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TECHNOLOGY : Relativity ControllerTM
A relativity controller is a scroll bar/window combination that provides a
way to see data in relation to both the context of its wholeness and the salience
of its contents. To accomplish this, the linear density or other appearance
of the scroll bar (acting as a ruler or scale) varies with the density of the
document salience (as indicated by different kinds of annotations or marks).
It also provides a way to zoom between perspectives. The technology is applicable
to many different data types: including text, graphics, video, sound and specialized
data formats such as calendars.
Perspectives on video
In this figure, the user has marked three salient segments of video. The marks in the scrollbar get wider, as the spacing
between them condenses and darkens, when the mouse is moved
up. The cursor, to the left, changes to reflect the size of the marks in
relation to the length of the whole video.
Perspectives on text
In this figure, the user expands a pre-scaled text abstract by
dragging the mouse to the right. The windows to the right show the
resulting succession of increasingly detailed segments of text
coming into view. The size of the marks in the scrollbar
show relative proportions of marked and unmarked text being
displayed.
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