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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2011
Colin Hewitt, Letchworth Garden, GB;
Scott M. Potter, Welwyn Garden, GB;
Colin Hewitt, Letchworth Garden, GB;
Scott M. Potter, Welwyn Garden, GB;
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method of modifying a user interface on a display relative to a user, comprising: detecting a position of a user's eyes relative to a user interface (UI) viewing surface, wherein the detecting includes sensors selected from the group consisting of proximity sensors, web cams, and face recognition scanners; wherein the detecting further includes detecting the position of the user's eyes relative to the user interface; adjusting the UI's viewing surface for altered viewing based on the position of the user's eyes; and, wherein the adjusting comprises a software algorithm for switching on and off semi-transparent pixels in the UI viewing surface for viewing the UI by the user at a viewing angle from about 20 degrees to about 90 degrees.