Information display

• US 8,711,058 B2
• Filed: 02/21/2012
• Issued: 04/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Aptiv Technologies AG
• Original Assignee: PureDepth Limited (Aptiv PLC)
• Inventors: Seymour, Bruce David
• Primary Examiner(s): SHERMAN, STEPHEN G
• Application Number:
  US13/401,743
• Publication Number:
  US 20120154254A1
• Time in Patent Office: 798 Days
• Field of Search: 345/1.1, 345 4- 6, 345/168, 345/156, 345/169, 345/87, 345/204, 345 7- 9, 345/55
• US Class Current: 345/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 19/12 using special optical effects
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 19/14 displaying different signs depending upon the view-point of the observer

Abstract

A method displaying information for viewing by a user characterized by the steps of: peripherally displaying primary information (5) on a first focal plane (3), and displaying secondary information (6) on at least a second focal plane (2) to said primary information (5), wherein said secondary information (6) exhibits at least one characteristic capable of augmenting the effect of the primary information (5) on the viewer.

Claims

1. A method of displaying information on a display device, said method comprising:

displaying a first image on a first display screen of said display device, wherein said first image comprises a first portion of text;

displaying a second image on a second display screen of said display device, wherein said second image is related to said first image, and wherein said first and second display screens overlap, wherein said second image comprises non-textual information;

displaying a third image on said second display screen of said display device, wherein said third image comprises a second portion of text associated with said first portion of text; and

replacing said first image on said first display with said third image and simultaneously removing said third image from said second display screen, wherein said replacing is sequentially performed after displaying said third image on said second display screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said user input is associated with scrolling through a text based document.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said first and second display screens are physically spaced apart from one another.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said displaying said first image further comprises displaying said first image simultaneously with said displaying said second image.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said displaying said first image further comprises displaying said first image and said second image sequentially.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said first, second, and third images comprise content related to a subject matter.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said subject matter is selected from a group consisting of a landmark, a place, a person, and an object.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said content in said first image is selected from a group consisting of animated content and a still image.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein said content in said second image is selected from a group consisting of animated content and a still image.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein said content in said third image is selected from a group consisting of animated content and a still image.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said image is selected from a group consisting of a symbol, a character, an icon, and text.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said second image is a graphical representation of said first portion of text.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said second image is a graphical representation of said second portion of text.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein said displaying said first image further comprises displaying said first image with a display characteristic selected from a group consisting of moving, rotating, scrolling, flashing, adjusting a transparency, adjusting a color, adjusting a shape, and adjusting a size.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein said displaying said second image further comprises displaying said first image with a display characteristic selected from a group consisting of moving, rotating, scrolling, flashing, adjusting a transparency, adjusting a color, adjusting a shape, and adjusting a size.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein said displaying said third image further comprises displaying said first image with a display characteristic selected from a group consisting of moving, rotating, scrolling, flashing, adjusting a transparency, adjusting a color, adjusting a shape, and adjusting a size.

17. A display device comprising:

a first display screen operable to display a first image, wherein said first image comprises a first portion of text;

a second display screen operable to display a second image, wherein said second image is related to said first image, and wherein said first and second display screens overlap, wherein said second image comprises non-textual information;

wherein said second display screen is further operable to display a third image, wherein said third image comprises a second portion of text associated with said first portion of text; and

wherein said first display screen is further operable to replace said first image with said third image sequentially after said first image is displayed, and said second display screen is further operable to simultaneously remove said third image.

18. The display device of claim 17, wherein said user input is associated with scrolling through a text based document.

19. The display device of claim 17, wherein said first and second display screens are physically spaced apart from one another.

20. The display device of claim 17, wherein said second image is a graphical representation of said first portion of text.