Method and apparatus for providing a user interface

US9875003B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Struhs · Braunschweig, DE
• Mark Pleschka · Berlin, DE
• Oliver Meyer · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE
• Stefan Schulz · Berlin, DE
• Silvio Federau · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 11, 2012
• Grant date: Jan 23, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 7, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/0482
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for providing a user interface in which a set of objects stored in the form of data is displayed as a sequential list. The method involves each of the objects being allocated a position in a graphical presentation displayed in addition to the sequential list, the position being taken as a basis for displaying the objects in the graphical presentation. A first user action selects a position in the graphical presentation, and the selected position is taken as a basis for selecting a subset from the displayed set of objects in the sequential list. The positions in the graphical presentation are allocated a metric, wherein it is possible to ascertain a measure of distance between two positions, and an object is included in the subset on the basis of the measure of distance between the position associated with the respective object and the selected position.