Patent ID: 8760391

Claim:
An input cueing system for simultaneously viewing in real time the image of a user's hands or fingers positioned over the input device that overlays a virtual input image, the system comprising: an electronic device that includes an electronic controller; a processing device connected to the electronic controller, and a display connected to the electronic device and positioned in the user's field of view; an input device coupled to the electronic controller, the input device includes an input area in which the user moves at least one hand or at least one finger that creates an input area signal that is transmitted to the electronic controller; a software program configured to produces the virtual input image presentational on the display that uses the input area signal from the input device; an image capturing device coupled to the electronic device disposed above and aimed at the input area that produces a realistic real time image of the user's hand or finger in the input area, the image capturing device includes a primary mirror disposed below the direct field of view of the display thereby providing the user an unobstructed view of the display and above the input area and aimed to capture and reflect the image of or about the input area, a secondary mirror located below the direct field of view and aimed to reflect the image of the input area from the primary mirror, and a camera located about the input area and below the direct field of view of the display thereby providing the user an unobstructed view of the display, wherein the camera is aimed at the secondary mirror to receive the reflected image of the input area from the primary mirror and, a combiner coupled to the electronic device configured to simultaneously present an overlying image of the user's hands or finger on the display that is aligned and registered over the virtual input image that allows the user to accurately and expediently input information into the electronic device.