Patent ID: 9563331
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for determining a web-like hierarchical display configuration for displaying a menu by a near-eye display (NED) comprising: identifying by one or more processors data indicating a menu is to be displayed by the near-eye display (NED); determining an available menu space about a user head and a user head view direction by the one or more processors based on a stored three dimensional (3D) mapping of an environment of the user; selecting by the one or more processors a position for the menu in a display field of view of the NED based on the user head view direction of a menu activation location; selecting a web-like hierarchical menu display configuration based on the available menu space, the user head view direction and user head comfort rules, the web-like hierarchical menu display configuration links menu levels and menu items within a menu level with flexible spatial dimensions for menu elements; adapting menu items to the selected web-like hierarchical menu display configuration based on changes in the available menu space based on objects surrounding the user, the user head view direction and user head comfort rules including head rotation range and head rotation speed as an indicator of a level of head comfort; and displaying the menu with its menu items connected using a flexible link configurable to be linear and non-linear and is adapted in accordance with the selected web-like hierarchical menu display configuration.