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US 9,791,918 B2Granted
Breath-sensitive digital interface
OwnerPierre Bonnatinventor
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Abstract
A breath-sensitive digital interface that enables use a person's breath or other fluid for purposes of navigating digital media, and method for using such an interface.
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A system for use in an electronic device, the system comprising:
- at least one processor operatively coupled to a display device and configured to receive input from a user via a first input device accepting a tactual mode of user input and to receive input from the user via a second input device accepting a breath mode of user input;
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- wherein the at least one processor concurrently employs user input from only one of the first input device and the second input device to enable user selection of a particular group of graphical elements of a plurality of groups of graphical elements of a graphical user interface visible on the display device as a currently active group of graphical elements and employs user input only from the other of the first input device and the second input device to enable user selection and control of a graphical element from the currently active group of graphical elements, to control the electronic device using the graphical user interface on the display device, wherein the second input device comprises a micro-electromechanical system for detecting the flow of human breath in open space, wherein the second input device is external to the user, wherein the second input device is not physically in contact with the mouth of the user, and wherein the flow of human breath between the user and the second input device is not controlled by use of a physical channel.
A method for managing digital information on a device, the method comprising:
- aligning information in multiple different layers of a graphical user interface on a display of the device;
- receiving a first user input in the form of a first mode of user input selected from one of a tactual mode of input and a breath mode of input, the first user input only for controlling information contained on a particular layer of the multiple different layers;
- concurrent with receiving the first user input, receiving a second user input in the form of a second mode of user input different from the first mode and selected from one of the tactual mode of input and the breath mode of input, the second user input only for navigating among the multiple different layers to identify the particular layer;
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- wherein a mapping of the tactual mode of input and the breath mode of input to the controlling and the navigating is configurable, and
- wherein receiving the breath mode of user input comprises detecting a flow of human breath of the user without contact with the user, and wherein the flow of human breath from the user is not directed by a physical channel.
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A method for manipulating digital information via a user interface, the method comprising:
- receiving input from the user via a tactual first control means;
- concurrently receiving input from the user via a second control means that detects flow of breath of the user without contact with the user and wherein the flow of human breath from the user is not controlled by a physical channel;
- selecting a particular graphical display element within a two dimensional representation of a three dimensional graphical user interface using input received via only the first control means;
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- moving a user view towards a foreground or a background of the three dimensional graphical user interface only according to the flow of breath detected by the second control means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.