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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2014
Flow Labs, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Hendrik Frans Verwoerd Boshoff, Stellenbosch, ZA;
Willem Morkel Van Der Westhuizen, Stellenbosch, ZA;
Jan Pool, Stellenbosch, ZA;
Adri Smuts, Durbanville, ZA;
Flow Labs, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a method for human-computer interaction (HCl) on a graphical user interface (GUI). The method includes the steps of displaying a plurality of objects positioned in relation to each other and in relation to the display window; determining user input; distorting at least one of the position relations according to a magnification function with a focal dip, where the focal position of the magnification function is controllable by the user input; and updating the distortion whenever the relevant user input changes.