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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
May. 05, 2005
Applicants:
Peter Hohmann, Arese, IT;
Dave Slocombe, Tokyo, JP;
Natasha Sopieva, Ivrea, IT;
Adrian Ashley, Leicester, GB;
Inventors:
Peter Hohmann, Arese, IT;
Dave Slocombe, Tokyo, JP;
Natasha Sopieva, Ivrea, IT;
Adrian Ashley, Leicester, GB;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2006.01); G01B 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An information display system has a display unit having a display screen, a control unit for controlling the displayed information, and an input devices for inputting a user's control command. The input devices may be a distance detecting sensor adapted to detect the position of a user controlled object in a sensing field arranged at a given distance in front of the screen. The control unit is adapted to determine a display control command based on the detected object position.