Smart Technologies Ulc

Henry Lai

Min Xin

Edward Hiatt Tse

Viktor Viktorovich Antonyuk

Erik Murray Benner

Zhaohui Xing

Carl Edmund Hudson

Luqing Wang

Roberto Arturo Diaz-Marino

Shymmon Banerjee

Esteban Ginez

Hui Xiu Wu

Danny Ma

Jingwen Chen

Mark Cameron Loken

Computerized methods and interactive input systems for manipulation of 3D objects are disclosed. An image of 3D object is displayed on a 2D interactive surface, and input is received and is interpreted for manipulating the 3D object. When the 3D object is selected, rotation control handles indicating available rotation directions are displayed. In one embodiment, the method comprises capturing images of a 3D input space, recognizing at least one object in the images, and comparing the recognized objects in the images to determine a difference therebetween based on a difference threshold. Depending on the outcome of the comparison, the recognized objects are emerged and associated with digital content, or only one of the recognized objects is maintained and associated with digital content.

Interactive input system having a 3D input space

An interactive input system comprises computing structure; and an input device detecting at least one physical object carrying a recognizable pattern within a three-dimensional (3D) input space and providing output to the computing structure, wherein the computing structure processes the output of the input device to: recognize the pattern carried by the at least one physical object in the 3D input space; and modify an image presented on a display surface by applying a transition to digital content associated with the at least one physical object based on a detected state of the at least one physical object.

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