Interfacing via heads-up display using eye contact
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1. A method of device interaction via a heads-up display comprising:
- exchanging signals at a first heads-up display of a first entity with a second heads-up display of a second entity, wherein the first and second heads-up displays are members of a group of at least three heads-up displays, and exchanging the signals comprises;
exchanging a signal at the first heads-up display with the second heads-up display, wherein the signal for each of the first and second heads-up displays indicates a plurality of conditions including receipt of a command for an interaction between the first and second heads-up displays and detection of an area of sight of a corresponding entity provided by each of the first and second heads-up displays of the group; and
in response to receiving the signal at the first heads-up display, transmitting from the first heads up display to the second heads-up display a unique identifier for the first heads-up display and receiving at the first heads-up display from the second heads-up display a unique identifier for the second heads-up display; and
establishing the interaction specified by the command between the first heads-up display and at least one first device including the second heads-up display, wherein the interaction between the first and second heads-up displays is established in response to receiving at the first head-up display from the second heads up display the unique identifier for the first heads-up display and receiving at the second heads-up display from the first heads-up display the unique identifier for the second heads-up display.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for device interaction via a heads-up display determines an area of sight of a first entity employing a first heads-up display, and establishes interaction between at least one first device and the first heads-up display in response to detecting at least an impact of the determined area of sight on at least one second device. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for interacting with a device via a heads-up display in substantially the same manners described above.
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1. A method of device interaction via a heads-up display comprising:
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exchanging signals at a first heads-up display of a first entity with a second heads-up display of a second entity, wherein the first and second heads-up displays are members of a group of at least three heads-up displays, and exchanging the signals comprises; exchanging a signal at the first heads-up display with the second heads-up display, wherein the signal for each of the first and second heads-up displays indicates a plurality of conditions including receipt of a command for an interaction between the first and second heads-up displays and detection of an area of sight of a corresponding entity provided by each of the first and second heads-up displays of the group; and in response to receiving the signal at the first heads-up display, transmitting from the first heads up display to the second heads-up display a unique identifier for the first heads-up display and receiving at the first heads-up display from the second heads-up display a unique identifier for the second heads-up display; and establishing the interaction specified by the command between the first heads-up display and at least one first device including the second heads-up display, wherein the interaction between the first and second heads-up displays is established in response to receiving at the first head-up display from the second heads up display the unique identifier for the first heads-up display and receiving at the second heads-up display from the first heads-up display the unique identifier for the second heads-up display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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