公开(公告)号：US06271842B1

公开(公告)日：2001-08-07

申请号：US08825985

申请日：1997-04-04

申请人： Didier Daniel Claude Bardon ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  David John Roberts

发明人： Didier Daniel Claude Bardon ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  David John Roberts

IPC分类号： G06F1300

CPC分类号： G06F3/04815

摘要： A system, method and computer program are provided for viewer navigation within a virtual reality three-dimensional workspace containing functional three-dimensional objects which are capable of being moved and environmental three-dimensional objects which have stationary positions in the workspace. Navigation from an initial viewpoint interface in the virtual reality workspace to a subsequent viewpoint is carried out by the viewer selecting an environmental object whereupon the system responds by shifting the viewpoint to a subsequent position in the workspace.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种系统，方法和计算机程序，用于在能够被移动的功能性三维物体和在工作空间中具有静止位置的环境三维物体的虚拟现实三维工作空间内的观看者导航。 从虚拟现实工作空间中的初始视点界面到随后的视点的导航由观看者选择环境对象来执行，于是系统通过将视点移动到工作空间中的后续位置来进行响应。

公开(公告)号：US6111581A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-29

申请号：US789343

申请日：1997-01-27

申请人： Richard Edmond Berry ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  David John Roberts

发明人： Richard Edmond Berry ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  David John Roberts

IPC分类号： G06T17/00

CPC分类号： G06T17/00

摘要： A method and system for classifying user objects in a three-dimensional environment on a display of a computer system is disclosed. The method and system comprises providing a set of standardized classes of user objects and defining the standardized classes based upon a users needs. The method and system is directed toward a classification for objects relevant to the tasks of organizing the 3D environment, navigating through the 3D environment, and performing useful work in the 3D user environment in a computer system classification. The distinction between classes of objects in the classification is based on user needs and is reflected in the properties and behaviors of objects as perceived by the users.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种在计算机系统的显示器上对三维环境中的用户对象进行分类的方法和系统。 该方法和系统包括提供一组标准化的用户对象类，并根据用户需要定义标准化类。 该方法和系统针对与组织3D环境的任务相关的对象的分类，在3D环境中导航，以及在计算机系统分类中在3D用户环境中执行有用的工作。 分类中对象类之间的区别基于用户需求，并反映在用户感知的对象的属性和行为中。

公开(公告)号：US6054996A

公开(公告)日：2000-04-25

申请号：US753082

申请日：1996-11-20

申请人： Didier Daniel Bardon ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Denise Marie Burton ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  Shirley L. Martin ,  John Martin Mullaly

发明人： Didier Daniel Bardon ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Denise Marie Burton ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  Shirley L. Martin ,  John Martin Mullaly

IPC分类号： G06F3/033 ,  G06F15/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/033

摘要： A data processing system, software program, and method of operation realistically displays a users model of a device as an object, while providing additional functions which cannot exist in the devices real-world counterparts. The data processing system and software program allow a view or a realistically-rendered object and a function associated with that object to be selectively modified in response to a user input. During operation, a cursor displayed by a display device (138) is used to access a view changing mechanism displayed on the realistically-rendered object. By selectively accessing the view changing mechanism, a user is able to change a view of the realistically-rendered object from a base function view to a full function view.

摘要翻译： 数据处理系统，软件程序和操作方法将设备的用户模型现实地显示为对象，同时提供在现实世界的设备中不能存在的附加功能。 数据处理系统和软件程序允许响应于用户输入选择性地修改视图或实际呈现的对象和与该对象相关联的功能。 在操作期间，由显示装置（138）显示的光标用于访问显示在真实渲染对象上的视图改变机构。 通过选择性地访问视图改变机制，用户能够将实际呈现的对象的视图从基本功能视图改变为全功能视图。

公开(公告)号：US5903271A

公开(公告)日：1999-05-11

申请号：US862661

申请日：1997-05-23

申请人： Didier Daniel Claude Bardon ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  David John Roberts ,  John Martin Mullaly

发明人： Didier Daniel Claude Bardon ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  David John Roberts ,  John Martin Mullaly

IPC分类号： G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/048 ,  F41G5/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/04815

摘要： A system, method and computer program for a virtual three-dimensional workspace wherein certain three-dimensional objects represent or serve as proxies for a variety of user interactive application programs. Such objects may be selected or triggered by the user to bring forth planar two-dimensional interactive user interfaces having images resembling those of their respective representative 3D objects so that a user may intuitively note the resemblance and select the appropriate object to result in the planar two-dimensional interactive interface appearing in front of the three-dimensional workspace. This two-dimensional planar interface remains active and unaffected by changes to its representative three-dimensional object during the course of navigation or otherwise. A drag and drop technique facilitates viewer interaction between images in a two-dimensional workplane with three-dimensional objects in the virtual three-dimensional workspace.

摘要翻译： 用于虚拟三维工作空间的系统，方法和计算机程序，其中某些三维对象表示或用作各种用户交互式应用程序的代理。 这样的对象可以由用户选择或触发以产生具有类似于它们各自的代表性3D对象的图像的平面二维交互式用户界面，使得用户可以直观地注意到相似性并选择适当的对象以产生平面二 出现在三维工作空间前面的三维交互界面。 该二维平面界面保持活动，并且不受其在导航过程中的代表性三维物体的改变或其他方面的影响。 拖放技术便于在虚拟三维工作空间中具有三维物体的二维工作平面中的图像之间的观看者交互。

公开(公告)号：US5757380A

公开(公告)日：1998-05-26

申请号：US588671

申请日：1996-01-17

申请人： Didier Bardon ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  Shirley Lynn Martin ,  John Martin Mullaly

发明人： Didier Bardon ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  Shirley Lynn Martin ,  John Martin Mullaly

IPC分类号： G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G06T11/80 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G09G5/36 ,  G06F15/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/04845

摘要： The invention is an information handling system, which includes one or more processing units, a memory system, and one or more I/O controllers all connected to a system bus, the I/O controllers controlling various input/output devices such as a keyboard, a mouse, a display device, communications adapters and the like, and an operating system program for controlling the processors, the memory system, and the I/O controllers, which provides a user interface, one or more tools which may be represented by objects on a tool bar or the like presented on the display device by the user interface, and an eraser/undo tool for erasing a portion of an existing image presented on the display device by the user interface by direct application of the object representing an eraser tool to the portion of the image to be erased, such that marks previously obscured reappear in the areas to which the eraser tool has been applied.

摘要翻译： 本发明是一种信息处理系统，其包括一个或多个处理单元，存储器系统和全部连接到系统总线的一个或多个I / O控制器，I / O控制器控制各种输入/输出设备，例如键盘 ，鼠标，显示设备，通信适配器等，以及用于控制提供用户界面的处理器，存储器系统和I / O控制器的操作系统程序，一个或多个工具，其可以由 通过用户界面在显示装置上呈现在工具栏等上的对象，以及用于通过用户界面直接应用表示橡皮擦的对象来擦除呈现在显示设备上的现有图像的一部分的橡皮擦/撤消工具 工具到要擦除的图像的部分，使得先前被遮蔽的标记重新出现在已经应用了橡皮擦工具的区域中。

公开(公告)号：US07111236B1

公开(公告)日：2006-09-19

申请号：US08974413

申请日：1997-11-19

申请人： Scott Harlan Isensee ,  Roger Dale Tilson ,  Richard Edmond Berry

发明人： Scott Harlan Isensee ,  Roger Dale Tilson ,  Richard Edmond Berry

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30887 ,  G06F17/30905

摘要： A method and apparatus for visually indicating whether a hyper-link located in a web page is linked within the current page, other pages within the same site, pages external to the current site, links that open a new browser, links that alter the content of the browser, or lines that have slow connection rates. The visual indication is either indicated by the hyper-link itself and/or a corresponding visual indicator.

摘要翻译： 一种用于可视地指示位于网页内的超链接是否链接在当前页面内的方法和装置，同一站点内的其他页面，当前站点外部页面，打开新浏览器的链接，改变内容的链接 的浏览器，或连接速度慢的线路。 视觉指示由超链接本身和/或相应的视觉指示器指示。

公开(公告)号：US6104406A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-15

申请号：US835145

申请日：1997-04-04

申请人： Richard Edmond Berry ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  David John Roberts

发明人： Richard Edmond Berry ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  David John Roberts

IPC分类号： G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/04815

摘要： A system, method and computer program are provided for user navigation within a virtual reality three-dimensional workspace containing functional three-dimensional objects. The viewer navigates from an initial viewpoint interface through a sequence of viewpoints, which sequence the system records. When the viewer has completed his accessing of a functional object for whatever purpose, he has the option of triggering a backout sequence. If the viewer triggers such a sequence, the system will backout from the accessed objects through the sequence of recorded viewpoints in reverse order. At any one of these viewpoints during the backout, the viewer has the option of interrupting the reverse or backout sequence and proceeding to any viewpoint he may desire in another direction.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于在包含功能性三维物体的虚拟现实三维工作空间内进行用户导航的系统，方法和计算机程序。 观看者从初始视点界面通过序列系统记录的视点序列导航。 当观众以任何目的完成对功能对象的访问时，他可以选择触发回退序列。 如果观众触发这样的序列，则系统将以相反的顺序通过记录的视点序列从被访问对象中退出。 在回退期间的任何一个观点中，观众可以选择中断反向或退出序列，并且进行到他可能在另一个方向上希望的任何观点。

公开(公告)号：US6097386A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-01

申请号：US814748

申请日：1997-03-07

申请人： Didier Daniel Bardon ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  Shirley L. Martin ,  John Martin Mullaly

发明人： Didier Daniel Bardon ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  Shirley L. Martin ,  John Martin Mullaly

IPC分类号： G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F8/38 ,  G06F3/0481

摘要： A data processing system (100) transforms the limited user interface toolkits currently in use in the software development industry to provide control interfaces which are sensitive to a user's operational context. The data processing system does not create control objects by assembling ready-made controls available in the user interface toolkit of the development system, but generates a control object which has a custom designed appearance that is relevant to the context of the action the control should perform, to the kind of object which includes the control, and to the type of data to which the control is applied. The data processing system performs these operations through the implementation of a methodology wherein a central processing unit of the data processing system identifies the control interfaces included in an object to be display on a display device (138). For each control interface included in the object to be displayed, the central processing unit determines whether the control interface is a custom design. If the control interface does not have a custom design, the data required for configuring the control interface is retrieved from a memory (116, 114) and displayed in accordance with the control interface provided by the development system. Conversely, if the control interface does have a custom design, data is retrieved from memory to configure the control interface in a manner desired by a designer of the graphical user interface. The data representing the object in the control interface, whether custom designed or standard, is then provided to a display adapter which transforms that data to enable a display device to display the object in the control interface.

摘要翻译： 数据处理系统（100）转换当前在软件开发行业中使用的有限用户界面工具包，以提供对用户的操作上下文敏感的控制界面。 数据处理系统不会通过组装开发系统的用户界面工具包中可用的现成控制来创建控制对象，而是生成一个控件对象，它具有与控件应该执行的动作上下文相关的自定义设计外观 ，包括控制的对象类型以及应用控件的数据类型。 数据处理系统通过实施一种方法来执行这些操作，其中数据处理系统的中央处理单元识别包括在要在显示设备（138）上显示的对象中的控制接口。 对于要显示的对象中包括的每个控制界面，中央处理单元确定控制界面是否是定制设计。 如果控制接口没有定制设计，则从存储器（116,114）检索配置控制接口所需的数据，并根据开发系统提供的控制界面进行显示。 相反，如果控制接口确实具有定制设计，则从存储器检索数据，以图形用户界面的设计者所期望的方式配置控制接口。 然后，将表示控制界面中的对象的数据（无论是定制设计的还是标准的）提供给显示适配器，显示适配器转换该数据以使显示设备能够在控制界面中显示对象。

公开(公告)号：US6094196A

公开(公告)日：2000-07-25

申请号：US887807

申请日：1997-07-03

申请人： Richard Edmond Berry ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  Shirley Lynn Martin ,  David John Roberts

发明人： Richard Edmond Berry ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  Shirley Lynn Martin ,  David John Roberts

IPC分类号： G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06T15/20 ,  G06F15/00

CPC分类号： G06T15/20 ,  G06F3/04815

摘要： A system, method and computer program are provided for a virtual three-dimensional workspace with means for navigating the user's viewpoint into said workspace. Potentially interactive three-dimensional objects are positioned within the workspace. There is provided for each object an interaction sphere having a preselected radius. This interaction sphere is stored in association with its corresponding object. It remains a characteristic of the object so that when, during navigation, the user's viewpoint comes within the interaction sphere of a particular object, that object is rendered interactive. In addition, the object which is rendered interactive is usually highlighted in some manner so as to inform the user that he may functionally interact with the object.

摘要翻译： 为虚拟三维工作空间提供了一种用于将用户视点导航到所述工作空间的装置的系统，方法和计算机程序。 潜在的交互式三维物体位于工作区内。 为每个物体提供具有预选半径的相互作用球。 这个交互球与其对应的对象相关联地存储。 它仍然是对象的特征，使得当在导航期间，用户的视点进入特定对象的交互范围内时，该对象被呈现为交互式的。 此外，呈现交互的对象通常以某种方式突出显示，以通知用户他可以与对象进行功能交互。

公开(公告)号：US06657642B1

公开(公告)日：2003-12-02

申请号：US08887830

申请日：1997-07-03

申请人： Didier Daniel Claude Bardon ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  Shirley Lynn Martin ,  John Martin Mullaly

发明人： Didier Daniel Claude Bardon ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  Shirley Lynn Martin ,  John Martin Mullaly

IPC分类号： G06F314

CPC分类号： G06F3/0481

摘要： A system, method and computer program are provided for an interactive data processor controlled display interface wherein the user may dynamically select a plurality of objects (tools) and combine these tools into a combination tool which simultaneously performs the combined interactive functions of the individual tools. The invention is particularly effective when the combined functions being performed are graphic in nature and the results of the combination are shown on the display.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于交互式数据处理器控制显示界面的系统，方法和计算机程序，其中用户可以动态地选择多个对象（工具），并将这些工具组合成同时执行各个工具的组合交互功能的组合工具。 当所执行的组合功能本质上是图形化的并且组合的结果被显示在显示器上时，本发明特别有效。