System for maintaining orientation of a user interface as a display changes orientation

An apparatus, comprising:

• a display monitor allowing a work image to change orientation corresponding to a change in orientation of said display monitor with respect to a user orientation reference while interface elements remain in a fixed orientation with respect to the user orientation reference.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a display monitor adapted to allow continuous change in orientation and present a displayed image;
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• a display control system sensing the continuous orientation change of the display monitor and adapting the displayed image to the continuous orientation change with a use orientation of the display remaining fixed with respect to a user orientation reference as a spatial orientation of the display changes with respect to the user orientation reference.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a display monitor adapted to allow continuous change in orientation;
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• a software based system sensing the continuous orientation change of the display monitor and adapting the functions performed to the continuous orientation change with a use orientation remaining fixed with respect to a user orientation reference as a spatial orientation changes with respect to the user orientation reference.

A method, comprising:

• sensing spatial orientation changes of a display;
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• changing a visual orientation of user interface element on the display relative to the display as the spatial orientation changes with the user interface element remaining fixed with respect to a user orientation reference as the spatial orientation changes with respect to the user orientation reference.

A method, comprising:

• sensing a spatial orientation of a display;
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• adapting a function of the display to the orientation with the function of the display being aligned with respect to a user orientation reference while an image of the display is allowed to spatially change with respect to the user orientation reference as the spatial orientation of said display changes.

An apparatus, comprising:

• an image display movable into different orientations and including a user interface;
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• an orientation sensor coupled to said display and determining continuous orientations of the display as the display is moved, and said display maintaining orientation of the user interface with respect to a user orientation reference independent of physical position of a displayed image with respect to the user.

A computer readable media including a process sensing spatial orientation of a display and changing a visual orientation of a user interface element on the display relative to the display as the spatial orientation changes maintaining an orientation of the element with respect to a user orientation reference as the spatial orientation of the display changes with respect to the user orientation reference.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a display displaying a display image, having a spatial orientation and a user interface element having a use orientation;
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• means for decoupling the spatial orientation and the use orientation with the user interface element maintaining a fixed orientation as the spatial orientation changes.