Multi-layer display including proximity sensor and depth-changing interface elements, and/or associated methods
First Claim
1. A display system, comprising:
- a user-interactive display device comprising a plurality of display devices for displaying respective images in an overlapping manner, each of the display devices comprising a respective display panel;
a proximity sensor;
a controller configured to;
generate visual content, including one or more user interface elements, for output to the user-interactive display device;
cause the user-interactive display device to display the generated visual content;
receive output from the proximity sensor;
determine when an object of interest comes into proximity to the user-interactive display device, based on the received output from the proximity sensor; and
responsive to a determination that the object of interest has come into proximity to the user-interactive display device, update the generated visual content and cause the updated generated visual content to be displayed via the user-interactive display device by altering a displayed depth thereof, so that the displayed depth is changed so that selectively highlighted user interface element(s) gradually appear(s) closer and closer to an outermost surface of the user-interactive display device as the object of interest comes closer and closer to the user-interactive display device.
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Abstract
Certain example embodiments relate to a system including a user-interactive display device having LCDs in substantially parallel spaced apart relation to one another. A proximity sensor is located proximate to the user-interactive display device. A controller is configured to perform instructions to perform functionality including: generating visual content, including one or more user interface elements (e.g., user-interactive elements), for output to the user-interactive display device; causing the user-interactive display device to display the generated visual content; receiving output from the proximity sensor; determining when an object of interest comes into proximity to the user-interactive display device, based on the received output from the proximity sensor; and responsive to a determination that the object of interest has come into proximity to the user-interactive display device, updating the generated visual content and causing the updated generated visual content to be displayed via the user-interactive display device.
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17 Claims
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1. A display system, comprising:
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a user-interactive display device comprising a plurality of display devices for displaying respective images in an overlapping manner, each of the display devices comprising a respective display panel; a proximity sensor; a controller configured to; generate visual content, including one or more user interface elements, for output to the user-interactive display device; cause the user-interactive display device to display the generated visual content; receive output from the proximity sensor; determine when an object of interest comes into proximity to the user-interactive display device, based on the received output from the proximity sensor; and responsive to a determination that the object of interest has come into proximity to the user-interactive display device, update the generated visual content and cause the updated generated visual content to be displayed via the user-interactive display device by altering a displayed depth thereof, so that the displayed depth is changed so that selectively highlighted user interface element(s) gradually appear(s) closer and closer to an outermost surface of the user-interactive display device as the object of interest comes closer and closer to the user-interactive display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of operating a display system comprising a plurality of display devices, each of the display devices comprising a respective display panel, the method comprising:
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determining when an object of interest comes into proximity to at least one of the display devices; and responsive to a determination that the object of interest has come into proximity to the at least one display device, updating the visual content being displayed by the display system in order to move at least one user interface element from a first display device to a second display device among the plurality of display devices in order to change a depth of the at least one user interface element so as to emphasize the at least one user interface element to a user; wherein the updating the visual content comprises selectively highlighting the user interface element by altering a displayed depth thereof, so that the displayed depth of the user interface element is changed so that the selectively highlighted user interface element gradually appears closer and closer to an outermost surface of the display system as the object of interest comes closer and closer to the at least one display device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium tangibly storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform functionality comprising:
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generating visual content, including one or more user interface elements, for output via a user-interactive display that includes a plurality of display devices; causing the user-interactive display to display the generated visual content; receiving output from a proximity sensor located proximate to the user-interactive display; determining when an object of interest comes into proximity to the user-interactive display, based on the received output from the proximity sensor; responsive to a determination that the object of interest has come into proximity to the user-interactive display, updating the generated visual content and causing the updated generated visual content to be displayed via the user-interactive display; wherein the updating the generated visual content comprises selectively highlighting the user interface element(s) by altering a displayed depth thereof, so that the displayed depth is changed so that the selectively highlighted user interface element(s) gradually appear(s) closer and closer to an outermost surface of the user-interactive display as the object of interest comes closer and closer to the user-interactive display. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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