Patent ID: 9268411
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling a display, said method comprising the steps: displaying a portion of a visual presentation on a display, the visual presentation having an area that may exceed a display area of the display; aiming a pointing device comprising a camera at a target point in the visual presentation, the target point being selected from locations in said visual presentation, said locations including both locations in the portion of the visual presentation displayed in the display area of the display and locations in a further portion of the visual presentation outside of the display area of the display; capturing an image of a target area surrounding the target point being aimed at by the pointing device; interpreting the target area image to determine the location of the target point within the visual presentation; and scrolling the visual presentation in the display, and displaying that portion of the visual presentation corresponding to the target area surrounding the target point; wherein the scrolling of the visual presentation is characterized by at least one of the following: (a) the scrolling is performed diagonally, with simultaneous horizontal and vertical movement; (b) the scrolling is performed in a non-linear fashion based upon movement of the pointing device; (c) the scrolling is performed at a variable scrolling rate based upon movement or positioning of the pointing device; (d) the scrolling is based on the aiming, capturing, and interpreting steps, without use of any scroll bars; and (e) the scrolling is controlled at least in part based upon output of a sensor operatively coupled to the pointing device, wherein the sensor is arranged to generate a sensor output signal indicative of motion.