Techniques for content navigation using proximity sensing

A computer-implemented method of manipulating a display, comprising:

• calculating measurements that correspond to distances of a user appendage from a sensing region of a remote control device as the user moves the user appendage relative to the sensing region;
• determining, based at least in part on a mapping of locations of the sensing region to locations of a display device, a location on the display device that corresponds to a location of the appendage relative to the sensing region;
• and
• taking one or more actions that cause a display device to display a representation of the appendage according to the determined location on the display device such that the representation has one or more color characteristics that vary based at least in part on the calculated measurements.

A user input system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory including instructions that, when executed collectively by the one or more processors, cause the user input system to cause a display device to at least:
• display a representation of a user appendage on a display of the display device at a location of the display based at least in part on a mapping of locations of a sensing region of a remote control device to locations on the display;
• and
• change one or more color characteristics of the representation based at least in part on changes in distances of the user appendage from a sensing region of a remote control device.

A user input system for interacting with a graphical user interface, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory including instructions that, when executed collectively by the one or more processors, cause the user input system to cause a display device to at least:
• display a representation of a user appendage at a display location of a display of the display device, the display location based at least in part on a mapping of display locations of the display device to sensing locations of a sensing region of a sensing device;
• and
• at least when the appendage moves relative to and out of contact with the sensing device, change the display location based at least in part on the mapping.

A display device, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory including instructions that, when executed collectively by the one or more processors, cause the display device to at least:
• display a graphical user interface;
• receive signals corresponding to user interaction with a sensing region of a sensing input device, the signals being based at least in part on a number of dimensions of user interaction that is greater than two;
• and
• change the graphical user interface according to the received signals.