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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2012
Ming Jia, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel Marc Gatan Shiplacoff, Los Altos, CA (US);
James Brooks Miller, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ming Jia, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel Marc Gatan Shiplacoff, Los Altos, CA (US);
James Brooks Miller, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and articles for processing information to display a plurality of items. In one aspect, the method includes outputting, by a processor, data indicative of presentation of at least some of the plurality of items in a first configuration such that the plurality of items appear to be arranged for movement relative a central point; receiving an input signal indicative of a input path; determining a projection of the input path onto a notional line that corresponds to a trajectory of at least one of the plurality of items as it appears to move; and outputting data indicative of presentation of at least some of the plurality of items in a second configuration in which the plurality of items appear to have moved relative to the central point, wherein the apparent movement of the plurality of items is based at least in part on the projection.