User interface for audio video display device such as TV

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10674107-B2
Application number	US-201715829599-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2017
Priority date	Apr 7, 2011
Publication date	Jun 2, 2020
Grant date	Jun 2, 2020

Abstract

A graphical user interface (GUI) for an audio video display device (AVDD) such as a TV includes content panels which can be selected for searching for additional information related to the content underlying the content panels. A history of previous searches is maintained in memory “stacked” notionally to the left or right of the current display so that a viewer can easily review previous search results using a simple scroll command.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. Audio video display device (AVDD) comprising:
processor;
video display presenting demanded images under control of the processor;
computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to: present on the display a graphical user interface (GUI) including plural panels arranged in a grid, a first panel being a current video panel presenting a viewer-selected video, panels other than the first panel presenting respective images and metadata associated with respective video content available for presentation on the display; receive a viewer scroll command; and
responsive to the scroll command, presenting animation on the display showing all panels except the first panel moving translationally away from their respective grid locations at which they were located prior to the scroll command, the first panel not being moved responsive to the scroll command, wherein the AVDD is configured to receive wireless commands, wherein to indicate that the panels on the grid are not the only content panels available for selection, faded but still visible left and right panel portions are presented along left and right edges of the display outside the grid, with one faded but still visible panel portion provided on each end of each row of panels, the faded but still visible panel portions being smaller than the panels.

2. The AVDD of claim 1 ,
wherein the animation shows at least some panels rotating about respective edges.

3. The AVDD of claim 1 , wherein nine full panels are presented in the grid arranged in three rows of three panels each and the first panel remains located in a predetermined onscreen location in the grid as other panels move responsive to the scroll command.

4. The AVDD of claim 3 , wherein the predetermined location is the upper left corner of the grid and all nine panels have the same size as each other.

5. The AVDD of claim 1 ,
wherein responsive to the scroll command, the processor calculates a new position for each panel other than the first panel independently of calculating the positions of other panels.

6. The AVDD of claim 1 ,
wherein responsive to a viewer selection of a second panel other than the first panel, video associated with the second panel replaces video in the first panel.

7. Audio video display device (AVDD) comprising: processor;
video display presenting demanded images under control of the processor;
computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to: present on the display a graphical user interface (GUI) including plural panels arranged in a grid, a first panel being a current video panel presenting a viewer-selected video, panels other than the first panel presenting respective images and metadata associated with respective video content available for presentation on the display; receive a viewer scroll command; and
responsive to the scroll command, presenting animation on the display showing all panels except the first panel moving translationally away from their respective grid locations at which they were located prior to the scroll command, the first panel not being moved responsive to the scroll command, wherein the AVDD is configured to receive wireless commands, wherein responsive to a viewer command to scroll, the processor executes an animation sequence in which all panels other than the first panel rotate simultaneously with each other on the display, the first panel not rotating, the animation sequence also including all panels except the first panel simultaneously moving translationally across the display, a second panel other than the first panel being moved an extra column than all other panels other than the first panel responsive to a determination that the second panel would be overlaid on the first panel absent moving an extra column.

8. Method comprising:
receiving, at an audio video display device (AVDD), a scroll command to scroll a graphical user interface (GUI) being presented on the AVDD, the GUI including non-pinned panels representing respective video content and a panel in which a currently selected live video is presented; and
responsive to the scroll command, individually calculating a new location for each of the non-pinned panels, wherein to indicate that the panels on the grid are not the only content panels available for selection, faded but still visible panel portions are presented along edges of the display outside a grid, with one faded but still visible panel portion provided on each end of at least one row of panels, the faded but still visible panel portions being smaller than the panels.

9. The method of claim 8 , comprising, for each non-pinned panel, computing a new position of the non-pinned panel based on the command.

10. The method of claim 9 , comprising determining whether the new position is a location of the pinned panel, and responsive to a determination that the new position is a location of the pinned panel, refining the new location to be one additional column of the GUI in a direction of the scroll.

11. The method of claim 8 , comprising simultaneously rotating and translating all non-pinned panels responsive to the scroll command.

12. Audio video display device (AVDD) comprising:
processor;
video display presenting demanded images under control of the processor;
computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to:
present on the display a graphical user interface (GUI) including plural panels, a first panel being a current video panel, panels other than the first panel representing respective video content;
receive a scroll command; and
responsive to the scroll command, execute an animation sequence in which all panels other than the first panel rotate on the display, the first panel not rotating, the animation sequence also including all panels except the first panel moving translationally across the display, a second panel other than the first panel being moved an extra column than all other panels other than the first panel responsive to a determination that the second panel would be overlaid on the first panel absent moving an extra column;
wherein the AVDD is configured to receive wireless commands.

13. The AVDD of claim 12 , wherein the processor presents animation on the display showing all panels except the first panel moving translationally away from their respective grid locations at which they were located prior to the scroll command, the first panel not being moved responsive to the scroll command.

14. The AVDD of claim 12 , wherein nine full panels are presented in the grid arranged in three rows of three panels each and the first panel remains located in a predetermined onscreen location in the grid as other panels move responsive to the scroll command.

15. The AVDD of claim 14 , wherein the predetermined location is the upper left corner of the grid and all nine panels have the same size as each other.

16. The AVD of claim 12 ,
wherein responsive to the scroll command, the processor calculates a new position for each panel other than the first panel independently of calculating the positions of other panels.

17. Audio video display device (AVDD) comprising:
processor;
video display presenting demanded images under control of the processor;
computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to:
present on the display a graphical user interface (GUI) including plural panels arranged in a grid, a first panel being a current video panel, panels other than the first panel representing respective video content; receiv

Assignees

• Saturn Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Friedlander Steven
• Young David
• Yeh Sabrina Tai-Chen

Classifications

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N5/4403 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/4314 Primary

  for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid · CPC title

• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title