PAINTING USER CONTROLS Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G06F3/481 

FIELD: physics, computer engineering.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to dynamically painting user controls. A system for painting user controls on a GUI comprises a computer-implemented tracking module configured to track the position and direction of movement of a cursor on the GUI. Said painting module is configured obtain information on colour using a pixel of an icon included in a separate user control from said plurality of user controls, wherein the separate user control is identified based on the position or direction of cursor movement. The painting module also determines the backlight colour of the separate user control based on the information on colour, wherein the backlight colour is determined based on the dominant colour of the icon.

EFFECT: broader capabilities of user navigation on a graphical user interface (GUI) with minimal efforts by tracking the position and direction of movement of the cursor over the GUI.

10 cl, 13 dwg