Patent ID: 9108733
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A47C,B60N,B64D,G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An integrated user interface system suitable for interacting with a system resource, comprising: a chair region of a user chair; and a plurality of interface elements being provided at said chair region, said interface elements being obscured from view and inhibited from interacting with the system resource when a user hand is distal from the user interface system, one or more selected interface elements becoming visible and activated for interacting with the system resource in response to the user hand moving proximate to the user interface system and becoming obscured from view and inhibited from interacting with the system resource in response to the user hand moving to a distal location from the user interface system, wherein said selected interface elements become visible by physically moving from a retracted position to an extended position to form raised projections providing the user interface system with a tactile feel, and wherein said integrated user interface system is utilized in conjunction with a video interface system for presenting a menu system with control indicia associated with system functions available via the system resource, said selected interface elements being mapped to the control indicia to enable navigation of the menu system via said integrated user interface system.