Scanning display apparatus
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1. A scanning display apparatus comprising:
- (a) a display operable;
(i) to receive one or more driver signals and generate corresponding visual information for presentation on the display; and
(ii) to sense radiation received at the display and generate one or more sensing signals corresponding to a region proximate to the display; and
(b) computer hardware coupled to the display for generating the one or more driver signals for the display and for receiving the one or more sensing signals from the display, the computer hardware being operable to provide an interactive user interface at the display;
wherein the apparatus is configured to sense one or more objects when placed upon or positioned in proximity to the display and obscuring at least part of the visual information displayed on the display as an obscured portion of the visual information and leaving an unobscured portion of the visual information displayed on unobscured parts of the display unobscured by the one or more objects, and in response to sensing the one or more objects obscuring the obscured portion of the visual information displayed on the display, to adapt the visual information for display on the unobscured parts of the display by rearranging the obscured portion of the visual information already displayed on the display from obscured parts of the display to the unobscured parts of the display for displaying on the unobscured parts of the display, alongside the unobscured portion of the visual information, the obscured portion of the visual information already displayed on the display and moved from the obscured parts without changing a size of the obscured portion of the visual information already displayed on the display.
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Abstract
A scanning display apparatus includes a display operable to receive driver signals and generate corresponding visual information for presentation on the display, to sense radiation received at the display and generating corresponding sensing signals corresponding to a region proximate to the display. The apparatus also includes computer hardware coupled to the display for generating driver signals for the display and for receiving the sensing signals from the display. The computer hardware is operable to provide an interactive user interface at the display.
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23 Claims
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1. A scanning display apparatus comprising:
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(a) a display operable; (i) to receive one or more driver signals and generate corresponding visual information for presentation on the display; and (ii) to sense radiation received at the display and generate one or more sensing signals corresponding to a region proximate to the display; and (b) computer hardware coupled to the display for generating the one or more driver signals for the display and for receiving the one or more sensing signals from the display, the computer hardware being operable to provide an interactive user interface at the display; wherein the apparatus is configured to sense one or more objects when placed upon or positioned in proximity to the display and obscuring at least part of the visual information displayed on the display as an obscured portion of the visual information and leaving an unobscured portion of the visual information displayed on unobscured parts of the display unobscured by the one or more objects, and in response to sensing the one or more objects obscuring the obscured portion of the visual information displayed on the display, to adapt the visual information for display on the unobscured parts of the display by rearranging the obscured portion of the visual information already displayed on the display from obscured parts of the display to the unobscured parts of the display for displaying on the unobscured parts of the display, alongside the unobscured portion of the visual information, the obscured portion of the visual information already displayed on the display and moved from the obscured parts without changing a size of the obscured portion of the visual information already displayed on the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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9. A scanning display apparatus comprising:
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(a) a display operable; (i) to receive one or more driver signals and generate corresponding visual information for presentation on the display; and (ii) to sense radiation received at the display and generate one or more sensing signals corresponding to a region proximate to the display; and (b) computer hardware coupled to the display for generating the one or more driver signals for the display and for receiving the one or more sensing signals from the display, the computer hardware being operable to provide an interactive user interface at the display; the apparatus being arranged to present the user interface comprising a plurality of user interface features, the computer hardware being provided with a priority identifier for each of the features for determining which of the features to omit from presentation in the user interface in a situation where at least part of the display is obscured as an obscured part of the display, the apparatus being further arranged, in response to detecting that the obscured part of the display is obscured, to move an obscured portion of the visual information from the obscured part of the display to unobscured part of the display without changing a size of the obscured portion of the visual information moved from the obscured part of the display to the unobscured part of the display for display of the obscured portion of the visual information alongside the unobscured portion of the visual information on the unobscured part of the display.
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14. A method of operating a scanning display apparatus including:
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(a) a display, wherein the method includes acts of; (i) receiving one or more driver signals at the display and generating corresponding visual information for presentation on the display; and (ii) sensing radiation received at the display and generating one or more corresponding sensing signals corresponding to a region proximate to the display; and (b) in computer hardware coupled to the display, generating the one or more driver signals for the display and receiving the one or more sensing signals from the display, sensing one or more objects when placed upon or positioned in proximity to the display and obscuring at least part of the visual information displayed on the display as an obscured portion of the visual information and leaving an unobscured portion of the visual information displayed on unobscured parts of the display unobscured by the one or more objects, and in response to sensing the one or more objects obscuring the obscured portion of the visual information displayed on the display, adapting the visual information for display on the unobscured parts of the display by rearranging the obscured portion of the visual information already displayed on the display from obscured parts of the display to the unobscured parts of the display for displaying on the unobscured parts of the display, alongside the unobscured portion of the visual information, the obscured portion of the visual information moved from the obscured parts without changing a size of the obscured portion of the visual information already displayed on the display, the computer hardware being operable to provide an interactive user interface at the display. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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