a first absolute coordinate corresponding to a first determined position of a position sensitive interface of the remote control, a second absolute coordinate corresponding to a second determined position of the position sensitive interface of the remote control, and a third absolute coordinate corresponding to a third determined position of the position sensitive interface of the remote control, wherein an absolute coordinate represents a position on the position sensitive interface directly corresponding to the absolute coordinate;interpreting the first absolute coordinate as a first absolute location of the receiver interface by mapping the first determined position of the position sensitive interface of the remote control to the first absolute location of the receiver interface in an absolute fashion;modifying the receiver interface to include an indicator at the first absolute location on the receiver interface; interpreting the second absolute coordinate as a first relative location on the receiver interface by mapping the second absolute coordinate to the first relative location as a first location change from the first absolute location based on a first direction and first distance between the first absolute coordinate and the second absolute coordinate;
modifying the receiver interface to change the indicator from the first absolute location on the receiver interface to the first relative location on the receiver interface;interpreting the third absolute coordinate as a second relative location on the receiver interface by mapping the third absolute coordinate to the third relative location as a second location change from the first relative location based on a second direction and second distance between the second absolute coordinate and the third absolute coordinate;modifying the receiver interface to change the indicator from the first relative location on the receiver interface to the second relative location on the receiver interface; andreceiving a confirmation signal from the remote control, wherein the confirmation signal corresponds to determination of a selection, and wherein the selection corresponds to selection of an indicated item of the receiver interface.