Method and apparatus for displaying images on a display
First Claim
1. A viewing system comprising:
- a position sensor moveable relative to a reference in a virtual image; and
a display, showing at least a portion of the virtual image, attached to said position sensor; and
wherein by moving said position sensor, one can move about and view various portions of the virtual image.
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Abstract
Combining one or more spatio-temporal sensors with a personal digital assistant or similar small electronic device and with sliding window (roaming and stabilization) software and memory management and user interface functions, to enable a user to see documents and objects that appear to be fixed in space. This may allow the user to navigate using his or her eidetic memory. Navigation of images, documents or other objects substantially bigger than the display is made easier and faster. Using the invention, the user scrolls and views larger documents or objects as if they were affixed in space to a selected viewing platform. The viewing platform can correspond to, for example, the ground, a building, a wall, an arbitrary reference point, or any other suitable fixed or substantially fixed position or object. The invention uses and adjusts for the body-arm-hand-finger motion of the user so that the imagery appears affixed to the selected reference platform.
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25 Claims
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1. A viewing system comprising:
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a position sensor moveable relative to a reference in a virtual image; and
a display, showing at least a portion of the virtual image, attached to said position sensor; and
wherein by moving said position sensor, one can move about and view various portions of the virtual image.
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2. The viewing system of claim 2, wherein the reference in the virtual image is fixed relative to a physical reference in the environment of said position sensor.
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3. A viewing system comprising:
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a position sensor moveable relative to a reference; and
a display attached to said position sensor; and
wherein said position sensor detects movement relative to the reference. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A viewing system comprising:
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means for position sensing and processing;
means for image management and rendering connected to said means for position sensing and processing; and
means for user interfacing connected to said means for position sensing and processing and to said means for image management and rendering. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for viewing a virtual item on a display screen comprising:
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putting at least a region of the virtual item into a memory;
viewing a portion of the region of the virtual item on a display; and
moving the display to view another portion of the region. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A viewing system comprising:
a control having an attached display; and
whereinsaid control comprises a position sensing and processing component;
said attached display comprises an image management and rendering component connected to said position sensing and processing component; and
said attached display can move about an object in an image on said attached display by moving said control.
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25. A viewing system comprising:
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a position sensor;
a display attached to said position sensor; and
a visual sensor connected to said position sensor; and
wherein;
said visual sensor can sense features on an operator;
the features are anchors which the visual sensor identifies;
said position sensor determines a position of the operator according to a position of the anchors as identified by said visual sensor; and
the position of the anchors indicates what portion of a subject matter is to be on the display.
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