COMMUNICATION TERMINALS WITH SUPERIMPOSED USER INTERFACE
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1. An electronic device comprising:
- a display screen;
a controller that is coupled to the display screen and that is configured to display an object on the display screen and to superimpose an image representative of a pointing object that is external to the electronic device onto the display screen wherein at least one of the object or the image representative of the pointing object is at least partially transparent; and
a user input management unit that is coupled to the controller and that is configured to interpret a plurality of features of the pointing object as selection pointers so that a movement of the pointing object relative to the display screen is interpreted by the user input management unit as movement of the selection pointers.
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a user input device and a display screen. A moving picture representative of a pointing object that is external to the electronic device is superimposed onto the display screen, and a plurality of features of the pointing object are interpreted as selection pointers so that a movement of the pointing object relative to the display screen may be interpreted as movement of a plurality of selection pointers.
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26 Claims
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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a display screen; a controller that is coupled to the display screen and that is configured to display an object on the display screen and to superimpose an image representative of a pointing object that is external to the electronic device onto the display screen wherein at least one of the object or the image representative of the pointing object is at least partially transparent; and a user input management unit that is coupled to the controller and that is configured to interpret a plurality of features of the pointing object as selection pointers so that a movement of the pointing object relative to the display screen is interpreted by the user input management unit as movement of the selection pointers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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10. A method of operating an electronic device including a user input device and a display screen, the method comprising:
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superimposing a moving picture of a pointing object that is external to the electronic device onto the display screen wherein the picture of the pointing object is at least partially transparent; and interpreting a plurality of features of the pointing object as selection pointers so that a movement of the pointing object relative to the display screen is interpreted as movement of a plurality of selection pointers. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product for operating a portable electronic device including a user input device and a display screen, the computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, said computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code configured to superimpose a moving picture of a pointing object that is external to the electronic device onto the display screen wherein the picture of the pointing object is at least partially transparent; and computer readable program code configured to interpret a plurality of features of the pointing object as selection pointers so that a movement of the pointing object relative to the display screen is interpreted by the user input management unit as movement of a plurality of selection pointers. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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