Patent ID: 7222307
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic imaging device, comprising: a display screen for displaying objects including any combination of digital still images, video clips, menu items, and icons; and a navigation controller comprising navigation keys for allowing a user to navigate between the displayed objects, wherein the device is configured to detect that a navigation key has been pressed, to interpret the current key press as one of a navigation event and a user selection event if a time between previous presses of the same key and the current key press is greater than a predetermined double-press time, and to interpret the current key press as the other of the navigation event and the user selection event if the time between previous presses of the same key and the current key press is less than the double-press time to allow the user to select a currently displayed object without moving a finger from a navigation key last pressed for implementing navigation and select functions on a single key.