Document Visual Representation Zoom Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in efficiently navigating and viewing large documents due to the need for frequent scrolling and adjusting display parameters, which can be cumbersome and inefficient, especially when transitioning between different levels of detail.
Innovation Solution
The method involves displaying a visual representation of a document with adjustable zoom parameters, allowing users to zoom in and out while maintaining a cursor position, and using visual guides to facilitate quick and intuitive navigation between different zoom levels, enabling automatic scrolling when the cursor reaches document boundaries.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If users scroll through large documents line by line or page by page, then they can access different parts of the document, but the process becomes time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a visual overview pane that displays a mini-map representation of the entire document structure, allowing users to navigate by selecting positions in this alternative dimensional view rather than scrolling sequentially through the full document
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a visual guide or overview panel as an intermediary representation of the document structure, which mediates between the user and the full document, enabling direct access to different sections without sequential scrolling
2Ease of operation
If users adjust display parameters and scroll frequently to view different sections, then they can access hidden content, but the interaction becomes cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The visual overview pane automatically updates to reflect the current view position and document structure, eliminating the need for users to manually adjust display parameters or interpret complex scroll positions
Solution Approach 2:
The overview pane provides continuous visual feedback about the current document position and structure, allowing users to understand their location and navigate intuitively without complex parameter adjustments
3Measurement precision
If users zoom in to view detailed content, then they can read text and images clearly, but they lose overview of the entire document structure
Solution Approach 1:
The interface is segmented into multiple panes: a main viewing area for detailed content and a separate overview pane for document structure, allowing simultaneous access to both detail and context without compromising either
Solution Approach 2:
The overview pane contains a nested representation of the document structure within the main interface, allowing users to see the entire document hierarchy while maintaining access to detailed views in the primary viewing area
Data Source
AI summary
Technologies relating to manipulating visual representations of data. A method is provided that includes displaying a first visual representation including a zoom parameter having a first value; receiving a first input while maintaining a first position of a cursor relative to the first visual representation; modifying the zoom parameter to have a second value, where the first visual representation of the document is adjusted according to the second value to provide a second visual representation; identifying a change in position of the cursor to a second position relative to the second visual representation; receiving a second input to modify the zoom parameter of the second visual representation; and modifying the zoom parameter to have a third value, where the second visual representation of the document is adjusted relative to the second position of the cursor according to the third value to provide a third visual representation of the document.