Patent ID: 7176981
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. In a computerized system having a display unit for displaying a video signal, a method of selectively overlaying visual interface information atop the video signal, the video signal including at least one specified feature, the method comprising steps for: receiving a video signal that is to be displayed on a display unit; virtually dividing the video signal into a plurality of virtual display sections, wherein division of the virtual display sections is virtual and non-physical such that said division is visibly unapparent, and wherein the video signal is displayed in each of the plurality of virtual display sections; determining the location of the at least one specified feature in the video signal; and displaying a visual interface information on top of the displayed video signal in one of the virtual display sections, wherein a determination of which of the virtual display sections to display the visual interface information atop is dependant upon the location of the at least one specified feature in the video signal.