PROJECTION INTERFACE TECHNIQUES

• US 20120166993A1
• Filed: 12/24/2010
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Anderson, Glen J., Ganapathy, Subhashini
• Granted Patent: US 8,839,134 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1639 the display being based on projection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed that involve projection interfaces, such as multitouch projected displays (MTPDs). For example, a user may activate a projection interface without having to interact with the a non-projected interface (e.g., a keyboard or keypad). Also, a user may select or adjust various device settings. Moreover, various user applications may be allocated among a projected interface and another display (e.g., an integrated display device). Such techniques may be employed in various environments, such as ones in which a display input devices exist in addition to a projection interface. Through such techniques, ease of use for projection interfaces may be advantageously achieved.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a user activation request;

based on the user activation request, activating a projected user interface;

wherein the projected user interface includes a menu, the menu providing one or more setting selections for the projected user interface and one or more setting selections for a display device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the menu is to allow the user to select among a plurality of display modes, the plurality of display modes comprising a duplicate display mode, an extended desktop mode, and an appliance mode.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the user activation request comprises detecting a user gesture.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein activating the projected user interface comprises providing a user login dialog through the projected user interface.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising

providing an allocation of a plurality of applications among the projected user interface and the display device;

outputting the plurality of applications to the projected user interface and the display device based on the allocation.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving a user selection to change the allocation; and

changing the allocation based on the user selection.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the user selection to change the allocation comprises detecting a user gesture.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting a color scheme for the projected user interface

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said selecting is performed automatically.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein said selecting is performed by the user.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the projected user interface comprises a multi-touch projected display (MTPD).

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

allocating user gesture commands to application(s) provided by one of the projected user interface and the display device; and

allocating user voice commands to application(s) provided by one of the projected user interface and the display device.

13. An apparatus, comprising:

a device to provide a projected user interface a display device;

a user interface management module to provide a menu through the projected user interface;

wherein the menu provides one or more setting selections for the projected user interface and one or more setting selections for a display device.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the menu is to allow the user to select among a plurality of display modes, the plurality of display modes comprising a duplicate display mode, an extended desktop mode, and an appliance mode.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the user interface management module is to provide an allocation of a plurality of applications among the projected user interface and the display device;

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the allocation is based on a user selection.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the user selection is a user gesture;

and

wherein the apparatus further comprises a gesture sensor module to detect the user gesture.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the user interface management module is to cause an activation of the projected user interface upon receipt of a user activation request.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the user activation request is a user gesture;

and

wherein the apparatus further comprises a gesture sensor module to detect the user gesture.

20. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the apparatus is one of a notebook personal computer, a desktop personal computer, and a tablet personal computer.

21. An article comprising a machine-accessible medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

receive a user activation request;

based on the user activation request, activate a projected user interface;

wherein the projected user interface includes a menu, the menu providing one or more setting selections for the projected user interface and one or more setting selections for a display device.