Patent ID: 9448624
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: G02B,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method providing a User Interface (UI) for a Head Mounted Display (HMD), the method comprising: displaying a first UI for a physical UI mode if an object is within a predetermined distance from the HMD, and displaying a second UI different from the first UI for a non-physical UI mode if the object is not detected or is not within the predetermined distance from the HMD; changing the physical UI mode to the non-physical UI mode if a state of the object is changed to be beyond the predetermined distance from the HMD, and changing the non-physical UI mode to the physical UI mode if the state of the object is changed to be within the predetermined distance from the HMD; and receiving a user command in the physical UI mode by physically contacting the object and in the non-physical UI mode by not physically contacting the object.