Method and Apparatus for User Interface in Electronic Devices With Visual Display Units
First Claim
1. A system for a 3 dimensional (3-D) user interface, the system comprising:
- one or more 3-D projectors configured to display an image of all or one or more parts of a first electronic device in a 3-D coordinate system;
one or more sensors configured to sense user interaction with the image and to provide user interaction information; and
a processor configured (i) to receive the user interaction information from the one or more sensors;
(ii) to correlate the user interaction with the image; and
(iii) to operate a second electronic device in a manner responsive to a correlation of the user interaction with the image,wherein the first electronic device has a visual display unit and the image comprises an image of all or one or more parts of the visual display unit of the first electronic device.
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Abstract
A system for a 3-D user interface comprises: one or more 3-D projectors configured to display an image of all or one or more parts of a first electronic device in a 3-D coordinate system; one or more sensors configured to sense user interaction with the image and to provide user interaction information; and a processor configured (i) to receive the user interaction information from the one or more sensors; (ii) to correlate the user interaction with the image; and (iii) to operate a second electronic device in a manner responsive to a correlation of the user interaction with the image, wherein the first electronic device has a visual display unit and the image comprises an image of all or one or more parts of the visual display unit of the first electronic device. A method for providing a 3-D user interface comprises: generating an image of all or one or more parts of a first electronic device in a 3-D coordinate system; sensing user interaction with the image; correlating the user interaction with the image; and operating a second electronic device in a manner responsive to a correlation of the user interaction with the image, wherein the first electronic device has a visual display unit and the image comprises an image of all or one or more parts of the visual display unit of the first electronic device. Computer readable program codes related to the system and the method of the present invention are also described herein.
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1. A system for a 3 dimensional (3-D) user interface, the system comprising:
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one or more 3-D projectors configured to display an image of all or one or more parts of a first electronic device in a 3-D coordinate system; one or more sensors configured to sense user interaction with the image and to provide user interaction information; and a processor configured (i) to receive the user interaction information from the one or more sensors;
(ii) to correlate the user interaction with the image; and
(iii) to operate a second electronic device in a manner responsive to a correlation of the user interaction with the image,wherein the first electronic device has a visual display unit and the image comprises an image of all or one or more parts of the visual display unit of the first electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for providing a 3 dimensional (3-D) user interface, the method comprising:
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generating an image of all or one or more parts of a first electronic device in a 3-D coordinate system; sensing user interaction with the image; correlating the user interaction with the image; and operating a second electronic device in a manner responsive to a correlation of the user interaction with the image, wherein the first electronic device has a visual display unit and the image comprises an image of all or one or more parts of the visual display unit of the first electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer readable medium having computer readable program codes embodied therein for causing a computer to provide a 3 dimensional (3-D) user interface, the computer readable program codes causing the computer to:
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generate an image of all or one or more parts of a first electronic device in a 3-D coordinate system; sense user interaction with the image; correlate the user interaction with the image; and operate a second electronic device in a manner responsive to a correlation of the user interaction with the image, wherein the first electronic device has a visual display unit and the image comprises an image of all or one or more parts of the visual display unit of the first electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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