US 11,379,105 B2 · Displaying a three dimensional user interface

Abstract

In a method for displaying a three dimensional interface on a device, a scene is displayed on a display of the device and a three dimensional user interface control with three dimensional effects is displayed on the display of the device, the three dimensional effects based on a virtual light source, a virtual camera, and a virtual depth of a three dimensional object relative to the scene. A change in the position of the device relative to the virtual light source and the virtual camera is detected. The three dimensional effects are dynamically changed based on the change in position of the device relative to the virtual light source and the virtual camera. Orientation of the virtual camera is dynamically changed to change the display of the scene and the display of the three dimensional user interface control to a new perspective based on the change in position of the device relative to the virtual light source and the virtual camera.

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Dependent claims

A non-transitory computer-usable storage medium having computer readable program code embedded therein for a three dimensional interface executing at a processor of a device comprising the processor and memory, the three dimensional interface comprising:

a virtual light source;
a virtual camera;
a three dimensional user interface control set in a scene in said three dimensional interface, wherein said three dimensional user interface control comprises three dimensional effects based on said virtual light source, said virtual camera, and based on a virtual depth of a three dimensional object relative to said scene;
a detector to detect a change in position of said device relative to said virtual light source and said virtual camera;
and
a rendering module to render said three dimensional user interface control and said scene in a new perspective with a change in said three dimensional effects based on said change in position of said device relative to said virtual light source and said virtual camera.

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A method for displaying a three dimensional interface on a device:

displaying a scene on a display of said device;
displaying a three dimensional user interface control with three dimensional effects set in said scene on said display of said device, said three dimensional effects based on a virtual light source, a virtual camera, and a virtual depth of said three dimensional user interface control relative to said scene;
detecting a change in position of said device relative to said virtual light source and said virtual camera;
dynamically changing said three dimensional effects based on said change in position of said device relative to said virtual light source and said virtual camera;
and
dynamically changing an orientation of said virtual camera to change said displaying said scene and said displaying said three dimensional user interface control to a new perspective based on said change in position of said device relative to said virtual light source and said virtual camera.

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A non-transitory computer-usable storage medium having instructions embodied therein that when executed cause a computer system to perform a method for providing tools to develop a three dimensional interface, said method comprising:

providing a catalogue of scenes and a catalogue of three dimensional user interface controls to create a three dimensional interface;
receiving a selection of a scene from said catalogue of scenes;
receiving a selection of a three dimensional user interface control from said catalogue of three dimensional user interface controls and a placement of said three dimensional user interface control in said scene;
rendering said three dimensional interface on a display of a device based on said selection of said scene and said selection of said three dimensional user interface control such that said three dimensional user interface control is displayed with three dimensional effects based on a virtual light source, a virtual camera, and a virtual depth of said three dimensional user interface control relative to said scene;
and
dynamically changing said rendering said three dimensional interface to a new perspective based on a change in an orientation of said virtual camera.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Displaying a three dimensional user interface

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