29th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150199001 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A COMPUTER SYSTEM - A computer system includes a power supply unit, a system component including at least one processor, a microcontroller and a memory functionally connected to the microcontroller and stores information relating to an interruption in at least one operating voltage of the computer system. When at least one secondary standby voltage is applied to the microcontroller and the information relating to an interruption in the primary supply voltage of the computer system is read from the memory, the microcontroller is configured to selectively switch the computer system to a first operating state on the basis of the information which has been read. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199002 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY CONSERVATION INCLUDING DETERMINING AN OPTIMAL POWER STATE OF THE APPARATUS BASED ON RESIDENCY TIME OF NON-CORE DOMAINS IN A POWER SAVING STATE - A processor may determine the actual residency time of a non-core domain residing in a power saving state and based on the actual residency time the processor may determine an optimal power saving state (P-state) for the processor. In response to the non-core domain entering a power saving state, an interrupt generator (IG) may generate a first interrupt and the device drivers or an operating system may use the first interrupt to start a timer (first value). In response to the non-core domain exiting the power saving state, the IG may generate a second interrupt and the device drivers or an operating system may use the second interrupt to stop the timer (final value). The power management unit may use the final and the first value to determine the actual residency time. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199003 | EYE GAZE DETECTION WITH MULTIPLE LIGHT SOURCES AND SENSORS - The subject disclosure is directed towards eye gaze detection based upon multiple cameras and/or light sources. The cameras and/or light sources are configured to provide eye gaze detection for a device display at different orientations, at different tilt angles, at different user positions, at different user distances, and so on. Also described is a controller that selectively controls light source power and camera on/off state to provide images of the eye having sufficient quality for eye gaze detection and/or to conserve power. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199004 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEADGEAR DISPLAYING POSITION OF MACHINE IMPLEMENT - A system is disclosed. The system includes a headgear to be worn by an operator of a machine. The headgear includes a tracking sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a direction of view of the operator, and an image capturing device configured to generate an image feed indicative of a field of view of the operator. The tracking sensor and the image capturing device are communicably coupled to a first controller. The first controller is configured to receive a signal indicative of a current position of the implement of the machine. The first controller is also configured to overlay a first outline of the current position of the implement onto the field of view based on the direction of view of the operator. The first controller is further configured to display the first outline on the headgear. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199005 | CURSOR MOVEMENT DEVICE - The position of a symbol presented on a visual display unit is selectively controlled by either physical movement information (e.g. mouse movement) or the user's gaze position. Rapid and/or significant change in determined gaze position to a position on the visual display unit followed by the determined gaze position lingering at the position will cause the system to use the user's gaze position to move the symbol else the physical movement information is used. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199006 | OPTICAL EYE TRACKING - Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for optical sensing and tracking of eye movement. In one aspect, a method for tracking the movement of an eye includes emitting a first modulated light and a second modulated light toward an eye of a user, wherein the first modulated light and the second modulated light have substantially the same modulation frequency, but the modulation phases of the two modulated lights are substantially opposite to each other; receiving at a photodetector module a returned light including at least a partial retroreflected light from the eye of the user based on the first and second modulated lights; and processing the output signal from the photodetector module to determine positional and dimensional parameters of the eye of the user based at least on the partial retroreflected light corresponding to the first and second modulated lights. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199007 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING INPUTS IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for processing inputs by using a viewing point. The method includes recognizing a viewing point that a user is viewing on a display area functionally connected to an electronic device, obtaining an input on the display area, and determining whether to execute a function corresponding to the input, based on at least one of attributes of the input or the viewing point. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199008 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes an infrared outputter configured to output infrared light toward a user, an image capturer configured to photograph the user to generate a captured image, and a controller configured to detect, from the captured image, a pupil and an iris of the user, and a glint area generated by the infrared light, and to determine, in response to the pupil, the iris, and the glint area being detected, a direction of the user's gaze based on a relation between a location of the pupil, and the glint area, and a size of the iris. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199009 | HEADS-UP DISPLAY - Embodiments of an apparatus comprising a light guide including a proximal end, a distal end, a display positioned near the proximal end, an eye-measurement camera positioned at or near the proximal end to image eye-measurement radiation, a proximal optical element positioned in the light guide near the proximal end and a distal optical element positioned in the light guide near the distal end. The proximal optical element is optically coupled to the display, the eye-measurement camera and the distal optical element and the distal optical element is optically coupled to the proximal optical element, the ambient input region and the input/output region. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199010 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING, ANALYZING, AND SHARING BIO-SIGNAL AND NON-BIO-SIGNAL DATA - A computer network implemented system for improving the operation of one or more biofeedback computer systems is provided. The system includes an intelligent bio-signal processing system that is operable to: capture bio-signal data and in addition optionally non-bio-signal data; and analyze the bio-signal data and non-bio-signal data, if any, so as to: extract one or more features related to at least one individual interacting with the biofeedback computer system; classify the individual based on the features by establishing one or more brain wave interaction profiles for the individual for improving the interaction of the individual with the one or more biofeedback computer systems, and initiate the storage of the brain waive interaction profiles to a database; and access one or more machine learning components or processes for further improving the interaction of the individual with the one or more biofeedback computer systems by updating automatically the brain wave interaction profiles based on detecting one or more defined interactions between the individual and the one or more of the biofeedback computer systems. A number of additional system and computer implemented method features are also provided. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199011 | ATTRACTIVE AND REPULSIVE FORCE FEEDBACK - In some examples, a touch surface includes at least one hole formed in the touch surface. In some instances, a touch sensor is associated with the touch surface for detecting the position of an input object relative to the touch surface. Additionally, in some cases, the touch surface may be associated with a display. Suction may be applied to the at least one hole based on at least one of an image presented on the display, or a position of the input object in relation to the touch surface. As one example, there may be a plurality of holes formed in the touch surface. Suction may be applied to a first hole of the plurality of holes and pressurized air may be emitted from a second hole of the plurality of holes. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199012 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A HAPTIC FEEDBACK TO A ROTARY KNOB - A method and apparatus for providing a haptic feedback to a rotary knob is provided herein. During operation the rotary knob will be rotated, causing a display to cycle through menu items. A haptic feedback is provided to the rotary knob in order to identify a border (transition) between menu items. During operation a different haptic effect may be provided to different borders in order to distinguish between menu items. In addition, an angle of rotation for a particular menu is allowed to vary prior to a border being encountered. Because both the haptic effect and the angle of rotation for the rotary knob is allowed to vary, a user may be able to easily identify transitions to various menu items. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199013 | Systems and Methods for Transmitting Haptic Messages - Systems and methods for transmitting haptic messages are disclosed. For example, one disclosed method includes the steps of: receiving at least one sensor signal from at least one sensor of a mobile device, the at least one sensor signal associated with a movement of the mobile device, determining a message to be displayed in a user interface based at least in part on the at least one sensor signal, and causing the message to be displayed. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199014 | INPUT TOOLS HAVING VIBRO-ACOUSTICALLY DISTINCT REGIONS AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR USE WITH THE SAME - An input tool includes a body in the form of a stylus with plurality of vibro-acoustically distinct regions. The vibro-acoustically distinct regions produce vibro-acoustic responses when the regions touch the surface of the touch screen. The vibro-acoustic responses are used in a computing device to detect what region of the input tool was used. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199015 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF HAPTIC EFFECT DATA IN A MEDIA STREAM - Haptic information in a series of frames of a media file is identified and time stamps corresponding thereto are determined in accordance with information embedded in a tag either preceding or appending the media file. The haptic effect information is automatically synchronized to the media file based on the information in one or more frames of the tag, whereby an actuator outputs the defined haptic effects in the tag in a manner synchronized with corresponding audio and/or video content of the media file. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199016 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE AND PASSWORD INPUT METHOD - A mobile terminal device is provided with a display module including a display surface; a detection module configured to detect the position on the display surface having been touched by a user; a tactile sense information output module configured to output tactile sense information; an output control module configured to control the tactile sense information output module; a region setting module configured to set, on the display surface, a plurality of input regions each of which information constituting a password is assigned to; and a determination module configured to determine, based on a detection result by the detection module, whether or not any of the input regions has been touched. When the determination module determines that any of the input regions has been touched, the output control module makes the tactile sense information output module output the tactile sense information corresponding to the information assigned to the touched input region. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199017 | COORDINATED SPEECH AND GESTURE INPUT - A method to be enacted in a computer system operatively coupled to a vision system and to a listening system. The method applies natural user input to control the computer system. It includes the acts of detecting verbal and non-verbal touchless input from a user of the computer system, selecting one of a plurality of user-interface objects based on coordinates derived from the non-verbal, touchless input, decoding the verbal input to identify a selected action from among a plurality of actions supported by the selected object, and executing the selected action on the selected object. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199018 | 3D SILHOUETTE SENSING SYSTEM - A 3D silhouette sensing system is described which comprises a stereo camera and a light source. In an embodiment, a 3D sensing module triggers the capture of pairs of images by the stereo camera at the same time that the light source illuminates the scene. A series of pairs of images may be captured at a predefined frame rate. Each pair of images is then analyzed to track both a retroreflector in the scene, which can be moved relative to the stereo camera, and an object which is between the retroreflector and the stereo camera and therefore partially occludes the retroreflector. In processing the image pairs, silhouettes are extracted for each of the retroreflector and the object and these are used to generate a 3D contour for each of the retroreflector and object. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199019 | GESTURE BASED IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An image capturing system for a vehicle captures an image of a target area based on a predefined gesture performed by an occupant of the vehicle. A gesture capture device determines a gesture position of a gesture, which is the predefined gesture, with respect to a reference point. An eye tracking device determines an eye position of the occupant based on a viewpoint of the occupant. A target area determination module determines a target vector extending from the eye position toward the gesture position and aligns an on-board camera with the target vector, such that the target vector passes through an image field-of-view of the on-board camera. The on-board camera captures an image of the target area which is within the image field-of-view, and the image is stored in a computer-readable medium. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199020 | GESTURE UI DEVICE, GESTURE UI METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A gesture UI device includes: a CPU; a memory configured to store a program which is executed by the CPU; and a display device on which operation of screen is performed in accordance with a gesture input, wherein the program causes the CPU to: predict a direction of movement of a cursor on the screen on which a first object to be operated is displayed; calculate a non-movement region to which the cursor is expected not to move based on the direction of movement of the cursor; and place a second object to be operated on an inside of the non-movement region. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199021 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF - A display apparatus and a controlling method thereof are provided. The method for controlling a display apparatus includes recognizing two hands of a user with a camera, in response to a user motion using the user's two hands being input, determining a control command using one hand of the two hands, and determining a magnitude of the control command using the other hand of the user, and controlling the display apparatus according to the determined control command and the determined magnitude of the control command. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199022 | GESTURE RECOGNITION FOR DRILLING DOWN INTO METADATA IN AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICES - A touchless interaction with a computer is desirable as augmented reality devices become more of a reality. A user gesture may be recognizable using a built-in camera. A processor identifies a user pre-gesture based on digital images from the camera. The processor associates a point of interest on the display according to one of a shape and a position of the user pre-gesture. The processor identifies a change from the user pre-gesture to a user gesture based on the digital images from the camera, and the processor executes an appropriate action or program based on the user gesture. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199023 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE KEYPAD CONTROL DEVICE - A touch-sensitive keypad control device for use with a controlled device is provided. The touch-sensitive keypad control device includes: a housing, a touch control device disposed in the housing, and a keypad device uncovered from the housing and disposed above the touch control device. The touch control device generates a first command for controlling the controlled device in response to a gesture of a user relative to the keypad device, and the keypad device generates a second command for controlling the controlled device in response to a level change of the keypad device relative to the housing in response to a pressing operation of a user. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199024 | Systems and Methods for User Generated Content Authoring - Systems and methods for user generated content authoring are disclosed. One illustrative method disclosure herein includes: receiving a video signal; displaying a user interface associated with haptic authoring; detecting a gesture associated with a haptic effect; determining a haptic effect based in part on the gesture; associating the haptic effect with a location in the video signal; and storing the video signal and the associated haptic effect. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199025 | OBJECT DETECTION AND TRACKING FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL DEVICE EXPERIENCE - The technology disclosed can provide capabilities such as using vibrational sensors and/or other types of sensors coupled to a motion-capture system to monitor contact with a surface that a user can touch. A virtual device can be projected onto at least a portion of the surface. Location information of a user contact with the surface is determined based at least in part upon vibrations produced by the contact. Control information is communicated to a system based in part on a combination of the location on the surface portion of the virtual device and the detected location information of the user contact. The virtual device experience can be augmented in some implementations by the addition of haptic, audio and/or visual projectors. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199026 | Viewing Images with Tilt-Control on a Hand-Held Device - A user interface suitable for use in cellular phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs), PC Tablets, as well as laptops, PCs, office equipment, medical equipment, or any other hand-held electronic device, that allows control of the image on the device display by tilting the device to either change the view in perspective, change the magnification, or both, concurrently, by moving the device. Thus, the tilt of the device controls the angle of view of the image, and moving the device perpendicular to the screen controls the magnification. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199027 | KEY MECHANISM WITH SPRING KEYCAP - Key-input mechanisms are disclosed. An example mechanism includes an arced, resilient keycap, the arc of the keycap having a first central arc angle when un-pressed. The keycap is configured to, when pressed, deform so as to have a second central arc angle, the first central arc angle being greater than the second central arc angle. The keycap is further configured to, when released after being pressed, return to its un-pressed shape having the first central arc angle. The key input mechanism further includes a switch disposed under the keycap. The switch is configured to, when the keycap is pressed, electrically couple two or more circuit traces to indicate a keystroke for the key input mechanism. The switch is further configured to, when the keycap is released, electrically decouple the two or more circuit traces to indicate that the keystroke for the key input mechanism is complete. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199028 | KEYBOARD-CONTROLLED DEVELOPER MODE - A computer-implemented method for controlling a developer mode of a computer is disclosed according to an aspect of the subject technology. The method comprises, during boot time of the computer, determining whether one or more keys on a keyboard corresponding to the developer mode are held down, and, if the one or more keys are held down, then setting a developer mode value within a lockable memory space to enable the developer mode. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199029 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes: a window having a first symbol on a surface of a first region and a second region, and the window having a second symbol on the surface of the first region and the second region, the second region being spaced from the first region; a first display unit disposed at the first region, and the first display unit configured to display the first symbol or the second symbol; and a second display unit disposed at the second region, and the second display unit configured to display the first symbol or the second symbol, wherein the first display unit to display the first symbol at the first region and the second display unit to simultaneously display the second symbol at the second region. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199030 | Hover-Sensitive Control Of Secondary Display - Example apparatus and methods concern a first device (e.g., phone, tablet) having a touch and hover-sensitive display. The first device may detect a second device (e.g., television, monitor) that has a second display. After establishing a communication link and a context between the first and second device, the first device may provide a first output (e.g., movie, game) to be displayed on the second device. In response to identifying a hover point produced in a hover space associated with the first device, the first device may provide a second output (e.g., user interface element, cursor) for display on the second display. The second output may be based on the context and on a hover action associated with the hover point. The user may then cause a control event to be generated by interacting with the second display using the second output in relation to the cursor. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199031 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal including a projector configured to project image information; a capturing unit configured to recognize a writing motion on a paper medium and a writing of a specific symbol in an area selected by the writing motion; and a controller configured to execute a control command for the specific symbol in the selected area if the specific symbol matches a preset symbol, and control the projector to project image information corresponding to a result of the execution of the control command on the area with the written specific symbol. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199032 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR ENVIRONMENTS - Methods and apparatus to monitor environments are disclosed. An example method includes analyzing, with a processor, a plurality of three-dimensional data points having respective depth values representative of distances from a sensor of an environment; when a first set of the three-dimensional data points has a first depth value satisfying a threshold, executing, with the processor, a first type of recognition analysis on a first area of the environment corresponding to the first set of the three-dimensional data points; and when a second set of the three-dimensional data points has a second depth value not satisfying the threshold, executing, with the processor, a second type of recognition analysis different than the first type of recognition analysis on a second area of the environment corresponding to the second set of the three-dimensional data points. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199033 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING A GRAPHICS TABLET BASED ON PEN SHADOW CUES - The present invention discloses a method for simulating a graphics tablet based on pen shadow cues, the method applying to execution in a computer for simulating a graphics tablet and comprising the steps of: capturing an image; identifying a tablet from the image according to a predetermined tablet recognition procedure; identifying a pen entering the tablet according to a predetermined pen recognition procedure; and detecting a pen shadow of the pen according to a predetermined pen shadow recognition procedure and determining the relationship of contact and separation between the pen and the pen shadow for simulating the graphics tablet. Since the present invention can use a single webcam to simulate the graphics tablet, the drawbacks including inconvenience, heaviness, vulnerability and high cost of conventional graphics tablets can be overcome by the present invention. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199034 | Image Controller - Appropriately structured multiple-axes controllers comprised of a single input member moveable in 6 DOF. Some, most, or all of the 6 DOF sensors are preferably supported on a generally single plane, such as on a printed flexible membrane sensor sheet or circuit board sheet. Secondary inputs add functionality independent of the 6 DOF sensors. The member may support a display therein. The controllers structured for added functionality such as, web browsing, telephone, GPS, e-mail, scanning, etc. The controllers may communicate with hosts and displays. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199035 | STYLUS WITHOUT ACTIVE COMPONENTS AND AN ASSOCIATED TOUCH PANEL - A stylus without active components includes a housing, and a resonant circuit, such as an LC resonant circuit, disposed in the housing. The resonant circuit is operatively configured to one of a plurality of resonant frequencies respectively associated with a plurality of function modes. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199036 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus includes a display unit displaying an image, a touch detecting unit detecting a touch operation by a touch pen, a control unit executing a process allocated to the detected touch operation, and a communication unit receiving an ID transmitted from a touch pen when the touch pen is detected to be held by a user. In response to the communication unit receiving the ID, the display unit displays a partial image indicating a state of settings related to the process allocated to the touch operation by the touch pen, and in response to a touch to the partial image, the display unit displays a menu allowing a change of settings. Thus, the user can easily confirm the state of settings related to the touch operation, and can easily change the settings. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199037 | DYNAMIC THRESHOLD FOR LOCAL CONNECTIVITY SETUP - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for connectivity. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include detecting, at a first device including a touch screen sensor and a first short-range transceiver, an object proximate to the touch screen sensor; generating a touch profile representative of the detected object; comparing the generated touch profile to one or more reference touch profiles representative of one or more reference objects corresponding to one or more devices to determine whether the detected object corresponds to at least a second device including a second short-range transceiver; and initiating, by the first device via the first short-range transceiver, a connection establishment to the second device including the second short-range transceiver, when the comparing determines the detected object matches a reference object representative of the second device. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199038 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a display medium sandwiched between the two substrates, and a touch-sensitive layer including sensitive electrode lines. The first substrate includes a first surface facing the display medium layer and a second surface far away from the display medium layer and opposite to the first surface. The touch-sensitive layer is disposed on the second surface of the first substrate, and first pins are disposed on a side area of the first substrate corresponding to a side of the touch display device to connect the sensitive electrode lines. Second pins are disposed on a side area of the second substrate corresponding to the same side of the touch display device, and connected to the first pins via a first printed circuit board (PCB). The first PCB is a flexible PCB. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199039 | INPUT MEANS FOR A TOUCHSCREEN - In some embodiments, an input means is provided, comprising an electrically nonconductive substrate, an electrically conductive area that is present on the substrate, an electrical conductor track, a control unit for electrically interconnecting the electrical areas and an energy source. In some embodiments, a system is provided, comprising an input means and a touchscreen. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199040 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM WITH DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - An information processing apparatus includes a display section, a touch panel, a movement information detecting section configured to detect a direction and an amount of movement from an initial point of an operator's touch of the touch panel to a stopping point thereof, a vector calculating section configured to calculate y- and x-component vectors from a vector indicated by the direction and amount of movement, an amount-of-value-change calculating section configured to calculate an amount of numerical value change at each numerical display switch from an amount of movement of the y-component vector, a switching speed calculating section configured to calculates a switching speed at each numerical display switch from an amount of movement of the x-component vector, and a display control section allowing the numerical display switch of the display section in the calculated amount of numerical value change at the calculated switching speed. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199041 | SELECTIVELY VISIBLE USER INTERFACE - A user interface for a vehicle is disclosed. The user interface comprises a vehicle panel having a proximity sensor, a first photoluminescent portion and a second photoluminescent portion. The user interface further includes a first light source configured to selectively activate the first photoluminescent portion and a second light source configured to selectively activate the second photoluminescent portion. The second photoluminescent portion is configured to reveal a symbol in a backlit configuration in response to the activation of the second light source. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199042 | RADIOFREQUENCY-WAVE-TRANSPARENT CAPACITIVE SENSOR PAD - A capacitive sensor pad is co-located with (e.g., overlapping) an RF transmitter without causing significant degradation to the performance of the antenna. In one implementation, tuning the resistance per square in the capacitive sensor pad can provide effective sensor pad range and performance while providing making the capacitive sensor pad sufficiently transparent to radiofrequency waves to provide excellent antenna efficiency, despite the co-location of the capacitive sensor pad and the antenna. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199043 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel may include: a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface; a first electrode layer disposed on the lower surface of the substrate and formed in a mesh shape; a first insulating layer disposed on the lower surface of the substrate and disposed to surround the first electrode layer; a surface reforming layer disposed on a lower surface of the first insulating layer and capable of reforming a hydrophobic surface to a hydrophilic surface; and a second electrode layer disposed on a lower surface of the surface reforming layer and formed in a mesh shape. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199044 | TOUCH SCREEN AND RELATED TOUCH SENSING CONTROL CIRCUIT - Disclosed herein are touch screens that integrate touch sensing systems with display devices. The touch sensing system serves data lines and common electrodes of a driving circuitry of the display device as touch driving lines and touch sensing lines for touch sensing operations. A common electrode layer having the common electrodes of the driving circuitry includes a plurality of openings for reducing a base mutual-capacitance of the touch sensing system. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199045 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROXIMITY-BASED POSITION, MOVEMENT AND GESTURE DETECTION USING CAPACITIVE SENSOR ARRAYS - Systems and methods for proximity-based position, movement and gesture detection are provided that utilize capacitive sensor arrays. In one embodiment, the system utilizes textile-based capacitive sensor arrays that can be integrated into other textiles, such as clothing, bed linens, etc., or that can be integrated into the environment (e.g., furniture, wheelchairs, car seats, etc.). The system recognizes gestures from detected movement by utilizing hierarchical signal processing techniques. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199046 | Injected Touch Noise Analysis - A processing device configured to induce, during a listening scan of a sense array, an injected touch to produce similar data as would be present during a touch scan of the sense array with a conductive object at a known location on the sense array. The processing device is further configured to compute, using the data, an estimate of a noise metric based on the injected touch. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199047 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICES, ELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND VIRTUAL INPUT METHODS THEREOF - A touch panel device including a touch panel, a processing circuit, and a first conductive unit is provided. The touch panel is configured to detect a touch event. The processing circuit is configured to generate an electrical signal according to the touch event. The first conductive unit is configured to transmit the electrical signal to a second conductive unit of a computing device when the first conductive unit is in proximity with the second conductive unit. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199048 | TOUCH PANEL ASSEMBLY - A touch panel module including a flexible transparent substrate, a transparent conductive film disposed on a first surface of the flexible transparent substrate, a conductive paste disposed on a first portion of the transparent conductive film, an optically clear adhesive disposed on a first and second portion of the conductive paste and a second portion of the transparent conductive film, and a cover lens disposed on the optically clear adhesive, where a third portion of the transparent conductive film and a third portion of the conductive paste are not covered by the optically clear adhesive. A touch panel including such a touch panel module, where the touch panel does not include an anisotropic conductive film. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199049 | TOUCH WINDOW AND TOUCH DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed is a touch window including a substrate, an electrode part on the substrate, a wire electrically connected with the electrode part, a wire pad to connect the wire with the electrode part, and a reinforcement electrode making contact with the wire pad. Provided is a touch device including a touch window, and a driving unit on the touch window, in which the touch window includes an electrode part to sense a position, a wire electrically connected with the electrode part, a wire pad to connect the wire with the electrode part, and a reinforcement electrode making contact with the wire pad. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199050 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a plurality of first axial electrodes, a plurality of second axial electrodes and trace region. The first axial electrodes extend along a first axial direction. The second axial electrodes extend along the first axial direction and disposed to insulatively correspond to the first axial electrodes. Each of the second axial electrodes includes a central electrode, and a plurality of first branch electrodes which are electrically coupled to the central electrode, and have areas different from one another. Each of the first branch electrodes overlaps a corresponding one of the first axial electrodes. The trace region is disposed at one side of the first and second axial electrodes along the first axial direction. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199051 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - The display device with high detection accuracy includes: display pixel electrodes; a common electrode; a display function layer; a display control circuit performing image display control by applying a pixel voltage to each of the display pixel electrodes and applying a common drive voltage to the common electrode, the common drive voltage inverting in synchronization with a drive cycle of the image display control; a touch detection electrode cooperating with the common electrode to form a capacitor; and a touch detection circuit detecting an external proximity object, based on a detection signal obtained from the touch detection electrode in response to the common drive voltage applied to the common electrode. The touch detection circuit corrects the detection signal based on a gray scale of the image signal at the time of acquisition of the detection signal, and performs the detection operation. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199052 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - The disclosure relates to a method of fabricating a capacitive touch pane where a plurality of groups of first conductive patterns are formed along a first direction, a plurality of groups of second conductive patterns are formed along a second direction, and a plurality of connection components are formed on a substrate. Each of the first conductive patterns is electrically connected to another adjacent first conductive pattern in the same group by each of the connection components and each of the plurality of groups of the second conductive patterns is interlaced with and insulated from each of the plurality of groups of the first conductive patterns. A plurality of curved insulation mounds are formed to cover the first connection components. A plurality of bridge components are formed to electrically connect each of the second conductive patterns with another adjacent second conductive pattern in the same group. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199053 | MULTIPOINT TOUCHSCREEN - A touch panel having a transparent capacitive sensing medium configured to detect multiple touches or near touches that occur at the same time and at distinct locations in the plane of the touch panel and to produce distinct signals representative of the location of the touches on the plane of the touch panel for each of the multiple touches is disclosed. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199054 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes an upper electrode substrate having a transparent conductive film formed thereon, a lower electrode substrate having a transparent conductive film formed thereon, two electrodes formed on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate, two electrodes formed on the transparent conductive film of the lower electrode substrate, an adhesive sheet bonding the upper electrode substrate and the lower electrode substrate to each other such that the transparent conductive films face each other, a film removed area formed on the upper electrode substrate by removing part of the transparent conductive film, the film removed area enclosing the two electrodes on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate, and an outer rim electrode formed on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate in such a manner as to surround the film removed area, wherein the film removed area forms a closed loop. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199055 | SINGLE LAYER TOUCH SENSOR - Embodiments for constructing capacitance sensing devices include, but are not limited to, forming a plurality of electrodes on a central portion of a substrate, the substrate comprising a central portion and an outer portion, forming a first plurality of conductors on the substrate, each of the first plurality of conductors being connected to and extending from at least one of the plurality of electrodes, and forming an insulating material on the outer portion of the substrate and at least partially over some of the first plurality of conductors. The constructing also includes forming a second plurality of conductors on the insulating material, wherein the second plurality of conductors and the insulating material are configured such that each of the second plurality of conductors is electrically connected to at least some of the first plurality of conductors and is insulated from the others of the first plurality of conductors. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199056 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel having a structure in which first capacitance detection conductors, a first insulating layer, second capacitance detection conductors, a second insulating layer, a shied conductor, a third insulating layer, and backside wiring conductors are disposed in this order in a thickness direction. The second capacitance detection conductors and the backside wiring conductors are connected through conductors formed near ends of the second capacitance detection conductors in a longitudinal direction. The first capacitance detection conductors are extracted to a predetermined side by first extraction conductors, and the second capacitance detection conductors are extracted to the predetermined side by the through conductors, the backside wiring conductors, and second extraction conductors. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199057 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - A display device with a touch detection function includes a display function layer, a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged side by side to extend in a first direction, and a plurality of drive electrodes arranged side by side to extend in a second direction, electrostatic capacitance being formed at intersections of the touch detection electrodes and the drive electrodes. The plurality of drive electrodes extends to a first position or a second position outside of the first position, the first position being away from a center of an outermost touch detection electrode by a half length of an arrangement pitch of the touch detection electrodes, the outermost touch detection electrode being defined as outermost one of touch detection electrodes included in an effective display region of the display function layer, and an outer edge of the effective display region is located on or inside the first position. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199058 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention relates to information processing methods and electronic devices for addressing that the user cannot be provided with sufficient prompt information by the unlocking interface. The method may comprise: acquiring a first operation in the first status; determining whether the first operation complies with a first preset condition to obtain a first determination result, the first preset condition including a first sub-condition and a second sub-condition; when the first determination result indicates that the first operation satisfies the first sub-condition, analyzing the first operation to obtain the first target application of the first operation and controlling the display unit to display the first image of the first target application in the first status; when the first determination result indicates that the first operation satisfies both the first sub-condition and the second sub-condition, analyzing the first operation to obtain the first target application of the first operation, controlling the electronic device to switch from the first status to the second status, and controlling the display unit to display the first image of the first target application. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199059 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY METHOD - A client can return a display state of an object to the past. When a point body moves on a screen, a projector draws an object of a line representing a moving trajectory. The projector generates object data representing the object and transmits the generated object data to tablet terminals. The object data contains order information representing generation order of the object. The tablet terminals display the object represented by the transmitted object data on a touch panel. When performing an operation for returning the display, the tablet terminals return the display by object unit based on the order information contained in the object data. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199060 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device, a second substrate has detection electrodes of a touch panel, each of pixels has a pixel electrode and a counter electrode divided into a plurality of blocks. The counter electrodes of the respective blocks are commonly provided for the respective pixels of plural continuous display lines, the counter electrodes of the respective blocks double scanning electrodes of the touch panel, and a driver circuit that applies a counter voltage and a touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrodes of the respective blocks is provided. The driver circuit sequentially applies the touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrodes of the respective blocks in plural times, while a drive pulse for displaying an image on a liquid crystal display panel is not varied, and drive frequencies of the respective touch panel scanning voltages are different from each other. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199061 | PUSH AMOUNT DETECTING SENSOR AND TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch input device includes a touch panel, a push amount calculating unit and a touch detection signal generating unit. The touch panel includes piezoelectric and electrostatic sensors. The piezoelectric sensor outputs to the push amount calculating unit a push signal corresponding to a displacement amount obtained by pushing an operation surface. The electrostatic sensor outputs touch signals, corresponding to a touch and a non-touch, to a touch detection signal generating unit. The touch detection signal generating unit outputs to the push amount calculating unit the touch detection signals binarized according to the touch and non-touch state. The push amount calculating unit integrates differences between push signals and a reference potential during a touch state, generates a push amount detection signal and outputs the push amount detection signal. This unit resets a reference potential during a period in which a touch detection signal indicating a non-touch state is inputted. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199062 | Wireless Devices With Touch Sensors and Solar Cells - A wireless input-output device may gather touch input from a user. The touch input may be wirelessly transmitted to external wireless equipment such as a computer. The wireless device has a touch sensor and a solar cell that converts ambient light into electrical power. Wireless communications circuitry transmits the touch input to the external equipment using the electrical power from the solar cell. Energy storage devices such as a capacitor and a battery can be charged using the electrical power. The wireless device may have a transparent cover layer. The touch sensor may be a transparent touch sensor that is located between the cover layer and the solar cell or the solar cell may be a transparent solar cell that is located between the transparent cover layer and the touch sensor. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199063 | Three-Dimensional Touchscreen - A display system that enables selecting a real object located in front of a user is disclosed. The display system can be utilized in mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, and HMDs. Also a method for physically manipulating a camera to be rotated horizontally or vertically towards a real object is disclosed. The camera can be a camera of a head mounted computer display in the form of eye glasses where touching the frame of the eye glasses controls the camera rotation. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199064 | DETACHABLE HEAD MOUNT DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A micro-head mounted display device that may be detachably affixed to eye-glasses and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. A method for controlling a detachable HMD device, detecting that the HMD device is affixed to eye-glasses, acquiring identification information of the eye-glasses, acquiring a look up table related to the identification information, receiving an input signal generated when the eye-glasses to which the HMD device is affixed are touched, from the sensor unit, acquiring a control input related to the input signal from the look up table, and performing a function corresponding to the control input. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199065 | METHOD FOR DIVIDED SCANNING OF TOUCH PANNEL - The present disclosure relates to a method for divided scanning of a touch panel, in which a touch panel scanning process is divided into a pre-scan process and a main scan process. According to the embodiment of the present invention, a touch panel scan process, which had been performed in existing touch panels, may be divided into a pre-scan process and a main scan process, and the performed in various manners. Thus, while power consumption is reduced, the speed of response to an external touch can be improved. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199066 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: a display unit; a sensor configured to sense a touch input into the display unit; an eye direction sensor configured to sense an eye direction of a user; and a controller configured to divide a screen of the display unit into a plurality of areas, in response to an eye of the user being sensed toward a first area of the plurality of areas and a first touch input being sensed into the first area, perform a first control operation corresponding to the first touch input, and in response to a second touch input being sensed into the other areas except the first area, not perform a second control operation corresponding to the second touch input. Therefore, whether a function will be executed is determined according to an area in which an eye of a user is sensed and an area in which the eye of the user is not sensed. As a result, a malfunction of a display apparatus is prevented. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199067 | OPERATING METHOD OF TERMINAL BASED ON MULTIPLE INPUTS AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME COLLECTED BY PORTABLE TERMINALS - An operating method of a terminal based on multiple inputs and a portable terminal supporting the same are disclosed. The operating method includes: receiving a sensor signal in a state that a touch-down event having at least one touch point is being maintained, generating respective distinct commands according to at least one of a number of touch points of the touch-down event, and a type and a form of the certain sensor signal, activating one of a user function or controlling an operation of a currently activated user function according to the generated commands; and controlling variation in a screen output on a display panel according to the activation or the control of the user function. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199068 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus including a coordinate calculation unit configured to calculate a coordinate of a touch position detected by a touch input unit for inputting information of a position on a display, a counter configured to count a counter value when the touch position is detected, the counter value being acquired from the coordinate calculation unit, a synchronization unit configured to synchronize the counter with a timer before the coordinate calculation unit calculates the coordinate, a coordinate correction unit configured to acquire time information from the timer and correct the calculated coordinate using the time information and the counter value of the counter synchronized with the timer, and a drawing unit configured to perform a drawing process of the display using the corrected coordinate. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199069 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING COORDINATE ACCURACY OF A TOUCH PANEL - A method for improving coordinate accuracy of a touch panel having sensing lines arranged to form an array includes the steps of: detecting existence of a touch point influencing at least one sensing line; determining existence of an edge sensing line; providing signal strengths to the at least one sensing line and a sensing line immediately adjacent to the at least one sensing line; generating a virtual sensing line extending out the touch panel and immediately adjacent to the at least one sensing line; providing a signal strength to the virtual sensing line; and obtaining actual coordinate of the touch point by weighing coordinates of the at least one sensing line, the sensing line immediately adjacent to the at least one sensing line and the virtual sensing line via system generated coordinates. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199070 | MULTI-TOUCH INPUT DISCRIMINATION - Techniques for identifying and discriminating between different types of contacts to a multi-touch touch-screen device are described. Illustrative contact types include fingertips, thumbs, palms and cheeks. By way of example, thumb contacts may be distinguished from fingertip contacts using a patch eccentricity parameter. In addition, by non-linearly deemphasizing pixels in a touch-surface image, a reliable means of distinguishing between large objects (e.g., palms) from smaller objects (e.g., fingertips, thumbs and a stylus) is described. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199071 | IMAGE BASED TOUCH APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image based touch apparatus and its control method are provided. The image based touch apparatus includes at least two region indicators, at least one image capturing apparatus, and a processing apparatus. Each region indicator includes indication units for indicating a touch surface and a touch sensor. The image capturing apparatus captures at least one image including the indication units. The processing apparatus is connected to the image capturing apparatus and configured for receiving the image. In the method, the touch surface is identified by the processing apparatus according to the indication units in the image. If a touch sensor detects an operating object touches the touch surface, the indication units of the region indicators generates a touch message. The processing apparatus determines the touch message according to the image and then determines a position of the operating object on the touch surface according to the image. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199072 | INFRA-RED TOUCH-DETECTION AND TOUCH-RECOGNITION DEVICE - Device of the type comprising a frame partially open on one of the planar surfaces, kept closed by a display module in association with an annular ornamental crown, which carries within infra-red electronic components for touch detection, characterised in that said infrared, touch-detection electronic components consist of an infra-red card, provided along the upper perimeter surface with receiving and emitting LED lamps and with separate guiding means of the infra-red light arranged vertically, said guiding means consisting of a lower guiding frame of the infra-red light and with an upper guiding frame of the infra-red light. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199073 | ORDERING OF OBJECTS DISPLAYED BY A COMPUTING DEVICE - A touch enabled graphical user interface displays a plurality of objects according to an ordering along an axis with respect to the touch enabled graphical user interface. The axis is perpendicular to the touch enabled graphical user interface. Further, a first touch input directed toward a first object in the plurality of objects and a second touch input directed toward a second object in the plurality of objects are concurrently received. In addition, a processor a processor the first object in proximity to the second object along the axis. The processor also provides a visual feedback during the repositioning. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199074 | EFFICIENT MOTION ESTIMATION FOR REMOTE DESKTOP SHARING - This disclosure relates to systems and methods for estimation of motion in a frame as compared to a reference frame based upon knowledge of windows in the frame and reference frame. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199075 | ADJUSTING SIZES OF ATTACHED WINDOWS - A computer-implemented method for adjusting sizes of attached windows is provided. The method includes attaching two or more windows to each other to form a common border shared by each of the two or more attached windows, and providing a resize area for simultaneously adjusting sizes of the two or more attached windows when a user input indicator is within a predetermined proximity to the common border. The method also includes and simultaneously adjusting the sizes of the two or more attached windows when the user input indicator moves into the resize area and a resize input is received based on the user input indicator that has moved into the resize area. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199076 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING WEB CONTENT FOR DISPLAY BASED ON PHYSICAL DIMENSION REQUIREMENTS - A system and a method for providing web content for display are provided. An indication to display a web element on a display interface of an electronic device is received. A physical dimension requirement for the web element is received. One or more physical dimensions of the display interface of the electronic device are obtained in response to receiving the indication. The web element is displayed based on the one or more physical dimensions of the display interface of the electronic device and on the received physical dimension requirement of the web element. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199077 | SCHEDULING AND VIEWING A CALENDER EVENT USING TIME ZONES BASED ON A USER'S LOCATION AT EVENT TIME - A system and method for changing event time zones in a calendar based on a user's location are disclosed. A calendar system may receive information regarding a user's location for a specified time zone. The calendar system may use this information for scheduling events for the specified time zone or for determining whether previously-scheduled events fall outside a preferred time period. Time zones and preferred time periods may be set by the user. The user may view the time zone changes as well as events in several different time zones. Other users may also view the time zone changes in a user's calendar. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199078 | Game Pause State Optimization for Embedded Applications - In one embodiment, executing an embedded application within the context of a first client application, wherein executing the embedded application comprises: executing application logic to adjust states of one or more display objects; rendering one or more of the one or more display objects that are associated with a stage definition in a display region of the first client application; and in response to a trigger event, causing the first application to generate a interface component in the display region and pausing the rendering of the embedded application by: generating a static image based on the states of the one or more display objects associated with the stage definition; associating the static image with the stage definition; and disassociating the one or more display objects from the stage definition. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199079 | EDITION CONTROL SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An edition control system includes a screen manager managing UI part information indicating a UI part displayable on a UI screen; a user information manager managing screen configuration information of the UI screen for each of users; an edition controller, when receiving a display request, generating screen information of the UI screen based on the UI part information and the screen configuration information corresponding to the user of the display request; a Web application controller generating Web screen information of a Web screen; and a Web browser displaying the Web screen based on the Web screen information. Further, upon acquiring the edition information from the Web application controller, the edition controller sets the screen configuration information of the UI screen based on the edition information in the user information manager. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199080 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE - Methods, devices and systems for providing a user interface in an on-demand software service environment are described. Some implementations involve receiving an indication of a component definition to instantiate. The component definition may be a portion of a component definition data structure. Such implementations may also involve instantiating the provided component, instantiating all remaining attributes of the component definition data structure to produce a component instance data structure and transmitting an intermediate representation of the indicated component to a client device. The intermediate representation may comprise a version of the component instance data structure. The intermediate representation may allow the client device to create an instance of the component in memory. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199081 | RE-CENTERING A USER INTERFACE - Methods and devices for providing a user-interface are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving data corresponding to a first position of a wearable computing device and responsively causing the wearable computing device to provide a user-interface. The user-interface comprises a view region and a menu, where the view region substantially fills a field of view of the wearable computing device and the menu is not fully visible in the view region. The method further comprises receiving movement data corresponding to a triggerable movement of the wearable computing device and responsively causing the wearable computing device to move the menu such that the menu becomes more visible in the view region. When the wearable computing device moves to a second position, the wearable computing device moves the menu and the view region substantially together to follow the movement of the wearable computing device. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199082 | DISPLAYING ACTIONABLE ITEMS IN AN OVERSCROLL AREA - Systems and methods for user interface management are provided. In some aspects, a first scroll beyond an original content being presented for a user is detected, where the first scroll indicates an overscroll event. Menu content is provided for display upon detection of the first scroll, where the menu content includes one or more actionable items. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199083 | CONSOLIDATED SYSTEM TRAY - A method for providing a consolidated system tray includes determining a plurality of menu items for displaying in a system tray of a computer operating system, where the plurality of menu items correspond to settings for using the computer operating system. The method also includes determining status of at least one setting corresponding to each of the plurality of determined menu items, and generating a first graphic user interface that combines the determined plurality of menu items and the determined status of the at least one setting corresponding to each of the plurality of determined menu items. The method further includes providing the generated first graphic user interface for display to the user, where each of the plurality of determined menu items displayed in the first graphic user interface is selectable by a user. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199084 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENGAGING AND MANAGING USER INTERACTIONS WITH PRODUCT OR SERVICE NOTIFICATIONS - An approach for implementing a notification platform for engaging and managing user interactions with product or service availability notifications. The approach includes identifying media content presented in proximity to a device. The approach also includes presenting an option for interacting with the media content at the device while the media content is presented. The approach further includes receiving a selection input for initiating the option for interacting with the media content. Additionally, the approach includes transmitting a report of the selection input, a performance of the option, or a combination thereof to the device, a service provider, or a combination thereof. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199085 | Resuming Items in their Last-Used Presentation Modes - Functionality is described herein for presenting representations of the z most recently presented items. The functionality also presents indicators which convey the presentation modes that were last used to present the z items. When the user selects one of the z items, the functionality presents it, as a default, using the last-used presentation mode, as conveyed by the indicator associated with this item. In one particular case, the last-used presentation mode corresponds to a full mode or a snap mode. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199086 | Identifying and Launching Items Associated with a Particular Presentation Mode - Functionality is described for activating a service which presents a collection of items that are capable of being presented in a particular presentation mode. Upon a user's selection of one of them items, the functionality presents it in the particular mode. In one implementation, the particular presentation mode corresponds to a snap mode, in which the selected item is presented in a side display portion of a split-screen output presentation. The service itself constitutes an application which provides an output in the snap mode. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199087 | REFERENCE-BASED CIRCULAR SCROLLING MENU - Provided are techniques for reference-based circular scrolling on a computer display. Techniques include generating a circular scrolling bar in a computer display, the scrolling bar comprising a plurality of segments; populating the circular scrolling bar with reference-based information corresponding to an information source, wherein each segment of the plurality of segments displays a unique reference corresponding to a corresponding discrete portion of the information source; presenting the corresponding discrete portion of the information source corresponding to a particular segment in response to contact with the particular segment. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199088 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC DEVICE PROGRAM GENERATION - A method and apparatus for automatic generation of a device program including determining a controller from among a plurality of controllers displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) on a user device communicatively coupled to a corresponding external controller, generating a user interactive pin layout in the GUI for the controller, displaying in the GUI, a plurality of operations for execution by the controller, determining an operation from among the plurality of operations for the controller, associating pins selected to parameters of the operation, receiving parameter data for the operation from at least one data entry field in the GUI, generating a program for the controller based on the user interactive pin layout, the received parameter data, the operation, and sending the program for storage in a memory on the controller. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199089 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A display apparatus including a display configured to display a content list including a plurality of content items; and a processor configured to receive an enlarge touch input to enlarge the content list, expand and display at least a part of the plurality of content items in the content list, and begin playback of a first content item in the part of the plurality of content items when the first content item is enlarged to a predetermined reproducible size different than the other content items included in the plurality of content items. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199090 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER READABLE PROGRAM - A display device includes: a display unit that displays various types of images; and a browser that allows display of plural display screens showing WEB content in the display unit, wherein the browser executes processing of managing an execution state of a process corresponding to each of the display screens displayed in the display unit, determining a display screen in a state of processing continuation under management as a continuous display screen, and selecting a display screen not in the state of processing continuation as a cancel target screen in closing at least one of the plural display screens displayed in the display unit, and closing the display screen selected as the cancel target screen. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199091 | Enhanced E-Book and Enhanced E-Book Reader - A device having a display, a processor, computer readable media with stored content. The device has executable instructions on the computer readable media for receiving from a digital base work provider a digital base work and supplemental information corresponding to the digital base work, including an index or look-up table of words or names in the digital base work, and executable instructions on the computer readable media for displaying on the display the digital base work and supplemental information for any of the words or names selected by a user, including a representation of the location of the selected words or names. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199092 | INTELLIGENT WINDOW PLACEMENT - A computer-implemented method for managing a display of one or more windows, the method comprising, presenting a first window in a display area, receiving a command to display a second window in the display area and identifying, in response to the command, one or more available locations in the display area, based on the first window presented in the display area. In certain aspects, the method further comprises steps for selecting a display location for the second window, from among the one or more available locations. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199093 | INTELLIGENT WINDOW MANAGEMENT - A computer-implemented method for managing the placement one or more windows, the method comprising, defining a grid for a desktop display area, wherein the grid comprises a plurality of grid contours that are regularly spaced within the desktop display area, receiving user input for placing a selected window into a new position within the desktop display area and associating one or more edges of the selected window with one or more of the plurality of grid contours. In certain aspects, the method further comprises steps for snapping the window to the grid based on the association between the one or more edges and the one or more of the plurality of grid contours. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199094 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE - A method and a device for controlling a graphic user interface of a display unit, having a first interface, having a processing unit, having a second interface, the first interface being configured to transmit a message of the user interface to the processing unit; the processing unit being configured to send the message via the second interface to at least one data source; and the second interface being configured to receive a response message from the data source; the processing unit being configured to route on the response message via the first interface to the user interface. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199095 | BREATHING APPARATUS HAVING A DISPLAY WITH USER SELECTABLE BACKGROUND - A breathing apparatus and system include a breathing apparatus having a display, an internal memory unit, and a processing unit, and optionally an interface for connecting at least an external memory unit to the apparatus; optionally an external memory unit connectable to the breathing apparatus via the interface; wherein the processing unit is in operative communication with the display, the internal memory unit, and/or the external memory unit when connected to the apparatus via the interface, and the processing unit is configured to provide on at least a portion of the display, a user selectable background stored on at least one of the internal and/or external memory unit, such as a background image, or a background color different than a factory default background color that is not selectable by a user. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199096 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING DATA - An electronic device includes: at least one input configured to receive a user input; a controller configured to select a first area including at least one piece of data according to a user manipulation and selecting a second area in which the first area is displayed; and a display configured to expand and then display the first area on the second area, wherein the display reduces and then displays an area other than the first area on areas other than the second area. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199097 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM WITH DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - A display apparatus includes a display section, an operating point detecting section, a first movement information detecting section configured to detect a direction and an amount of movement from an initial point of an operator's touch of the operating point detecting section to a primary stopping point thereof, a second movement information detecting section configured to detect an amount of movement in a predetermined direction from the primary stopping point to a secondary stopping point, an amount-of-value-change calculating section configured to calculate an amount of numerical value change at each numerical display switch, a switching speed calculating section configured to calculate, from the amount of movement detected by the second movement information detecting section, a switching speed at each numerical display switch, and a display control section allowing the numerical display switch of the display section in the calculated amount of numerical value change at the calculated switching speed. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199098 | METHOD FOR SETTING IMAGE CAPTURE CONDITIONS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PERFORMING THE SAME - Methods and apparatuses are provided for setting shooting image capture conditions. A first touch input is sensed on a touch screen in an image capture mode. An area related to a first function is generated at a first position where the first touch input is sensed has occurred. A first area related to a second function is generated at the first position overlapping the area related to the first function, when the first touch input is held at the first position for at least a first period of time. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199099 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCREEN DISPLAY ON ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and an electronic device for a user-friendly, intuitive and enhanced display of a screen are provided. The screen display method in an electronic device includes displaying an item list containing at least one item on a display unit, receiving a first input for scrolling the displayed item list, and displaying the at least one item of the item list in a changed size in response to the first input. | 2015-07-16 |
20150199100 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present information processing apparatus displays a part of a plurality of items in a form of a list on a display unit, and accepts a touch operation applied by a user to the display unit. When the accepted touch operation is an operation for scrolling the list while being displayed, the list currently displayed on the display unit is scrolled, and control is performed to place undisplayed items in a displayed state and to place information for selecting items included in the list in an undisplayed state. Upon completion of the scroll, control is performed to display information for selecting items that are displayed after the completion of the scroll. | 2015-07-16 |