Light-based finger gesture user interface

摘要

A finger gesture user interface for an electronic device, including a housing for an electronic device including a front opening in a front outer surface of the housing, a rear opening in a rear outer surface of the housing, and inner sidewalls extending from the front opening to the rear opening to form a cavity, a display, mounted in the housing along a plane transverse to the front and rear openings, for rendering a 3D realm, a detector mounted in the inner sidewalls, operable to detect translation of a finger inserted in the cavity along a dimension of the cavity transverse to the display plane, and a processor connected to the detector and to the display for interpreting the detected finger translation as a user interface input command to move within the 3D realm along the dimension transverse to the display.

主权项

1. A finger gesture user interface for an electronic device, comprising:
a housing for an electronic device comprising:
a front opening in a front outer surface of the housing;a rear opening in a rear outer surface of the housing; andinner sidewalls extending from said front opening to said rear opening to form a cavity; a display, mounted in said housing along a plane transverse to said front and rear openings, for rendering a three-dimensional (3D) realm; a detector mounted in said inner sidewalls, operable to detect translation of a finger inserted in the cavity along a dimension of the cavity transverse to the display plane; and a processor connected to said detector and to said display for interpreting the detected finger translation as a user interface input command to move within the 3D realm along the dimension transverse to the display.