LifeBoard—series of home pages for head mounted displays (HMD) that respond to head tracking
To assist with hands-free computing, the Head Mounted Display or Headset Computer utilizes a series of user configurable Home Pages that contain the shortcuts and widgets the user wants. This allows the user to design a user interface environment which gives him the information he wants, in the order he wants.
1. A navigation and control method in a headset computer comprising:
displaying at the headset computer a user interface formed of a series of boards, the boards being discrete screen view pages, wherein content of a board is representative of a discrete work enviroment; and
receiving at the headset computer user input in the form of head movements, and in response, the headset computer operating the displayed user interface including navigating between the boards, each board displayed in its entirety.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content of the boards includes user selected operative widgets anchored to the board.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the content is user positioned on the board.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user input includes voice commands.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the headset computer utilizes speech recognition and head tracking to interpret the voice commands and head movements in operating the user interface.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the contents of each board are user configured.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the series is user configurable.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the contents of each board are user configurable.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display by the headset computer effectively enables speech and handsfree user interaction.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising navigating within each board, wherein each board includes at least two panels, each of the panels being a discrete space within the board for the anchoring of a widget.
11. A navigation and control method in a headset computer comprising:
displaying at the headset computer a first field of view within a virtual display area;
receiving at the headset computer user input in the form of head movements; and
displaying at the headset computer in response to the user input a second field of view within the virtual display area, the first and second fields of view being different and discretely partitioned boxed areas of the virtual display area.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the content of the first field of view is a board-like page.
13. The method of claim 12 wherein the content of the second field of view is a board-like page.
14. The method of claim 13 wherein at least one of the board-like page in the first field of view and the board-like page in the second field of view has content that is user-configurable.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the content that is user-configurable includes operative widgets.
16. A headset computer system comprising:
a processor;
a microdisplay; and
a user interface configured to display via the microdisplay a first field of view within a virtual display; to receive user input in the form of head movements; and in response to the user input to display a second field of view within the virtual display area area, the first and second fields of view being different and discretely partitioned boxed areas of the virtual display area.
17. The headset computer system of claim 16 , wherein at least one of the first field of view and the second field of view has content that is user configured, said user configured content comprising operative widgets.
18. A headset computer system comprising:
a processor;
a microdisplay; and
a user interface configured to display via the microdisplay a series of boards, the boards being discrete screen view pages, wherein content of a board is representative of a discrete work environment; to receive user input in the form of head movements; and in response to the user input to operate the displayed user interface including navigating between the boards, each board displayed in its entirety.
19. The headset computer system of claim 18 , wherein the content of the boards includes user selected operative widgets anchored to the board.
20. The headset computer system of claim 19 , wherein the content is user positioned on the board.
21. The headset computer system of claim 18 , further comprising a speech recognition engine configured to receive user input in the form of voice commands, the processor in response to said voice commands being configured to perform the at least one of the actions chosen from the group consisting of navigating between or within the boards and opening applications.
22. The system of claim 18 , wherein each board includes at least two panels, each of the panels being a discrete space within the board for the anchoring of a widget.