A method for processing information is provided in which triggering information is acquired through one of a plurality of sensors in an electronic device. In response to the triggering information, a graphical interaction interface is projected onto a first portion of a user through a projection lens. Through another of the plurality of sensors, an interaction operation performed on the graphical interaction interface is acquired; and the graphical interaction interface is changed in response to the interaction operation.

An optical touch system includes a touch surface, a first light source and a first light-sensing unit. The first light source emits a first light. The first light is reflected at positions on a first section of the touch surface to form a first reference section at the first light-sensing unit. The first light is reflected at positions on a second section of the touch surface to form a second reference section at the first light-sensing unit. The second section is located between the first section and the first light-sensing unit. A touch object reflects the first light between the first section and the second section to produce a first input light region on the first reference section, or reflects the first light between the second section and the first light-sensing unit to produce a second input light region on the second reference section.

An optical object positioning apparatus including an optical element, a light sensor and a processing unit and a positioning method thereof are provided. The optical element includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other and perpendicular to a first axis, and has at least two light-passing regions. Light beams from an object to be positioned pass through the light-passing regions from the first surface to the second surface. The light sensor and the optical element are spaced by a predetermined distance on a direction of the first axis. The light sensor senses the light beams from the light-passing regions to generate at least two light-sensing signals. A distance between the object and the optical element is positively correlated to the predetermined distance. The processing unit receives the light-sensing signals and positions the object according to the light-sensing signals and the predetermined distance.

An electronic device having an authentication method with high security is provided. The electronic device includes a pixel portion, a sensor portion, and an authentication portion. The pixel portion includes a display element and a light-receiving element. The pixel portion includes a first region and has a function of making the display element of the first region emit light. The pixel portion has a function of obtaining first authentication information by capturing an image of an object that is in contact with the first region with the use of the light-receiving element. The sensor portion includes a second region and has a function of obtaining second authentication information by capturing an image of an object that is in contact with the second region. The authentication portion has a function of performing first authentication processing using the first authentication information. The authentication portion has a function of performing second authentication processing using the second authentication information.

An electronic device having an authentication method with high security is provided. The electronic device includes a pixel portion, a sensor portion, and an authentication portion. The pixel portion includes a display element and a light-receiving element. The pixel portion includes a first region and has a function of making the display element of the first region emit light. The pixel portion has a function of obtaining first authentication information by capturing an image of an object that is in contact with the first region with the use of the light-receiving element. The sensor portion includes a second region and has a function of obtaining second authentication information by capturing an image of an object that is in contact with the second region. The authentication portion has a function of performing first authentication processing using the first authentication information. The authentication portion has a function of performing second authentication processing using the second authentication information.

A finger-mounted device may include finger-mounted units. The finger-mounted units may each have a body that serves as a support structure for components such as force sensors, accelerometers, and other sensors and for haptic output devices. The body may have sidewall portions coupled by a portion that rests adjacent to a user's fingernail. The body may be formed from deformable material such as metal or may be formed from adjustable structures such as sliding body portions that are coupled to each other using magnetic attraction, springs, or other structures. The body of each finger-mounted unit may have a U-shaped cross-sectional profile that leaves the finger pad of each finger exposed when the body is coupled to a fingertip of a user's finger. Control circuitry may gather finger press input, lateral finger movement input, and finger tap input using the sensors and may provide haptic output using the haptic output device.

A method of operating an elevator system using a touchless elevator communication system including: generating a first two-dimensional sensor curtain using a first sensor curtain generation device, the first two-dimensional sensor curtain being located in front of a display that displays one or more selection options; generating a second two-dimensional sensor curtain using a second sensor curtain generation device located in front of the first two-dimensional sensor curtain, the first two-dimensional sensor curtain being located between the second two-dimensional sensor curtain and the display; detecting the object in the second two-dimensional sensor curtain; determining a second curtain location of the object in the second two-dimensional sensor curtain; mapping the second curtain location of the object in the second two-dimensional sensor curtain to a selection option of the one or more selection options; and identifying on the display that the object is pointing to the selection option.

With a projection device, a projection system including the projection device and a display device receives an image from the display device, projects the received image onto a projection target, captures a range including the projection target, and transmits the captured image to the display device. With the display device, the projection system receives the captured image from the projection device, displays the received captured image on the display, generates a drawing image based on a drawing operation, and transmits the generated drawing image to the projection device.

Systems for providing an interactive window display are provided, wherein the system includes a source of light having a unique signature and a sensing mechanism having an ambient light filter, the sensing mechanism configured to detect at least one movement of at least one human appendage. The system further includes a means for interpreting the at least one movement operatively connected to a processor configured to execute a set of computer-readable instructions, the means including instructions for controlling images on an external screen, instructions for controlling at least one integrated object, and at least one instruction, wherein the at least one instruction indicates to a user how to operate the system.

An input device may include an image sensor having an imaging surface that includes an array of pixels, and an optical waveguide layer carried by the imaging surface and having an exposed user surface and a first refractive index associated therewith. The input device may also include a substrate between the optical waveguide layer and the image sensor and having a second refractive index associated therewith that is lower than first refractive index. A collimation layer may be between the image sensor and the substrate. A light source may be configured to transmit light into the optical waveguide so that the light therein undergoes a total internal reflection. The optical waveguide may be adjacent the imaging surface so that an object brought into contact with the exposed user surface disturbs the total internal reflection resulting in an image pattern on the imaging surface.