Methods and systems for incrementally changing text representation
US7549114B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 21, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jun 16, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
To reduce required display space, a text segment is reduced in size by successively eliminating portions of the text segment and by reducing a size of text of the text segment and/or a spacing between characters of the text segment. The reduction is thus visually represented in a step-wise manner, and recognizability of the text segment is maintained, even if the final representation of the text does not carry a full meaning and/or is not independently comprehensible, because of the impression left in the mind of the user by the step-wise reduction of the text segment. The reduction may be animated.
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