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Interaction techniques for flexible displays

a technology of interaction and flexible display, which is applied in the direction of input/output for user-computer interaction, instruments, computing, etc., can solve the problems of limiting our review and the current support of display systems that cannot be found in physical paper

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-10-25
XUUK
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[0015] Another aspect of the invention is a capture and projection system, used to simulate or otherwise implement a flexible display. Projecting computer graphics onto physical flexible materials allows for a seamless integration between images and multiple 3D surfaces of any shape or form, one that measures and corrects for 3D skew in real time.

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Due to space limitations we limit our review: other systems exist that link the digital and physical world through paper.
Secondly, rather than determining the overall shape of the object as a point cloud, our input techniques rely on determining the 3D location of specific marker points on the display.
Conversely, display systems currently support properties unavailable in physical paper, such as easy distribution, archiving, querying and updating of documents.

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Photo Collage

[0080] There are many usage scenarios that would benefit from the functionality provided by the invention. One such non-limiting example is the selection of photos for printout from a digital photo database containing raw footage. Our design was inspired by the use of contact sheets by professional photographers. Users can compose a photo collage using two flexible displays, selecting a photo on one overview display and then rubbing it onto the second display with a rubbing gesture. This scenario shows the use of flexible display input as a focus and context technique, with one display providing a thumbnail overview of the database, and the other display offering a more detailed view.

[0081] Users can select thumbnails by pointing at the source page, or by selecting rows through producing a foldline with a bend gesture. By crossing two fold lines, a single photo or object may be selected. Thumbnails that appear rotated can be turned using a simple pivoting action of th...

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Flexible Cardboard Game

[0082] In this non-limiting embodiment, the invention is used to implement a computer game that displays its graphic animations onto physical game board pieces. Said pieces may consist of cardboard that is tracked and projected upon using the apparatus described in this invention, or electronic paper, LCD, e-ink, OLED or other forms of thin, or thin-film displays. The well-known board game Settlers of Catan consists of a game board design in which hexagonal pieces with printed functionality can be placed differently in each game, allowing for a game board that is different each game. Each hexagonal piece, or hex, represents a raw material or good that can be used to build roads or settlements, which is the purpose of the game. In this application, each hex is replaced by a flexible display of the same shape, the position and orientation of which is tracked through the hexes such that a board is formed. A computer algorithm then renders the functionality onto ...

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3D Flexible Display Objects

[0083] In this non-limiting embodiment, the invention is used to provide display on any three dimensional object, such that it allows animation or graphics rendering on said three dimensional object. For example, the invention may be used to implement a rapid prototyping environment for the design of electronic appliance user interfaces, such as, for example, but not limited to, the Apple iPod. One element of such embodiment is a three dimensional model of the appliance, made out of card board, Styrofoam, or the like, and either tracked and projected upon using the apparatus of this invention or coated with electronic paper, LCD, e-ink, OLED or other forms of thin, or thin-film displays, such that the shapes and curvatures of the appliance are followed. Another flexible display apparatus described in this invention. Rather than setting up the board according to the rules of the game, users need just lay out the flexible display surface acts as a palette o...

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Abstract

The invention relates to a set of interaction techniques for obtaining input to a computer system based on methods and apparatus for detecting properties of the shape, location and orientation of flexible display surfaces, as determined through manual or gestural interactions of a user with said display surfaces. Such input may be used to alter graphical content and functionality displayed on said surfaces or some other display or computing system.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 788,405, filed on Mar. 30, 2006. [0002] Each of the applications and patents cited in this text, as well as each document or reference cited in each of the applications and patents (including during the prosecution of each issued patent; “application cited documents”), and each of the U.S. and foreign applications or patents corresponding to and / or claiming priority from any of these applications and patents, and each of the documents cited or referenced in each of the application cited documents, are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. More generally, documents or references are cited in this text, either in a Reference List before the claims, or in the text itself; and, each of these documents or references (“herein-cited references”), as well as each document or reference cited in each of the herein-cited references (including any manufactur...

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IPC IPC(8): G09G5/00
CPCG06F3/017G06F3/01G06F3/0425G06F3/0325G06F1/1652
Inventor VERTEGAAL, ROELHOLMAN, DAVID
Owner XUUK
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