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US 9,542,005 B2Granted
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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsBradley Neal Suggs, John J. Briden, John P. McCarthy
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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsBradley Neal Suggs, John J. Briden, John P. McCarthy
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A system including a display, a sensor and a controller. The sensor can detect an object and generate data related to the object. The controller can determine a first pose of the object from the data and display a first representative image on the display. The controller can determine a second pose of the object and display a second representative image on the display, wherein the second representative image is associated with a displayed element.
A system comprising:
A method, comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed cause a processor to:
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Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a…
Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form: digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads,…
Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers: details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time…
By opto-electronic means: using a single imaging device like a video camera for tracking the absolute position of a single or a plurality of…
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A user can interact with a system using a touch interface. The touch interface on a display can detect when a user makes contact with the display and the system can determine if a task is to be performed according to the coordinates where the touch occurred. The touch may be determined by an optical system detection system, a capacitive detection system, resistive detection system or another detection system. If the user is not touching the system, the system is not going to perform tasks that would be initiated by a touch of the system.
Some embodiments of the invention are described with respect to the following figures:
FIG. 1A is a system according to an example embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 1B is a system according to an example embodiment of the invention;
A touch screen display using a touch detector such as a two dimensional optical system, capacitive or resistive detection system cannot detect movement in front of the display. A system that can determine the pose of an object such as a user's hands and fingers in front of the display can be used as an input. If the system can determine the pose of an object in front of the display the system can also determine if the object is changing poses. For example the system can determine if the object is in a first pose and then at a later time if the object is in a second pose different from the first pose. The change in pose may be a gesture that can be determined by the system to perform a task on the system. The pose may be the position, shape or posture of a user's hand and may be determined for example by the positions of the fingers relative to the palm of a hand.
If the object is for example a user's hand and the object is not touching the display it may be difficult for the user to tell where on the display the system is equating the position of the user's hand. For example if the users hand is 30 centimeters from the screen and the screen is tilted back at a 10 degree angle the user's perception of the coordinates of the hand may be different than coordinates that are determined by the system. In one embodiment the system can determine the coordinates of the object and display a representative image on the display at the coordinates determined by the system.
In an embodiment a system can include a display and a sensor to detect an object and generate data related to the object. A controller can determine a first pose of the object from the data and display a first representative image on the display. The controller can determine a second pose of the object and display a second representative image on the display, wherein the second representative image is associated with a displayed element.