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Touch control for immersion in a tablet goggles accessory

  • US 9,158,115 B1
  • Filed: 09/16/2013
  • Issued: 10/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • outputting, by a tablet device, video to a first display layer of a head-mounted display (HMD) system coupled to the tablet device;

    while displaying the video on the first display layer, setting a second display layer of the HMD system to be opaque to limit an amount of light that passes through the HMD system for viewing the video on the first display layer, wherein the outputting and the setting are performed by the tablet device while the tablet device is in a first mode in which an entire touch surface of the tablet device is configured to operate as a touch-sensitive button;

    detecting, by the tablet device, a touch event on the touch surface when the tablet device is configured to operate as the touch-sensitive button; and

    in response to the detected touch event,setting, by the tablet device, the second display layer to be transparent to increase the amount of light that passes through the HMD system for exposing a user of the HMD system to an outside-world view of the tablet device in response to the detected touch event, andsetting, by the tablet device, the first display layer to be transparent.

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