Patent Document ID: 20080024392
Application ID: 11629868
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An interactive method of presenting information in an image to a user, in which the user carries a head-mounted display device ( 2 + 5 , 27 ), which presents an image of the surroundings ( 3 , 9 , 25 ) to the user, the user's head position and direction are established in relation to the surroundings, a calculating device ( 7 ) establishes, based on the preceding step, which part of the surroundings is positioned in front of the user's head, characterised in that the calculating device establishes where in a hierarchical scheme the user is positioned as regards information about and performed operations concerning that part of the surroundings which is positioned in front of the user's head, the calculating device establishes, based on the preceding step, which information is to be presented to the user and presents it in the form of a virtual image which is mixed with the real image, a central part of the image is defined, there are in the area outside the central part fields ( 22 ) and/or objects ( 23 ) adapted to be included in a transfer of messages from the user to the calculating device, the user's direction of gaze at the image is established and it is made clear when the point of fixation ( 24 ) in the image is in a field or an object, and the calculating device is informed that the user has received the information and, respectively, performed the current operations depending on how the point of fixation ( 24 ) is positioned in fields ( 22 ) and/or objects ( 23 ).