ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH THREE DIMENSIONAL USER INTERFACE AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

• US 20140267233A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Seungeun, Kwan, Sara, Rosenblatt, Michael, Bar-Nahum, Guy, Gregg, Justin
• Granted Patent: US 9,798,461 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1639 the display being based on projection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1636 Sensing arrangement for detection of a tap gesture on the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An electronic system includes: a raise objects module configured to raise a first object along a Z-axis displaying the first object above a display; a height determination module, coupled to the raise objects module, configured to generate a first adjustment value based on a height determining factor including frequency; and an adjustment module, coupled to the height determination module, configured to adjust the first object along the Z-axis based on the first adjustment value.

Claims

1. An electronic system comprising:

a raise objects module configured to raise a first object along a Z-axis displaying the first object above a display;

a height determination module, coupled to the raise objects module, configured to generate a first adjustment value based on a height determining factor including frequency; and

an adjustment module, coupled to the height determination module, configured to adjust the first object along the Z-axis based on the first adjustment value.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the height determination module is configured to generate the first adjustment value based on an importance, a context, a time, a location, a contact, a related application, a setting adjustment, or a combination thereof.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a motion module, coupled to the raise objects module, configured to recognize a backside tap or an upward swing, and an amplitude of the backside tap or the upward swing; and

wherein;

the raise objects module is configured to raise the first object along a Z-axis based on the amplitude; and

the adjustment module is configured to adjust the object along the Z-axis based on a user'"'"'s distance.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

an input filter module, coupled to the raise objects module, configured to filter triggering information for a duration, an amplitude, a direction or a combination thereof to raise the object along the Z-axis; and

wherein;

the raise objects module is configured to raise the first object along a Z-axis based on the amplitude.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the raise objects module is configured to raise an urgent notification.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

the raise objects module is configured to raise the first object and a second object to an activation height for displaying the first object and the second object above a display; and

the adjustment module is configured to adjust a first height of the first object and a second height the second object along the Z-axis imparting relative heights to the first object and the second object, and the relative heights based on the first adjustment value and the second adjustment value.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a gravity module, coupled to the height determination module, configured to simulate the first object and the second object falling along the Z-axis when an amplitude of a backside tap or an upward swing is below an activation height threshold.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a duration control module, coupled to the height determination module, configured to receive a non-detection signal to invoke an inactivity timer; and

a two dimensional module, coupled to the height determination module, configured to reduce the first height of the first object and the second height of the second object once a duration control setting has been reached.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the raise objects module is configured to raise the first object and the second object with the depiction of the second objection obscured.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a raise notifications module, coupled to the raise objects module, configured to raise a third object as an urgent notification, and displacing the first object and the second object peripheral to the third object.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein generating the adjustment value includes generating the adjustment value based on an importance, a context, a time, a location, a contact, a related application, a setting adjustment, or a combination thereof.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

recognizing a backside tap or an upward swing and an amplitude of the backside tap or the upward swing; and

wherein;

raising the object includes raising the object along a Z-axis based on the amplitude; and

adjusting the object includes adjusting the object along the Z-axis based on a user'"'"'s distance.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

filtering triggering information for a duration, an amplitude, a direction or a combination thereof; and

wherein;

raising the object includes raising the object along a Z-axis based on the amplitude.

15. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein raising the object includes raising an urgent notification.

11. A method of operation of an electronic system comprising:

raising an object, with a control unit, along a Z-axis for displaying the object above a display;

generating an adjustment value based on a height determining factor including frequency; and

adjusting the object along the Z-axis based on the adjustment value.

16. A method of operation of an electronic system comprising:

raising a first object and a second object, with a control unit, to an activation height for displaying the first object and the second object above a display;

generating a first adjustment value and a second adjustment value based on a height determining factor including frequency; and

adjusting a first height of the first object and a second height the second object along the Z-axis imparting relative heights to the first object and the second object, and the relative heights based on the first adjustment value and the second adjustment value.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16 further comprising simulating the first object and the second object falling along the Z-axis when an amplitude of a backside tap or an upward swing is below an activation height threshold.

18. The method as claimed in claim 16 further comprising:

receiving a non-detection signal to invoke an inactivity timer; and

reducing the first height of the first object and the second height of the second object once a duration control setting has been reached.

19. The method as claimed in claim 16 wherein raising the first object and the second object includes raising the first object and the second object with the depiction of the second objection obscured.

20. The method as claimed in claim 16 further comprising:

raising a third object as an urgent notification; and

displacing the first object and the second object peripheral to the third object.