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System and method for manipulating an object in a three-dimensional desktop environment

  • US 9,280,259 B2
  • Filed: 07/26/2013
  • Issued: 03/08/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of performing an action with a processor, comprising:

  • generating, using the processor, a three-dimensional desktop environment and projecting the three-dimensional desktop environment into a real space, wherein the three-dimensional desktop environment is segmented into a plurality of power levels spanning a range of distances from a display along a first axis, and wherein each of the power levels comprise a plurality of pixel volumes having a horizontal extent, a vertical extent, and a depth based on a resolution capability of an ultrasonic transducer;

    propagating, using the ultrasonic transducer, an ultrasonic pulse into the real space;

    receiving, using the ultrasonic transducer, a reflection of the ultrasonic pulse from a user object located within the real space;

    determining a user action of the user object using the ultrasonic pulse and the reflected ultrasonic pulse; and

    performing the action with the processor based on the determined user action.

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