Electronic devices and corresponding methods utilizing ultra-wideband communication signals for user interface enhancement

An electronic device, comprising:

• a communication device electronically communicating with a content presentation companion device operating as a primary display for the electronic device;
• an ultra-wide band component electronically communicating with another ultra-wide band component operating in the content presentation companion device;
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• one or more processors determining a distance between the electronic device and the content presentation companion device by processing ultra-wide band ranging signals received from the ultra-wide band component, and causing the communication device to transmit user interface adjustment signals to the content presentation companion device that dynamically magnify a user interface feature being presented on the primary display as a function of the distance;
• the user interface adjustment signals causing presentation of a virtual magnifying glass on the primary display;
• the user interface adjustment signals causing dynamic magnification of content present on the primary display within a perimeter of the virtual magnifying glass;
• further comprising a motion detector detecting motion of the electronic device in three-dimensional space, the user interface adjustment signals causing motion of the virtual magnifying glass along the primary display as a function of the distance and in proportion to the motion of the electronic device in the three-dimensional space;
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• further comprising an antenna array carried by the electronic device and determining an angle of arrival defined between signals delivered by the communication device to the content presentation companion device and a major face of the content presentation companion device, wherein an amount of motion of the virtual magnifying glass relative to the amount of motion of the electronic device in the three-dimensional space is defined as a function of the angle of arrival.

A system, comprising:

• an electronic device comprising an ultra-wide band component, a communication device, and one or more processors;
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• a content presentation companion device electronically in communication with the electronic device and comprising another ultra-wide band component;
• the one or more processors identifying a distance between the electronic device and the content presentation companion device by processing signals from the ultra-wide band component and causing the communication device to magnify a presentation characteristic of content being presented at the content presentation companion device as a function of the distance;
• the one or more processors causing the communication device to magnify the presentation characteristic of the content by superimposing a virtual magnifying glass atop a portion of the content, with only the portion of the content being magnified and another portion of the content that is complementary to the portion of the content remaining unmagnified;
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• further comprising:
• an angle of arrival sensor determining an angle between the communication device and a major surface of the content presentation companion device;
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• a motion detector detecting motion of the electronic device in three-dimensional space;
• the one or more sensors controlling speed of motion and distance of motion of the virtual magnifying glass presented on the content presentation companion device in response to the motion of the electronic device in three-dimensional space and as a function of the distance and the angle.