Body-centric virtual interactive apparatus and method
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1. A method comprising:
- determining a present position of at least a predetermined portion of an individual'"'"'s body;
forming a virtual image of a tactile-entry information interface;
forming a display that includes the virtual image of the tactile-entry information interface in proximal and substantially fixed relationship with respect to the predetermined portion of the individual'"'"'s body.
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Abstract
A body part position detector 12 (or detectors) provides information regarding the position of a predetermined body part to a virtual image tactile-entry information interface generator 12. The latter constructs a virtual image of the information interface that is proximal to the body part and that is appropriately scaled and oriented to match a viewer'"'"'s point of view with respect to the body part. A display 13 then provides the image to the viewer. By providing the image of the information interface in close proximity to the body part, the viewer will experience an appropriate haptic sensation upon interacting with the virtual image.
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1. A method comprising:
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determining a present position of at least a predetermined portion of an individual'"'"'s body;
forming a virtual image of a tactile-entry information interface;
forming a display that includes the virtual image of the tactile-entry information interface in proximal and substantially fixed relationship with respect to the predetermined portion of the individual'"'"'s body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one body part position detector;
a virtual image tactile-entry information interface generator having an input operably coupled to the position detector and an output providing a virtual image of a tactile-entry information interface in a proximal and substantially fixed relationship to a predetermined body part;
a display operably coupled to the virtual image tactile-entry information interface wherein the display provides an image of the tactile-entry information interface in a proximal and substantially fixed relationship to the predetermined body part, such that a viewer will see the predetermined body part and the tactile-entry information interface in proximal and fixed association therewith. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus for forming a virtual image of a tactile-entry information interface having a substantially fixed predetermined spatial and orientation relationship with respect to a portion of an individual'"'"'s body part, comprising:
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position detector means for detecting a present position of the individual'"'"'s body part with respect to a predetermined viewer'"'"'s point of view;
image generation means responsive to the position detector means for providing a virtual image of a tactile-entry information interface as a function, at least in part, of;
the substantially fixed predetermined spatial and orientation relationship; and
the predetermined viewer'"'"'s point of view;
display means responsive to the image generation means for providing a display to the predetermined viewer, which display includes the individual'"'"'s body part and the virtual image of the tactile-entry information interface from the predetermined viewer'"'"'s point of view. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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