INNOVENTIONS Gets Patent on New Display Navigation
Technology for Hand Held Devices
RotoView® Technology
Scrolls the Display of a PDA or Mobile Phones in Response to Changes in the
Hand Movement and Orientation of the Device
HOUSTON - October 15, 2002 -
INNOVENTIONS, Inc. was awarded today US Patent Number 6,466,198 for its
RotoView® technology. RotoView technology provides an intuitive,
user-friendly way to scroll around the display of any small hand-held device,
including PDAs and cell phones, simply by tilting or changing the orientation
of the device in the direction it needs to be scrolled. RotoView senses the
changes in the spatial orientation of the device and dynamically controls the
display's view.
"The inherently small
displays used by mobile devices creates a challenge for displaying large
amounts of information, especially with a single hand operation", said
David Y. Feinstein, RotoView's inventor and President of INNOVENTIONS.
"RotoView technology is designed to overcome this challenge."
In addition to the
implementation of view navigation based on orientation changes, the RotoView
patent also covers various automated methods for entering and exiting the
navigation mode without the use of mechanical switches. The company believes
that RotoView technology can be easily implemented in most PDAs, mobile phones,
game systems and other hand held devices.
"RotoView was invented
as part of our vision that future hand-held devices will eventually use voice
commands in conjunction with RotoView display navigation, instead of the
mechanical switches used today", said Mr. Feinstein. "Display
navigation is quite cumbersome when relying on voice commands alone. RotoView
makes navigation much simpler, eliminating the need for repetitive voice
commands. It will be more pleasant for the user," he added.
INNOVENTIONS will be
licensing its new patent as well as its other pending US and international
RotoView patents to interested manufacturers. Further information is available
at the RotoView Web site, www.rotoview.com.
About INNOVENTIONS
INNOVENTIONS, Inc., a
Houston-based private company, pioneered the field of portable memory testers
in 1987 with its SIMCHECK and RAMCHECK brands. The Company is also developing
various technologies like RotoView and DiskConnector for licensing by other
companies.
For further information
please contact Scott LaRoche, Director of Sales at INNOVENTIONS, Inc., 10425
Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX 77099. Phone (281) 879-6226. e-mail:
scott@innoventions.com
