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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Chris Whytock, Seattle, WA (US);
Carlos Pessoa, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul Armistead Hoover, Kirkland, WA (US);
Chris Whytock, Seattle, WA (US);
Carlos Pessoa, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul Armistead Hoover, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments related to the location and adjustment of a virtual object on a display in response to a detected physical object are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment provides a computing device comprising a multi-touch display, a processor and memory comprising instructions executable by the processor to display on the display a virtual object, to detect a change in relative location between the virtual object and a physical object that constrains a viewable area of the display, and to adjust a location of the virtual object on the display in response to detecting the change in relative location between the virtual object and the physical object.