Robert W Strong

US Patent:

7149985, Dec 12, 2006

Filed:

Aug 25, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/486545

Inventors:

Sheila Renee Crosby - Crystal Lake IL, US
Steven Todd Barlow - Raleigh NC, US
Robert John Strong - Arlington Heights IL, US

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing - Boulogne-Billancourt

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715851, 715854

Abstract:

A system and a method for navigating within a display having one or more display sections are disclosed. A section from the one or more display sections is selected. In response to the selection, a navigational symbol is displayed on a border of the selected section, the symbol corresponding to a direction in which a highlight may be moved. In one embodiment, the highlight is moved in the corresponding direction in response to the selection of the symbol. In another embodiment, the symbol indicates an availability of an adjacent section in the corresponding direction.

US Patent:

20040017401, Jan 29, 2004

Filed:

Jul 23, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/201185

Inventors:

Robert Strong - Arlington Heights IL, US
Timothy Bruns - Racine WI, US
Jeremy Jobling - Grayslake IL, US

International Classification:

G09G005/00

US Classification:

345/821000, 345/838000

Abstract:

A device and method for adjusting the target size of display images based on the detection of an input device is disclosed. The device () includes an input device detection circuit () operative to provide a detection signal () in response to the detection of an input device (); and a device controller () operative to adjust the size of a target (-) presented on a display () in response to the detection signal (). The method of the present invention includes detecting the presence of an input device; and adjusting the size of the targets present on a display in response to input device detection.