1. A headset computer comprising:
a display having screen views showing various objects; and
a processor coupled to the display and operating a graphical user interface in the screen view, the graphical user interface including a pointer-timer that indicates working of object selection in screen views.
2. The headset computer of claim 1, wherein the pointer-timer transitions from a first state to a second state over a predetermined period of time.
3. The headset computer of claim 2, wherein the pointer-timer includes a collection of elements that sequentially transition from the first state to the second state, such that the collection of elements gradually changes from all being in the first state to all being in the second state.
4. The headset computer of claim 2, wherein the first state is a substantially complete absence of a characteristic, and the second state is a substantially complete presence of the characteristic.
5. The headset computer of claim 4, wherein the characteristic is one or more of color, shading, cross-hatching, visual texturing.
6. The headset computer of claim 3, wherein the pointer-timer is circular, and the collection of elements is distributed along the perimeter of the pointer-timer.
7. The headset computer of claim 2, wherein the pointer-timer transitions from the first state to the second state while the pointer-timer overlaps a selectable object within the screen view.
8. The headset computer of claim 7, wherein if the pointer-timer remains overlapped with the selectable object when the pointer-timer reaches the second state, the selection of the selectable object is consummated.
9. The headset computer of claim 7, wherein the pointer-timer reverts to the first state when the pointer-timer ceases to overlap the selectable object.
10. The headset computer of claim 9, wherein the reversion to the first state occurs gradually over a predetermined period of time.
11. A method of performing a hands-free selection of an object on a display, comprising:
on headset computer, including a processor,
displaying various objects within a screen view on a display;
moving a pointer-timer, in response to movements of the headset computer, to a selectable object within the screen view;
selecting the selectable object if the pointer-timer overlaps the selectable object for a predetermined amount of time.
12. The method of claim 11, further including transitioning the pointer-timer from a first state to a second state over a predetermined period of time
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the pointer-timer includes a collection of elements that sequentially transition from the first state to the second state, such that the collection of elements gradually changes from all being in the first state to all being in the second state.
14. The headset computer of claim 12, wherein the first state is a substantially complete absence of a characteristic, and the second state is a substantially complete presence of the characteristic.
15. The headset computer of claim 14, wherein the characteristic is one or more of color, shading, cross-hatching, visual texturing.
16. The headset computer of claim 13, wherein the pointer-timer is circular, and the collection of elements is distributed along the perimeter of the pointer-timer.
17. The headset computer of claim 12, wherein the pointer-timer transitions from the first state to the second state while the pointer-timer overlaps a selectable object within the screen view.
18. The headset computer of claim 17, further including consummating the selection of the selectable object if the pointer-timer remains overlapped with the selectable object when the pointer-timer reaches the second state.
19. The headset computer of claim 17, further including reverting the pointer-timer to the first state when the pointer-timer ceases to overlap the selectable object.
20. The headset computer of claim 19, wherein the reversion to the first state occurs gradually over a predetermined period of time.
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 device comprising:
a power detector operable to automatically detect a power mode of the device;
a first scan component for automatically scanning for channels at a first power mode using a first scanning setup procedure during which a display controlled by the device is unusable by a user;
a processor for processing data, wherein said processor is configured to automatically provide detected channels resulting from said first scanning setup procedure; and
a scan component automatically scanning for channels at a second power ode using a second scanning setup procedure, wherein said second scanning setup procedure is more lengthy and comprehensivein comparison to said first sc ming setup procedure, and wherein said second scanning setup procedure is operable to detect channels in addition to detected channels resulting from said first scanning setup procedure.
2. The device as described in claim 1, wherein said channels in addition to detected channels resulting from said first scanning setup procedure are automatically provided to said user at said first power mode.
3. The device as described in claim 1, wherein said processor is configured to access instructions on a computer memory which when executed by the processor configure the processor to automatically present on a display a prompt that said channels in addition to detected channels resulting from said first scanning setup procedure are detected, wherein said prompting occurs at said first power mode.
4. The device as described in claim 1, wherein said first power mode is when said display is at a full power mode.
5. The device as described in claim 1, wherein said second scan component automatically and periodically scans for channels using said second scanning setup procedure at a standby power mode.
6. The device as described in claim 1, wherein said second scanning setup procedure has a longer time out parameter for finding a channel in comparison to said first scanning stepup procedure.
7. The device as described in claim 1, wherein said first scanning setup procedure is limited to using a carrier and a modulation used to find a first detected channel when detecting remaining channels.
8. A device comprising:
at least one non-transitory computer memory with instructions executable by at least one processor to configure the processor to:
provide detected channels from a first scanning setup procedure at a first power mode in which channels are scanned while a display controlled by the processor is unusable by a user; and
cause a scan of channels at a second power mode using a second scanning setup procedure, wherein said second scanning setup procedure is more comprehensive than the first scanning setup procedure, and wherein the second scanning, setup procedure is operable to detect channels in addition to detected channels resulting from the first scanning setup procedure.
9. The device of claim 8, wherein the channels in addition to detected channels resulting from the first scanning setup procedure are automatically provided to the user at the first power mode.
10. The device of claim 8, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor configure the processor to automatically present on to display a prompt that the channels in addition to detected channels resulting from the first scanning setup procedure are detected, wherein the prompting occurs at the first power mode.
11. The device of claim 8, wherein the first power mode is when the display is at a full power mode.
12. The device of claim 8, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor configure the processor to cause the second scanning setup procedure to be executed at a standby power mode.
13. The device of claim 8, wherein the second scanning setup procedure has a longer time out parameter for finding a channel in comparison to the first scanning setup procedure.
14. The device of claim 8, wherein the first scanning setup procedure is limited to using a carrier and a modulation used to find a first detected channel when detecting remaining channels.