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US 9,176,628 B2Granted
Display with an optical sensor
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJohn J. Briden, Bradley Neal Suggs
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Abstract
A display system can include a panel 110 and a three dimensional optical sensor. The three dimensional optical sensor 115 can be to determine depth of an object located in the field of view of the three dimensional optical sensor. A transparent layer 105 can be in front of the panel and the three dimensional optical sensor.
Claims18
A display system comprising:
- a panel to display images on a front side;
- a three dimensional optical sensor to determine depth from the three dimensional optical sensor of an object located in a field of view of the three dimensional optical sensor;
- a transparent layer in front of the front side of the panel and the three dimensional optical sensor;
- and
- a prism between the transparent layer and the three dimensional optical sensor.
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A method comprising:
- generating, by a three dimensional optical sensor, depth information about an object in a field of view of the three dimensional optical sensor, based on light reflected from the object received at the three dimensional optical sensor;
- determining from the depth information if an object is contacting a display system, wherein the object is determined to be contacting the display system if the object is less than a contact distance from the display system;
- determining from the depth information if the object is less than a programmed distance;
- and
- indicating on the display system if the object is between the contact distance and the programmed distance.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that if executed cause a processor to:
- receive depth information from a three dimensional optical sensor;
- determine from the depth information if an object is contacting a display system, wherein the object is determined to be contacting the display system if the object is less than a contact distance from the display system;
- determine from the depth information if the object is less than a programmed distance from the display system;
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- indicate a hover on the display system if the object is determined from the depth information to be between the contact distance and the programmed distance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.