Method and apparatus for user interface communication with an image manipulator
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1. A user interface method, the method comprising:
- obtaining a projector display of an initial image;
using one or more sensors coupled to a computer processor, sensing a user interaction with the displayed initial image, the user interaction being in a three dimensional coordinate system, and said sensing being based on quadrilateral angle navigation that determines a sensing point position within the three dimensional coordinate system, wherein an original image is displayed from a certain point in space preconfigured to match specific points in the quadrilateral angle navigation, and the certain point in space is matched to space location of the user interaction to determine the sensing point, said sensing resulting in each sensor providing coordinate information to the computer processor enabling the computer processor to correlate with the original image in the three dimensional coordinate system;
in the computer processor, correlating the sensed user interaction with the three dimensional coordinate system and responsively manipulating the initial image resulting in an updated image based on the correlated user interaction; and
from the computer processor through a projector, projecting the resulting updated image, the updated image being equivalent to the initial image manipulated by a distortion in three dimensional space.
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Abstract
A system, and method for use thereof, for image manipulation. The system may generate an original image in a three dimensional coordinate system. A sensing system may sense a user interaction with the image. The sensed user interaction may be correlated with the three dimensional coordinate system. The correlated user interaction may be used to project an updated image, where the updated image may be a distorted version of the original image. The image distortion may be in the form of a twisting, bending, cutting, displacement, or squeezing. The system may be used for interconnecting or communicating between two or more components connected to an interconnection medium (e.g., a bus) within a single computer or digital data processing system.
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19 Claims
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1. A user interface method, the method comprising:
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obtaining a projector display of an initial image; using one or more sensors coupled to a computer processor, sensing a user interaction with the displayed initial image, the user interaction being in a three dimensional coordinate system, and said sensing being based on quadrilateral angle navigation that determines a sensing point position within the three dimensional coordinate system, wherein an original image is displayed from a certain point in space preconfigured to match specific points in the quadrilateral angle navigation, and the certain point in space is matched to space location of the user interaction to determine the sensing point, said sensing resulting in each sensor providing coordinate information to the computer processor enabling the computer processor to correlate with the original image in the three dimensional coordinate system; in the computer processor, correlating the sensed user interaction with the three dimensional coordinate system and responsively manipulating the initial image resulting in an updated image based on the correlated user interaction; and from the computer processor through a projector, projecting the resulting updated image, the updated image being equivalent to the initial image manipulated by a distortion in three dimensional space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19)
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9. A user interface system, comprising:
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a projecting unit rendering a display of an initial image; at least one sensor configured to sense a user interaction with the displayed initial image, the user interaction being in a three dimensional coordinate system and sensing being based on quadrilateral angle navigation within the three dimensional coordinate system, wherein an original image is displayed from a certain point in space preconfigured to match specific points in the quadrilateral angle navigation, and the certain point in space is matched to space location of the user interaction to determine the sensing point, said sensing resulting in each sensor providing coordinate information to the computer processor enabling the computer processor to correlate with the original image in the three dimensional coordinate system; and a correlation unit configured to correlate the sensed user interaction with the three dimensional coordinate system and correlate the three dimensional coordinate system with the initial image in a manner implementing a manipulation of the initial image based on the correlated user interaction; wherein the projecting unit is responsive to the correlation unit and configured to project an updated image resulting from the manipulation of the initial image, the updated image being equivalent to the initial image manipulated by a distortion in three dimensional space. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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