1. A method for changing the presentation of a current channel to another channel on a display in response to a viewer input received via a remote control, the method comprising:
presenting imagery on the display;
receiving the viewer input from the remote control; and
scrolling at least a portion of the imagery in response to the viewer input to thereby tune the other channel on the display.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the viewer input comprises a directional input.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the scrolling is in a direction corresponding to the directional input.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising presenting a program guide window on the display, wherein the program guide window initially comprises program guide information corresponding to the current channel.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the scrolling comprises scrolling the program guide information in the program guide window in response to the viewer input from the information corresponding to the current channel to information about the other channel.
6. The method of claim 5 further comprising tuning the other channel indicated by the displayed program guide information.
7. The method of claim 5 wherein the scrolling comprises a line-by-line progression of the program guide information.
8. The method of claim 5 wherein the scrolling comprises a gradual progression of the program guide information while the viewer input continues.
9. The method of claim 8 further comprising re-aligning the program guide information to the program guide window when the viewer input is discontinued.
10. The method of claim 8 further comprising relating an amount of scrolling of the program guide information to an amount of viewer input.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein the amount of scrolling increases in response to larger viewer inputs.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein the other channel is tuned in response to a select instruction received from the remote control.
13. The method of claim 1 wherein the program guide window comprises a scroll indicator that moves in a direction indicated by the viewer input.
14. The method of claim 1 wherein the scrolling comprises a gradual progression.
15. The method of claim 1 further comprising tuning the current channel to obtain first channel imagery and also tuning a second channel adjacent to the current channel to obtain second channel imagery.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein the scrolling comprises scrolling the second imagery over the first imagery.
17. The method of claim 16 further comprising repeating the tuning and scrolling until the second imagery corresponds to the other channel.
18. A video receiver for presenting imagery on a display in response to viewer input signals provided from a remote control, the receiver comprising:
a receiver interface configured to receive an incoming modulated signal;
a decoder configured to decode the incoming modulated signal to extract a video signal;
a wireless receiver configured to receive the viewer input signals from the remote control; and
a processor configured to generate the imagery presented on the display, wherein the imagery comprises the extracted video signal, and wherein the processor is further configured to change a channel associated with the video signal to a desired channel in response to the viewer input signals by generating a program guide window on the display that initially comprises program guide information corresponding to a current channel, and wherein the program guide information scrolls in the program guide window in response to the viewer input to display other program guide information until the desired channel is indicated by the displayed subsequent program guide information.
19. The video receiver of claim 18 wherein the receiver interface comprises a satellite interface.
20. The video receiver of claim 18 wherein the receiver interface comprises a cable interface.
21. The video receiver of claim 18 wherein the wireless receiver is configured to receive the two-dimensional input signal from a wireless remote control comprising a two-dimensional input device.
22. The video receiver of claim 21 wherein the two-dimensional input device is one of the group consisting of: a touchpad, a trackball, a joystick, and a directional pad.
23. The video receiver of claim 18 wherein the processor is further configured to gradually scroll the program guide information while the viewer input continues.
24. The video receiver of claim 23 wherein the processor is further configured to re-align the program guide information to the program guide window when the viewer input is discontinued.
25. The video receiver of claim 18 further comprising relating an amount of scrolling of the program guide information to an amount of viewer input such that the amount of scrolling increases in response to larger viewer inputs.
26. A system for presenting television content on a display, the system comprising:
a wireless remote control configured to provide an input signal in response to a user input; and
a video receiver comprising:
a receiver interface configured to receive an incoming modulated signal;
a decoder configured to decode the incoming modulated signal to extract a television content;
a wireless receiver configured to receive the two-dimensional input signal from the wireless remote control; and
a processor configured to generate imagery to be presented on the display, wherein the imagery comprises the extracted television content, and wherein the processor is further configured to allow the viewer to change a channel associated with the television content to a desired channel in response by generating a program guide window that initially comprises program guide information corresponding to a current channel, and wherein the program guide information gradually scrolls in the program guide window in response to the viewer input to display other program guide information until the desired channel is indicated by the displayed subsequent program guide information.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A sliding door assembly assemblable without fasteners and in which an upper guide assembly is substantially concealed, comprising:
a top guide track;
a bottom guide track spaced from the top guide track; and
at least one sliding door having its upper and lower ends slidably received in a portion of the top guide track and a portion of the bottom guide track, said at least one sliding door comprising:
a door panel having an outer periphery with a top edge, a bottom edge and pair of opposing side edges;
a top rail compression fitted onto the door panel adjacent the top edge thereof;
a bottom rail compression fitted onto the door panel adjacent the bottom edge thereof;
a pair of stile sections compression fitted onto the door panel adjacent the pair of opposing side edges, said door panel integrating the stile sections and rails into a frame extending about said panel;
at least one bottom roller mechanism seated in the bottom rail, said at least one bottom roller mechanism being slidably received on the bottom guide track; and
at least one top roller mechanism frictionally fitted to the top rail, said at least one top roller mechanism being slidably received within the top guide track, said top roller mechanism being concealed by said top guide track.
2. The sliding door assembly according to claim 1, wherein said at least one bottom roller mechanism is compression fitted into the the bottom rail.
3. The sliding door assembly according to claim 2, wherein said at least one bottom roller mechanism is substantially concealed within the bottom rail.
4. The sliding door assembly according to claim 1, wherein said at least one bottom roller mechanism comprises:
a mounting bracket for securing the bottom roller mechanism to the bottom rail; at least one roller assembly; and
an adjustment mechanism operatively connected to the mounting bracket, whereby adjustment of the adjustment mechanism adjusts the vertical position of the door assembly with respect to the bottom guide track.
5. The sliding door assembly according to claim 4, wherein each adjustment mechanism comprises:
a lever arm pivotally connected to the mounting bracket; and
an adjustment device for pivoting the lever arm with respect to the mounting bracket, and wherein the at least one roller assembly is secured to one end of the lever arm.
6. The sliding door assembly according to claim 5, wherein adjustment of the adjustment device adjusts the positioning of the at least one roller assembly with respect to the door panel.
7. The sliding door assembly according to claim 6, wherein the adjustment device includes a screw assembly, wherein a portion of the screw assembly is disposed within the lever arm, and wherein another portion of the screw assembly is adjustably secured to the mounting bracket.
8. The sliding door assembly according to claim 4, wherein the mounting bracket is compression fitted into the bottom rail.
9. The sliding door assembly according to claim 1, wherein the top rail is compression fitted onto the door panel along the top edge.
10. The sliding door assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least one top roller mechanism is compression fitted into the top rail.
11. The sliding door assembly according to claim 1, wherein said top roller mechanism comprises:
a mounting bracket for securing the top roller mechanism to the top rail; at least one roller assembly; and a support structure for rotatably supporting said at least one roller assembly thereon, wherein the support structure is connected to the mounting bracket.
12. The sliding door assembly according to claim 11, wherein the mounting bracket is compression fitted into the top rail.
13. The sliding door assembly according to claim 11, wherein the top guide track includes at least one downwardly opening channel, and wherein at least the roller assembly of the top roller mechanism is received within said at least one downwardly opening channel.
14. The sliding door assembly according to claim 13, wherein said at least one roller assembly and at least a portion of the top rail and the door panel are received within the downwardly opening channel.
15. The sliding door assembly according to claim 11, wherein the top guide track includes at least one upwardly opening channel, and wherein the roller assembly of the top roller mechanism is received within the upwardly opening channel.
16. The sliding door assembly according to claim 15, wherein there is a pair of sliding doors and said sliding doors are laterally spaced in said at least one upwardly opening channel.
17. The sliding door assembly according to claim 16, wherein said top guide track includes a pair of upwardly opening channels, wherein said at least one roller assembly for one of the sliding doors is located in one of the upwardly opening channels and wherein said at least one roller assembly for another of the sliding doors is located in another of the upwardly opening channels.
18. The sliding door assembly according to claim 17, wherein one of the sliding doors is an inner sliding door positioned adjacent the top guide track and the other of the sliding doors is an outer sliding door positioned adjacent the inner sliding door, and wherein the support structure for said at least one mounting bracket is secured to the outer door and extends over the inner sliding door and the top roller mechanism secured to the inner sliding door.
19. The sliding door assembly according to claim 1, wherein each of the stile sections is compression fitted onto the door panel along a respective side edge of the opposing edges, and wherein each stile section extends from the top rail to the bottom rail.
20. A sliding door assembly assemblable without fasteners and in which the upper guide assembly is substantially concealed comprising:
a top guide track;
a bottom guide track spaced from the top guide track; and
at least one sliding door having its upper and lower ends slidably received in a portion of the top guide track and a portion of the bottom guide track, each sliding door comprising:
a door panel having an outer periphery with a top edge, a bottom edge and pair of opposing side edges;
a top rail compression fitted onto the door panel adjacent the top edge thereof;
a bottom rail compression fitted onto the door panel adjacent the bottom edge thereof;
a pair of stile sections compression fitted onto the door panel adjacent the pair of opposing side edges;
at least one bottom roller mechanism seated in the bottom rail, said at least one bottom roller mechanism being slidably received on the bottom guide track; said at least one bottom roller mechanism comprising a mounting bracket for securing the bottom roller mechanism to the bottom rail;
at least one roller assembly; and
an adjustment mechanism operatively connected to the mounting bracket, whereby adjustment of the adjustment mechanism adjusts the vertical position of the door assembly with respect to the bottom guide track;
a lever arm pivotally connected to the mounting bracket; and
an adjustment device for pivoting the lever arm with respect to the mounting bracket, and wherein said at least one roller assembly is secured to one end of the lever arm, said adjustment device adjusting the positioning of said at least one roller assembly with respect to the door panel, said adjustment device including a screw assembly, a portion of the screw assembly being disposed within the lever arm, another portion of said screw assembly being adjustably secured to the mounting bracket and
at least one top roller mechanism seated in the top rail, said at least one top roller mechanism being slidably received within the top guide track, said top roller mechanism being concealed by said top guide track.
21. A sliding door assembly assemblable without fasteners and in which the upper guide assembly is substantially concealed comprising:
a top guide track;
a bottom guide track spaced from the top guide track; and
at least one sliding door having its upper and lower ends slidably received in a portion of the top guide track and a portion of the bottom guide track, each sliding door comprising:
a door panel having an outer periphery with a top edge, a bottom edge and pair of opposing side edges;
a top rail compression fitted onto the door panel adjacent the top edge thereof;
a bottom rail compression fitted onto the door panel adjacent the bottom edge thereof;
a pair of stile sections compression fitted onto the door panel adjacent the pair of opposing side edges;
at least one bottom roller mechanism seated in the bottom rail, said at least one bottom roller mechanism being slidable received on the bottom guide track; and
at least one top roller mechanism seated in the top rail, said at least one top roller mechanism being slidable received within the top guide track, said top roller mechanism being concealed by said top guide track, said top roller mechanism comprising:
a mounting bracket for securing the top roller mechanism to the top rail;
at least one roller assembly; and
a support structure for rotatably supporting said at least one roller assembly thereon, said support structure being connected to the mounting bracket; said top guide track including at least one upwardly opening channel, said roller assembly of the top roller mechanism being received within the upwardly opening channel.