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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2001
Richard M. Miller-smith, Lingfield, GB;
Richard M. Miller-Smith, Lingfield, GB;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An image control system for controlling a menu on a display, comprises a menu arranged as a plurality of simultaneously displayed menu items in a loop and a selector () to select an item from the menu, the loop and the selector being moveable with respect to each other. A user input device () comprises a control device () to generate a control signal to move the loop and the selector () relative to each other. The control device () has a loop configuration, with movement around the loop of the control device causing corresponding relative movement between the selector () and the loop of the menu. Correlation between the loop configuration of the control device and the loop of menu items enables a user to intuitively navigate around a menu of items and select a desired one.