14 DAY TRIAL // Calling it “Systems and methods for adjusting a display based on the user’s position,” Apple has invented (on paper, for now), an electronic device – a display – that changes its state based on the user's perspective. According to the Mac maker, “The electronic device may include a sensing mechanism operative to detect the user's position relative [to the] display of the electronic device.”
In the abstract description of the invention, Apple offers an example of how the technology might work. According to the Mac maker, “The electronic device may include a camera operative to detect the position of the user's head. Using the detected position, the electronic device may be operative to transform displayed objects such that the displayed perspective reflects the detected position of the user.”
“The electronic device may use any suitable approach for modifying a displayed object, including for example a parallax transform or a perspective transform. In some embodiments, the electronic device may overlay the environment detected by the sensing mechanism (e.g., by a camera) to provide a more realistic experience for the user (e.g., display a reflection of the image detected by the camera on reflective surfaces of a displayed object),” the respective paragraph ends.
As with any patented invention, a summary is provided as soon as the key terms are defined, followed by the background of the invention. The summary is likely the most comprehensive part of the entire document, competing only with the relevant imagery provided for certain claims.
“An electronic device operative to change the perspective of displayed three-dimensional objects based on the user's position relative to the electronic device is provided,” Apple outlines. “The electronic device may include a display for displaying objects, and a sensing mechanism for detecting the user's position,” a far more clear explanation of what Apple is securing as an invention goes.
Skipping a bunch of rather confusing technical details... “The sensing mechanism may be placed in any suitable position relative to the display. For example, the sensing mechanism may be integrated in or [be] adjacent [to] the display (e.g., as an integrated camera above the display),” the patent application goes. “This may allow the sensing mechanism a more accurate assessment of the user's position relative to the display,” Apple says.