SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MODIFYING THE DISPLAY CONTENT BASED ON SENSOR INPUT

• US 20120102439A1
• Filed: 08/31/2011
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Mitchell, April Slayden, Solomon, Mark C., Robinson, Ian N.
• Application Number:
  US13/223,130
• Publication Number:
  US 20120102439A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00

Abstract

A display system comprised of: a display including a display screen configured to operate in at least a transparent display mode; an interaction sensing component for receiving sensed data regarding physical user interactions; and an interaction display control component, wherein responsive to the sensed data meeting predefined interaction criteria, content on the display screen is modified.

Claims

1. A display system comprising:

A display including a display screen configured to operate in at least a transparent display mode;

an interaction sensing component for receiving sensed data regarding physical user interactions; and

An interaction display control component, wherein responsive to the sensed data meeting predefined interaction criteria, content on the display screen is modified.

2. The display system recited in claim 1 wherein the changes in the display content occur when the display screen is powered on.

3. The display system recited in claim 1 wherein the predefined interaction is the movement of the display screen from one position to another.

4. The display system recited in claim 1 wherein the predefined interaction is the movement of an object behind the display screen.

5. The display system recited in claim 1 wherein the predefined interaction is the sensing of the presence of an object positioned behind the display screen.

6. The display system recited in claim 1 wherein the predefined interaction is a touch on the display screen surface.

7. The display system recited in claim 1 wherein the modification of the display screen is the appearance of a user interface.

8. The display system recited in claim 1 wherein the user interface is a virtual representation of an object previously positioned behind the display screen.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program instructions stored thereon for causing a computer system to perform instructions, the instructions comprising the steps of:

for a display system including a display configured to operate in at least a transparent mode of operation, determining whether sensed physical interactions meet the interaction criteria; and

responsive to the determination that a predetermined interaction meets the predefined interaction criteria, modifying the content on the display screen.

10. The computer readable medium recited in claim 9 further including the step of receiving information regarding sensing physical user interactions.

11. The computer readable medium recited in claim 9 wherein the changes in the display content occur when the display screen is powered on.

12. The computer readable medium recited in claim 9 wherein the predefined interaction is the movement of the display screen from one position to another.

13. The computer readable medium recited in claim 9 wherein the predefined interaction is the movement of an object behind the display screen.

14. The computer readable medium recited in claim 9 wherein the predefined interaction is the sensing of the presence of an object positioned behind the display screen.

15. The computer readable medium recited in claim 9 wherein the predefined interaction is a touch on the display screen surface.

16. The computer readable medium recited in claim 9 wherein the modification of the display screen is the appearance of a user interface.

17. The computer readable medium recited in claim 9 wherein the user interface is a virtual representation of an object previously positioned behind the display screen.

18. The computer readable, medium recited in claim 9 wherein the user interface is a menu spatially aligned an object positioned behind the display screen.

19. A method of modifying display content comprising the steps of:

for a display system including a display configured to operate in at least a transparent mode of operation, determining whether sensed physical interactions meet the interaction criteria; and

responsive to the determination that a predetermined interaction meets the predefined interaction criteria, modifying the content on the display screen.

20. The method recited in claim 19 further including the step of receiving information regarding sensing physical user interactions.