Display interface and method for displaying multiple items arranged in a sequence

摘要

A display interface and method for displaying multiple items arranged in a sequence are provided for presenting to the user via the display the multiple items along one of multiple paths as the user scrolls through the items. The display interface includes a display, a user input and a controller. The display is adapted for visually presenting to the user the multiple items from the group of items arranged in the sequence. The user input is adapted for receiving at least one of multiple different user gestures. The controller is adapted for comparing a received user gesture with one of a plurality of predefined gestures which are intended to signal a desire to scroll through the group of items arranged in the sequence, where as the group of items are scrolled through, a different subset of multiple items from the group of items arranged in the sequence are presented to the user via the display. If a first one of the plurality of predefined gestures is received, the multiple items from the group of items arranged in the sequence are presented to the user via the display along a first path on the display. If a second one of the plurality of predefined gestures is received, the multiple items from the group of items arranged in the sequence are presented to the user via the display along a second path on the display, which is different from the first path.

主权项

1. A display interface for presenting to a user of an electronic device multiple items from a group of items arranged in a sequence, the display interface comprising:
a display adapted for visually presenting to the user the multiple items from the group of items arranged in the sequence; a user input adapted for receiving at least one of multiple different user gestures; a controller adapted for comparing a received user gesture with one of a plurality of predefined gestures which are intended to signal a desire to scroll through the group of items arranged in the sequence, where as the group of items are scrolled through, a different subset of multiple items from the group of items arranged in the sequence are presented to the user via the display; wherein if a first one of the plurality of predefined gestures is received, the multiple items from the group of items arranged in the sequence are presented to the user via the display along a first path on the display, and if a second one of the plurality of predefined gestures is received, the multiple items from the group of items arranged in the sequence are presented to the user via the display along a second path on the display, which is different from the first path; where the sequential arrangement of the group of items includes a virtual string, which follows a currently selected one of multiple paths that include the first path and the second path, where at spaced intervals along a length of the virtual string respective ones of the group of items are attached in an order corresponding to the sequential arrangement; and where the virtual string and the attached items move along the currently selected one of multiple paths as part of a scrolling of the group of items, and where the virtual string is elastic and the attached items have a virtual mass where an inertia associated with the attached item as the scrolling of the group of items, and correspondingly the string, changes velocity and can cause the spacing between adjacent items attached to the string to increase and decrease.