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User interface for a head mounted display

  • US 9,041,741 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2013
  • Issued: 05/26/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for displaying data by a see-through head mounted display (HMD):

  • determining a first field of view of a user of the HMD;

    receiving sensor input from at least one sensor;

    detecting, using the sensor input, a first movement comprising a downward tilt of the user'"'"'s head, causing the user to have a second field of view; and

    causing the HMD to display one or more persistent data elements in the second field of view, based on the detected first movement;

    wherein;

    the one or more persistent data elements comprise a map that appears, from a perspective of the user, in a plane of a physical surface on which the user is located;

    causing the HMD to display the one or more persistent data elements is independent of physical objects viewable in the second field of view, andthe one or more persistent data elements were not displayed in the first field of view.

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