Patent ID: 8601402

Claim:
An interface for a system having an X, Y, and Z axis and including a three dimensional display and a three dimensional touch screen, the three dimensional displaying two dimensional images in an XY plane at Z equal to zero, the interface comprising: processing electronics configured for receiving information from the three dimensional touch screen and determining at least one of a grab and hold operation for an object displayed in three dimensional space, a pick and placement operation for the object in three dimensional space, and a mouse over operation wherein the object in a native two dimensional state gains three dimensional attributes when a finger is near the object and returns to the native two dimensional state when the finger moves away from the object, wherein the three dimensional display provides a two dimensional image of weather information, the weather information including critical weather and ground clutter, wherein the object is the critical weather and is displayed above the XY plane at Z equals zero in three dimensions and is separated from the ground clutter in response to the mouse over operation, the grab and hold operation or the pick and place operation, wherein the mouse over operation, the grab and hold operation or the pick and place operation is initiated by touching the XY plane at Z equals zero.