User interfaces

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8713460
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11884182

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User interface (UI) techniques, and more particularly to graphical user interface (GUI) techniques providing 3-dimensional (3-D) renditions. A method of displaying one or more graphical objects, the method being carried out in an electronic device, the device having processing circuitry, memory and a display device, the method comprising: obtaining first image data, the first image data defining at least one two-dimensional graphical component; performing a transformation operation on the first image data to generate second image data, the second image data defining, for the or each graphical component, a modified form of the graphical component; using said second image data, displaying the modified form whereby the or each graphical component has the appearance of having a component of dimension perpendicular the plane of the display device.

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  • MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kendall, Geoff Cheshire, GB 2 103
Rivers, Mark Cheshire, GB 25 482

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