METHOD OF PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE
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1. A method of providing a user interface for controlling a system, including the acts of:
- observing a presence of a body or body part of a user in an environment of a device;
making a perceptible part of the user interface available to the user in association with a particular functionality for interacting with the system controlled by the user interface based on a location at which the body or body part of the user is observed to be present in the environment and a rate of displacement of the body or body part of the user observed in the environment.
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Abstract
A method of providing a user interface for controlling a system includes observing a presence of a body or body part of a user in a certain environment of a device. At least a perceptible part of the user interface is made available to the user in association with a particular functionality for interacting with the system controlled by the user interface in dependence on a rate of displacement of the body or body part of the user observed in the certain environment.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing a user interface for controlling a system, including the acts of:
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observing a presence of a body or body part of a user in an environment of a device; making a perceptible part of the user interface available to the user in association with a particular functionality for interacting with the system controlled by the user interface based on a location at which the body or body part of the user is observed to be present in the environment and a rate of displacement of the body or body part of the user observed in the environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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a signal processing component configured to process at least one signal from an observation component for observing a presence of a body or body part of a user in an environment of a device; and a control component configured to make a perceptible part of a user interface available to the user in association with a particular functionality for interacting with the system controlled by the user interface based on a location at which the body or body part of the user is observed to be present in the environment and a rate of displacement of the body or body part of the user observed in the environment. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying comprising computer instructions which, when executed by a processor, configure the processor to perform the acts of:
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observing a presence of a body or body part of a user in an environment of a device; making a perceptible part of the user interface available to the user in association with a particular functionality for interacting with the system controlled by the user interface based on a location at which the body or body part of the user is observed to be present in the environment and a rate of displacement of the body or body part of the user observed in the environment.
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