Patent ID: 8330739

Claim:
A display device comprising: an electronic display having an active area for presenting visual content to a person; a housing defining an area for holding the electronic display and having an opening allowing the person to view a first portion of the active area; a bezel about the opening, the bezel covering a second portion of the active area and providing a window through which at least a part of the second portion can be viewed; a sensor system having a sensor that is adapted to sense conditions from which it can be determined when the person is close to touching the bezel or to sense when the person is in touch with the bezel and to generate a sensor signal indicative of the sensed conditions; and a controller operable to receive the sensor signal and to adjust the appearance of the active area of the display in the part of the second portion that can be viewed through the window when the controller determines that the sensor signal indicates when the person has touched the bezel or is close to touching the bezel, wherein the sensor includes a touch sensitive surface and wherein the display device further includes processing circuitry that is adapted to: designate at least one area of the touch sensitive surface for at least one control; to control a portion of the second portion of the active area to present a virtual control; to obtain touch data from the at least one area of the touch sensitive surface; and to determine if the obtained touch data invokes the virtual control.