38th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150261339 | OPTICAL TOUCH SCREENS - A lens for placement opposite a diode in an optical touch sensor, including an upper portion including an upper refractive surface located nearer to the diode, and an upper reflector located further from the diode, the upper reflector being curved in two dimensions and cut horizontally by a top horizontal plane of the lens, and a lower portion, coplanar with the diode, including a lower refractive surface located nearer to the diode, and a lower reflector located further from the diode, the lower reflector being curved in the two dimensions and cut horizontally by a bottom horizontal plane of the lens, wherein the upper and the lower reflector are symmetrical and vertically aligned, and wherein non-collimated light reflected by the lower reflector onto the upper reflector is partially collimated in the two dimensions by the lower reflector and further collimated in the two dimensions by the upper reflector. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261340 | PANEL MISMATCH COMPENSATION FOR TOUCH ENABLED DISPLAYS - A controller with mismatch compensation for a touch panel is disclosed. A multi-stimulus controller for a touch panel can be formed on a single integrated circuit (single-chip) that can include a transmit section that can generate a plurality of drive signals, a plurality of transmit channels that can transmit the drive signals simultaneously to drive the touch panel, a receive channel that can receive a sense signal resulting from the driving of the touch panel, and a demodulation section that can demodulate the received sense signal to obtain sensing results, the demodulation section including a demodulator and a vector operator. The transmit section can include a pair of adjustable gain buffers that can adjust the gain of stimulation signals to account for the signal path length mismatch of various transmit signal paths. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261341 | ABSOLUTE CAPACITIVE SENSING USING SENSOR ELECTRODE PRE-EMPHASIS - A processing system comprises a sensor module and a determination module. The sensor module is configured to drive a modulated signal on to a sensor electrode to achieve a target voltage on the sensor electrode during a first portion of a sensing cycle, wherein the modulated signal comprises a first voltage that is beyond a level of the target voltage and which is driven for a first period of time and a second voltage that is at the target voltage and which is driven for a second period of time that follows the first period of time. The determination module is configured to determine an absolute capacitance of the sensor electrode during the first portion of the sensing cycle after driving the second voltage. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261342 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH DEVICE AND SENSING METHOD THEREOF - A capacitive touch device and a sensing method thereof are disclosed. The capacitive touch device includes a touch panel, at least one touch detection unit and a processing unit. The touch detection unit scans the touch panel, obtains an N-bit sensed data and compresses the N-bit sensed data to an L-bit sensed data. The processing unit receives the L-bit sensed data, decompresses the L-bit sensed data to the N-bit sensed data and calculates a coordinate of a touch according to the N-bit sensed data. The present invention is capable of decreasing the time for transmitting the sensed data, the power consumption and the requirements for the memory capacity of the touch detection unit and the memory capacity of the processing unit. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261343 | FAST MULTI-TOUCH STYLUS AND SENSOR - A stylus and touch sensitive device are disclosed. The stylus includes a stylus transmitter for transmitting a stylus signal. The touch sensitive device includes row conductors, each of which is associated with a row transmitter and a row receiver. The row transmitter is adapted to simultaneously transmit row signals, each on its associated row conductor, each of the row signals being orthogonal to each other of the plurality of row signals transmitted on each other of the row conductors. The row receiver is adapted to detect the stylus signal. Column conductors are provided, each associated with a column receiver that is adapted to detect the presence of each of the row signals transmitted by the row transmitter and the stylus signal. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261344 | FAST MULTI-TOUCH SENSOR WITH USER IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES - A method and system for distinguishing between sources of simultaneous touch events on a touch sensitive device with row conductors and column conductors, the path of each of the row conductors crossing the path of each of the column conductors. Each of a plurality of orthogonal row signals are simultaneously transmitted on a respective one of at least some of the plurality of row conductors. An amount of each of the orthogonal row signals present on each of the plurality of column conductors is detected, and the touch events are identified using the detected amount. Each of the simultaneous touch events is associated with a discrete source based on the detected amount of each of the plurality of orthogonal row signals. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261345 | TOUCH DISPLAY MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE TOUCH DISPLAY MODULE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THEREOF - An electronic device includes case and touch display module. The case has assembling groove, groove jointed surface and groove side surface. The touch display module disposed on the case has touch panel, adhesive element and positioning element. The touch panel located at the assembling groove has panel jointed surface and panel side surface. The panel jointed surface faces the groove jointed surface. The panel side surface faces the groove side surface. The adhesive element has two surfaces opposite to each other. The positioning element has auxiliary section and extended section. The auxiliary section is attached to one of the adhesive surface. The extended section extends from the adhesive surface and can be detachably clamped between the panel side surface and the groove side surface, which makes the gap between the groove side surface and the panel side surface is the same as the thickness of the extended section. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261346 | TOUCH CONTROL METHOD OF CAPACITIVE AND ELECTROMAGNETIC DUAL-MODE TOUCH SCREEN AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch control method of a capacitive and electromagnetic dual-mode touch screen and handheld electronic device are disclosed. The method includes receiving a touch instruction generated on the touch screen; judging whether the touch instruction is a capacitive induction instruction or an electromagnetic induction instruction; processing the touch instruction according to a handwriting input mode if the touch instruction is a capacitive induction instruction, or processing the touch instruction according to a touch control mode if the touch instruction is an electromagnetic induction instruction. By the above method, the invention can fulfill the demand for presenting original handwriting by a user, as well as the requirement for a simple and convenient operation. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261347 | DISPLAY DEVICE, PORTABLE TERMINAL, MONITOR, TELEVISION, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device ( | 2015-09-17 |
20150261348 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A display device includes: a plurality of first electrode patterns; a plurality of second electrode patterns; a plurality of first touch signal lines; and a plurality of second touch signal lines. The plurality of first electrode patterns respectively include a plurality of first electrode cells physically separated from each other and arranged in a first direction. The plurality of second electrode patterns include a plurality of second electrode cells physically separated from each other and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction. The plurality of first touch signal lines are connected to the first electrode cells. The plurality of second touch signal lines are connected to the second electrode cells. The first and second electrode patterns and the first and second touch signal lines are all positioned at the same layer on a substrate. The first touch signal lines are independently connected to each first electrode cell. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261349 | TOUCH SENSING METHOD AND TOUCHSCREEN APPARATUS - A touch sensing method may include setting at least one touch group according to levels of a plurality of digital data according to changes of capacitance in a plurality of nodes; detecting two nodes having highest levels of the plurality of digital data among the touch group; generating a plurality of combinations by matching nodes defining two vertices, among four vertices of the touch group, facing each other with the two nodes having the highest levels among the plurality of digital data; selecting one combination among the plurality of combinations; and setting an examination region executing a touch separating algorithm according to two points positioned two respective line segments connecting the respective nodes of the selected combination. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261350 | TERMINAL, VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR THE CONTROLLING THE SAME - A terminal is provided with an input unit configured to detect contact of an object and a position of the object, and a controller configured to generate a control signal corresponding to a recognition of a gesture of the object, which is detected at a position spaced apart from the input unit when touched by the object. The terminal may allow an operation command desired by the user to be completed since a gesture is initiated at a surface of the terminal, and terminated at the surface of the terminal again after being performed in a space on the surface of the terminal. By specifying a start or an end of the gesture, the intention of the user may be clearly presented and may improve the recognition rate. Therefore, the user may easily manipulate mobile phones and various equipments while driving. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261351 | TOUCH SENSING CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREOF - A touch sensing circuit is applied to a touch panel to generate a sensing signal. The touch panel includes a sensing device. The touch sensing circuit includes: an interference signal detecting circuit, configured to detect an interference signal of the touch panel to generate an interference signal detection result; a control signal generating unit, configured to generate a control signal according to the interference signal detection result; and a sensed value analyzing circuit, configured to charge the sensing device in a first time interval and to discharge the sensing device in a second time interval, and to generate the sensing signal according to a sensed value of the sensing device. A length of one of the first time interval and the second time interval changes according to a control signal. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261352 | INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE - A novel input device that is highly convenient or reliable or a novel input/output device that is highly convenient or reliable. The following structure is contemplated. The input device includes sensor units that are arranged in a matrix and each include a window portion which transmits visible light, a light-transmitting first sensing element which includes an insulating layer and a pair of electrodes between which the insulating layer is interposed and overlaps with the window portion, a second sensing element which includes a photoelectric conversion element and does not overlap with the window portion, and a sensing circuit which supplies a sensing signal on the basis of a change in the parasitic capacitance of the first sensing element or on the basis of the current flowing through the second sensing element; and a base layer supporting the sensor units. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261353 | CLUSTERED SCAN METHOD OF CAPACITIVE TOUCH DEVICE - A clustered scan method of a capacitive touch device is disclosed. According to the method, n drive lines of the capacitive touch device are divided into multiple clusters. Each of the clusters has a same number of drive lines. The clusters are driven by a clustered scan procedure in sequence. In each clustered scan procedure, the drive lines of the present cluster are driven for b times, wherein b is equal to the number of the drive lines of each cluster. If at least one bordering drive line exists, a bordering clustered scan procedure is executed, and a bordering drive line and some of drive lines of the previous clusters are driven. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261354 | INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT METHOD - An input device and an input method for a data processing device are provided. The input device includes a touch-sensitive module, an operation prompt interface and a controller. According to the input method, the input device issues a first input signal to the data processing device when a first electrical property change resulting from the keystroke or the tap is sensed in a first operation state. The input device is switched from the first operation state to a second operation state in response to a switching operation. The input device issues a second input signal to the data processing device when a second electrical property change resulting from a touch action is sensed in the second operation state. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261355 | TOUCH PANEL AND HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a touch panel, the touch panel includes a substrate, a strengthening layer and a touch-control module. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The strengthening layer is located on the first surface. The touch-control module is located on the second surface. The strengthening layer is a functional coating layer directly coated on the first surface; a strengthening layer surface, spaced from the substrate, is directly exposed to an application environment; and the strengthening layer surface, spaced from the substrate, is exposed to be in directly contact with touch objects. A human-computer interaction device using the above-described touch panel is also provided. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261356 | ACTIVE PEN SENSING FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING AN INTEGRATED SENSING DEVICE - A processing system (and associated input device and method) is disclosed that includes a display module configured to drive a display signal onto a plurality of sensor electrodes for updating a display, and a sensor module configured to communicate with the plurality of sensor electrodes. The sensor module is configured to, in a first mode of operation, operate the plurality of sensor electrodes to receive an active input from an active input device, and in a second mode of operation, operate the plurality of sensor electrodes to receive capacitive sensing data from a passive input device. The processing system further includes a determination module configured to determine a position of the active input device based on a harmonic of the active input signal. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261357 | TOUCH CONTROL SYSTEM AND COORDINATE CORRECTION METHOD THEREOF - A touch control system includes first and second sensing regions. At least one sensor monitors the first sensing region to generate a first sensing amount. At least one second sensor monitors the second sensing region to generate a second sensing amount. An initial coordinate generating module generates an initial coordinate according to the first and second sensing amounts, and determines whether a touch point is in an intersection region. When the determination result of the initial coordinate generating module is affirmative, a correction value generating module generates a correction value according to the first and second sensing amounts. A corrected coordinate generating module multiplies the initial coordinate by a first weight to generate a first weighted result, multiplies the correction value by a second weight to generate a second weighted result, and adds the first and the second weighted results to generate a corrected coordinate. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261358 | CORRECTION APPARATUS AND CORRECTION METHOD FOR SELF-CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A correction apparatus for a touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes multiple upper electrodes and multiple lower electrodes interleaved along a first reference direction. An initial coordinate calculation module calculates a first initial coordinate in the first reference direction and a second initial coordinate in a second reference direction of a touch position according to sensing results associated with the upper electrodes and sensing results associated with lower electrodes. A correction parameter calculation module calculates a first correction parameter according to the sensing results of the lower electrodes, and calculates a second correction parameter according to the sensing results of the upper electrodes. A compensation calculation module calculates a compensation amount according to the first correction parameter, the second correction parameter and the first initial coordinate. A correction module corrects the second initial coordinate according to the compensation amount. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261359 | DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS BASED ON CAPACITIVE SENSING AND COUPLING VIA HUMAN BODY OR DIRECT DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COUPLING - Systems, devices and techniques disclosed in this document provide device-to-device communications via a human body of a user between (1) a capacitor sensor touch screen device that includes a capacitor sensor touch screen that includes capacitor sensors and provides a display function and (2) a capacitor sensor device that includes one or more capacitor sensors that detect or sense, based on capacitive sensing and without providing a display function, signals transmitted from the capacitor sensor touch screen of the capacitor sensor touch screen device. The human body of a user operates as a signal transmitting medium. In addition, the systems, devices and techniques disclosed in this document provide device-to-device communications via direct device-to-device coupling between two capacitor sensor touch screen devices each including capacitor sensor touch screen that includes capacitor sensors and provides a display function. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261360 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention provides a mutual capacitive multi-touch screen. The conductive strip pattern allows that, when a touch range of each external conductive object on the mutual capacitive multi-touch screen is larger than a predetermined condition, capacitive coupling between each external conductive object and first conductive strip is greater than capacitive coupling between each external conductive object and second conductive strip, such that the proportion of a driving signal flowing out of the first conductive strip via at least one first external conductive object in the external conductive objects and into the second conductive strip via at least one second external conductive object in the external conductive objects decreases as the number of second external conductive objects increases. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261361 | Display Device with Integrated Touch Screen and Method for Driving the Same - A display device with an integrated touch screen including a display panel including electrodes divided into a plurality of block type groups and a plurality of data lines; a display driver IC configured to apply a common voltage to the electrodes when a driving mode of the panel is a display driving mode, sequentially apply a touch scan signal to each block type group when the driving mode of the panel is a touch driving mode, and apply a data signal to the data lines associated with a corresponding block type group when the touch scan signal is applied to the corresponding block type group; and a touch IC configured to generate the touch scan signal and apply the touch scan signal to the display driver IC. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261362 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING DISPLAY AND SURROUNDING TOUCH SENSITITVE BEZEL FOR USER INTERFACE AND CONTROL - An electronic device has a display and has a touch sensitive bezel surrounding the display. Areas on the bezel are designated for controls used to operate the electronic device. Visual guides corresponding to the controls are displayed on the display adjacent the areas of the bezel designated for the controls. Touch data is generated by the bezel when a user touches an area of the bezel. The device determines which of the controls has been selected based on which designated area is associated with the touch data from the bezel. The device then initiates the determined control. The device can have a sensor for determining the orientation of the device. Based on the orientation, the device can alter the areas designated on the bezel for the controls and can alter the location of the visual guides for the display so that they match the altered areas on the bezel. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261363 | System and Method for Improving Impact Safety - A system for improving the impact safety and methods for manufacturing and using same. The system includes a panel that comprises a panel surface having a frangible region. The panel can be formed from a translucent material, such as glass. The frangible region is indistinguishable from the remainder of the panel during normal conditions but enables the panel to break in a safe, predictable manner when a predetermined amount of force is applied to the frangible region. Thereby, the panel does not shatter or form sharp shards. Instead, the frangible region breaks away from the panel as an intact unit without internal fracturing. Risk of personal injury thereby can be minimized. The lack of sharp shards likewise facilitates clean up and replacement of the broken panel. The panel advantageously can be applied in video monitors and emergency equipment such as fire extinguisher cabinets disposed aboard passenger vehicles and in stationary environments such as the home or office. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261364 | Conductive Trace Routing for Display and Bezel Sensors - Conductive trace routing techniques for display and bezel sensors are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes display sensors, bezel sensors, and a plurality of conductive traces. The display sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are arranged in conjunction with a display area of a display device to support interaction with a user interface displayed by the display device. The bezel sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are disposed in a bezel that at least partially surrounds the display device and is outside the display area. The plurality of conductive traces are disposed between the display and bezel sensors and communicatively couple the display sensors and the bezel sensors to one or more computing components that are configured to process inputs received from the display sensors and the bezel sensors. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261365 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a substrate on which a display unit is formed and an encapsulation unit for sealing the substrate; a touch screen panel formed on the encapsulation unit; a window cover provided on the touch screen panel; an alignment key for aligning positions of the display panel and the window cover; and a sealing portion disposed between the substrate and encapsulation unit. An area expansion portion is formed in a position of the sealing portion corresponding to the alignment key. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261366 | MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING FLEXIBLE WRAPAROUND DISPLAYS FOR COMPUTING DEVICES - A mechanism is described for facilitating flexible wraparound displays at computing devices according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes placing a flexible wraparound display at a computing device, where the flexible wraparound display being represented as a single display that is flexibly wrapped around the computing device. The method may further include calibrating the flexible wraparound display for performing its functions using one or more default components of the computing device. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261367 | IN-CELL TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention discloses an in-cell touch panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. A plurality of nanowire arrays are added between an array substrate and an opposite substrate, nanowires in each nanowire array extend in a direction perpendicular to the array substrate and the opposite substrate; the newly-added nanowire arrays and s pacers provided between the array substrate an d the opposite substrate form piezoelectric sensitive elements. Thus, when cell thickness between the array substrate and the opposite substrate is slightly changed due to pressure on the touch panel by any object, a nanowire array may be slightly deformed by squeeze of a spacer, the deformed nanowire array may release charges to change an electrical signal applied to an electrode wire connected thereto, and a touch point can be positioned by detecting a change in the electrical signal, thus achieving high touch sensitivity. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261368 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF ATTACHING THE SAME - A touch apparatus is disclosed. The touch apparatus includes a touch panel; an anti-shatter film having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the first surface is attached below the touch panel; a display panel having a third surface; and a pressure sensitive adhesive disposed on one of the second surface and the third surface, wherein the display panel is attached to the second surface through the pressure sensitive adhesive. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261369 | TOUCH PANEL HAVING UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED ELECTRIC FIELD LINES AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel includes a screen, a substrate and a transmitting/receiving unit configured between the screen and the substrate, and having a first surface near the screen and a second surface near the substrate, wherein the size of the first surface is larger than the size of the second surface. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261370 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a touch-sensitive display device comprising: a first set of metal electrodes including a first metal electrode; a second set of metal electrodes including a second metal electrode and a third metal electrode, the first metal electrode located between the second metal electrode and the third metal electrode such that the second metal electrode is physically separated from the third metal electrode; a first set of touch electrodes including a first touch electrode that is connected to the first metal electrode; a second set of touch electrodes including a second touch electrode and a third touch electrode, the second touch electrode connected to the second metal electrode and the third touch electrode connected to the third metal electrode; an insulation film having a plurality of contact holes; and a connection electrode electrically connecting the second metal electrode to the third metal electrode through the plurality of contact holes. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261371 | RESSURE-SENSITIVE TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH DISPLAY SCREEN AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention relates to a touch screen, and particularly to a pressure-sensitive touch screen and an electronic device. The present touch screen comprises a substrate which has an elastic deformation performance and is used by a user to operate and a strain sensor which is used for detecting lateral deformation of the substrate and is fixedly arranged at a peripheral location of a lower surface of the substrate, and further comprises a pressure bearing plate, wherein the pressure bearing plate is fixedly arranged at an upper surface of the substrate, and the location where the side edges of the pressure bearing plate are projected onto the strain sensor is located at a middle location of the strain sensor. Also provided is an electronic device containing the pressure-sensitive touch screen. By way of detecting a lateral deformation amount of the substrate, the present invention thus recognizes a touch location and a touch pressure value, provides a pressure-sensitive operation function for a user and can adapt to different input methods, without being limited by the touch form. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261372 | MULTI-TOUCH PAD CONTROLLER - A highly configurable controller is described that includes a number of different types of control mechanisms that emulate a wide variety of conventional control mechanisms using pressure and location sensitive sensors that generate high-density control information which may be mapped to the controls of a wide variety of devices and software. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261373 | Determining User Handedness and Orientation Using a Touchscreen Device - The present disclosure provides techniques for determining the position and/or orientation of a pointing device relative to the screen on a touchscreen device. A method may include receiving first orientation data from a first device that may include a capacitive touch surface. A touch point may be received indicating a location of a touch by a user on the capacitive touch surface. Second orientation data may be received from a second device. The first and second orientation data may be correlated to determine a relative orientation of the first device to the second device. A position of a pointing device may be determined based on the touch point and the relative orientation of the first and second devices. Additionally, multiple distances relative to a capacitive touch surface may be received, and based on the multiple distances, a position of a user's finger, hand, and/or arm may be determined. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261374 | COORDINATE INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME - Provided is a technology in which even if input is performed in a state where a hand supporting a pen or the like is placed upon a touch panel, erroneous input from the hand can be prevented. A touch panel control unit acquires from a control unit, image data in which a user who will perform input in a detection area of a touch panel was imaged. The touch panel control unit analyzes the image data, identifies an instruction input unit and a hand of a user supporting the input instruction unit, and identifies a reference input location in the detection area. On the basis of a positional relationship of the instruction input unit and the hand of the user, a predicted input area within the detection area, in which input by the input instruction unit may occur, is then set. On the basis of a detection result obtained from the touch panel, the touch panel control unit identifies and outputs an input location in the predicted input area. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261375 | ORTHOGONAL SIGNALING TOUCH USER, HAND AND OBJECT DISCRIMINATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system and method for distinguishing between sources of simultaneous touch events on a touch sensitive device are disclosed. The touch sensitive device includes row conductors and column conductors, the path of each of the row conductors crossing the path of each of the column conductors. Orthogonal row signals are generated on the row conductors and orthogonal column signals are generated on the column conductors. In an embodiment, an amount of each of the plurality of orthogonal row signals present on each of the plurality of row conductors is detected, an amount of each of the plurality of orthogonal column signals present on each of the plurality of column conductors is detected, and at least one of such amounts is used to associate each of the plurality of simultaneous touch events with a discrete source. The strength of such detected “crosstalk” between row conductors can be used to distinguish two or more touch events, such as by distinguishing a two-handed gesture from a one-handed gesture, distinguishing two touch events as having been initiated by different users, distinguishing a passive object from a hand, identifying a passive object, improving palm rejection and improving accidental-touch rejection. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261376 | MOBILE TERMINAL - Provided is a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal including: a body including a front surface, a side surface and a rear surface, a touch screen including a first region that is disposed on the front surface and formed to have a first curvature and a second region that is disposed on the side surface and extending from the first region and formed to have a second curvature, a sensing unit configured to sense a touch input applied to the touch screen; and a control unit configured to: display on the first region of the touch screen at least a portion of an execution screen of an application, detect a touch input applied to the execution screen, and display on an interface region located between the first region and the second region at least a portion of a graphic object associated with control of an execution screen. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261377 | COMBINED CAPACITIVE SENSING - A processing system comprises a sensor module and a determination module. The sensor module comprises sensing circuitry coupled to sensor electrodes of a sensor electrode pattern. The sensor module is configured to: drive a modulated signal onto a first sensor electrode of the sensor electrode pattern; receive first resulting signals from the first sensor electrode; and receive second resulting signals from a second sensor electrode of the sensor electrode pattern. The second resulting signals comprise effects corresponding to the modulated signal, and the first resulting signals and the second resulting signals are simultaneously received. The determination module configured to determine a change in capacitive coupling between an input object and the first sensor electrode based on the first resulting signals and a change in capacitive coupling between the first and second sensor electrodes based on the second resulting signals. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261378 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided is a mobile terminal including: a touch screen; a controller that identifies a type of touch object with which a touch input is applied to the touch screen, and provides a touch input method that differs according to a type of the identified touch object, in which the controller identifies the touch object based on at least one among strength of a signal that is detected on the touch screen when the touch input is applied and on a distributed state of regions on which the signal is detected. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261379 | Touch Screen Instrument Panel - Systems, methods and computer-storage media are provided for a touch-screen interface panel (TSIP) of an aircraft. The TSIP may communicate with one or more aircraft systems. In other words, the TSIP is configured to display information of one or more aircraft systems. For example, the TSIP may receive a request for weather information. In response, the TSIP receives weather information from a weather system and displays it via the TSIP screen. In another example, the TSIP may display warnings or alerts that are detected by an aircraft warning system, maintenance system, or the like. Furthermore, information that may have typically been looked up physically or called in to a tower may now be provided via the TSIP by the interfacing of the TSIP with the systems maintaining the information. For example, a charts database may communicate with the TSIP and the information thereof displayed via the TSIP. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261380 | TOUCH SCREEN SYSTEM - A touch screen system has a single electrically non-conductive substrate having at least one electrically conductive pad disposed upon each of a first side and a second opposing side of the substrate. The pads are oriented generally orthogonally with respect to one another and include poly 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene material. The system further includes a controller having a touch switch interface electrically coupled to the pads and having at least one output. The controller generates an AC signal, the AC signal being electrically coupled from the controller to the pads through the touch switch interface, thereby generating an electrostatic field proximate the pads. The controller is configured to detect at the touch switch interface a change in the electrostatic field resulting from an actuating member placed in proximity to at least one of the pads. The controller provides a signal at the output corresponding to the change in the electrostatic field. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261381 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes a coordinate input unit including an operation surface on which a pressing operation can be performed and detecting contact of an operation body with the operation surface, a pressing detection unit that detects that the operation surface is pressed, and a control unit that processes detection results of the coordinate input unit and the pressing detection unit, in which the control unit obtains the center coordinate of a contact position from the detection result of the coordinate input unit, and compares the center coordinate before the pressing operation with the center coordinate after the pressing operation when there is a pressing operation with respect to the operation surface, and when a difference between the center coordinates is smaller than a threshold value, the center coordinate before the pressing operation is used as a center coordinate at the time of the pressing operation. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261382 | TOUCH CONTROL SYSTEM - A touch control system is provided and connected to a display surface, including a stylus and at least two sensing devices. The stylus includes a housing, a first opening, a second opening, a contacting member, and a reflecting member. The housing has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The first opening is formed at the first end. The second opening is formed between the first end and the second end. The contacting member protrudes from the first opening. The reflecting member is disposed in the housing, situated between the first opening and the second opening, and connected to the contacting member. When the contacting member contacts the display surface and moves along a direction from the first opening toward the second opening, the reflecting member is exposed to the second opening and reflects a light signal emitted from the sensing devices. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261383 | INTERACTIVE PROJECTION APPARATUS AND TOUCH POSITION DETERMINING METHOD THEREOF - An interactive projection apparatus and a touch position determining method thereof are provided. The invention adopts such a scheme of defining the effective touch area according to the coordinate information of the positioning pattern and judging whether or not the light spot is located in the effective touch area. If the light spot is located in the effective touch area, the position of the light spot is taken as the touch position of an input tool. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261384 | TOUCH RECOGNITION DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided is a touch recognition device and a display apparatus using the same. The touch recognition device includes: an image screen configured to display an image; a light source configured to emit light toward the image screen; a camera provided in the rear of the image screen and configured to detect at least one of infrared reflected and input from an object approaching or contacting the image screen; and a diffusion transmitter provided between the image screen and the camera, configured to diffuse the emitted light in response to the light source emitting the light, and configured to transmit the infrared in response to the light source emitting no light. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261385 | PICTURE SIGNAL OUTPUT APPARATUS, PICTURE SIGNAL OUTPUT METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A function of reflecting an operation performed using a pointing element with respect to an image displayed by a display device without a function of recognizing the position of the pointing element on the image is realized. A projector as a display device displays an image corresponding to picture signals output from a portable terminal on a screen. A camera as an imaging unit of the portable terminal captures an image of the screen with a finger. The portable terminal detects a trajectory of the finger on the screen based on the captured image. The portable terminal generates an image corresponding to the detected trajectory, synthesizes the generated image and an image corresponding to image data, and generates a synthetic image. The portable terminal outputs picture signals corresponding to the generated synthetic image to the projector. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261386 | Information Based Life View - A method for enabling a user to customize, prioritize, and view information filtered to align with the user's life state that includes interaction with an online market place. The user provides priority, positioning, and custom information about the user's life state which allows the user to view information in a life view. This information may include at least demographic information, logistical information, ethnic information, social information and psychological information. The partners may use the information about the user's life to filter its information according to the information about the user's life, which is then viewed in a life view by a user, according to the user defined positioning, prioritization, and other custom parameters. The method also enables the user to view partner and user participation in a marketplace to procure the information about the user's life, user ratings according to the user's behavior, and partner ratings according to the partner's information delivery. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261387 | ADJUSTING INFORMATION DEPTH BASED ON USER'S ATTENTION - A computing device is described that includes one or more processors and at least one module operable by the processors to output, for display, first information for an event, and, responsive to determining that a user of the computing device has viewed a display device of the computing device for at least a threshold amount of time, output, for display, second information for the event, the second information including information associated with the event and not included in the first information. The module is further operable to, responsive to determining that the user of the computing device has viewed the display device for at least another threshold amount of time greater than the first threshold amount of time, output, for display, third information for the event, the third information including additional information associated with the event and not included in the first information or the second information. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261388 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GESTURE OPERATION ON ADDRESS BAR AND TOUCH SCREEN TERMINAL - There is provided a method and apparatus for gesture operation on address bar, a touch screen terminal and a computer readable storage medium, the method including: detecting an operation gesture acting on a current interface which is a user interface having an address bar; determining whether the operation gesture is matched with a preset address bar operation gesture or not when the operation gesture is detected; and generating a box at the current interface, displaying address bar operation option(s) associated with the preset address bar operation gesture on the box, and performing an address bar operation associated with an address bar operation option selected by a user, if the operation gesture is matched with the preset address bar operation gesture. Quick and convenient operation on an address bar is realized. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261389 | Communication Event History - In the following, communication event data are transmitted and received between a user device and a communication network. The communication event data is of a plurality of communication events conducted over an interval of time. Transmitted and/or received communication event data of the communication events is selectively marked as highlighted communication event data. The communication events are grouped into different groups. Each of said groups is represented by displaying, in a respective portion of an available display area of the display, the highlighted communication event data of a communication event in that group. Responsive to a user selecting that portion of the available display area, an access component is configured to access a record of at least one communication event in that group. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261390 | Contextual Disk Menu - Conventional computer user interface contextual menus are made more efficient by spacing menu items equidistantly from the contextual menu trigger point. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261391 | APPLICATION WORKFLOW FRAMEWORK - The present disclosure relates to utilizing an application workflow framework to manage workflow on an application executing on a computing device. An illustrative workflow routine can include multiple tasks than need to be completed in order to complete the workflow routine. Accordingly, a workflow framework has a workflow definition that that matches the specific workflow routine. Each of the specific tasks defined in the workflow routine can be represented by a number of interface elements within the application. At least some of the interface elements can have a number of states of execution defined by the workflow definition and having different content and display attributes. In one embodiment, the states of execution can include a pre-active state, an active state, and a post-active state. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261392 | ADAPTIVE INTERFACE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An interface providing method includes setting information of screen configuration involving at least one or more elements to be executed in a terminal. The method further includes providing an operation interface on a screen of the terminal by executing the elements involved in the information of screen configuration. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261393 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a first housing which has a light incident section in a vicinity of one end and which has an imaging optical system to which light from the light incident section is incident, a second housing which has a display section and which functions as a grip section, and a linking section which supports the first housing and the second housing so as to be able to rotate centering on a first axis, in which the first axis is provided in a vicinity of the other end which is an opposite side to the one end of the first housing, and light which includes a component which is orthogonal to the first axis is incident to the light incident section. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261394 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MENU ITEMS - A method and apparatus for presenting a plurality of menu items on a display screen of a computing device is disclosed. The method involves a computing device programmed to display computerized graphical icons in an elastic menu strip on a display screen, and extending the elastic menu strip to include additional computerized graphical icons in a limited display screen size. The additional computerized graphical icons are presented in an additional elastic menu strip which is added as an extension to the elastic menu strip. The extension accommodates more computerized graphical icons to be displayed on the display screen and enables the activation and selection of the menu items in a single touch action. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261395 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO A USER OF A CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICE - A method and apparatus is disclosed for transferring digital content from a computing cloud to a computing device and generating recommendations for the user of the computing device. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261396 | JUKEBOX NETWORK SYSTEM - A plurality of jukeboxes each having a display, input component, audio output, and controller are connected over a network. The controller is configured to play music data sets selected by a user and to store local affinity data uploadable to the network. The controller is further configured to store network popularity and affinity data received from the network. The controller causes the display to present menus and screens based on the data received from the network. The controller is also configured to perform searches over multiple identification categories and store collections of music data sets based on multiple identification categories. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261397 | User Interface - An example implementation involves a control device displaying on a graphical user interface, an indicator positioned with respect to a particular multimedia item in a displayed list of a plurality of multimedia items. After displaying the indicator on the graphical user interface for a first predefined time, the control device displays on the graphical user interface, an information panel obstructing a portion of the displayed list, the information panel providing information associated with the particular multimedia item that is not shown in the displayed list. After displaying the information panel for a second predefined time, the control device terminates display of the information panel. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261398 | Management of User Interfaces Within a Network - An apparatus, system, and method to manage user interfaces within a network, such as a wireless network at least partially included within a hazardous area. The method includes creating an application user interface based upon data content included within a single application binary file, serving the application user interface, creating a device user interface based upon data content included within a single device binary file, and serving the device user interface, in which the data content of the single application binary file and the data content of the single device binary file are identical. Additionally or alternatively, the method includes sending the single device binary file to an application computer through a serial connection to create an application user interface, in which the device user interface and the application user interface are configured to be identical. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261399 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING AND AUTOMATING USER INTERACTION WITH COMPUTER PROGRAM USER INTERFACE - The invention is directed to predicting and automating user interaction with computer program user interfaces. Specifically, the invention comprises Sequence Alignment Table(s) that stores the history of user actions aligned with the recent user actions; predictive model to infer a list of suggested actions that are deemed most relevant for the user; the Automation User Interface for suggesting the predicted actions to the user; and Action Automator that facilitates execution of the predicted actions in the Computer Program User Interface. In this way, the invention helps users quickly go through sequences of actions to accomplish tasks. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PROCESS FLOW STRUCTURE - The invention relates to apparatuses, methods and programs for identification and presentation of suggested process flow structures on a display device, as selectable options for addition to a partially generated process flow structure. The system of the invention comprises a graphical environment controller, a comparison engine, and optionally any one or more of a display controller, a structure-record convertor, a record-structure convertor, a repository, and a display device. The invention receives a first user input identifying a node within a first process flow structure. A second process flow structure is retrieved from among previously stored process flow structures, based on identifying a predefined degree of similarity between the first process flow structure and the second process flow structure. Thereafter, a selectable process flow structure is displayed for addition to the first process flow structure, which selectable process flow structure comprising a subset of the second process flow structure. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261401 | Information based Life view - A method for enabling a user to customize, prioritize, dynamically position, and view information filtered to align with the user's life state that includes interaction with an online market place. The user provides priority, positioning, and custom information about the user's life state which allows the user to view information in a life view. This information may include at least demographic information, health information, logistical information, ethnic information, social information and psychological information. The partners may use the information about the user's life to filter its information according to the information about the user's life, which is then viewed in a life view by a user, according to the user defined positioning, prioritization, and other custom parameters. The partners may also use the user's interactions with the life view to assess behavior as compared to the user's life state, and the users may use the partner's delivery of information to the life view to assess the partner's accuracy of information delivery when compared to the user's life state. The method also enables the user to view partner and user participation in a marketplace to procure the information about the user's life, user ratings according to the user's behavior, and partner ratings according to the partner's information delivery. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261402 | MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM OF CONTROLLING MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS - Menu-set operation controller provides an instruction for displaying a menu set, when the received manipulation instruction matches with a first manipulation. The controller provides an instruction for changing a selection state of a first-level option in the menu set, when the manipulation instruction matches with a second manipulation. The controller provides, when the manipulation instruction matches with a third manipulation, an instruction for changing a selection state of a second-level option, which is of a narrower concept than a first-level option currently selected. The controller provides an instruction for determining the second-level option, when the manipulation instruction matches with a fourth manipulation. The menu set is on the display such that a name of the first-level option indicating a function of the multimedia apparatus is displayed in a center, and a name of the second-level option, which is of the narrower concept than the first-level option is displayed. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261403 | MEDIA GENERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A media generation system and method are provided. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261404 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE CONTROL SERVICE IN A NETWORK - Methods and apparatuses are provided for providing a Control User Interface (CUI) by a terminal. A location of the terminal is identified. The CUI, including information corresponding to the location of the terminal, is displayed. A command for controlling a device is generated based on the displayed CUI. The command is transmitted to the device or to a server connected to the device. The information corresponding to the location of the terminal is received from the device or from the server. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261405 | Methods Including Anchored-Pattern Data Entry And Visual Input Guidance - In general, computer-implemented methods relating to anchored data entry are provided. Methods may include storing the location of a held indication (e.g. thumb held on a surface) as an anchor. In some embodiments, methods may evaluate for data entry by comparing the locations of indications within a set of indications (e.g. several touches on a tablet) for match to a pattern type and then evaluate the indication set's location as a whole relative to the anchor. Methods may allow typing and visual guides to move with the hand. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261406 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNLOCKING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for unlocking an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes: configuring, at the electronic device, a gesture password; storing, at the electronic device, the gesture password; detecting, at the electronic device, gestures on a touch screen of the electronic device when the electronic device is in a locked state; determining, at the electronic device, whether the detected gestures are consistent with the gesture password stored in the electronic device; and unlocking the electronic device if the detected gestures are consistent with the gesture password stored in the electronic device. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261407 | ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A frequency adjustment device | 2015-09-17 |
20150261408 | Multi-stage Cursor Control - Multi-stage cursor control techniques are described herein in which a control algorithm having multiple stages is applied to facilitate fine grained control over cursor movement and positioning. In one or more implementations, monitoring is performed to detect input provided via a controller for a computing device to manipulate a cursor within a user interface for an application. When input is detected, a multi-stage damping algorithm is applied to the detected input. The multi-stage damping algorithm may include both spatial and temporal dampening factors. Movement of the cursor is rendered in accordance with the damped input determined via application of the algorithm. Then, when input to manipulate the cursor is concluded, an attraction sequence is initiated to move the cursor to a target element contained in the user interface. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261409 | GESTURE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF GESTURE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - A gesture recognition apparatus detecting a gesture from an acquired image and transmitting an instruction to move a pointer in correspondence with the gesture to an object device, the gesture recognition apparatus includes an image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image; a gesture acquiring unit configured to acquire a shape of an object part performing a gesture and a motion of the object part from the acquired image; and a pointer control unit configured to generate an instruction to move a pointer in correspondence with a motion of the object part, and to output the instruction to the object device, wherein the pointer control unit determines a movement amount of the pointer based on the shape of the object part and the motion of the object part. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261410 | Group Volume Control - An example method involves providing an interface that simultaneously displays an indication of a respective volume corresponding to each of at least two zone players and displays a respective selectable icon corresponding to each of the at least two zone players. Each respective selectable icon indicates whether the corresponding zone player has been selected for a group, and at least one of the respective selectable icons indicates that a respective zone player has been selected for the group. The interface further displays an indication of a group volume associated with the at least one selected zone player. The method further includes receiving a command to change at least one of a respective volume of one or more of the at least one selected zone player or the group volume, and transmitting an indication of the received command to one or more of the at least one selected zone player. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261411 | DISPLAYING COLLABORATION ICONS FOR COLLABORATION STATES - A collaboration icon system displays collaboration icons representing a current collaboration state of a resource. The collaboration icon system determines the collaboration state of the resource. When the collaboration state indicates that the resource does not have multiple editors, the collaboration icon system displays a share icon that is selectable to support sharing the resource. When the collaboration state indicates that the resource has multiple editors, the collaboration icon system displays an editors icon to support sharing the resource and accessing information relating to the editors. The share icon and the editors icon provide an indication of the collaboration state while the resource is being accessed. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261412 | DECISION-ORIENTED HEXAGONAL ARRAY GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE - A hexagonal graphical user interface (GUI) is provided in which a user interface is rendered including one or more primary icons, each of the one or more primary icons comprising a hexagon and representing an initial state. In the GUI, responsive to the selection of a first icon from the primary icons, one or more secondary icons are displayed, where each of the secondary icons is a hexagon and positioned in the user interface in a hexagonal tiling (hextille) arrangement with respect to at least one of the first icon or another one of the secondary icons, and where each of the secondary icons represents additional states subsequent to the initial state along valid paths from the initial state. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261413 | SYSTEM AND METHODS OF ACTIVATING AN INTERNET RELATED ACTIVITY USING A DATA FIELD IN A BROWSER WINDOW - A method of activating an internet related activity using a computerized apparatus operatively connected to the Internet, the method facilitating a user using a web browser with a browser window, having a data field for entering data, to use the data field to perform one or more selected internet related activity using the entered data. The method includes providing selecting icons in proximity to the data field, wherein an activation module is associated with each of the selecting icons, entering desired data into the data field by the user, selecting one or more of the selecting icons by the user, and activating the respective activation module associated with each of the selected icons. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261414 | COPY AND PASTE BETWEEN DEVICES - Generally discussed herein are systems and methods for transferring content from one device to another device. In one more embodiments an apparatus can include a first module to detect a request to perform a copy operation has been issued, receive content that was selected at a time the request to perform the copy operation was issued, or automatically create a machine-decodable image of the selected content in response to detecting the request, wherein the machine-decodable image includes the selected content encoded therein. The apparatus can include a display coupled to the first module to show the machine-decodable image. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261415 | Remote System Configuration via Modulated Audio - The user interface of a mobile computing device is used to configure a target system by establishing a physical connection between a mobile computing device and a target system, such as an audio cable connection between audio jacks of the two or an acoustic coupling through air between a microphones and speakers of the two; establishing an audio or low ultrasonic signal communication session between the two; responsive to the target system entering a configuration mode, prompting a user via the user interface of the mobile computing device to prepare configuration parameter values for the target system; and implementing the configuration parameter values in the target system using the communication session and the physical connection. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261416 | Rules Based User Interface Architecture - A method is provided for an electronics device user interface (UI) to create a rules-validated service request. Initially, a UI device presents a plurality of selections, and accepts a selection command from a user. A UI application sends the selection command to a rules engine. The rules engine compares the selection command to a rules collection cross-referencing selection commands to allowable selection commands, wherein a rule is defined as a relationship between service parameters. In response to the rules engine validating the selection commands, the UI application sends a service request including the selection commands to a service device, and the service device performs a service defined in the service request. In response to the rules engine invalidating the selection command, the UI device may present an explanation of a rule violation associated with the invalid selection command. An associated system is also provided. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261417 | BEAK RIBBON SYSTEM - A beak ribbon system provides a beak-based ribbon user interface with a gliding beak, shifting commands, and an expanding and collapsing beak box. When a user selects a first name of first commands, the beak ribbon system then displays a beak box that has a beak pointing to the first name and that contains the first commands. Upon receiving a selection of a second name of second commands, the beak ribbon system glides the beak in an animated manner from pointing to the first name to pointing to the second name and replaces the first commands in the beak box with the second commands. The beak ribbon system may also shift the second commands in an animated manner from the first identification towards the second identification. The beak ribbon system may also expand and collapse the beak box in an animated manner. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261418 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT - A method and an electronic device are provided for displaying content. The electronic device includes a display unit that includes a display unit configured to display an image in a first area and display text in a second area, when content including the image and the text are provided; and a controller configured to detect a user input provided on the display unit, move a portion of the content in response to the user input, and display an undisplayed portion of at least one of the image and the text in the first and second areas of the display unit, respectively. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261419 | Web-Based Video Navigation, Editing and Augmenting Apparatus, System and Method - A web-based system providing a service for on demand editing, navigation, and augmenting of audiovisual files comprising a pinner/navigator which automatically creates a .CXU file of an audiovisual project file uploaded to the service, the .CXU file capturing incidence time offsets for textual objects in the file, the pinner/navigator comprising an editor providing a graphical user interface enabling users to edit the audiovisual project file by modifying textual objects, pinning beginning and ending boundaries for textual objects of interest, and navigating the file by selecting textual objects, the pinner/navigator automatically outputting an edited project file per user edits; a service API wrapper providing an interface for accessing one or more recognition services which automatically generate semantic metadata comprising recognized objects for the uploaded audiovisual file, a semantics calculator operating on the recognized objects using a semantic calculus, a semantics editor, and an audiovisual file encoder/decoder. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261420 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a graphical user interface that displays information on a plurality of different types of content on a single screen. The graphical user interface includes an overview display area and a detail display area. The overview display area displays an overview of the information on the content in chronological order, based on time information for the plurality of the different types of content. The detail display area displays, in greater detail, the information on the content that corresponds to the time information that is selected in the overview display area. Scrolling the information that is displayed in the overview display area causes the information on the content that is displayed in the detail display area to be scrolled. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261421 | IMAGE ROTATION BASED ON TOUCH GESTURES - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for facilitating rotation of images in response to gestures. A user can provide a gesture to effectuate a desired rotation of an image. In some implementations, a user might provide a rotation gesture (i.e., a circular pattern) to cause an in-plane image rotation or a stroke gesture (i.e., a straight line pattern) to cause an out-of-plane image rotation. Using intuitive gestures, such as touch gestures, the user can control the direction and axis of rotation as well as the amount of rotation, for example, to accomplish a desired rotation of an image. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261422 | ZOOMING USER INTERFACE FOR A MATERIAL HANDLING CONTROL SYSTEM - A zooming user interface for a material handling control system is provided. A method carried out by at least one processor may include providing a representative diagram of a material handling system for display on a display at a first zoom level, receiving a user request for a change in a zoom level of at least a portion of the representative diagram, and in response to receiving the user request providing the at least a portion of the representative diagram of the material handling system for display on the display at a second zoom level. The at least a portion of the representative diagram may include additional content at the second zoom level. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261423 | PRESENTING ELEMENTS BASED ON CONFIGURATION OF DEVICE - In one aspect, an apparatus includes a touch-enabled display, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to make a first determination that a device is being or has been transitioned between a laptop configuration and a tablet configuration. The instructions are also executable by the processor to, at least in part based on the first determination, make a second determination pertaining to at least one change in presentation of an element presented on the touch-enabled display from a first presentation to a second presentation. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261424 | Tablet Transition Screens - An apparatus and method are provided for a tablet computer system to entertain an end-user during otherwise boring periods while background operations are performed by the tablet computer. The tablet computer comprises navigation controls, a display screen, and an operating system that enables the end-user to interact with the operating system. Transition screens stored on the tablet computer are configured to display interesting images, animated sequences, and text on the display screen. Audio soundtracks corresponding to the content of the transition screens are configured to be played by way of loudspeakers of the tablet computer. In one embodiment, the transition screen is an animated skit performed by a cartoon character, and the relevant text and audio are popular slogans spoken by the cartoon character. Another embodiment of the transition screen is an animation of a famous actor accompanied by well known sayings attributed to the actor. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261425 | OPTIMIZED PRESENTATION OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - Methods and arrangements are provided for the optimized configuration of media bundles to facilitate media presentations on client devices. In particular, media bundles are submitted by content providers for displaying media presentations associated with a video or audio product. The media bundles can contain instructions for presenting content, as well as digital media assets for use in media presentations. The media bundles are then optimized for the formatting and presentation of media content based on the unique display and usage characteristics of the client device, and are displayed on the client device in the optimized fashion. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261426 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION USING IMAGES, SKETCHING, AND STAMPING - A method for creating and specifying stamps for a piece of content includes, in part, defining a first set of user interface items for selecting a first stamp and defining a second set of user interface items for selecting a second stamp. The method optionally includes defining a third set of user interface items for selecting a relationship operator stamp that identifies a relationship between the first stamp and the second stamp. The method optionally includes defining a fourth set of user interface items for adding user input and a fifth set of user interface items for receiving user input. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261427 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method of the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display on the display a display screen including one or more device type icons, each of the one or more device type icons representing each of the one or more target devices for each of device types; and when selection of any one of the one or more device type icons is sensed on the display screen, display a device screen for one or more target devices included in one device type corresponding to the selected one device type icon. The device screen includes one or more first operation screens and a second operation screen, each of the one or more first operation screens being used for operating respective one of the one or more target devices, the second operation screen being used for turning off powers of all of the one or more target devices. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261428 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING A WEB-BASED USER INTERFACE - A method and apparatus for updating a web-based user interface. The method comprises generating a user interface for a host application, accessing the user interface in a web browser, and modify the user interface within the web browser during run-time of the application. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261429 | SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE DATA ENTRY IN MOBILE AND FIXED ENVIRONMENT - A data input system has a keypad defining a plurality of keys. Each key contains at least one symbol of a group of symbols. The group of symbols is divided into subgroups each having at least one of alphabetical symbols, numeric symbols, and command symbols, where each subgroup is associated with at least a portion of a user's finger. A finger recognition system is in communication with at least one key, where the key has at least a first symbol from a first subgroup and at least a second symbol from a second subgroup. The finger recognition system recognizes the portion of the user's finger when the finger interacts with the key so as to select the symbol on the key, corresponding to the subgroup associated with the portion of the user's finger. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261430 | DOCUMENT DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - A document data distribution system includes a distribution unit that distributes document data, an acquisition section, an intersection determination section, and an erase section. The acquisition section acquires a plurality of through points representing a write line drawn to be overlaid on the document data and a plurality of through points representing an erase line for erasing portions of the write line drawn to be overlaid on the document data. The intersection determination section adds a relay point between the through points of the write line and determines two of the through points and relay points of the write line as boundary points of an intersection area where the erase line intersects with the write line. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261431 | INFORMATION TERMINAL - The present invention allows a software keyboard and an application in execution to coexist. The present invention includes a display area setting section ( | 2015-09-17 |
20150261432 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - Each of first and second types of swipe operation, different from each other, performed by a user on a touch panel associated with a display panel, can be detected. An area on a user interface screen displayed on the display panel, where the first type of swipe operation is valid, is predefined. When the first type of swipe operation is detected in the predefined area on a first user interface screen which is identified by a combination of a first operation target and a first group of operation elements, the user interface screen is changed to a second user interface screen which is identified by a combination of the first operation target and a second group of operation elements. When the second type of swipe operation is detected on the first or second user interface screen, the user interface screen is changed to a third user interface screen. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261433 | EFFICIENT TOUCH EMULATION WITH NAVIGATION KEYS - A method for converting touch functionalities to key operated functionalities, comprising: identifying a layout hierarchy structure of a plurality of user interface (UI) elements in an application; defining a plurality of areas of the UI, each corresponding with one of the plurality of UI elements having a touch responsiveness property; and activating a touch event of a UI element corresponding with a currently selected area when an activation key is pressed by said user. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261434 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND SERVER - A data storage system includes a storage server, including non-volatile memory (NVM) and a server network interface controller (NIC), which couples the storage server to a network. A host computer includes a host central processing unit (CPU), a host memory and a host NIC, which couples the host computer to the network. The host computer runs a driver program that is configured to receive, from processes running on the host computer, commands in accordance with a protocol defined for accessing local storage devices connected to a peripheral component interface bus of the host computer, and upon receiving a storage access command in accordance with the protocol, to initiate a remote direct memory access (RDMA) operation to be performed by the host and server NICs so as to execute on the storage server, via the network, a storage transaction specified by the command. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261435 | Measured Value Transducer with Internal Data Memory - The present invention relates to a measured value transducer ( | 2015-09-17 |
20150261436 | FLEXIBLE STORAGE BLOCK FOR A SOLID STATE DRIVE (SSD)-BASED FILE SYSTEM - Techniques generally described are related to a flexible storage block based on solid state devices. One example method to update data stored in a storage block may include maintaining, by a flash storage module, a cluster link in the storage block for storing a file, wherein the cluster link links together a plurality of data clusters that are storage spaces provided by one or more solid state devices. The method may include, in response to a first request to update data stored in a first data cluster amongst the plurality of data clusters, allocating a second data cluster to store the updated data. The method may further include linking the second data cluster to the cluster link, wherein the linking the second data cluster to the cluster link invalidates the first data cluster in the cluster link. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261437 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory includes a plurality of planes vertically stacked over a substrate. Each plane includes one or more cell mats. Each cell mat includes lower lines, upper lines crossing the lower lines, and variable resistance elements positioned in intersection regions of the lower lines and the upper lines, respectively. Lower contacts are coupled to the lower lines, respectively, and, in a plan view, overlap with a boundary region between half of the upper lines and the other half number of the upper lines. Upper contacts are coupled to the upper lines, respectively, and overlap with a boundary region between a half number of the lower lines and the other half number of the lower lines. One cell mat of an upper plane is vertically stacked over a lower plane to overlap with two adjacent cell mats of the lower plane. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261438 | Apparatus and Method For Cache Provisioning, Configuration For Optimal Application Performance - In an embodiment of the invention, a method comprises: recording application-level heuristics and IO-level (input/output-level) heuristics; correlating and analyzing the application-level heuristics and IO-level heuristics; and based on an analysis and correlation of the application-level heuristics and IO-level heuristics, generating a policy for achieving optimal application performance. In another embodiment of the invention, an apparatus comprises: a system configured to record application-level heuristics and IO-level heuristics, to correlate and analyze the application-level heuristics and IO-level heuristics, and based on an analysis and correlation of the application-level heuristics and IO-level heuristics, to generate a policy for achieving optimal application performance. | 2015-09-17 |