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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
Randy Ubillos, Los Altos, CA (US);
Laurent Perrodin, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Randy Ubillos, Los Altos, CA (US);
Laurent Perrodin, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for viewing one or more images using a floating controller is provided. A collection of digital images may be managed using a digital image system that displays images using a floating controller. While a pointer is over the floating controller, the floating controller is continuously displayed, but when the pointer is moved off the floating controller, a period of time during which no user input of any type is tracked. If, while the pointer is off the toolbar, an idle period exceeds a predetermined threshold duration, then the floating controller is hidden. A set of images of a bounded sequence of images may be displayed on the floating controller. A visual indication that indicates whether a particular image in the set of images is either the first or last image in the bounded sequence may be displayed on each image of the set of images.