01st week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160004310 | FORCE FEEDBACK SYSTEM INCLUDING MULTI-TASKING GRAPHICAL HOST ENVIRONMENT - A force feedback system provides components for use in a force feedback system including a host computer and a force feedback interface device. An architecture for a host computer allows multi-tasking application programs to interface with the force feedback device without conflicts. One embodiment of a force feedback device provides both relative position reporting and absolute position reporting to allow great flexibility. A different device embodiment provides relative position reporting device allowing maximum compatibility with existing software. Information such as ballistic parameters and screen size sent from the host to the force feedback device allow accurate mouse positions and graphical object positions to be determined in the force feedback environment. Force feedback effects and structures are further described, such as events and enclosures. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004311 | Control Apparatus for a Tactile Audio Display - An apparatus comprising: an input configured to receive at feast one signal comprising a haptic signal part and an audio signal part; a stream processor configured to separate the at least one signal to generate at least one haptic signal and at least one audio signal; a router configured to route the at least one haptic signal as a first output signal to a first output and the at least one audio signal as a second output signal to a second output; and an output configured to output the processed first output signal such that it generates a haptic effect and the processed second output signal generates an acoustic effect. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004312 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING DEVICE - A tactile sensation providing device can provide a user with an appropriate tactile sensation by efficiently vibrating a panel and is waterproof or dustproof. The tactile sensation providing device includes a panel; a tactile sensation provider, which provides a tactile sensation by vibrating the panel; a housing; and silicon rubber with a general U-shaped cross-section, disposed between the panel and the housing, for suppressing intrusion of dust or water from outside the housing to inside the housing. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004313 | HAPTIC SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND GAME SYSTEM - A haptic system includes: at least one bio-signal measuring unit configured to measure a bio-signal from a user in response to visual information; at least one haptic information providing unit equipped on the user and configured to provide haptic information; and a controller configured to operate the haptic information providing unit when there is a change in the bio-signal. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004314 | APPLICATION SWAP BASED ON SMART DEVICE POSITION - A smart device capable of switching between at least two applications based on the position of the smart device and a method of doing the same is provided. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004315 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TOUCH-FREE OPERATION OF A PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of controlling a PACS image viewer using a system comprising one or more infrared cameras and a processor is described. The method comprises accepting user input from the one or more infrared cameras comprising hand motion, vector, and gesture information, sending the hand motion, vector, and gesture information to the processor according to a frame rate, and translating the hand motion, vector, and gesture information into a virtual input by the processor according to a set of computer-executable instructions, wherein the virtual input is configured to control a PACS image viewer. The virtual input simulates one or more key strokes, mouse clicks, or cursor movements and allows a physician to use a PACS image viewer without using any hand-operated equipment such as a mouse, trackpad, or keyboard. In this way, the physician may scroll through images using the PACS image viewer while maintaining a sterile environment. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004316 | GESTURE BASED COMPUTER INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Gesture generated commands are input into a computer by use of a system including a hand movable input device having a hand-holdable housing for the effecting of a gesture by a user; and sensor apparatus for sensing predetermined motions of the housing with respect to a biaxial system and for transmitting signals corresponding to sensed motions of the housing, to a computer; signal interpretation software for interpreting signals from the sensor apparatus as being gesture-generated and for emitting a predetermined command to the computer corresponding to the gesture; non-visual display apparatus including one or more tactile output device; and a computer program for operating the non-visual display apparatus so as to provide to a user information relating to a combination of hand motions corresponding to a command. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004317 | CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A control method and an electronic device are provided in this application. The control method includes: determining a first operating area where an operator performs a gesture operation according to sensing information obtained by the at least two sensing units, where, sensing information from various spatial areas are obtained the at least two sensing units, the first operating area includes at least one spatial area of the various spatial areas; and generating and executing a first control instruction corresponding to the first operating area based on at least a configuration relationship between an operating area and an instruction, where the first control instruction is different from a second control instruction which is generated when the operator performs a gesture operation in a second operating area. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004318 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TOUCH-FREE OPERATION OF A PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of controlling a PACS image viewer using a system comprising one or more sensors configured to interpret muscle electrical activity as hand gestures is described. The method comprises accepting user input from the one or more sensors comprising hand motion, vector, and gesture information, sending such information to the processor according to a frame rate, and translating such information into a virtual input by the processor according to a set of computer-executable instructions, wherein the virtual input is configured to control a PACS image viewer. The virtual input simulates one or more key strokes, mouse clicks, or cursor movements and allows a physician to use a PACS image viewer without using any hand-operated equipment such as a mouse, trackpad, or keyboard. In this way, the physician may scroll through images using the PACS image viewer while maintaining a sterile environment. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004319 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING A MOVING DIRECTION OF GESTURE - An apparatus and method to recognize a moving direction of gesture are provided. A final moving direction of gesture is determined using the number of intersecting points based on output values from one or more sensors disposed in up, down, left, right directions and a code of an accumulated sum. Thus, a moving direction of target (hand) that moves on the sensors is recognized more accurately. The apparatus to recognize a moving direction of a gesture includes first to fourth sensor disposed at a position that is north, south, west, and east from a center; and a controller configured to identify a number of intersecting points based on output values of the first sensor, the second sensor, the third sensor and the fourth sensor and to estimate a moving direction of the gesture according to the number of the intersecting points. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004320 | TRACKING DISPLAY SYSTEM, TRACKING DISPLAY PROGRAM, TRACKING DISPLAY METHOD, WEARABLE DEVICE USING THESE, TRACKING DISPLAY PROGRAM FOR WEARABLE DEVICE, AND MANIPULATION METHOD FOR WEARABLE DEVICE - Provided are a tracking display system, a tracking display program, a tracking display method, a wearable device using these, a tracking display program for the wearable device, and a manipulation method for the wearable device that enhance the manipulability of a program in a stereoscopic space. The tracking display system of the present invention includes: a display unit that displays a view object in a virtual space; a detection unit that detects an image of a target in a real space, the target being for selecting the view object; and a control unit that controls at least a position of the view object. Further, the control unit displays the view object such that the view object tracks a motion of the target, in a case where the control unit determines that the view object and the image of the target overlap with each other in the display unit. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004321 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, GESTURE DETECTION METHOD, AND GESTURE DETECTION PROGRAM - It is possible to operate a device while reducing erroneous recognition of a device even when a line of sight does not face the device in an accurate direction. An information processing device that detects a motion of a user includes a detecting unit that detects the motion of the user and a face direction of the user from an image photographed by an imaging unit, a detected motion determining unit that determines whether or not the motion detected by the detecting unit is an operation on the information processing device based on the face direction of the user and position information of the information processing device stored in a storage unit, and a display content control unit that causes a display unit to reflect the motion when the detected motion determining unit determines that the motion detected by the detecting unit is the operation on the information processing device. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004322 | Information Processing Device - An information processing device configured from: a vehicle-mounted device control unit that controls the overall operation of a vehicle-mounted device; a sensing unit capable of measuring the distance to an object and capable of detecting gestures; and a display unit that displays video/images. The sensing unit continuously monitors to determine the distance at which objects are located in front of the display unit, and when the intrusion of the driver's hand into a prescribed region ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160004323 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES TO UPDATE SCREEN CONTENT RESPONSIVE TO USER GESTURES - In one embodiment, an electronic device to be worn on a user's forearm includes a display and a set of one or more sensors that provide sensor data. In one aspect, a device may detect, using sensor data obtained from a set of sensors, that a first activity state of a user is active. The device may determine, while the first activity state is active, that the sensor data matches a watch check rule associated with the first activity state. Responsive to the detected match, the device may cause a change in visibility of the display. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004324 | KEY FUNCTION CONVERSION METHOD, KEY FUNCTION CONVERSION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention is a key function conversion method, comprising: detecting a click operation sent by a first key; searching for a second key associated to the first key in a preset key mapping table; converting the click operation sent by the first key into a click operation sent by the second key; and, generating a function trigger signal corresponding to the click operation sent by the second key. A key function conversion device and a key function conversion electronic equipment are also disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention. With the present invention, the compatibility of a terminal unit with application programs can be improved. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004325 | SWIPE AND TAP KEYBOARD - An electronic device having a keyboard, a text input field, a processor, a first memory, and a second memory. The keyboard includes a word completion functionality that deduces a user's word by having the user tap down on at least a first letter in the word and then identifying another letter at a predetermined position in the word. The another letter in the word is provided to the processor by at least one of (a) swiping motion from the at least first letter to the another letter, (b) holding the another letter for a predetermined amount of time, (c) holding the another letter and the at least first letter simultaneously, (d) tapping on the another letter a predetermined number of times, (e) tapping on the another letter a predetermined number of times while holding the at least first letter, and (f) pressing a first designated key that tells the processor the user is now inputting the another letter and then taping on the another letter. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004326 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SLIDING INPUT OF TEXT BASED UPON ON-SCREEN SOFT KEYBOARD ON ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A system for implementing the sliding input of a text based upon an on-screen soft keyboard on an electronic equipment is provided. The system comprises a feature lexicon module, a feature lexicon establishment module, a user interface module, a sliding trajectory feature extraction module, a rough classifying and filtering module, a rough matching and filtering module and an accurate matching and sorting module. A method for implementing the sliding input using the system is also provided. The system and the method can input a word according to the preorder trajectory of the input portion, and cleverly use a forecasting-between-slidings input, decrease a sliding distance, effectively improve the input speed and accuracy of words, and simplify the operation for the users. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004327 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SLIDING INPUT OF TEXT BASED UPON ON-SCREEN SOFT KEYBOARD ON ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A system for implementing the sliding input of a text based upon an on-screen soft keyboard on an electronic equipment is provided. The system comprises a feature lexicon module, a feature lexicon establishment module, a user interface module, a sliding trajectory feature extraction module, a rough classifying and filtering module, a rough matching and filtering module and an accurate matching and sorting module. A method for implementing the sliding input using the system is also provided. The system and the method can input a word according to the preorder trajectory of the input portion, and cleverly use a forecasting-between-slidings input, decrease a sliding distance, effectively improve the input speed and accuracy of words, and simplify the operation for the users. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004328 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SLIDING INPUT OF TEXT BASED UPON ON-SCREEN SOFT KEYBOARD ON ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A system for implementing the sliding input of a text based upon an on-screen soft keyboard on an electronic equipment is provided. The system comprises a feature lexicon module, a feature lexicon establishment module, a user interface module, a sliding trajectory feature extraction module, a rough classifying and filtering module, a rough matching and filtering module and an accurate matching and sorting module. A method for implementing the sliding input using the system is also provided. The system and the method can input a word according to the preorder trajectory of the input portion, and cleverly use a forecasting-between-slidings input, decrease a sliding distance, effectively improve the input speed and accuracy of words, and simplify the operation for the users. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004329 | VERSATILE KEYBOARD INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICE - A versatile keyboard input and output device is described. The keyboard device includes a housing having a plurality of buttons, with each button individually clickable, and a capacitive sensing element under each button for touch sensing. The versatile keyboard input and output device further includes a lighting element under each button to provide selective lighting for each button, and a plurality of button glyphs for the plurality of buttons respectively, wherein the button glyphs are selectively visually changeable. The keyboard input device also includes a haptic feedback mechanism included in the housing for providing haptic feedback for the plurality of buttons. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004330 | HANDHELD MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS WITH CURSOR POINTER CONTROL - A handheld ultrasound imaging apparatus for capturing images of a subject is disclosed. The handheld ultrasound imaging apparatus includes a display for displaying a diagnostic ultrasound image and a plurality of user interface (UI) objects. A housing for holding the display. Further a user input interface is configured in at least one of the display and the housing. The user input interface is operable by a user to control a pointer for providing user input at points on the display to perform one or more activities. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004331 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIMULATING MOUSE OPERATION BY ROCKER AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - The embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for simulating mouse actions with a joystick, comprising: acquiring movement parameters input during movement of a joystick; computing and obtaining the target position of a mouse pointer on the interface of a terminal unit according to the movement parameters; and, displaying the mouse pointer at the position indicated by the target position. Moreover, a device and an electronic equipment for simulating mouse actions with a joystick are also disclosed by the embodiments of the present invention. With the present invention, the accuracy and precision of mouse operations can be improved. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004332 | METHOD, DEVICE AND EQUIPMENT FOR SIMULATING MULTI-POINT TOUCH BY USING TWO ROCKERS - The embodiments of the present invention discloses a method for simulating multitouch with two joysticks, comprising: receiving movement parameters input during movement of the first joystick and the second joystick; obtaining movement traces of a first mouse pointer corresponding to the first joystick and a second mouse pointer corresponding to the second joystick on the graphical interface of a terminal unit, according to the movement parameters; and, generating a corresponding touch gesture signal, according to the movement traces of the first mouse pointer and the second mouse pointer. With the present invention, non-touch screen display terminals can support multitouch, and thereby the compatibility of such terminal units is improved. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004333 | CAPACITIVE JOYSTICK DEVICE - There is provided a capacitive joystick device including a substrate, a fixed plate, a movable member, a plurality of elastic elements, a cone and an operation stick. The substrate includes a ground region and a capacitance sensing region. The fixed plate includes a first opening. The movable member includes a second opening. The elastic elements are symmetrically disposed between the fixed plate and the movable member. The cone is disposed between the movable member and the substrate, and includes a base, a vertex and a lateral surface. The base presses against the movable member. The vertex is disposed on the ground region of the substrate. The lateral surface is aligned with the capacitance sensing region of the substrate. The operation stick extends from the base of the cone and passes through the first opening and the second opening. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004334 | Advanced wireless pointing device - Subject of the invention is a method to calculate the point of a display device to which we are pointing to and a device of which one part is a part of a pointing device (like computer mouse or any other electronic pointing device), as part of game controllers or (smart) TV remote controllers. Also a method to calculate the point of the display device to which we are pointing. The device consists of a part that we place to a fixed position relative to the display device (or attached to it or built-in) and a part that can be hand held or worn or built-in another device (game or TV controllers). Both parts have several transceivers (receiver and transmitter) that communicate with each other to ascertain the distance from one to the other. We calculate the distance from the time spent for the signal to get from one transmitter to the other (and back) and the velocity of the signal. For communication, different wave propagations can apply (sound or electromagnetic waves). Knowing the position of all transceivers, we can calculate the point on the display device to which the person is pointing. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004335 | Three Dimensional Display System and Use - System and method for invoking 2D and 3D operational modes of a 3D pointing device in a 3D presentation system. A 3D stereoscopic scene and a 2-dimensional (2D) scene are displayed concurrently via at least one stereoscopic display device. A current cursor position is determined based on a 6 degree of freedom 3D pointing device. The cursor is displayed concurrent with the 3D stereoscopic scene and the 2D scene, where the cursor operates in a 2D mode in response being inside a specified volume, where, in the 2D mode, the cursor is usable to interact with the 2D scene, and where the cursor operates in a 3D mode in response to being outside the specified volume, where, in the 3D mode, the cursor is usable to interact with the 3D stereoscopic scene. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004336 | MANUALLY OPERABLE INPUT DEVICE WITH CODE DETECTION - The invention relates to a manually operable input device ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160004337 | PROJECTOR DEVICE, INTERACTIVE SYSTEM, AND INTERACTIVE CONTROL METHOD - A projector device includes: a projecting unit that projects a projection image onto a projection surface; a receiving unit that receives information transmitted from a pointer operating the projection surface, the information including unique identification information of the pointer and first operation direction information indicating an operation direction of the pointer; a photographing unit that photographs the projection surface; a generating unit that generates second operation direction information indicating an operation direction of the pointer operating the projection surface from multiple photographed images taken by the photographing unit; an associating unit that associates the second operation direction information matching with the first operation direction information with the unique identification information; an operation-information generating unit that generates operation information including the associated unique identification information and second operation direction information; and a transmitting unit that transmits the generated operation information to a controlled device. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004338 | STYLUS, SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF FOR TOUCH DETECTION - A synchronization system for touch detection is provided. The synchronization system includes at least one stylus and a touch device. The at least one stylus includes a signal generator, a first micro control unit and a first communication unit. The first micro control unit couples to the signal generator. The first communication unit couples to the first micro control unit. The signal generator generates at least one output signal. The first micro control unit controls the signal generator according to a regulation signal to regulate the at least one output signal. The first communication unit receives the regulation signal and transmits to the first micro control unit. The touch device receives the at least one output signal, and generates the regulation signal based on the at least one output signal to transmit to the at least one stylus. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004339 | PROGRAMMABLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND SCREEN-OPERATION PROCESSING PROGRAM THEREFOR - A programmable display device includes a display unit, a coordinate input unit, a display processing unit, an operation processing unit, a control unit, and a switching unit switching between validation and invalidation of operation by screen gesture. The display screen includes a screen-gesture applicable area in which display content can be changed and a screen-gesture non-applicable area in which display content cannot be changed. When an operation by the screen gesture is invalid, the switching unit validates an operation on the operation object in the screen-gesture applicable area and the screen-gesture non-applicable area, and, when an operation by the screen gesture is valid, the switching unit invalidates an operation on the operation object in the screen-gesture applicable area and validates the screen gesture. When an operation by the screen gesture is valid, the display processing unit performs predetermined display in the screen-gesture applicable area. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004340 | TOUCH WINDOW - A touch window includes a substrate, and an electrode part on the substrate. The sensing electrode includes a base substrate formed with a pattern part, and an electrode layer on the pattern part, where the electrode layer has a thickness in a range of 0.03 μm to 3 μm. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004341 | DEVICE HAVING A DIGITAL INFRARED SENSOR AND NON-TOUCH OPTICAL DETECTION OF OF VITAL SIGNS FROM A TEMPORAL VARIATION AMPLIFIER - A microprocessor is operably coupled to a camera from which patient vital signs are determined. A temporal variation of images from the camera is generated and amplified from which the patient vital sign, such as heart rate or respiratory rate, can be determined and displayed or stored. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004342 | APPARATUS FOR SENSING PRESSURE USING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for sensing pressure using an optical waveguide sensor. The apparatus for sensing pressure using an optical waveguide sensor, includes: a light source radiating light; an optical waveguide panel emitting some of the radiated light outside through a plurality of light transmitting regions previously formed, and changing an amount of totally reflected light according to pressure applied to at least one of the plurality of light transmitting regions; a detector detecting the amount of light; and an analyzer determining intensity and a location of the pressure according to the detected amount of light. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004343 | Single Layer Sensor Pattern - An embodiment of a capacitive sensor array may comprise a first set of sensor electrodes each comprising one or more large subelements and a second set of sensor electrodes each comprising one or more small subelements. In one embodiment, each of the small subelements may be smaller than any of the large subelements, and the first set of sensor electrodes and the second set of sensor electrodes are formed from a single layer of conductive material. In one embodiment, the surface area of the capacitive sensor array may be divisible into a grid of N×M unit cells, wherein each of the N×M unit cells contains one of the large subelements and k of the small subelements, where k is greater than or equal to 2. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004344 | TOUCH PANEL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel is provided. The touch panel is defined as having a viewable area and a non-viewable area. The touch panel includes a protection cover and a sensing electrode layer. The protection cover includes a strengthened substrate and a functional protection layer formed on the strengthened substrate in the viewable area. The sensing electrode layer is formed on the surface of the functional protection layer in the viewable area. The disposition of the functional protection layer prevents the sensing electrode layer from failing in a broken circuit, which occurs due to the strengthened substrate chipping or cracking. Thus, the reliability of the touch panel is enhanced. Further, a method for fabricating the touch panel is also provided. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004345 | VARYING A TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY ATTRIBUTE IN RESPONSE TO USER INPUT - A computing device includes a housing and a display assembly having a screen. The housing at least partially circumvents the screen so that the screen is viewable. The computing device further includes a set of touch sensors to receive user input. A processor is provided within the housing to detect the user input via the set of touch sensors, and to cycle a brightness of the screen of the display assembly in response to the user input. For example, the brightness of the screen may correspond with a contrast level of the screen and/or an illumination intensity of one or more light sources used to illuminate the screen. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004346 | CAPACITIVE IN-CELL TOUCH PANEL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a capacitive in-cell touch panel, its manufacturing method and a display device. The capacitive in-cell touch panel includes a plurality of gate scanning lines and a plurality of data lines arranged perpendicular to each other; a plurality of common electrodes, to which a common electrode signal is applied during a display period and a touch scanning signal is applied during a touch period, so that the common electrodes are also used as touch driving electrodes; and a plurality of touch sensing electrodes arranged at a layer identical to the data lines and at a region corresponding to the gate scanning lines, the touch sensing electrodes outputting a touch sensing signal during the touch period, wherein the touch driving electrodes and the touch sensing electrodes are arranged in a crisscross manner and insulated from each other. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004347 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD - A touch sensing apparatus includes an excitation source, a capacitor under test, a sampling circuit and a filter. The excitation source is used to generate an excitation signal having a first frequency. The capacitor under test is used to receive the excitation signal, and generate a sensing signal. The sampling circuit is used to sample the sensing signal to generate a digital output. The sampling circuit includes a pulse density modulation unit operating at a second frequency to generate the digital output, wherein the second frequency is higher than the first frequency. The filter is coupled to the pulse density modulation unit, and arranged to filter the digital output. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004348 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NAVIGATING IN A DISPLAY SCREEN AND APPARATUS COMPRISING SUCH NAVIGATION - A method is provided for navigating in a display screen by way of a control surface including a step of measuring:—a data item, termed position, relating to a position targeted, on the control surface, by a remote control object positioned opposite the control surface, and—a data item, termed vertical distance, relating to the distance between the at least one remote control object and the control surface; and a drive step, carrying out, as a function of the vertical distance measured:—a displacement, and/or—an adjustment of a parameter relating to a displacement; of at least one part of a zone and/or of a symbol displayed on the display screen and chosen as a function of the target position. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004349 | METHOD FOR FORMING AN ELECTRODE STRUCTURE FOR A CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR - A method of forming an electrode structure for a capacitive touch sensor in a transparent conductive layer located on a transparent non-conductive layer which is located on a colour filter layer by a direct write laser scribing process using a pulsed solid state laser, the laser wavelength, pulse length and beam profile at the substrate being selected to have a wavelength in the range 257 nm to 266 nm, a pulse length in the range 50 fs to 50 ns, and a top hat beam profile having a uniformity of power or energy density between a value (Emax) and a minimum value (Emin) of less than 10%, where uniformity is defined as (Emax−Emin)/(Emax+Emin). 1 Grooves can thus be formed in the transparent conductive layer to electrically isolate areas of the transparent conductive layer on opposite sides of each groove with substantially no damage to the transparent non-conductive layer or the colour filter layer beneath the transparent conductive layer. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004350 | TRANSPARENT BODY WITH SINGLE SUBSTRATE AND ANTI-REFLECTION AND/OR ANTI-FINGERPRINT COATING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A process for manufacturing a transparent body for use in a touch screen panel is provided. The process includes depositing a first transparent layer stack over a first side of a transparent substrate, wherein said first transparent layer stack is selected from the group consisting of: a layer stack, wherein the layer stack includes a first dielectric film with a gradient refractive index from a first refractive index to a second refractive index, and a layer stack, wherein the layer stack includes at least a first dielectric film with a first refractive index and a second dielectric film with a second refractive index different from the first refractive index. The process further includes providing a structured transparent conductive film over the first side of the substrate, and depositing at least one first layer over a second side of the substrate wherein the second side opposes the first side, and wherein the at least one first layer is selected from the group consisting of: an anti-reflection layer and an anti-fingerprint layer. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004351 | INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY - An input device ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160004352 | INPUT DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An input device provided with first electrodes arranged above a transparent substrate, second electrodes arranged on the transparent substrate in a manner to intersect with the first electrodes, and insulators arranged at each intersection of the first electrodes and the second electrodes and insulate the first electrodes and the second electrodes from each other, in which at least a portion of the first electrodes and a portion of the second electrodes are exposed to the outside. By the number of the layers being decreased, the input device is made thinner and the transparency is increased, whereby the visibility of the display device is less diminished. Accordingly, a highly transparent input device is provided and which does not affect the visibility of a display device. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004353 | TOUCH WINDOW - A touch window includes a substrate comprising a first area and a second area, a wire electrode on the second area, an intermediate layer provided on the substrate to cover an end of the wire electrode, a sensing electrode on the intermediate layer, and a connection electrode to connect the sensing electrode with the wire electrode. The connection electrode is provided on the intermediate layer to connect the sensing electrode with the wire electrode. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004354 | CAPACITANCE TO CODE CONVERTER WITH SIGMA-DELTA MODULATOR - Apparatuses and methods of converting a capacitance measured on a sense element to a digital value are described. One apparatus includes a modulator having a modulator capacitor, a sense element selectively coupled in a feedback loop of the modulator to operate as a switching capacitor. The apparatus also includes a first switch coupled between a voltage source and a first node of the switching capacitor and a second switch coupled between the first node of the switching capacitor and a first node of the modulator capacitor. The switching capacitor provides a charge current to the modulator capacitor via the second switch. The modulator measures a capacitance of the sense element and converts the measured capacitance to a digital code representing the capacitance. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004355 | ACTUATING USER INTERFACE FOR MEDIA PLAYER - An actuating user interface for a media player or other electronic device is disclosed. According to one aspect, the user interface is a display device that can both display visual information and serve as a mechanical actuator to generate input signals is disclosed. The display device, which displays visual information such as text, characters and graphics, may also act like a push or clickable button(s), a sliding toggle button or switch, a rotating dial or knob, a motion controlling device such as a joystick or navigation pad, and/or the like. According to another aspect, the user interface is an input device that includes a movable touch pad control signal capable of detecting the movements of the movable touch pad so as to generate one or more distinct second control signals. The control signals being used to perform actions in an electronic device operatively coupled to the input device. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004356 | CAPACITANCE TOUCH PANEL - A capacitance touch panel includes a display, a lower adhesive layer, a capacitance touch panel sensor, an upper adhesive layer, and a protective substrate, which are formed in this order. A temperature dependency of relative permittivity in the upper adhesive layer and a temperature dependency of relative permittivity in the lower adhesive layer as determined by a temperature dependency evaluation test are both up to 30%. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004357 | Techniques for Locally Improving Signal to Noise in a Capacitive Touch Sensor - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for digital signal processing (DSP) techniques for generally improving a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of capacitive touch sensors. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004358 | COMPLEMENTARY TOUCH PANEL ELECTRODES - A multi-layer touch panel having an upper and a lower electrode that cross over one another. The electrode pattern for either electrode at the cross over area is complementary to the other electrode at the cross over area. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004359 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A capacitive touch panel and a touch display panel using the same are provided. The capacitive touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of sensing structures and a metal oxide. Each sensing structure includes a plurality of sensing units and a plurality of bridge wires, and two adjacent sensing units are connected by a corresponding bridge wire. The metal oxide is formed on at least one of the bridge wires. The metal oxide is configured to reduce reflection of a light incident to the metal oxide. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004360 | ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITANCE INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING INPUT DEVICE - Disclosed herein is an electrostatic capacitance input device including: an input region of a substrate, in which a plurality of input position detection electrodes are provided; a plurality of wires that are electrically connected to the plurality of input position detection electrodes and extend outside the input region of the substrate; and a shield electrode that overlaps the wires on the input operation side. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004361 | Barrier Electrode Driven By An Excitation Signal - Apparatuses and method of driving a shield electrode and electrodes of a matrix are described. One apparatus includes a plurality of electrodes disposed as a matrix below a touch surface, a shield electrode, and a capacitance-sensing circuit. The capacitance-sensing circuit measures capacitances of the plurality of electrodes to detect a conductive object in contact with the touch surface or above the touch surface. The capacitance-sensing circuit measures a self-capacitance of a first electrode of the plurality of electrodes while driving the shield electrode with a shield signal, the shield signal being the same electrical potential as the plurality of electrodes. The capacitance-sensing circuit drives a second electrode of the plurality of electrodes as a barrier electrode to increase a detection distance from the touch surface to detect a conductive object above the touch surface. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004362 | USER INTERFACE FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR - A user interface system for a vehicle interior includes a contact surface, a sensor grid and a controller. The sensor grid is configured for variable electrical resistance in response to applied pressure and the controller is configured to detect the electrical resistance of the sensor grid by monitoring a voltage. The controller detects the location of an input from a vehicle occupant, the intensity of the input, and the duration of the input. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004363 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TOUCH MODULE - A manufacturing method of touch module includes steps of: providing a substrate and disposing a shield layer on the substrate, a section of the substrate where the shield layer is positioned being defined as a non-touch section, a section of the substrate, which is free from the shield layer being defined as a touch section; printing multiple touch electrodes on the touch section and the non-touch section of the substrate by means of printing process; disposing an insulation layer on the touch electrodes of the non-touch section, the insulation layer being formed with multiple electrical connection holes on the touch electrodes; disposing a lead layer with multiple metal leads on the insulation layer to pass through the electrical connection holes to electrically connect with the touch electrodes; and disposing a protection layer on the touch electrodes and the lead layer. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004364 | TOUCH SENSING CIRCUIT AND METHOD, TOUCH SCREEN AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention provides a touch sensing circuit and method, a touch screen and a display device, the touch sensing circuit comprises: a touch sensing unit, an output control unit and a detection unit; the touch sensing unit is configured for providing a touch current, and transmitting the touch current to the output control unit; the output control unit is connected with a second control line, a read-out line, the touch sensing unit and the detection unit, for outputting the touch current to the detection unit; the detection unit is connected with a reference voltage terminal, an output terminal, the read-out line and the output control unit, for detecting significant change in the voltage output by the output control unit, thereby determining the location where the touch occurs. The detection accuracy of the detection sensing circuit in determining the occurrence of touch is improved. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004365 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a first substrate, a first electrode formed on the first substrate, a second substrate, and a second electrode formed on the second substrate. The first electrode includes a number of first conductive patterns extending in a first direction. The second electrode includes a number of second conductive patterns extending in a second direction. Both the first conductive patterns and the second conductive patterns include a number of parallel first metal wires and a number of parallel second metal wires perpendicularly crossing with the first metal wires. A first angle is defined between the first metal wires of the first conductive pattern and the first direction. A second angle is defined between the first metal wires of the second conductive pattern and the second direction. The first angle is different from the second angle. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004366 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH A TOUCH CONTROL SCREEN - An electronic apparatus includes a host, a touch control screen, a pivot unit, a retaining unit, and a control unit. The retaining unit includes a driving member electrically operable to drive a retaining member to move between a retaining position and a non-retaining position. The control unit controls, according to an operation signal corresponding to a status of the touch control screen, the driving member to drive the retaining member to either move to the retaining position for resisting rotation of the touch control screen relative to the host, or move to the non-retaining position for not resisting rotation of the touch control screen relative to the host. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004367 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle display apparatus includes a ring dial rotatable about an axis perpendicular to a surface of a steering wheel, a first rotation angle detector configured to detect rotation of the ring dial, a capacitive electrode disposed radially outside the ring dial so as to surround the ring dial and configured to detect at least a user's touch, and a display panel configured to cause transition of a screen in response to detection of rotation of the ring dial by the first rotation angle detector and detection of the user's touch by the capacitive electrode. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004368 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - In a display apparatus provided with an electrophoresis layer, such a display apparatus capable of operating a driving electrode for use in displaying an image as an electrode for use in detecting an input position is provided. A display apparatus includes: a substrate; another substrate that is disposed so as to face the substrate; an electrophoresis layer sandwiched between the substrate and another substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on the substrate; and a plurality of driving electrodes formed on another substrate. An electric field is formed between each of the plurality of pixel electrodes and each of the plurality of driving electrodes, so that an image is displayed, and an input position is detected based on an electrostatic capacitance of each of the plurality of driving electrodes. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004369 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes: a first substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes in a first region; a display functional layer; a plurality of first drive electrodes facing the pixel electrodes in a perpendicular direction with respect to a surface of the first substrate; and a plurality of touch detection electrodes facing the first drive electrodes and extending in a direction different from a direction in which the first drive electrodes are extended. At least one touch detection electrode of the plurality of touch detection electrodes extends from the first region to a second region adjacent to the first region. A second drive electrode capacitively-coupled to the at least one touch detection electrode is further provided in the second region. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004370 | GAMING MACHINE - A gaming machine includes a motherboard unit having a substrate on which a semiconductor device is mounted, the semiconductor device being a single package sealing therein a main processor having a CPU function for executing a game processing and sub processor capable of executing video processing, wherein the motherboard unit is connected to a power supply unit, the main processor and the sub processor are connected to each other via a bus of a certain communication protocol, and the main processor, at a time of powering on by the power supply unit, preferentially activates the sub processor as a GPU for executing graphics processing which is a part of the game processing, before a connection destination of a bus of a communication protocol other than the certain communication protocol. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004371 | Touch Screen Panel Integrated Display Device And Display Panel - The present invention relates to touch screen panel integrated display panel and display device. The touch screen panel integrated display panel comprises: a common electrode to which a common voltage is applied in a display mode and a touch driving signal is applied in a touch mode; a gate line that transfers a scan signal to a pixel row; and a gate driving integrated circuit that is connected to the gate line and outputs the scan signal to the gate line, wherein the gate driving integrated circuit includes a pull-up transistor and a pull-down transistor for outputting the scan signal to the gate line in the display mode, and additionally includes a touch mode transistor for outputting the touch driving signal applied to the common electrode or a signal corresponding to the touch driving signal to the gate line in the touch mode. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004372 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - In a display apparatus provided with an electrophoresis layer, such a display apparatus as to improve the response performance of a touch detection is provided. A driving unit included in a display apparatus alternately repeats a display driving process for supplying a first driving signal to a driving electrode disposed in a selected partial display region and a detection driving process for supplying a second driving signal to a driving electrode disposed in another selected partial display region while successively cyclically changing the partial display region and successively cyclically changing another partial detection region. Moreover, in the detection driving process, a touch detection unit included in the display apparatus detects an input position at another selected partial detection region based on an electrostatic capacitance of the driving electrode disposed at another selected detection region. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004373 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUXILIARY INFORMATION AND TOUCH CONTROL DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for providing auxiliary information and touch control display apparatus using the same are provided. The method includes steps as following. An operating signal is received, and whether the operating signal is an auxiliary information request signal is determined. When the operating signal is an auxiliary information request signal, the auxiliary information of an object is presented, wherein the object corresponds to a coordinate of the auxiliary information request signal on the touch-control screen. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004374 | User Interface For An Aircraft - Systems and methods are described for controlling an aircraft. The systems and methods utilize a touch screen instrument panel to display information to pilots or other users, and to receive input from the user for controlling the aircraft and its components. The systems and methods include synoptic user interface panels that provide graphical or symbolic representations of the aircraft, its components, and subsystems, and display information regarding their configuration, condition, and status. The users may interact with the synoptic user interface panels through the touch screen instrument panel to control the various components of the aircraft. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004375 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE DISPLAY LATENCY OF TOUCH EVENTS USING IMAGE REPLICATIONS - A method for providing visual feedback to touch input includes receiving a plurality of touch events from a touch sensor coupled to a display, generating an overlay segment based on the plurality of touch events, receiving a video frame, combining the video frame with the overlay segment in accordance with the touch events to generate a composite video frame, and supplying the composite video frame to the display. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004376 | DEVICE - A device which includes: a housing that has a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface connecting the first surface and the second surface; a touch screen that is disposed on the third surface of the housing; at least one display that is a display, which is disposed inside the housing and has a first display area performing display on the first surface and a second display area performing display on the second surface; and a controller that displays a screen according to a first operation in the first display area if the first operation is detected by the touch screen of the third surface, and displays a screen according to a second operation different from the first operation in the second display area if the second operation is detected by the touch screen of the third surface. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004377 | Capacitive Touch Screen Terminal and Input Method Therefor - Disclosed are a terminal with capacitive touch screen and an input method thereof, and when the input is performed in the terminal, a capacitance value between each point in a touch screen and an input device as another capacitance electrode is detected, and position information of points at which the capacitance value is greater than a first preset capacitance threshold is recorded to obtain a pre-touch region; the display within the pre-touch region is enlarged; the selecting and inputting is performed within the region where the display is enlarged. The input method of the present document is capable of enlarging the region to be touched by a user and increasing the input efficiency and improving the user operation experience. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004378 | Method And Apparatus For Camera Control Using A Virtual Button And Gestures - A method and apparatus for dynamically controlling a image and video capture device using buttons, virtual buttons, and/or gestures. The system permits the user to control an image capture device by determining through a user command whether to save a captured video as an image or as a video file. For example, holding the capture button beyond a threshold time indicates the capture should be saved as a video, while releasing the capture button before the threshold time indicates the capture should be saved as an image. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004379 | MANIPULATION INPUT DEVICE, PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, METHOD FOR CONTROL OF MANIPULATION INPUT DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An operation input device ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160004380 | METHOD OF PERFORMING A TOUCH ACTION IN A TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE - A method of performing a touch action in a touch-sensitive device is provided. The method includes detecting a shape of a contact area associated with a touch input provided on a touch screen, determining whether the detected shape is valid based on a predetermined criteria, detecting a gesture based on a movement of a validated shape, determining whether the detected gesture is valid by matching the detected gesture with one or more predefined gestures, and performing the touch action based on a determination that the detected gesture is valid and a determination that the detected shape is valid. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004381 | Operation Display Device - Disclosed is an operation display device including: a touch panel unit to detect a touch position; a display unit; and a display control unit to execute a display according to a first display process on the display unit when a first operation is received on the touch panel unit, and to execute both of the display according to the first display process and a display according to a second display process when a second operation including an element of the first operation is received on the touch panel unit. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004382 | VENDING ACCOMMODATION AND ACCESSIBILITY - Vending accommodation and accessibility is described in connection with completing transactions by a machine. In certain aspects, the method includes entering an accommodation mode based on a user selection, displaying an accommodation menu comprising at least one selection button and a list of items available for vending, and announcing a selected item of the list of items available for vending. In other aspects, the method includes determining whether an item has been selected for vending based on touching at least one selection button according to instructions to a relative position of the selection button on a display screen. When determining that an item has been selected for vending, the method further includes prompting for payment to complete a transaction for the item. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004383 | CONFIGURABLE TOUCH SCREEN LCD STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS - An entertainment system control arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a graphical LCD with a configurable touch screen. The graphical LCD is disposed on the steering wheel. A processor is communicatively coupled to the graphical LCD. The processor prompts a user to select a function to assign to the configurable touch screen. The processor assigns the selected function to the configurable touch screen. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004384 | Method of universal multi-touch input - A method of creating a virtual keyboard on a portable electronic device includes providing a multi-touch sensor area, sensing a finger touch on the sensor area, and creating virtual keypads. The keypads' positions are based on the user's finger touch. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004385 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes a detector that detects an indicator approaching an image surface, and a processor that performs input processing based on a detection result of the detector. The processor performs preliminary determination processing depending on the detection result, and performs determination processing for an input manipulation detail of the indicator based on a result of the preliminary determination processing and the detection result. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004386 | GESTURE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND GESTURE RECOGNITION METHOD - A gesture recognition device includes a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute: acquiring, on a basis of an image of an irradiation region irradiated with projector light, the image being picked up by an image pickup device, first color information representative of color information of a hand region when the projector light is not irradiated on the hand region and second color information representative of color information of the hand region when the projector light is irradiated on the hand region; and extracting, from the image picked up by the image pickup device, a portion of the hand region at which the hand region does not overlap with a touch region irradiated with the projector light on a basis of the first color information and extracting a portion of the hand region. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004387 | INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM - The information display system includes a PC having a display, and an input device which enables a user to input new information to be added to information appearing on the display with an input element such as a pen, thereby outputting the inputted information to the PC. This input device includes an optical waveguide in a sheet form configured such that linear cores arranged in a lattice form are held between an under cladding layer and an over cladding layer both in a sheet form. The cores have an elasticity modulus higher than that of the under cladding layer and that of the over cladding layer. Thus, the deformation rate of a cross section of the cores as seen in a pressed direction is lower than the deformation rates of cross sections of the over cladding layer and the under cladding layer when a surface of the optical waveguide is pressed. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004388 | OPERATION METHOD OF PORTABLE TERMINAL - An operation method of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: entering a window screen movement mode in which a window screen of a foreground task is displayed uppermost and one or more window screens are stacked in multiple layers under the window screen of the foreground task; selecting a window screen from a plurality of window screens according to a user's movement command; changing the transparency of at least a part of areas of window screens stacked on the selected window screen; and displaying the selected window screen as a foreground screen and terminating the window screen movement mode when an input determining the selected window screen is received. Therefore, it is possible to switch screens and tasks more swiftly and conveniently, thereby improving user convenience. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004389 | DISPLAY CONTROLLER, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160004390 | Method and System for Generating a Smart Time-Lapse Video Clip - An electronic device with a display, processor(s), and memory displays a video monitoring user interface including a video feed from a camera located remotely from the client device in a first region and an event timeline in a second region, the event timeline including event indicators for motion events previously detected by the camera. The electronic device detects a user input selecting a portion of the event timeline, where the selected portion of the event timeline includes a subset of the event indicators. In response to the user input, the electronic device causes generation of a time-lapse video clip of the selected portion of the event timeline. The electronic device displays the time-lapse video clip, where motion events corresponding to the subset of the event indicators are played at a slower speed than the remainder of the selected portion of the event timeline. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004391 | Multi-Layer Computer Application with a Transparent Portion - An application in which a portion of a layer is transparent. When the application is a first state (with a first layer on top), a transparent portion of that layer may make a portion of a second layer visible. The first layer may include various menus and the second layer may have a feature that displays web page content in a position that overlaps the transparent portion of the first layer. In a second state, the second layer is rendered on top making the web page feature visible and accessible and, since nothing in the second layer overlays the menus, those menus are also visible and accessible. When needed, the application switches to a first state, for example, to expand a menu's display on top of (i.e., covering) some of the web content, while leaving the uncovered portion of the web content visible through the transparent portion. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004392 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN INTERMEDIATE GRAPHICAL DESKTOP SHARING PROTOCOL - Generating a universal graphical desktop sharing protocol is disclosed. The universal graphical desktop sharing protocol is configured to communicate information (e.g., a sequence of one or more desktop sharing events) that has been translated from a first graphical desktop sharing protocol and is available to be translated into a final graphical desktop sharing protocol. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004393 | WEARABLE DEVICE USER INTERFACE CONTROL - A wearable computing device is described that displays a visual stack of content cards in a first arrangement from a plurality of arrangements. The wearable computing device has a motion sensor that detects movement of the wearable computing device. Responsive to determining that the movement of the wearable computing device corresponds to a predefined movement, the wearable computing device selects, based on the predefined movement, a second arrangement from the plurality of arrangements, the second arrangement being different from the first arrangement, and displays the visual stack of content cards in the second arrangement. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004394 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION USING THIRD PARTY PROFILES - A method for personalizing content for a particular user in a computing system comprising a user interface configured to display content. The method comprises identifying one or more features of a short term profile of a user that are not included in a long term profile of the user, using the one or more features to identify one or more third party profiles having features that substantially match the one or more features of the user's short term profile, accessing the identified one or more third party profiles, and providing one or more content items included in the third party profile to the user, the one or more content items having associated features that match the one or more features of the short term profile. An alternative method comprises accessing one or more third party profiles that are not a profile of the user, and using the accessed third party profile to identify a plurality of content items for recommendation to the user based on a feature set of the third party profile. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004395 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING A LIST DRIVEN SELECTION PROCESS TO IMPROVE VIDEO AND MEDIA TIME BASED EDITING - A method and apparatus for displaying a segmented video by displaying the segmented in video in a chronologically ordered list. The system is further operative to permit a user to rearrange the order and contents of the list and to combine segments into a combined video and permitting the user to share combined segments from the list. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004396 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided is a medical imaging apparatus including: a display configured to display a first image including an object; a user interface (UI) configured to output a first list comprising at least one protocol applied while scanning the object in response to in response to a first region included in the first image being selected, and to receive a selection of a first protocol included in the first list; and a controller configured to control to overlay and display a second image reconstructed by using image data obtained by applying the first protocol on the first region of the first image. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004397 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - According to a mobile terminal disclosed in the present invention includes a memory for storing an e-book content, a wireless communication unit for transmitting the e-book content to an external server, a display unit for outputting the e-book content, and a controller configured to cause the wireless communication unit to transmit at least partial content of the e-book to at least the external server or the second terminal, cause the display to display a first notification notifying that the e-book or the at least partial content of the e-book is activated in the second terminal, cause the display to display content of the e-book in response to an input received in response to the displayed notification, and cause output or display of at least an image, an audio, or a text received from the second terminal in which the e-book is activated via the audio output unit or the display. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004398 | Method and System for Using an Intermediary Server - Improved approaches to completing, submitting and updating on-line forms or registrations are disclosed. In one embodiment, an on-line form completion agent or an on-line registration agent intelligently guides an on-line form completion or registration process. In another embodiment, a registration is automatically monitored to determine whether and when the registration needs updated. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004399 | PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE - A system for providing a user interface includes a gadget definition, a style definition, and a scene file. The gadget definition includes one or more XML-based gadget definition tags defining a gadget element and the style definition includes one or more XML-based style definition tags defining one or more style attributes to be applied to the gadget element. The scene file is an XML-based document that includes a gadget element tag that specifies the gadget element. The system further includes a parser to parse the scene file, the style definition, and the gadget definition, and to generate an object that includes a gadget object corresponding to the gadget element. The system also includes a layout engine to determine, based on the object model, a layout of the user interface, and a rendering engine to render, based on the determined layout, the user interface including the gadget element. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004400 | DYNAMIC PRESENTATIONS MANAGEMENT - A method for dynamic presentations management of electronic presentations including multiple slides, wherein each slide has at least one presentation constraint parameter assigned thereto, and wherein a presentation software is used for generating and displaying the presentation can include gathering metadata regarding the presentation by the presentation software, evaluating the metadata regarding the presentation and determining at least one presentation constraint parameter by the presentation software, and automatically arranging and/or selecting slides and/or modifying a content of slides according to the determined at least one presentation constraint parameter to be presented by use of the presentation software. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004401 | SCROLLABLE PREVIEW OF CONTENT - Some embodiments provide a method for displaying content. The method provides a first display area for displaying content and receiving modifications to the content. The method provides a second display area for displaying a preview of the content. In some embodiments, a modification to the content automatically causes a corresponding modification to the preview. In some embodiments, the size of the content is larger than the size of the first display area and the first display area only displays a portion of the content. In some such embodiments, the second display area displays the entirety of the preview of the entire content at once. Some embodiments also provide a window in the second display area that indicates in the preview the portion of the content concurrently displayed in the first display area. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004402 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A display section includes a finished-state display area. A finished image is displayed in the finished-state display area. Target images selected based on one of preliminarily-determined plural patterns are arranged in the finished image. Upon switching operation with use of switching buttons, a first finished image in which the target images selected based on a first pattern are arranged, a second finished image in which the target images selected based on a second pattern are arranged, and a third finished image in which the target images selected based on a third pattern are arranged are displayed in a scrollable manner in the finished-state display area. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004403 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SCROLL INPUT IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A terminal device and method are disclosed herein. The terminal device includes an input unit for detecting a scroll input, and a controller for executing the method, which includes analyzing the scroll input to detect a scroll step indicating an amount to be scrolled and a direction of movement indicating a scroll direction, and controlling a display of the terminal device to display scrolling of data to a portion of the data corresponding to the scroll step and the scroll direction. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004404 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Methods and apparatus provide for: displaying on a screen a partial area image indicating a given area within an image to be displayed; moving the given area in response to a predetermined operation performed by a user; and determining whether or not the given area is located at an end portion of the image to be displayed, where, when the given area is located at the end portion of the image to be displayed, in response to the predetermined operation performed by the user, instead of moving the given area, changing an appearance of the partial area image displayed on the screen and displaying the partial area image on the screen. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004405 | SINGLE-CHANNEL OR MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO CONTROL INTERFACE - A method of processing audio may include receiving, by a computing device, a plurality of real-time audio signals outputted by a plurality of microphones communicatively coupled to the computing device. The computing device may output to a display a graphical user interface (GUI) that presents audio information associated with the received audio signals. The one or more received audio signals may be processed based on a user input associated with the audio information presented via the GUI to generate one or more processed audio signals. The one or more processed audio signals may be output to, for example, one or more output devices such as speakers, headsets, and the like. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004406 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING A SCREEN IN THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and a method of displaying screens in the electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of objects respectively in a plurality of areas of a display of the electronic device; receiving a selection of one of the plurality of areas; identifying an object corresponding to the selected area; displaying a preliminary information screen for the identified object together with at least one unselected object; and displaying an execution screen of the identified object, if a selection of the preliminary information screen is received. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004407 | MULTI-TOUCH SURFACE AUTHENTICATION USING AUTHENTICATION OBJECT - The invention relates to a system ( | 2016-01-07 |
20160004408 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND RECORDING MEDIUMS FOR IMPROVING MOBILE DEVICES USING USER GESTURES - Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable mediums for improving operation of a mobile device using a user gesture are provided. A method includes detecting, by a processor, a gesture on a mobile device using a gesture recognition device of the mobile device, and performing, by the processor, an improvement operation associated with at least one of a memory and a battery of the mobile device in response to the detected gesture. | 2016-01-07 |
20160004409 | TEAM GAMING MACHINE AND METHOD THEREFOR - A system and method for allowing multiple players to place independent wagers on a single game is disclosed. The game may be played on either a gaming machine or at a gaining event. A main player is physically located at a system operator, such as a casino. Additional players may join the main player and place wagers on the games that the main player is playing. The wagers that the additional players place are treated and paid out independently from the wagers placed by the main player. Furthermore, the players and the main player may communicate with each other throughout the betting process. The gaming machine may have an input module, an output module, a communication module, and a processor that all allow multiple players to place independent wagers on a single game. | 2016-01-07 |