Apparatus And Method For Proximity Based Input
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsJuha Arrasvuori, Ollila Elina
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Abstract
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for controlling display operations is provided, comprising: detecting presence of an object in close proximity to an input surface, detecting at least one information item associated with the object, detecting distance information on the distance of the object to the input surface, and controlling selection of additional information associated with the at least one information item for display on the basis of the distance information.
Claims21
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
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- at least one memory including computer program code,
- the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
- detect presence of an object in close proximity to an input surface,
- detect at least one information item associated with the object,
- detect distance information on the distance of the object to the input surface, and
- control selection of additional information associated with the at least one information item for display on the basis of the distance information.
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A method, comprising:
- detecting, by an apparatus, presence of an object in close proximity to an input surface,
- detecting at least one information item associated with the object,
- detecting distance information on distance of the object to the input surface, and
- controlling selection of additional information associated with the at least one information item for display on the basis of the distance information.
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A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising:
- code for detecting presence of an object in close proximity to an input surface,
- code for detecting at least one information item associated with the object,
- code for detecting distance information on the distance of the object to the input surface, and
- code for controlling selection of additional information associated with the at least one information item for display on the basis of the distance information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.