46th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180329518 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR PHYSICAL CONTACT ACTIVATED DISPLAY AND NAVIGATION - Methods, systems and devices are provided for providing user interface navigation of screen display metrics of a device. In one example, a device is configured for capture of activity data for a user. The device includes a housing and a screen disposed on the housing to display a plurality of metrics which include metrics that characterize the activity captured over time. The device further includes a sensor disposed in the housing to capture physical contact upon the housing. A processor is included to process the physical contact to determine if the physical contact qualifies as an input. The processor enables the screen from an off state when the physical contact qualifies as the input. The screen is configured to display one or more of the plurality of metrics in accordance with a scroll order, and a first metric displayed in response to the physical contact that qualifies as the input. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329519 | CONTROL DEVICE, INPUT DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, HANDHELD DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - A control device includes: a receiver for receiving first information regarding the movement of a casing, and second information regarding whether to reflect the first information on the movement of coordinate values; a storage unit for storing a whole-screen region including a real-screen region, and a virtual-screen region set around the real-screen region; a generator for generating the coordinate values within the whole-screen region based on the first information; a switcher for switching a first state in which the coordinate values are movable, and a second state in which the coordinate values are immovable, based on the second information; a determining unit for determining which of the real-screen region or the virtual-screen region the coordinate values belong to; and a coordinate-value control unit for controlling the coordinate values so as to move the coordinate values within the virtual-screen region to the position of predetermined coordinate values within the real-screen region. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329520 | wrist support device - The present invention relates generally to a device and methods for enhancing the proper ergonomics of the hand and wrist when using a keyboard, mouse, magic track pad, computer peripheral, writing instrument, or game controller such as a video game controller or an air hockey paddle. The wrist support device, according to the present invention, is comprised of an external pivot joint having an exterior surface that is rounded along a transverse axis and an interior coupling cavity configured to couple to a cushion. The cushion permanently attaches to the interior coupling cavity throughout the life of the cushion, which is most typically a number of months. The cushion releasably attaches to a human's hand or wrist for use when the person is working on a computer or performing other tasks such as typing, using a computer mouse, magic track pad that may cause a narrowing of the carpal tunnel or impinge blood flow to the median nerve, such as game playing or using peripheral controllers or devices. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329521 | APPLICATION PROGRAM MODE BASED ON DEVICE ORIENTATION - To address the issues of presentation display, a mobile computing device is provided. The mobile computing device may include a two-part housing coupled by a hinge, with first and second parts that include first and second displays, respectively. The displays may rotate around the hinge throughout a plurality of angular orientations. The mobile computing device may include an angle sensor, one or more inertial measurement units, and a processor mounted in the housing. The angle sensor may detect a relative angular orientation of the first and second displays, and the inertial measurement unit may measure a spatial orientation of the device, which together define a posture of the device. The processor may be configured to execute an application program and, based on the posture of the device, select a display mode of the application program that defines a layout of graphical user interface elements displayed on the displays. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329522 | ROTATIONAL APPLICATION DISPLAY FOR MULTI-SCREEN DEVICE - A mobile computing device including a housing including a first display and a second display mounted to face away from each other, an orientation sensor mounted in the housing, the orientation sensor being configured to detect flip motions indicating that the mobile computing device has been flipped in a direction from a first side to a second side, and a processor mounted in the housing, the processor being configured to display a first application program on the first display, based on detecting a rightward flip motion from the first display to the second display, display a second application program on the second display, and based on detecting a leftward flip motion from the first display to the second display, display a third application program on the second display. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329523 | AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF A WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY PROTOCOL FOR AN INPUT DEVICE - Certain embodiments include a computer-method includes searching for a receiver having an active first wireless communication protocol. When the receiver is detected, the mobile input device connects to the receiver, and when the receiver is not detected, the method includes searching for a host computer having an active second wireless communication protocol (e.g., Bluetooth®) after the receiver is not detected. The method further includes connecting the mobile input device to the host computer when the receiver is not detected and the active second type of wireless communication protocol is detected. The method then continues to search for the receiver while the mobile input device is connected to the host computer having the second wireless communication protocol, and automatically switches the wireless connection from the host computer having the second wireless communication protocol to the receiver when the first type of receiver is detected. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329524 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, SENSOR CONTROLLER, AND STYLUS - A sensor controller can be used with both a first stylus that operates in a first communication mode and a second stylus that operates in a second communication mode. The sensor controller performs a dual mode discovery process in which a first discovery process and a second discovery process are alternately performed. During the first discovery process, the sensor controller transmits a search signal for detecting the first stylus. During the second discovery process, the sensor controller performs processing to detect a signal transmitted by the second stylus. When a response to the search signal that is transmitted by the first stylus is detected, an operating mode of the sensor controller is determined to be the first mode. When the signal transmitted by second stylus is detected, the operating mode of the sensor controller is determined to be the second mode. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329525 | MOUSE DEVICE - A mouse device includes a casing, a top cover, an adjusting module and a pressing part. The casing is covered by the top cover. The top cover is movable relative to the casing. The top cover includes a saw-toothed plate. The saw-toothed plate is inserted into an inner portion of the casing and contacted with the adjusting module. The pressing part is connected with the adjusting module. When the pressing part is pressed to trigger the adjusting module, the saw-toothed plate is pushed by the adjusting module and the top cover is moved form a first position to a second position. Consequently, a shape of the mouse device is changed. The shape of the mouse device is changeable according to the size of the user's palm. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329526 | Pressure Sensitive Stylus - A stylus device includes circuitry that includes hardware and/or software for detecting force applied to a tip of the stylus device and communicating the detected force to a host device. The detected force may be represented by a signal generated as a function of capacitance. A force response circuit modifies a force dependent capacitive response by increasing the force dependent capacitive response in a low force range relative to a high force range. A signal is generated based on the modified force dependent capacitive response and communicated to a host device or other communications transceiver of the host device. The host device generates digital ink with a weight (e.g., thickness) dependent on the detected force. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329527 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CHARGING PEN - Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for charging a pen, and the pen may include: a resonance circuit unit that resonates with an electromagnetic field formed in an electronic device to output a resonance signal; a switch control unit that, when the intensity of the resonance signal exceeds an intensity of a first reference range, outputs a signal corresponding to a first level range; and a switch unit that connects the resonance circuit unit and a battery in response to reception of the signal corresponding to the first level range. Various embodiments in addition thereto are also possible. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329528 | STYLUS AND CONTROLLER - A controller of an in-cell type liquid crystal display device is provided. The controller controls first and second electrodes that intersect each other, supplies a pixel driving voltage to the first electrodes during a pixel driving period, and detects a stylus position using the first and second electrodes during a stylus detection period different from the pixel driving period. The controller transmits, using the second electrodes, a command requesting a transmission of a downlink signal to the stylus. The controller detects, using the first and second electrodes, the downlink signal transmitted from the stylus in response to the command, and detects the stylus position based on the detected downlink signal. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329529 | DYNAMIC VISUAL INDICATIONS FOR INPUT DEVICES - An input device for providing input to a computing device. The input device includes a body, a visual element, and a processing element in communication with the visual element. The processing element dynamically changes a graphic displayed by the visual element to correspond to presentation data corresponding to the input device as presented to the computing device. The dynamic changes in the graphic provide indication to a user regarding the current state of the input device. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329530 | FOLDABLE FLEXIBLE TOUCH SCREEN AND FLEXIBLE TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A flexible touch screen fold along middle is provided. The flexible touch screen has a window region with a touch function, a folded section, and a non-window region for arranging leads. A part of the electrodes located at the folded section is made of transparent electrode material with a bending resistance. Because the electrodes of the folded section are made of the material with a bending resistance, the bending stress of the electrodes at the folded area of the flexible touch display panel can be improved, and the service life of the flexible touch display panel can be increased. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329531 | GRATING STRUCTURE, DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - The present application discloses a grating structure. The grating structure includes a transparent base substrate a first grating layer on the transparent base substrate and configured to direct light transmitted through a grating structure into a first view zone and a second view zone; and a first touch signal line layer on the transparent base substrate and including a plurality of first touch signal lines. The first grating layer includes a plurality of first light barriers respectively in a plurality of first light blocking regions and a plurality of first slits respectively in a plurality of first light transmissive regions. At least one of the plurality of first touch signal lines extends through one of the plurality of the first light blocking regions. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329532 | OPERATION DETECTION DEVICE - An operation detection device includes a detector configured to detect a detection target that approaches and contacts an operation surface, and a determination unit configured to, in a case where a plurality of detection values of greater than or equal to a proximity threshold value are located at separate positions of the operation surface due to detection of a non-detection target different from the detection target, set setting ranges having a same predetermined size such that the detection values of greater than or equal to the proximity threshold value are centered. The determination unit is configured to regard a detection value of greater than or equal to the proximity threshold value in a setting range having a smallest one of calculation values calculated from the detection values included in the setting ranges as a detection value with which the detection target is detected so as to determine an operation. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329533 | CAPACITANCE DETECTION METHOD, POSITION DETECTION METHOD, TOUCH PANEL CONTROLLER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Capacitance distribution between each of detection electrodes and a stylus pen on a touch panel is detected with a simple configuration. A read step and a detection step are included. In the read step, a switch element selected among a plurality of drive sense switch elements (DST) between detection electrodes (E) and drive sense lines (DS) aligned in an X-axis direction based on a code sequence via control lines (DSS) aligned in a Y-axis direction is made to turn on, and a linear sum signal is read from each of the detection electrodes (E). In the detection step, a capacitance is detected. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329534 | TOUCH SCREEN SENSOR - The present application relates to a touch screen sensor. A touch screen sensor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application includes a driving electrode unit including a driving electrode pattern (Tx pattern) provided on a first base substrate; and a sensitive electrode unit including a sensitive electrode pattern (Rx pattern) provided on a second base substrate, in which the driving electrode pattern and the sensitive electrode pattern include conductive metal lines and the touch screen sensor includes at least one touch non-sensing area and at least one touch sensing area. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329535 | Fabric Touch Sensor - A planar (two-dimensional, XY location) touch sensor may include a knitted structure and supplementary method of sensing detects human touch on a fabric surface. This sensor may be fully knitted and detect the continuous planar location and contact force of human touch along the surface of the structure. The fabric may conform to any arbitrary surface and may be a rectangle for touch pad applications. This sensor may be used for applications that include robotics and human-machine interaction, smart garments and wearables, as well as medical textiles and flexible embedded sensors. This touch sensor may require as few as only two electrode connections from the fabric to sense both planar touch and pressure, which allows it to work in areas with limited space that allow for limited complexity for wiring. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329536 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TOUCH SENSING ON DISPLAY PANEL - A semiconductor device includes an analog front end and processing circuitry. The analog front end is configured to obtain capacitance detection data depending on capacitances of a plurality of sense electrodes of a liquid crystal display panel. The processing circuitry is configured to generate touch sensing data associated with a current touch sensing frame, based on capacitance detection data associated with the current touch sensing frame and capacitance detection data associated with a former touch sensing frame selected in response to a state in which the liquid crystal display panel is placed in the current touch sensing frame. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329537 | TOUCH SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A TOUCH SENSOR - A touch sensor has a first touch electrode extending in a first direction, a second touch electrode extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a third touch electrode extending in a third direction intersecting between the first direction and the second direction, and a fourth touch electrode extending in a fourth direction intersecting the third direction, the first touch electrode is in the same layer as the second touch electrode. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329538 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SENSING BIOLOGICAL FEATURE - A biological feature-sensing device for acquiring biological feature information by sensing a biological feature is provided. The biological feature-sensing device includes a capacitive touch panel and a control circuit. The capacitive touch panel includes signal transmitting lines and signal receiving lines. A first pitch of the signal transmitting lines or a second pitch of the signal receiving lines is greater than or equal to a minimum on-center spacing of the biological feature. The control circuit receives first and second voltage signals through two sets of signal receiving lines in response to first and second charge/discharge signals transmitted through two sets of signal transmitting lines, and generates a characteristic value according to the first and second voltage signals. Many characteristic values corresponding to different combinations of the signal transmitting lines and signal receiving lines are generated accordingly to form a characteristic value matrix representing the biological feature information. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329539 | Touch Sensitive Processing Apparatus, System and Method Thereof - The present invention provides a touch sensitive processing apparatus configured for: according to one or more first touch line pieces corresponding to one or more external objects in a first set, transmitting driving signals via one or more first electrodes corresponding to the one or more first touch line pieces and sensing the driving signals via multiple second electrodes to form at least a one-dimensional sensing information; composing a two-dimensional sensing information according to the at least a one-dimensional sensing information; preserving sensing information which is corresponding to one or more second touch line pieces in the two-dimensional sensing information, wherein the one or more second touch line pieces is a part of a second set which is corresponding to the one or more external objects; calculating one or more positions of the one or more external objects according to the two-dimensional sensing information. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329540 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN WITH TIME OVERLAPPED CONCURRENT SCANNING OPERATION USING CODED DRIVE SIGNALS - A capacitive sensing system includes a capacitive sensing panel with drive lines and sense lines. Each drive line includes a drive circuit. A code generator operates to generate modulation codes. A drive controller generates drive signals wherein each drive signal is modulated by one of the modulation codes. The generated drive signals are applied to the drive lines through the drive circuits. The drive controller operates to simultaneously generate the drive signals for application to a corresponding group of drive lines during a drive period. Separate groups of drive lines are sequentially driven with the same drive signals during drive periods that only partially overlap. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329541 | TOUCH SCREEN SENSOR - A touch screen sensor includes a visible light transparent substrate and an electrically conductive micropattern disposed on or in the visible light transparent substrate. The micropattern includes a first region micropattern within a touch sensing area and a second region micropattern. The first region micropattern has a first sheet resistance value in a first direction, is visible light transparent, and has at least 90% open area. The second region micropattern has a second sheet resistance value in the first direction. The first sheet resistance value is different from the second sheet resistance value. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329542 | FAST MULTI-TOUCH NOISE REDUCTION - A low-latency touch sensitive device provides a method for determining a location of a touch event thereon. The touch sensitive device 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 set of orthogonal row signals are simultaneously transmitted on a respective one of at least some of the row conductors and an amount of each of the plurality of orthogonal row signals present on each of the plurality of column conductors is detected. A set of orthogonal column signals are simultaneously transmitted on a respective one of at least some of the column conductors. An amount of each of the orthogonal column signals present on each of the plurality of row conductors is detected. The detected amount of each of the plurality of orthogonal row signals and the detected amount of each of the plurality of orthogonal column signals is used to determine the location of a touch event on the device. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329543 | INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An input device includes a first substrate, a first light-emitting element unit, and a third electrode unit. The first substrate has a first surface and a second surface. The first light-emitting element includes a first electrode unit formed on the second surface, a second electrode unit formed in a layer different from that of the first electrode unit, and a luminescent layer electrically in contact with at least a part of the first electrode unit and a part of the second electrode unit, and formed between the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit. The third electrode unit is insulated from the first electrode unit and detects a change in an electric field between the first electrode unit and the third electrode unit depending on coordinates of a proximity object present at a position overlapping with the first surface in planar view. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329544 | IN-CELL TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHODS FOR TESTING AND MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A in-cell touch display device includes first sensing lines, second sensing lines, first touch electrodes electrically connected to the first sensing lines respectively, second touch electrodes electrically connected to the second sensing lines respectively, first and second switches, and first and second touch testing pads. The first and second switches are disposed in a non-display area, in which the first switches have first terminals electrically connected to the first sensing lines, control terminals electrically connected to each other, and second terminals electrically connected to each other. The second switches have first terminals electrically connected to the second sensing lines, control terminals electrically connected to each other, and second terminals electrically connected to each other. The first touch testing pad is electrically connected to the second terminals of the first switches. The second touch testing pad is electrically connected to the second terminals of the second switches. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329545 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND VEHICLE FOR CONTROLLING AN ON-VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A method, apparatus, and vehicle for controlling an on-vehicle display system are provided. The control method includes selecting, one of a display mode for information display and a non-display mode for light control in a vehicle, as a target operation mode. The control method also includes controlling the on-vehicle display system to display effective information when the target operation mode is the display mode. Further, the control method includes controlling the on-vehicle display system to control light in the vehicle when the target operation mode is the auxiliary mode. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329546 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL, A DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display panel, a driving method thereof, and a touch display device are provided. The touch display panel includes a timing controller, a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to the first substrate. The first substrate includes a base substrate and common electrodes arranged on the base substrate. The first substrate further includes a touch switching unit connected to the timing controller via a touch control line and configured to control, within a touch time period, the common electrodes to receive a touch driving signal under the control of a touch control signal from the touch control line, and a display switching unit connected to the timing controller via a display control line and configured to control, within a display time period, the common electrodes to receive a common electrode voltage signal under the control of a display control signal from the display control line. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329547 | SHIFT REGISTER UNITS AND DRIVING METHODS, GATE DRIVING CIRCUITS AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICES - The present disclosure provides a shift register unit comprising a first signal input terminal, a second signal input terminal, an input and reset module, a pull-up module, a pull-down module, a pull-down control module, a clock signal input terminal, a first level input terminal, a second level input terminal, a first voltage terminal, a second voltage terminal, a signal output terminal, a discharge module and a current leakage suppression module. The present disclosure further provides a gate driving circuit, a touch display device, and a method for driving a shift register unit. A phenomenon of dark lines does not occur during display on the touch display device. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329548 | DISPLAY MODULE, TOUCH PANEL CONTROLLER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - To acquire touch position data with a good SN ratio without affecting a display action of a display element, a touch panel includes a non-drive region and a drive region. The non-drive region moves so as to correspond to one of a plurality of scanning signal lines selected and driven in order in a display period included in each frame of a display element. The drive region represents a region except for the non-drive region. A touch panel controller drives a signal line corresponding to the drive region and stops driving a signal line corresponding to the non-drive region. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329549 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The first and second touch electrodes constitute a mesh shape of staying away from overlap with the light-emitting pixels. Each electrode body has a first slim portion between adjacent light-emitting pixels in the first direction. Each electrode body has a first wide portion between adjacent light-emitting pixels in the second direction. The first wide portion is wider than the first slim portion. The jumper electrode has a second slim portion between adjacent light-emitting pixels in the first direction. The jumper electrode has a second wide portion between adjacent light-emitting pixels in the second direction. The second wide portion is wider than the second slim portion. The light-emitting pixels each have a planar shape longer in the second direction than in the first direction. The first and second wide portions are overlapped and electrically conductive, penetrating the insulation film. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329550 | Systems and Methods for Interacting with Multiple Applications that are Simultaneously Displayed on an Electronic Device with a Touch-Sensitive Display - Systems and methods for multitasking using touch-sensitive devices are disclosed. An example method includes: displaying a first application in a display area that occupies substantially all of a touch-sensitive display (TSD). While displaying the first application: displaying a dock overlaying a first portion of the display area; detecting a contact over a first affordance displayed within the dock, and the first affordance is associated with a second set of applications; detecting movement of the contact away from the dock. Upon detecting a liftoff of the contact from the TSD while the contact is over a second portion of the display area different from the first portion, the method further includes: displaying (i) the first set of application and (ii) at least some of the second set of applications in the display area that occupies substantially all of the touch-sensitive display. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329551 | MULTIMEDIA, MULTIUSER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A multiuser, multi-interface computing system includes a computer system, and a continuous substrate including a first surface and a second surface. The substrate includes at least two touch sensitive regions, each touch sensitive region including a continuous touch sensitive surface that covers at least a portion of at least one display and an individual interface for selecting applications. The touch sensitive surface is configured to serve as the primary input to the computer system. The continuous substrate is transparent within the touch sensitive regions. The multiuser, multi-interface computing system is configured so that the at least two users can use the touch sensitive regions simultaneously. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329552 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a display device capable of reducing the thickness and the weigh thereof. A display device having a touch sensor realizes electrical connection of a routing line and a touch pad via an auxiliary conductive layer, which is connected to the routing line under an encapsulation unit, even if a disconnection fault occurs in the routing line, thereby achieving increased yield and reliability. In addition, through the provision of a touch sensor disposed above the encapsulation unit, a separate attachment process is unnecessary, which results in a simplified manufacturing process and reduced costs. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329553 | IN-CELL TOUCH PANEL - An in-cell touch panel is disclosed. The in-cell touch panel includes a plurality of pixels. A laminated structure of each pixel includes a substrate, an encapsulation layer, an organic emissive layer, a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The encapsulation layer is disposed opposite to the substrate. The organic emissive layer is formed between the substrate and the encapsulation layer. The first conductive layer is formed between the organic emissive layer and the encapsulation layer. The second conductive layer is formed between the organic emissive layer and the encapsulation layer. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329554 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a display device which may achieve process simplification and cost reduction. The display device having touch sensors includes display pads arranged in a non-active area on a substrate and having a multilayer structure, an uppermost layer of the display pads is formed of a different material from conductive layers included in the touch sensors arranged on an encapsulation unit, and, thus, damage to the display pads during formation of the touch sensors may be prevented, process margin may be increased and high resolution may be implemented. Further, the touch sensors are arranged on the encapsulation unit without a separate attachment process and, thus, process simplification and cost reduction of the display device may be achieved. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329555 | TOUCH SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A touch sensor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a sensing channel. The first electrode includes first electrode cells arranged in a first direction, a first connection portion connecting the first electrode cells in the first direction and a first opening disposed in at least one of the first electrode cells. The second electrode includes an electrode portion disposed in the first opening. The electrode portion is disposed on a same layer as the first electrode cells and separated from the first electrode. The sensing channel includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal is connected to the first electrode. The second terminal is connected to the second electrode. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329556 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH DETECTING FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detecting function includes: a substrate; a display area; a touch detection electrode provided with a plurality of conductive thin wires, each of the conductive thin wires including a plurality of thin wire pieces each having a linear shape and including a first end and a second end; a drive electrode; and a display functional layer. The adjacent thin wire pieces are arranged so as to be bent at a bent portion serving as a portion at which the second end of the one thin wire piece of the adjacent thin wire pieces is connected to the first end of the other thin wire piece of the adjacent thin wire pieces, and the conductive thin wires include a bent portion having an angle formed by the adjacent thin wire pieces different from angles of the other bent portions. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329557 | HYBRID TOUCH CONTROL METHOD - An hybrid touch control method applied to an electronic apparatus comprising a touch interface. The hybrid touch control method comprises: (a) sensing if an object presses the touch interface to generate a pressure sensing signal; (b) sensing if the object touches the touch interface to generate a touch sensing signal; and (c) controlling the electronic apparatus according to the pressure sensing signal, but not according to the touch sensing signal. The step (c) can be replaced by: maintain or to stop an operation that the electronic apparatus is performing according to the pressure sensing signal if the touch sensing signal indicates the object is in a predetermined region of the touch interface. Via such method, the electronic apparatus can still be well controlled even if the touch is performed to a region that is not sensitive to touch. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329558 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING PRESSURE SENSOR - The present disclosure proposes an electronic device including: a window; a display part configured to display an image through the window; and a pressure sensor configured to detect a position and a pressure of a touch input applied through the window, wherein the pressure sensor includes: first and second electrode layers provided spaced apart from each other; and a piezoelectric layer provided between the first and second electrode layers, and the piezoelectric layer includes a plurality of cutaway portions formed with predetermined widths and depths. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329559 | OPERATING DEVICE - An operating device includes a planar operating element that includes at least one large surface and that is operable by an operator with the aid of an input element, and the operating device includes a mounting that enables a stroke movement of the operating element perpendicular to the large surface and that sets the operating element into a rotation in parallel to its large surface during the stroke movement. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329560 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF INPUT DEVICES AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device includes a touch screen display; a pressure sensing circuit; a fingerprint sensing circuit at least partially overlapped with the pressure sensing circuit; a wireless communication circuit; at least one processor; and a memory electrically connected with the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to detect a touch input through the touch screen display and a pressure input through the pressure sensing circuit, in a first state of the electronic device, in which the finger print sensing circuit is deactivated; activate the fingerprint sensing circuit in response to the touch input or the pressure input; detect a fingerprint of a finger of a user by using the fingerprint sensing circuit while detecting pressure of the finger of the user to the first plate; and induce the electronic device to become in a second state or third state based at least partially on the detected pressure. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329561 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch input device may be provided that includes a display module; a substrate which is disposed under the display module; a pressure sensor which is disposed between the display module and the substrate; and a pressure sensing circuit which outputs a predetermined voltage. The touch input device detects the pressure magnitude on the basis of the voltage output from the pressure sensing circuit. The pressure sensing circuit includes a pressure sensing node N | 2018-11-15 |
20180329562 | Method and Device for Testing Rotation Performance of Touch Display Screen - A method and a device for testing a rotation performance of a touch display screen are provided. The method comprises: determining at least two test positions in a display region of the touch display screen, the at least two test positions including at least one test position located in a central region of the display region and at least one test position located in an edge region of the display region; and testing a rotation performance corresponding to each test position of the at least two test positions. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329563 | TOUCH SYSTEM AND TOUCH SENSING CONTROLLER AND STYLUS PEN EMPLOYED THEREIN - A touch system includes a touch panel, a stylus pen and a touch sensing controller. The touch panel includes a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes. The stylus pen provides the touch panel with a pen frequency signal set for detecting a position of a stylus pen and a pressure of the stylus pen. The touch sensing controller outputs a plurality of driving signals having different frequency components to the touch panel and determines at least one of touch coordinates of a finger and touch coordinates of the stylus pen based on a plurality of sensing signals received from the touch panel. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329564 | INPUT AXIS ROTATIONS - Example implementations relate to touch-sensitive input devices. As an example, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprises instructions that when executed cause a controller of an electronic device to receive, via a touch-sensitive input device of the electronic device, a touch input. The instructions also cause the controller to determine whether the touch input corresponds to a re-orientation input. The instructions further cause the controller to, in response to a determination that the touch input corresponds to the re-orientation input, rotate an input axis associated with the touch sensitive input device from a first orientation to a second orientation based on the re-orientation input. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329565 | TOUCH GESTURE DETECTION ASSESSMENT - Embodiments are directed to gesture recognition in a computing device. Touch-based input by the user is monitored based on an output from a touch sensor. Gestures are directed from among the touch-based input. The detected gestures are analyzed to assign gesture characteristic profiles to the detected gestures according to profiling criteria. A sequential event log is tabulated representing counts of series of gestures based on assigned characteristic profiles and on temporal sequencing of the gestures. Circumstances for invocation of gesture detection re-calibration are assessed based on the tabulated series of gestures. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329566 | TOUCH SENSING PANEL - A touch sensing panel includes a substrate, first curved circuits, an insulation layer, and second curved circuits. The substrate includes a central region, a peripheral region surrounding the central region, and a touch-sensing circuit region between the central region and the peripheral region. The first curved circuits and the second curved circuits are disposed on the substrate and separately extended from the peripheral region to the central region. One end of each first curved circuit disposed in the peripheral region is electrically connected to one end of each second curved circuit disposed in the peripheral region. In the touch-sensing circuit region, a projection of each second curved circuit in a direction perpendicular to the substrate is intersected with at least one of the first curved circuits. The insulation layer is disposed on the substrate and insulates the first curved circuits and the second curved circuits in the touch-sensing circuit region. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329567 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING ACCURACY USING EDGE CLASSIFICATION - Methods and apparatus of embodiments of the present invention include a classification system configured to treat edge contact of a touch screen as a separate class of touch events such that any touches occurring near the edge of the touch screen are to be processed by a classifier that is configured to process edge contacts as compared to a classifier that is configured to process other contacts that may occur in the approximate middle of the touch screen which may be wholly digitized. An apparatus may employ two separate and distinct classifiers, including a full touch classifier and an edge touch classifier. The touch screen may be configured to have two different sensing regions to determine which of the two classifiers is appropriate for a touch event. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329568 | ENCODER WITH TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention relates to an encoder with touch screen. It includes a shell body, and a printed circuit board (PCB board) is disposed in the shell body. The shell body is provided with a touch screen, and the PCB board is provided with a processor, an audio decoder, a video converter, a 4G module, a Flash memory and a memory module. The present invention can be touch controlled by adopting the touch screen; the heat dissipation effect is good; and the working is stable. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329569 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, at least one third electrode, and a drive circuit. The first electrodes are arrayed in an active area of the substrate. The second electrodes face the first electrodes and form capacitance between the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The third electrode is provided in a peripheral region positioned on the outside of the active area. The drive circuit supplies a drive signal having a phase determined based on a predetermined code to the first electrodes and the third electrode. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329570 | AUDIBLE NOISE SUPPRESSION IN TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - The driving apparatus for driving a touch display panel includes a first voltage generating circuit configured to generate a common reference voltage, a second voltage generating circuit configured to generate a touch driving signal, and a control circuit configured to generate a switching signal. The switching signal is at the first voltage level during display periods for providing the common reference voltage to the touch display panel. The switching signal is at the second voltage level during touch periods for providing the touch driving signal to the touch display panel. A first touch display period includes a first display period a first touch period adjacent to the first display period. A second touch display period includes a second display period and a second touch period adjacent to the second display period. The first touch display period and the second touch display period are different in time length. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329571 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a display unit configured to pixels in a display region, a pixel drive circuit configured to apply voltage to liquid crystals, a memory configured to store therein a setting signal indicating whether to apply voltage to the liquid crystals in the display region, and two switch elements for switching coupling with the pixel drive circuit; and a controller configured to rewrite the setting signal stored in the memory when a mode in which the display unit is operated is switched, between a first mode causing the display unit to perform display output in accordance with a gradation signal generated based on image data, and a second mode causing the display unit to perform display output in accordance with the setting signal stored in the memory. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329572 | TOUCH DETECTION AND LOCATION IN MULTI-TOUCHSCREEN SYSTEMS - The present disclosure is directed to autonomous determination of global touch event coordinates on a system that includes at least two touchscreen devices configured to display a scene in a collage display mode. In the collage display mode the image in a first touchscreen device is apportioned between and displayed on a plurality of touchscreen devices. The collage display mode beneficially provides enhanced resolution, greater fluidity, and less disruption or discontinuities as objects and/or moving objects included in the scene transition between touchscreen devices while enabling full touchscreen functionality across the plurality of touchscreen devices including the image displayed in collage mode. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329573 | ACTIVE FEEDFORWARD INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION TECHNIQUES FOR SENSOR ANALOG FRONT-END - Embodiments herein provide input devices that include a display panel on which a discrete capacitive sensor is disposed to form a capacitive sensing region. The capacitive sensor includes a plurality of sensor electrodes that are used to generate capacitive sensing signals indicating user interaction with the input device. Moreover, the input device includes analog interference detection circuitry for mitigating the negative impact of display noise on capacitive sensing. In one embodiment, the input device includes a reference circuit which is capacitively coupled to a display noise source and outputs a reference voltage that biases a charge integrator in a receiver channel used for capacitive sensing. In another embodiment, the input device includes a current conveyor coupled to an idle transmitter electrode of the sensor electrodes which outputs a correction current to a receiver channel to cancel a display noise current injected into the receiver channel. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329574 | Input Adjustment - Techniques for input adjustment are described. In one or more implementations, a user perspective of a display surface is estimated, and is used to correlate output that is displayed on the display surface. According to one or more implementations, detected motion of a display surface is used to compensate for an effect of the motion on input to the display surface. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329575 | DRIFT SUPPRESSION FILTER, PROXIMITY DETECTOR AND METHOD - A portable device including drift-compensated capacitive proximity sensor that exploits a special method of drift compensation based on the variation of the measured proximity signal. The drift is tracked when the variation is within a stated interval, and frozen when the variation is outside. The sensor is capable of following a drift not only when the phone is inactive, but also when it is close to the body of the user, by freezing the tracking when the capacity varies steeply, as when the user moves the device, and resuming it when the variation is within acceptable limits. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329576 | TOUCH SENSOR AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A touch sensor includes a sensor unit including a plurality of first electrodes in an active area spaced apart from each other, and at least one second electrode, a plurality of sensing channels respectively coupled to one of the first electrodes, and each sensing channel including a reference node having a variable voltage coupled to the at least one second electrode, and a processor configured to receive output signals from the sensing channels, and detect a touch input based on the output signals. The plurality of sensing channels may be configured to supply driving signals to respective first electrodes during a first period, receive sensing signals from respective first electrodes during a second period, and generate the output signals corresponding to the sensing signals received from respective first electrodes based on potentials of the respective reference nodes. A method of driving a touch sensor also is disclosed. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329577 | OPTICAL FINGERPRINT SENSOR - The invention provides an optical fingerprint sensor including: an image sensing layer having an array composed of a plurality of sensing blocks; a collimating layer disposed on the image sensing layer and having a plurality of through holes penetrating from the top surface to the bottom surface of the collimating layer; a light guiding layer disposed in the collimating layer, and a glass cover layer disposed on the light guiding layer, the top surface of the glass cover layer receiving a finger touch, wherein the image resolution of the optical fingerprint sensor is defined by the number of sensing blocks, and there are a plurality of through holes directly above each of the sensing blocks. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329578 | TOUCH CONTROL DETECTING METHOD AND TOUCH CONTROL DETECTING SYSTEM - A touch control detecting method applied to an electronic apparatus comprising an image sensor. The touch control detecting method comprises: (a) capturing a plurality of sensing images via the image sensor; and (b) determining if an object performs a predetermined touch control operation to the electronic apparatus, according to a brightness variation tendency of the sensing images. The predetermined touch control operation is a long press operation. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329579 | High Volume Configuration of Information Handling Systems - A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a validation precomputation operation for use with a configurator, comprising: identifying a plurality of webpages within a configurator, the plurality of webpages allowing a user to configure a system, each webpage of the plurality of webpages enabling the user to select an option from a plurality of options; performing a validation precomputation operation on each of the plurality of webpages, the validation precomputation operation identifying invalid combinations of options from the plurality of options; storing the invalid combinations of options within an array; and, associating the array storing the invalid combinations of options with a respective webpage within the configurator. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329580 | Information Handling System Predictive Content Navigation - An information handling system having a foldable display presents visual images in display zones defined upon detection of a folded display state. For example, a virtual bezel is generated at a foldable display based upon fold state, orientation state and application state so that applications are presented within a display zone to have touch selectively enabled or disabled within the virtual bezel. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329581 | GENERATING A CATALOG FOR A WEB PAGE - A catalog attribute and catalog program code containing the catalog attribute can be identified in a document object model (DOM) for a web page. The catalog program code can define a structure of a catalog for the web page. Responsive to identifying the catalog program code, the catalog for the web page can be generated by processing the catalog program code. The catalog can include a plurality of user selectable catalog items. At least a first portion of the catalog items can be configured to, in response to being selected by the user, navigate the user to a respective content of the web page. The catalog can be presented in a user interface. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329582 | HIGHLIGHTING COMMENTS ON ONLINE SYSTEMS - Uses of an online system include a target user and other users that are connected to the target users. The online system presents a content item received from a target user to the other users. The online system receives comments on the content item from the users and a selection of one of the comments from a user. The online system provides one or more types of actions (e.g., adding the comment to the content item or highlighting the comment) on the comment that the user can take. Upon receiving a selection of adding the comment, the online system modifies the content item to include the comment. Upon receiving a selecting of highlighting the comment, the online system associates a highlighting feature to the comment. The online system provides the modified content item or highlighted comment for display to the plurality of users. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329583 | Object Insertion - Techniques for object insertion are described. In one or more implementations, user input is received to an interactive canvas and the user input is detected as corresponding to a closed shape. In response to detecting that the user input corresponds to the closed shape, an object insertion menu is displayed on the interactive canvas. The object insertion menu includes selectable representations corresponding to multiple different object types which may be inserted into the interactive canvas within the closed shape. In response to receiving a user selection of a selectable representation associated with an object type from the object insertion menu, an object insertion control associated with the selected object type is displayed in the object insertion menu. The object insertion control includes additional selectable representations corresponding to objects associated with the selected object type which are selectable to insert a respective object into the interactive canvas within the closed shape. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329584 | DISPLAYING A SCROLLABLE LIST OF AFFORDANCES ASSOCIATED WITH PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES - The present disclosure generally relates to managing user interfaces associated with physical activities. The user interface displays a scrollable list of affordances associated with physical activities. The affordances may contain physical activity and heart rate information. A user can launch a physical activity tracking function or an interface to change a workout metric using an affordance. Users can also control the music that is played in response to selecting a workout. Further, the interface can be used to compose a reply message to a received message that contains workout information. The interfaces can show a graph that includes heart data when the user's heart rate meets a heart rate alert criteria. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329585 | USER INTERFACES FOR PLAYING AND MANAGING AUDIO ITEMS - The present disclosure generally relates to playing and managing audio items. In some examples, an electronic device provides intuitive user interfaces for playing and managing audio items on the device. In some examples, an electronic device provides seamless transitioning from navigating a stack of items corresponding to groups of audio items to navigating a list of menus. In some examples, an electronic device provides for quick and easy access between different applications that are active on the device. In some examples, an electronic device enables automatic transmission of data associated with audio items to be stored locally on a linked external device. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329586 | DISPLAYING A SET OF APPLICATION VIEWS - The present disclosure generally relates to selecting and opening applications. An electronic device includes a display and a rotatable input mechanism rotatable around a rotation axis substantially perpendicular to a normal axis that is normal to a face of the display. The device detects a user input, and in response to detecting the user input, displays a first subset of application views of a set of application views. The first subset of application views is displayed along a first dimension of the display substantially perpendicular to both the rotation axis and the normal axis. The device detects a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism, and in response to detecting the rotation, displays a second subset of application views of the set of application views. Displaying the second subset of application views includes moving the set of application views on the display along the first dimension of the display. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329587 | CONTEXT-SPECIFIC USER INTERFACES - Context-specific user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, provide, inter alia, indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. A user interface screen including a current time indicator and a first platter is displayed. The first platter is at a first position, is associated with a first application, and displays a first set of information obtained from the first application. The first set of information relates to a first temporal context of the current day. In response to detecting a user input, the first platter is displayed at a second position and a second platter is displayed at the first position. The second platter is associated with a second application and displays a second set of information obtained from the second application. The second set of information relates to a second temporal context of the current day. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329588 | Predictive Determination of Actions - Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for predictive determination of actions. According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a user device can receive input via a user input interface. The user input interface is application agnostic. The user device can analyze the input to determine an action option. The action option can include an action to be performed by the user device if selected. The user device also can present the action option for selection. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329589 | Contextual Object Manipulation - Techniques for contextual object manipulation are described. In one or more implementations, digital content is generated as an interactive canvas, and the interactive canvas is displayed on one or more display devices. Additional digital content is also generated as one or more objects, and the one or more objects are displayed on the interactive canvas. In response to detection of a user selection of an object displayed in the interactive canvas, a type of the selected object is determined. Next, one or more controls that are contextual to the selected object are displayed on the interactive canvas. In response to a user selection of one of the controls, the selected control is applied to the selected object. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329590 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AND DISPLAYING APPLICATION - A method of traversing across multiple user interface layers in a hierarchy of an application by an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a first user interface layer of the application on a screen of an electronic device. Further, the method includes detecting an input on a first graphical element displayed within the first user interface layer, and displaying, on the screen, the first user interface layer, a second user interface layer of the application, and at least one first indicia indicating a relation between the first user interface layer and the second user interface layer based on the input to traverse to the second user interface layer. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329591 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CAPTURE OF MOBILE BEHAVIOR, USAGE, OR CONTENT EXPOSURE - Provided is a process to detect a web-browser address bar in a UI layout based on communications with an accessibility application program interface (API) of an operating system and detect navigation events in the same via the accessibility API. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329592 | CONTEXTUAL WINDOWS FOR APPLICATION PROGRAMS - A method and system for changing content of a window of an application program is provided. A contextual window system displays a window with content based on a current context of the window. The contextual window system receives from a user a context string for a new context for the window. When the context string includes a command, the contextual window system performs a function of the application program that implements the command to change from the current context of the window to the new context of the window. When the context string does not specify a command, the contextual window system submits the context string as a query for data of the application program to change from the current context of the window to the new context of the window. The contextual window system then modifies the content of the window to reflect the new context of the window. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329593 | Operating Behavior Classification Interface - A computer-implemented method of obtaining a label for graphically presented operating behavior is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a set of sequences of values that describe operating behavior of one or more machines that were observed over one or more windows of time, at least one sequence of values of the set of sequences of values corresponds to a time series of varying values; causing display of one or more graphical elements that change in appearance over time according to the at least one sequence of values, at least one of the one or more graphical elements representing a characteristic of a part of the one or more machines; detecting an upcoming occurrence of an event based on the one sequence of values, the event corresponding to a certain sequence of values of the set of sequences of values; causing, in response to detecting the upcoming occurrence of the event and prior to an occurrence of the event, display of the at least one graphical elements that change in appearance in a specific manner; receiving, after display of the certain sequence of values, a label for the event, storing, based at least in part on the input, the label in association with the certain sequence of values. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329594 | SYSTEM FOR UNIVERSAL REMOTE MEDIA CONTROL IN A MULTI-USER, MULTI-PLATFORM, MULTI-DEVICE ENVIRONMENT - A system enables universal remote media control across multiple platforms, devices, and users. A protocol allows a cast controller to have access to media operations and a state(s) associated with media content. The system receives commands from a cast controller, provides the commands to a media player, loads new media content into the media player, based on the commands, and receives state notifications from the media player. Another cast controller can receive the state notifications from the media player and control the media player based on the media operations and state(s) associated with media content. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329595 | Collaborative Data Entry - A method for collaborative data entry in which a primary user enters data into an input terminal includes data being entered into a number of input fields on an input screen by the primary user. The input terminal has an interface for assigning entry of data into at least one of the input fields to an alternate user. The method includes, with the interface, assigning entry of data into at least one of the input fields to an alternate user. An apparatus allowing collaborative data entry includes an input terminal comprising a display device for displaying data to a user and a user input device for receiving input from a user; and a user interface of the input terminal, the interface comprising a number of input fields for receiving the input from a user and for assigning at least one the input field to an alternate user. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329596 | Ink Anchoring - Techniques for ink anchoring are described. In one or more implementations, an interactive canvas is displayed on one or more display devices of a computing device. An ink object is generated by digitizing ink input received to the interactive canvas. In response to determining that the ink object overlaps an object in the interactive canvas, the ink object is anchored to the object such that a spatial relationship between the ink object and the object is maintained if the ink object or the object is manipulated. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329597 | Ink Anchoring - Techniques for ink anchoring are described. In one or more implementations, an interactive canvas is displayed on one or more display devices of a computing device. An ink object is generated by digitizing ink input received to the interactive canvas. In response to determining that the ink object overlaps an object in the interactive canvas, the ink object is anchored to the object such that a spatial relationship between the ink object and the object is maintained if the ink object or the object is manipulated. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329598 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC DISPLAY BOX MANAGEMENT - A method for display box management is provided. One method includes identifying a screen on which a display box is located, setting an attribute of the display box according to the identified screen, and displaying data in the display box according to the attribute of the display box. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329599 | APPLICATION SPECIFIC ADAPTION OF USER INPUT ASSIGNMENTS FOR INPUT DEVICES - Techniques are shown for changing input assignments of an input device controls for a first application while leaving assignments unchanged for other applications. When a first application is active, a first input action is registered from activation of an input control selected for mode control. In response, when an input mode of the first application corresponds to standard device mapping inputs, the input mode is changed to an input mode corresponding to an alternate device mapping inputs assigned to a subset of input controls. When the first application is in alternate device mapping mode, input control activations are registered according to the alternate device mapping actions. When a second application is active, input control activations are registered according to the standard input mapping actions. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329600 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of this application provide a data processing method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving a first data packet sent by a control end, the first data packet including a first touch event and a first identifier of the first touch event; determining, according to the first touch event and the first identifier of the first touch event, whether a second data packet comprising a second touch event sequentially executed with the first touch event is lost; creating the second touch event corresponding to the second data packet in accordance with a determination that a second data packet has been lost; and processing the second touch event that has been created, so that a controlled end performs an application operation in accordance with a touch operation to which the second touch event belongs. In this way, control exceptions caused by packet losses are reduced. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329601 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display that displays a cursor, and a controller that causes the display to display the cursor based on information from a remote controller. The controller acquires display position information, angle information, first distance information, and second distance information. The display position information indicates a display position of the cursor of when the remote controller is oriented in a predetermined direction. The angle information indicates an angle of the remote controller of when the remote controller is oriented in a direction of the cursor being displayed. The first distance information indicates a distance from a first position of a device main body to the remote controller. The second distance information indicates a distance from a second position that differs from the first position to the remote controller. The controller controls the display position of the cursor. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329602 | VANTAGE GENERATION AND INTERACTIVE PLAYBACK - Video data of an environment may be prepared for presentation to a user in a virtual reality or augmented reality experience. According to one method, a plurality of locations distributed throughout a viewing volume may be designated, at which a plurality of vantages are to be positioned to facilitate viewing of the environment from proximate the locations. For each location, a plurality of images of the environment, captured from viewpoints proximate the location, may be retrieved. For each location, the images may be reprojected to a three-dimensional shape and combined to generate a combined image. The combined image may be applied to one or more surfaces of the three-dimensional shape to generate a vantage. The vantages may be stored such that the vantages can be used to generate viewpoint video of the scene, as viewed from a virtual viewpoint corresponding to an actual viewer's viewpoint within the viewing volume. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329603 | METHOD EXECUTED ON COMPUTER FOR MOVING IN VIRTUAL SPACE, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD ON COMPUTER - A method includes defining a virtual space. The virtual space includes a viewpoint associated with a first user, a first object, and a map object. At least one location option is associated with the map object. The method further includes defining a visual field based on a position of the viewpoint in the virtual space. The method further includes generating a visual-field image based on the visual field. The method further includes receiving a selection of any location option of the at least one location option by the first user. The method further includes moving the viewpoint to the selected location option. The method further includes updating the visual field based on a position of the selected viewpoint in the virtual space. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329604 | METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION IN VIRTUAL SPACE, AND PROGRAM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method including defining a virtual space to be shared by a first user and a second user. The virtual space includes a first object, a viewpoint and first, second and third places. The method includes arranging a second avatar object at the first place. The method includes providing a field-of-view image to the first user in accordance with a position of the viewpoint. The method includes identifying a first direction from the second place to the first object. The method includes identifying a ratio of the second avatar included in a first field of view for a case in which the viewpoint is arranged at the second place. The method includes identifying the second place as a recommended place. The method includes displaying first information for identifying the recommended place in the field-of-view image. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329605 | ARRANGING GRAPHIC ELEMENTS WITHIN A USER INTERFACE FOR SINGLE HANDED USER TOUCH SELECTIONS - A method and system for arranging, on a display of a device, graphic elements within a user interface (UI) requiring a touch for selection. Initially, receiving, from sense elements at edges of the display of the device, signals indicative of whether the device is in a right hand or in a left hand of the user when the user is making single handed selections by touch. Then, determining by the signals whether the device is in the right hand or left hand of the user. Next, arranging the graphic elements of the UI, to allow for single handed selections with a greater ease by the user in the right hand or left hand by arranging in the first arrangement, the graphic elements for accessing by fingers of the right hand of the user and in the second arrangement, the graphic elements for accessing by fingers of the left hand. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329606 | METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING A GROUP OF APPLICATIONS WITH A SPECIFIC SHAPE - A method of displaying icons in a graphical user interface displayed on a touch screen of a portable electronic device. The method includes associating, with an electronic processor of the portable electronic device, a first subset of icons of a plurality of icons with a first selected gesture. The first selected gesture has a first shape. The method further includes detecting, with the touch screen and the electronic processor of the portable electronic device, whether the first selected gesture is made on the touch screen. The method further includes displaying, with the touch screen of the portable electronic device, the first subset of icons on the touch screen when the first selected gesture is detected. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329607 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OBJECT RECOMMENDATION - The present invention relates to an electronic device and a method for providing an object recommendation. Electronic devices according to various embodiments each comprise: a display; and a processor, wherein the processor can be configured to receive a request for generating a folder comprising a first object displayed on the display, search for at least one object recommendation on the basis of first information associated with the first object in response to the request, and display the searched at least one object recommendation. Also, other embodiments are possible. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329608 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZING A USER INTERFACE BASED ON PRE-DEFINED SETTINGS STORED IN A PERSONAL STORAGE DEVICE - The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for localizing a user interface of a multi-function device, based on a personal storage device of a user connected to the multi-function device, wherein the multi-function device presents a user interface in a pre-defined language. The method includes receiving the personal storage device by the multi-function device, the personal storage device includes a pre-defined setting, the pre-defined setting indicates a local language of the user. Upon receiving, the personal storage device is detected by the multi-function device. The local language of the user is detected based on the pre-defined setting stored in the personal storage device of the user. Upon detection, the pre-defined language of the user interface is automatically changed to the local language of the user. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329609 | FACILITATING TRANSITIONING BETWEEN VIEWING NATIVE 2D AND RECONSTRUCTED 3D MEDICAL IMAGES - Medical imaging systems are provided that facilitate transitioning between viewing native and reconstructed medical images in the same viewport. In one embodiment, a method comprises retrieving indexed image metadata describing native medical images associated with a medical imaging data set selected for viewing. The method further comprises grouping the native medical images into one or more sets of related images, and for each set of the one or more sets of related images, sorting the related images into one or more subsets of 3D compatible images that can respectively be used to generate one or more 3D representations. The method further comprises generating a data model identifying the one or more sets of related images and the one or more subsets of 3D compatible images, and employing the data model to facilitate transitioning between rendering the native medical images and the one or more 3D representations in the same viewport. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329610 | Object Selection Mode - Techniques for object selection mode are described. In one or more implementations, digital content is generated as an interactive canvas, and the interactive canvas is displayed on one or more display devices of a computing device. Additional digital content is also displayed on the interactive canvas as one or more objects. The one or more objects are anchored to the interactive canvas in an anchor mode which prevents user input to the interactive canvas from being interpreted as input to manipulate the one or more objects. A trigger event to trigger an object selection mode is detected, and an object selection mode is initiated in response to the trigger event. The object selection mode causes user input to the interactive canvas to be interpreted as input to manipulate the one or more objects. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329611 | IMPROVED METHOD FOR SELECTING AN ELEMENT OF A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A method for selecting at least one element of a Graphical User Interface (GUI), displayed on a display of a device using a touch interface of the device. The method includes: detecting on the touch interface a double touch input, including a first touch input and a second touch input respectively corresponding to a first location and a second location on the GUI; determining a selection location between the first and second locations; upon detecting a release of the first touch input, determining a first selection location corresponding to the selection location at the moment of the release of the first touch input; determining an initial preselection including at least one GUI element located between the first selection location and the second location; determining a preselection of at least one GUI element based on the initial preselection; and executing a selection of the preselection. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329612 | INTERFACING WITH A COMPUTING DEVICE - An apparatus for interfacing is described herein. The apparatus includes logic, at least partially including hardware logic, to detect that a blow input received by the apparatus is from a human breath. A characteristic of the blow input is identified. An active application is determined to be running on the apparatus. The blow input is translated to an instruction based on the characteristic and the active application. The instruction is transmitted to the active application. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329613 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A POSITION FOR PLACING OF A JOINT PROSTHESIS - Systems and methods for virtual implant placement to implement joint gap planning are discussed. For example, a method can include operations for receiving a first implant parameter set based on a surgical plan that was generated while moving the joint through a range of motion. The method can include generating a first set of candidate implant parameter sets that are the result of an incremental change, relative to the first implant parameter set, to at least one parameter of the first parameter set. The method can include calculating a result for at least one candidate implant parameter set and providing a graphical representation of the result according to at least one candidate implant parameter set. The result can be color-coded to correlate to a candidate implant parameter set. The display can include color-coded user interface controls to allow a user to execute incremental changes corresponding to candidate implant parameter sets. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329614 | COMMODITY RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND COMMODITY RECOGNITION METHOD - The commodity recognition apparatus displays a frame for surrounding a commodity in an image captured by an image capturing module. Then the commodity recognition apparatus recognizes a candidate of the commodity imaged in the frame according to the feature amount of the image in the area surrounded by the frame, and outputs information of a highest ranked candidate commodity. If a change instruction for the candidate is received, the commodity recognition apparatus outputs information of the commodity other than the highest ranked candidate selected from the candidates. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329615 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZING A USER INTERFACE BASED ON A PERSONAL DEVICE OF A USER - The disclosure discloses methods and systems for localizing a user interface based on a personal device of a user. The method includes receiving a personal device by a multi-function device, the personal device stores one or more documents, the personal device is associated with a name and each document is associated with a name, wherein the name of the personal device and the name of each document indicate a local language of the user. Upon receiving, the personal device is detected by the multi-function device. Then, the name of the personal device and the name of each document are extracted and compared with one or more pre-stored language patterns to detect the local language of the user. Upon detection, the pre-defined language of the user interface is automatically changed to the local language of the user. | 2018-11-15 |
20180329616 | ADAPTIVE METADATA FILTERS - Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure help improve the functionality of electronic document management software and systems by generating customized filter options to enhance the search criteria available to users in finding documents in the document management system. In some embodiments, the system may analyze metadata for an electronic document to identify interactions between users of the document management system and the document, and generate filter options based on such metadata that can be used to find and filter documents having various characteristics | 2018-11-15 |
20180329617 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR MAPPING, CONTROLLING, AND DISPLAYING DEVICE STATUS - A method of operating a user terminal includes receiving occupancy data for an operating environment responsive to navigation of the operating environment by a mobile robot, and displaying a visual representation of the operating environment based on the occupancy data. The method further includes receiving information identifying a plurality of electronic devices that are local to the operating environment and respective operating states thereof, and populating the visual representation of the operating environment with visual indications of respective spatial locations of the electronic devices in the operating environment and status indications of the respective operating states of the electronic devices. Related methods for controlling the electronic devices based on their respective spatial locations and the relative spatial context of the operating environment are also discussed. | 2018-11-15 |