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US 9,002,406 B2Granted
Portable communication device with three dimensional display
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorHenrik Bengtsson
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a portable communication device (10) comprising: a display unit (12) for displaying a multi-dimensional image (13) having at least three dimensions; a multi-dimensional image control unit (15) controlling and providing said image (13) to be displayed in more than one plane (13a, b) depending on a selection of a user; a detector element (16) for detecting a selection of the user.
Claims16
A portable communication device comprising:
- a display unit configured to display images in a first and a second plane, where each image comprises a plurality of user-selectable icons, each user-selectable icon representing a particular functionality to be performed by the portable communication device when selected;
- a control unit configured to control and provide said images to be displayed on said display unit;
- wherein said display unit is configured to displays the icons of the first plane, from a first viewing position, as being stacked onto the items icons of the second plane when the device is disposed in a first position, wherein the icons of the second plane are completely hidden;
- wherein said display unit is further configured to display the icons of the second plane behind the icons of the first plane, from the first viewing position, such that the icons of the second plane are viewable while being behind the icons of the first plane when said the device is tilted from the first position;
- and a detector element detecting that of the device is tilted from the first position.
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In a portable communication device, a method comprising:
- displaying, via a display unit of the portable communication device, images in a first plane and a second plane, where each image comprises a user-selectable icons, each user selectable icon representing a particular functionality to be performed by the portable communication device when selected,
- controlling and providing, by a control unit of the portable communication device, said images;
- displaying from a first viewing position, the icons of the first plane as being stacked onto the icons of the second plane when the device is disposed in a first position, wherein the icons of the second plane are completely hidden;
- displaying the icons of the second plane behind the icons of the first plane when the device is tilted from the first position, such that the icons of the second plane are viewable while being behind the icons of the first plane when the device is tilted from the first position;
- and detecting, by a detector element of the portable communication device, a tilting of the portable communication device from the first position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.