Patent Document ID: 6127990
Application ID: 09235096
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A device for assisting a computer user in interacting with a computer or like data processing device, comprising: a wearable display device coupled to said computer's display output, said wearable display including an instantaneous viewing window; a visual interface device resident on said computer, said visual interface device providing a virtual desktop whose size is larger than the instantaneous viewing window provided by said wearable display; a tracking device for sensing motion of the wearable display device, converting said sensory input generated by said motion sensed into tracking data, and inputting said tracking data into said computer; a magnification selection device responsive to said sensory input generated by said motion sensed into tracking data for selection of an enlargement factor applied to the enlarged data; and, a signal processing device resident on said computer for interpreting said tracking data for purposes of determining which portion of the virtual desktop will be displayed within said instantaneous viewing window at a particular point in time, whereby the computer user can view any portion of the virtual desktop and control the magnification of the portion displayed in said instantaneous viewing window by controlling the position of the tracking device.