Patent ID: 6943774

Claim:
An information display method comprising the steps of: imaging and capturing an image of an object; processing the image captured by said imaging step; displaying prescribed information on a projection micro-display, separately obtained from the imaging step; displaying a designated pointer on said display and controlling the pointer using only the same hand that holds the projection micro-display; and controlling information on the display comprising the steps of: (a) storing as a control input a sequential change, first (i) of a first hand pattern, formed of at least one finger, and then second (ii) of a second hand pattern, formed of at least one finger, the second hand pattern different from the first hand pattern; (b) imaging, by the camera, the first hand pattern; (c) imaging, by the camera, the second hand pattern; (d) recognizing the first hand pattern imaged in step (b); (e) recognizing the second hand pattern imaged in step (c); (f) comparing a sequential change of first step (d) and then second step (e) to the stored control input; (g) controlling the information on the display, after the comparing of step (f); (h) positioning the display between an eye of a user and a hand of the user; (i) viewing the at least one finger of the hand on the display, while forming the first and second hand patterns; and (j) visually aligning the eye of the user, the display and the first and second hand patterns.