53rd week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200409439 | REDUCING CROSS TALK AMONG CONNECTOR PINS - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for reducing cross talk among pins in a connector. The apparatus may detect a bit error rate (BER) for each of a plurality of pins in a connector and compare the BER for each pin to a threshold BER. Responsive to determining that a set of pins among the plurality of pins each have a BER that is above the threshold BER, the apparatus may decrease the BER for each pin in the set of pins by selecting a subset of pins among the plurality of pins and adjusting operational characteristics of one or more of the subset of pins. The operational characteristics include a transmit power of the pin. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409440 | DYNAMIC VCONN SWAPPING IN DUAL-POWERED TYPE-C CABLE APPLICATIONS - In an example embodiment, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Type-C cable comprises a USB Type-C connector and an IC controller coupled thereto. The IC controller comprises a terminal coupled to a VCONN line of the USB Type-C cable, a transistor coupled between the terminal and an internal power supply of the IC controller, a resistive element coupled between the terminal and a control terminal of the transistor, and control logic. The IC controller is to: power on the transistor from a voltage, received at the terminal, falling across the resistive element power on the internal power supply in response to the voltage being passed through the transistor; power up the IC controller in response to powering on the internal power supply; and operate the control logic to fully power on the transistor, and thus enter an active mode of the IC controller. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409441 | INTEGRATED POWER AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - A non-volatile storage device comprises non-volatile memory cells, clocked circuity, and one or more control circuits. The one or more control circuits are configured to process commands to access the non-volatile memory cells using the clocked circuity, implement a power control loop to regulate power consumption of the non-volatile storage device based on a first feedback signal, implement a temperature control loop to regulate temperature of the non-volatile storage device based on a second feedback signal, and implement a clock frequency control loop to regulate one or more clock frequencies of the clocked circuitry based on a third feedback signal. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409442 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE SUPPLY METHOD - In a normal state in which a main power supply supplies an input voltage having a first level, a step-down converter is enabled. In this state, the step-down converter steps down the input voltage and supplies a power supply voltage having a second level to a load. In the normal state, a step-up converter is operated in a forward direction. In this state, the step-up converter steps up the power supply voltage so as to charge a backup capacitor using a voltage having a third level. In a power supply disconnection state in which a disconnection of the input voltage occurs, the step-up converter is operated in a reverse direction. In this state, the step-up converter steps down a capacitor voltage across the backup capacitor, and supplies the power supply voltage having the second voltage level to the load. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409443 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a first controller which is in an active state regardless of whether a state of a computer system is the active state or an idle state and a second controller which is in the active state in a case where the state of the computer system is the active state, a first low power consumption mode or a second low power consumption mode and is in the idle state in a case where the state of the computer system is a third low power consumption mode are provided. The first controller freely counts a time of day and changes the state of the computer system to the first low power consumption mode in a case where the state of the computer system is the third low power consumption mode and the time of day reaches a predetermined transition time of day. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409444 | POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT IN PROTOCOL-BASED REDRIVERS - A redriver chip includes a controller and a plurality of circuits coupled to the channel. The controller adjusts a set of parameters of the plurality of circuits to have first values during a first mode of operation and second values during a second mode of operation. The first values generate a first level of power consumption during the first mode of operation, and the second values generate a second level of power consumption during the second mode of operation. The first level of power consumption is lower than the second level of power consumption, and the first mode of operation corresponding to a low-power mode of the redriver chip. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409445 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE DETECTING SUPPLY CURRENT LIMIT - A data storage device is disclosed comprising a storage medium, an input configured to receive a supply voltage from a voltage source, and control circuitry powered by the supply voltage. The control circuitry is configured to adjust a load of the data storage device, detect a load voltage at the adjusted load, detect a load current at the adjusted load, process the detected load voltage and the detected load current to detect a current limit of the voltage source, and configure the data storage device in response to the detected current limit of the voltage source. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409446 | DDR5 CLIENT PMIC POWER UP SEQUENCE AND STATE TRANSITIONS - An apparatus includes a plurality of registers and a host interface comprising a plurality of pins. One of the plurality of registers may be a power state entry register configured to control entry to a low power state. One of the plurality of pins may be an enable pin. The apparatus may be configured to enter the low power state in response to setting the power state entry register to a first value and providing the enable pin a signal with a first level. The apparatus may be configured to exit the low power state in response to providing the enable pin the signal with a second level. The apparatus may enter an idle state after exiting the low power state. The low power state may consume less power than the idle state. The enable pin is implemented as an input configured to control a status of a plurality of regulators. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409447 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER SAVING - An information processing device includes a first processor core of 2n-bits unit, a second processor core of n-bit(s) unit, a DRAM set including a first DRAM and a second DRAM of n-bit(s) unit, a first transmitting path between the first processor core and the DRAM set, a second transmitting path between the second processor core and the first or second DRAM, a transmitting path switching circuit, and a power supply controlling circuit. In normal operation, with switching to the first transmitting path and supplying power to the first processor core and the first and second DRAMs, the first processor core uses the first and second DRAMs. In power saving operation, with switching to the second transmitting path, supplying power to the second processor core and the first DRAM and stopping power to the first processor core and the second DRAM, the second processor core uses the first DRAM. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409448 | MULTI-TIERED LOW POWER STATES - A computer processing device transitions among a plurality of power management states and at least one power management sub-state. From a first state, it is determined whether an entry condition for a third state is satisfied. If the entry condition for the third state is satisfied, the third state is entered. If the entry condition for the third state is not satisfied, it is determined whether an entry condition for the first sub-state is satisfied. If the entry condition for the first sub-state is determined to be satisfied, the first sub-state is entered, a first sub-state residency timer is started, and after expiry of the first sub-state residency timer, the first sub-state is exited, the first state is re-entered, and it is re-determined whether the entry condition for the third state is satisfied. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409449 | SELF-CHECKOUT TERMINAL SLEEP AND WAKE OPERATIONS - Disclosed are self-checkout terminals and systems and methods for controlling the same. The systems and methods may include receiving a first image of the customer queuing area from the first camera and determining that a customer is in the customer queuing area. A first wakeup signal may be transmitted to one of the self-checkout terminals when the customer is in the customer queuing area. A second image of the customer queuing area may be received from the first camera and a determination may be made that the customer queuing area is void of customers. A first sleep signal may be transmitted to the one of the self-checkout terminals when the customer queuing area is void of the customers. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409450 | SOFTWARE-CORRELATED SUPPLY VOLTAGES FOR PROCESSING DEVICES - Voltage control arrangements for integrated circuit devices are discussed herein. In one example, a method includes receiving an indication of one or more software elements selected for execution by an integrated circuit device, and determining a target level of a supply voltage for the integrated circuit device based on the indication. The method also includes controlling voltage regulation circuitry to adjust a present level of the supply voltage for the integrated circuit device in accordance with the target level. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409451 | PERSONALIZED CONTENT FOR AUGEMENTED REALITY BASED ON PAST USER EXPERIENCE - One example of a computer-implemented method comprises receiving recorded data of activity of a first user wearing an augmented reality (AR) device; analyzing the recorded data to identify a current task being performed by the first user; and comparing the identified current task to a plurality of prior tasks performed by the first user. Each prior task is stored in a database with corresponding user data collected during performance of the prior task by the first user. The method further comprises, in response to identifying a prior task corresponding to the identified current task based on the comparison, generating personalized content related to the identified current task based on the user data collected during performance of the corresponding identified prior task by the first user; and outputting, for display on the AR device, the generated personalized content. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409452 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING INSPECTIONS WITH A HEAD-WORN DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for performing an inspection includes (a) concurrently viewing a real object through a display screen of a head-worn display device worn by a user and a virtual object projected on the display screen of the head-worn display device. In addition, the method includes (b) comparing the virtual object to the real object. Further, the method includes (c) generating an inspection result in response to the comparison in (b). | 2020-12-31 |
20200409453 | Control of Personal Space Content Presented Via Head Mounted Display - Methods and systems for filtering content include identifying content for presenting in a rendering space defined by one or more mechanisms of a head mounted display (HMD), wherein the content is interactive, streaming content. A rating score for the content is identified. The content is dynamically adjusted to selectively filter a portion of the content based on a user profile of the user, rating score of the content, and ongoing interactions detected at the content. The adjusted content is formatted for rendering on the HMD. The formatted content is automatically transmitted to the HMD for rendering, in response to the request. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409454 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM, AND VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM - A virtual environment is displayed from a first virtual perspective by a first pair of virtual reality glasses worn by a first person, the first virtual perspective being predefined according to a detected head position and/or head orientation of the first person. The same virtual environment is displayed from the first virtual perspective by a further pair of virtual reality spectacles worn by a further person. The further pair of virtual reality glasses has a total available display area divided into a first display area which displays the virtual environment from the first virtual perspective and a second display area which displays the virtual environment from a further virtual perspective predefined according to a detected head position and/or head orientation of the further person. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409455 | USING EYE TRACKING TO HIDE VIRTUAL REALITY SCENE CHANGES IN PLAIN SIGHT - Various embodiments are provided herein for modifying a virtual scene based on eye-tracking. A computing device coupled to a HMD can provide a virtual scene for display on the HMD. The computing device can receive sensor data from a set of eye-tracking sensors coupled to the HMD. Based on the received sensor data, the computing device can determine a set of focal regions of the displayed virtual scene, including a perifoveal region of the displayed virtual scene. A portion of the virtual scene can then be modified based, in part, on a determination that the portion is outside of the determined perifoveal region. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409456 | AMBIENT LIGHT INTENSITY ADJUSTMENT BASED UPON PUPIL SIZE - One embodiment provides a method, including: capturing, using a camera of an information handling device, an image of a user's pupil; measuring, using a processor, a size of the user's pupil in the captured image; determining, using a processor, whether the size of the user's pupil is within a threshold pupillary size range; and providing, responsive to determining that the size of the user's pupil is not within the threshold pupillary size range; an instruction to a light-producing device to adjust an ambient light intensity level until the size of the user's pupil is determined to be within the threshold pupillary size range. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409457 | REDUCING HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY POWER CONSUMPTION AND HEAT GENERATION THROUGH PREDICTIVE RENDERING OF CONTENT - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media are disclosed for selectively rendering augmented reality content based on predictions regarding a user's ability to visually process the augmented reality content. For instance, the disclosed systems can identify eye tracking information for a user at an initial time. Moreover, the disclosed systems can predict a change in an ability of the user to visually process an augmented reality element at a future time based on the eye tracking information. Additionally, the disclosed systems can selectively render the augmented reality element at the future time based on the predicted change in the ability of the user to visually process the augmented reality element. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409458 | CALIBRATION, CUSTOMIZATION, AND IMPROVED USER EXPERIENCE FOR BIONIC LENSES - The present disclosure relates to calibration, customization, and improved user experiences for smart or bionic lenses that are worn by a user. The calibration techniques include detecting and correcting distortion of a display of the bionic lenses, as well as distortion due to characteristics of the lens or eyes of the user. The customization techniques include utilizing the bionic lenses to detect eye characteristics that can be used to improve insertion of the bionic lenses, track health over time, and provide user alerts. The user experiences include interactive environments and animation techniques that are improved via the bionic lenses. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409459 | IMAGING DISPLAY DEVICE AND WEARABLE DEVICE - An imaging display device includes an imaging unit, a processing unit, a display unit, and a pupil detection unit. The imaging unit includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and is configured to acquire first image information. The processing unit is configured to process a signal from the imaging unit and generate second image information. The display unit is configured to display an image that is based on the signal from the processing unit. The pupil detection unit is configured to detect vector information of a pupil. The processing unit generates the second image information by processing the first image information based on the vector information on the pupil. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409460 | VIBRO-TACTILE FEEDBACK METHOD AND DEVICE - Method of providing vibro-tactile feedback to a user of a user interface device comprising at least one actuator adapted to provide vibro-tactile feedback to the user and communicatively coupled to an application device, a vibro-tactile feedback providing device and vibro-tactile feedback providing system as well as a computer program product for carry out said method. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409461 | VIRTUAL REALITY SURGICAL TRAINING SYSTEMS WITH ADVANCED HAPTIC FEEDBACK - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for providing a virtual environment with enhanced visual and haptic detail. In some embodiments, the haptic tool and haptic target are assigned affordance and susceptibility values, respectively, that are used to determine visual and haptic feedback. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409462 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of realizing pseudo sensory presentation with a higher degree of freedom by a combination of a tactile sense and an auditory sense. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to perform a stimulus output control of controlling output of stimuli from a plurality of tactile stimulators, and a sound output control of controlling output of sound from a sound output unit, wherein the control unit performs the stimulus output control and the sound output control in a linked manner so that perception is made at a perceptual position indicated by predetermined position information. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409463 | Actuator Excitation Signal Processing Method, Device, Computer Equipment and Storage Medium - An actuator excitation signal processing method includes the step of obtaining original excitation signal. An encrypted excitation signal was obtained by encrypting the original excitation signal. Vibration waveforms generated by the encrypted excitation signal and the original excitation signal while acting on the actuator are same. The encrypted excitation signal is used to drive the actuator to vibrate. The actuator excitation signal processing method can effectively solve the problem that the excitation signal might be stolen by encrypting the original excitation signal. In addition, an actuator signal processing device, a computer equipment and a kind of storage medium are also proposed. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409464 | Handwheels and Associated Control Consoles - Handwheel systems, including control consoles incorporating handwheels of the inventive subject matter, are described in this application. Handwheels described in this application can be used to control remotely located motors, especially those configured to control camera movements. To make it easier for camera operators to control remotely located motors using handwheels, those handwheels can be incorporated into a control console. Control consoles of the inventive subject matter can include several dials, toggle buttons, a display, and a variety of different inputs and outputs. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409465 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING GESTURES - An apparatus for detecting and recognizing a gesture provided by an object. The apparatus includes an infrared emitter for emitting infrared signals to be at least partially reflected by the object, an infrared detector for detecting intensity of the infrared signals reflected by the object moving along an axis, a processor associated with the infrared detector for quantizing the intensity of the infrared signals within a measurement cycle into a signal intensity profile, and an adjuster configured to restrict field of detection such that the signal intensity profiles resulting from the object moving along a first axis, or a second axis, perpendicular to the first axis, can be distinguished. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409466 | EVALUATING MOVEMENT OF A SUBJECT - According to an aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method for evaluating movement of a subject. The method comprises obtaining a first signal from a first sensor; processing the first signal to determine a value of a quality measure for the first signal; and determining a configuration for a movement evaluation algorithm. The configuration of the movement evaluation algorithm is dependent on the determined value of the quality measure for the first signal such that either or both of a decision threshold of the movement evaluation algorithm is determined based on the determined value of the quality measure; and one or more weightings used in the movement evaluation algorithm for the one or more first features that are to be derived from a signal from the first sensor are determined based on the determined value of the quality measure. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409467 | EVALUATING MOVEMENT OF A SUBJECT - According to an aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method for evaluating movement of a subject. The method comprises obtaining a first signal representing measurements of the subject from a first sensor; processing the first signal to determine a quality measure for the first signal; determining if the determined quality measure meets a first criterion; if the determined quality measure meets the first criterion, determining values for a plurality of features in a first feature set, the first feature set comprising one or more first features to be determined from the first signal, and evaluating the movement of the subject based on the values for the plurality of features in the first feature set; and, if the determined quality measure does not meet the first criterion, determining values for one or more features in a second feature set, wherein the one or more features in the second feature set are a subset of the plurality of features in the first feature set and the second feature set does not include at least one of the one or more first features in the first feature set, and evaluating the movement of the subject based on the values for the one or more features in the second feature set. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409468 | INTERACTING WITH A TRUE WIRELESS HEADSET - A true wireless headset that may include a housing, a microphone that is mechanically coupled to the housing, wherein the microphone is configured to detect sound and output detection signals indicative of the sound, a tap detector that is configured to receive a first representation of the detection signals, and to process the first representation of the detection signals to determine whether a user tapped on the housing; and at least one additional circuitry that is configured to respond to a determination that the user tapped on the housing. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409469 | INTENT DETECTION WITH A COMPUTING DEVICE - A method can perform a process with a method including capturing an image, determining an environment that a user is operating a computing device, detecting a hand gesture based on an object in the image, determining, using a machine learned model, an intent of a user based on the hand gesture and the environment, and executing a task based at least on the determined intent. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409470 | WEARABLE GESTURE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED OPERATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A wearable gesture recognition device includes a plurality of electrodes arranged to be arranged on a body part of a wearer, a signal generator arranged to provide a signal to at least one of the electrodes for transmission of a respective excitation signal to the body part of the wearer, and a signal processor arranged to process respective response signal received by at least one of the remaining electrodes as a result of the respective excitation signal, for determination of an electrical impedance tomogram for gesture recognition. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409471 | HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTION SYSTEM, METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND INTERACTION DEVICE - Provided are a human-machine interaction system, a method, a computer readable storage medium, and an interaction device. The human-machine interaction system comprises an interaction module and a comparison module. The interaction module is used to display, on a display unit, one or more gesture images in a gesture template group, and to acquire a motion image of a human. The comparison module is configured to match the motion image of the human with the gesture image currently displayed, and to display a match result on the display unit. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409472 | RF-Based Micro-Motion Tracking for Gesture Tracking and Recognition - This document describes techniques for radio frequency (RF) based micro-motion tracking. These techniques enable even millimeter-scale hand motions to be tracked. To do so, radar signals are used from radar systems that, with conventional techniques, would only permit resolutions of a centimeter or more. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409473 | FACEPLATES OF SWITCHING DEVICES HAVING PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTIONALITY MARKINGS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - Present disclosure relates to a faceplate having programmable functionality markings for a switching device. The faceplate includes a functionality marking programmer, a functionality marking input interface, a functionality marking display and a circuit board. A user uses functionality marking programmer to designate switching device to a specific functionality with a corresponding functionality marking. The circuit board includes a control module. The control module includes a processor and a non-volatile memory storing an operating system and computer executable instructions, when executed at processor, computer executable instructions cause processor to: receive, from user through functionality marking input interface, functionality marking programming instructions, designate, by a functionality marking programmer, one of a set of functionality markings to the switching device according to the functionality marking programming instructions received from the functionality marking input interface, and display, by the functionality marking display on the faceplate, the programmed functionality marking of the switching device. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409474 | ACCEPTANCE OF EXPECTED TEXT SUGGESTIONS - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided that enables a user to enter an acceptance command to accept text suggestions whether the text suggestions have been displayed to the user or not. In aspects, abbreviated text is entered by the user, which may correspond to a complete text, such as a complete word or a complete phrase. The user may also enter an acceptance input via a predetermined key or key combination that signals the user's acceptance of a text suggestion even though that text suggestion may not have been generated or displayed to the user in a user interface. Once the acceptance input is received, the text suggestion may be displayed in the user interface as a complete text that includes the abbreviated text. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409475 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A LORENTZ-FORCE-BASED APPARATUS - The disclosed system may include (1) a conductive coil, where at least a portion of the coil is oriented along a first direction and orthogonal to a second direction, (2) a magnetic field generation structure that generates a magnetic field through the coil along a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions, (3) a force constant compensator that (a) receives a current command to alter a relative location of the coil and the field, and (b) adjusts the current command based on at least one physical characteristic of the system that affects a relationship between current in the coil and resulting force between the coil and the field along the second direction, and (4) a coil driver that generates, in response to the adjusted current command, a first current in the coil to generate a force between the coil and the field. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409476 | COMPUTER MOUSE WITH INTEGRATED JOYSTICK - The computer mouse with integrated joystick is a computer interface device. The computer mouse with integrated joystick is an interface device. The computer mouse with integrated joystick: a) changes the position of a cursor on a display device associated with the computer; b) indicates to the computer to initiate an action. The computer mouse with integrated joystick comprises a pointing device and a plurality of enhancements. The pointing device is a standard mouse that has the scrolling device removed. The plurality of enhancements provide the ability to customize the actions initiated on the computer. The plurality of enhancements further improve the ability to change the position of the cursor on the display device associated with the computer. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409477 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTION MODE MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for motion mode management include a computer-assisted device having an input control, a repositionable structure, and a controller coupled to the input control and the repositionable structure. The controller is configured to detect movement of the input control, control movement of the repositionable structure based on the movement of the input control, determine whether the movement of the input control is likely to include one or more components of a mode switching movement of the input control, and in response to determining that the movement of the input control is likely to include one or more components of the mode switching movement, temporarily disable mode switching in response to movement of the input control. The mode switching movement changes a mode of operation for the device. In some embodiments, the temporarily disabling prevents changing the mode of operation when the movement is a mode switching movement. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409478 | Enhanced 2D/3D Mouse For Computer Display Interactions - A computer mouse for providing commands to create both two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) movements and manipulations of objects as projected on a 3D display. The computer mouse comprises an input device including conventional button/wheel and trackball controllers and a mode switch for toggling between 2D operation and 3D operation. The computer mouse also includes an external processor responsive to the command signals and mode signal from the input device, and functions to translate the received signals into cursor actions on an associated 3D display. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409479 | METHOD, DEVICE AND EQUIPMENT FOR LAUNCHING AN APPLICATION - The disclosure provides a method, device and equipment for launching an application. The method includes: a mobile terminal presetting one or more initial positions for one or more applications, wherein the one or more initial positions of the one or more applications are located outside the mobile terminal; then determining a target application from the one or more applications according to a current position of the mobile terminal; and then when a moving operation of a user on the mobile terminal is detected, shortening a distance between the mobile terminal and the target application according to the moving operation, then determining a first distance between the mobile terminal and the target application, and furthermore, launching the target application when the first distance is less than a preset threshold. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409480 | INTERACTIVE 3D CURSOR FOR USE IN MEDICAL IMAGING - An interactive 3D cursor facilitates selection and manipulation of a three-dimensional volume from a three-dimensional image. The selected volume image may be transparency-adjusted and filtered to remove selected tissues from view. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of tissues in a selected volume may be performed. Location indicators, annotations, and registration markers may be overlaid on selected volume images. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409481 | Multimodal Kinematic Template Matching and Regression Modeling for Ray Pointing Prediction in Virtual Reality - An electronic device tracks, for a user performing a target acquisition movement within a 3D space, movement parameters of a plurality of input devices of the user. The electronic device predicts, for the user, a region of interest within the 3D space, using a regression model, based on the movement parameters. The region of interest includes a plurality of targets in close proximity. The electronic device predicts an endpoint of the target acquisition movement, within the region of interest, using a pointer facilitation technique. In some embodiments, the plurality of input devices includes an eye tracking input device, each input device corresponds to a predefined input device type, and the movement parameters include gaze data from the eye tracking input device. In some embodiments, input devices includes an eye tracking input device, a head-mounted display, and a hand-held controller, and the user's eye, hand, and head movements are coordinated. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409482 | WEARABLE CONTROL DEVICE, VIRTUAL/AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A wearable control device for connecting with a head-mounted audio-visual device, includes: a housing including a top housing portion and a bottom housing portion arranged in parallel, wherein a gap is formed between two opposite surfaces of the top housing portion and the bottom housing portion, and tail portions of the top housing portion and the bottom housing portion are connected through a transition portion; at least one physical remote control unit disposed on a top surface of the top housing portion; and a processor disposed inside the housing and electrically connected with the physical remote control unit. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409483 | INPUT CONTROL DEVICE, INPUT SYSTEM, AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - An operation determination unit ( | 2020-12-31 |
20200409484 | POINTING DEVICES - Examples described herein relate to a pointing device. For instance, a pointing device may comprise a plurality of buttons disposed on a body, a scrolling mechanism to transition between a plurality of configuration categories when the pointing device is in a configuration mode, and a light source to indicate a selected configuration category of the plurality of configuration categories when the pointing device is in the configuration mode. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409485 | Display Apparatus Having a Touch Electrode on an Encapsulating Element - A display apparatus is provided. In the display apparatus, a touch electrode may be disposed on the encapsulating element covering a light-emitting device, and a touch pad may be disposed on the outside of the encapsulating element. A touch line may be connected to the touch electrode. The touch line may be connected to the touch pad by a first touch link and a second touch link. The first touch link may include a first end connected to the second touch link, and a second end connected to the touch line. The first end of the first touch link may overlap with the encapsulating element. Thus, in the display apparatus, the reliability for a touch of a user or a tool may be improved. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409486 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A TOUCH SENSITIVE PANEL - A method of manufacturing a transparent conductive film for a touch sensitive panel, comprising: providing a layered structure comprising a plurality of homogeneous layers which include at least a first transparent conductive layer, a second transparent conductive layer, and a transparent support substrate between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer, the transparent support substrate being the thickest layer of the layered structure; forming an electrode pattern in the first transparent conductive layer by laser ablation of the first transparent layer by a laser beam incident on the first transparent layer from a side of the transparent support substrate on which the first transparent layer is provided; wherein the laser beam and transparent support substrate are configured such that the laser beam energy density is reduced by 50% or more by the transparent support substrate. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409487 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - The method for manufacturing a display device includes forming a light emitting element and a terminal on a substrate, forming a sealing film including a first inorganic insulating film and a second inorganic insulating film to cover the light emitting element and the terminal, forming a resist having a taper shape in which a thickness of an end portion on the sealing film becomes thinner as it goes to the terminal side by using a gray-tone mask, forming a taper shape in which thicknesses in end portions of the first inorganic insulating film and the second inorganic insulating film becomes thinner as it goes to the terminal side by etching, forming a touch electrode above the sealing film and forming wiring connected to the terminal via the end portions together with connecting to the touch electrode for detecting a touched position. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409488 | PRECURSOR FILM, SUBSTRATE WITH PLATED LAYER, CONDUCTIVE FILM, TOUCH PANEL SENSOR, TOUCH PANEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE FILM, AND COMPOSITION FOR FORMING PLATED LAYER - The present invention provides a precursor film for producing a conductive film, the precursor film including: a substrate; and a plated layer precursor layer disposed on the substrate, in which the plated layer precursor layer includes a polyfunctional monomer, a monofunctional monomer, and a polymer which has a functional group interacting with a plating catalyst or a precursor of the plating catalyst and has a polymerizable functional group. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409489 | DETECTING OBJECT PROXIMITY USING TOUCH SENSITIVE SURFACE SENSING AND ULTRASONIC SENSING - Techniques enabling improved classification of touch or hover interactions of objects with a touch sensitive surface of a device are presented. A speaker of the device can emit an ultrasonic audio signal comprising a first frequency distribution. A microphone of the device can detect a reflected audio signal comprising a second frequency distribution. The audio signal can be reflected off of an object in proximity to the surface to produce the reflected audio signal. A classification component can determine movement status of the object, or classify the touch or hover interaction, in relation to the surface, based on analysis of the signals. The classification component also can classify the touch or hover interaction based on such ultrasound data and/or touch surface or other sensor data. The classification component can be trained, using machine learning, to perform classifications of touch or hover interactions of objects with the surface. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409490 | TOUCH SCREEN ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch screen assembly and an electronic device are provided. The touch screen assembly comprises a first thin film layer, a conductive layer and a second thin film layer stacked together from bottom to top, and a base wherein the first film layer is disposed on the base. A difference value of refractive index between the base and the conductive layer is 0˜0.6, thus improving light transmittance, reducing influence to visual effects and improving touch screen quality. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409491 | Passive Touch Detection for Capacitive Sense Array - A processing device scans a capacitive sense array to determine a characteristic of a noise signal. A processing device further detects a location of a touch proximate to the capacitive sense array by a passive touch object using a first mode of capacitance touch detection. The first mode of capacitive touch detection uses a capacitive coupling of the noise signal to the capacitive sense array through the passive touch object to detect the touch. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409492 | TOUCH SENSOR CIRCUIT - A circuit includes a timer to count edges of a clock from an initial count value to a terminal count value and to output a timer signal responsive to the terminal count value being reached. A random number generator circuit generates a plurality of random number values. Each generated random number value is sequentially loaded into the timer as one of the initial count value or the terminal count value. A capacitive sensor circuit determines, responsive to receipt of a plurality of timer signals from the timer, a touch event of a capacitive touch sensor. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409493 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - A touch panel device includes a touch panel and a controller for the touch panel. The touch panel includes a support substrate, a plurality of X electrodes disposed on the support substrate, a plurality of Y electrodes disposed on the support substrate in such a manner that each of the plurality of Y electrodes intersects the plurality of X electrodes and is isolated from the plurality of X electrodes, and an insulating layer covering the plurality of X electrodes and the plurality of Y electrodes. A mutual capacitance generated between an X electrode and a Y electrode decreases when a surface of the second insulating layer is touched by a pointer. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409494 | CONDUCTIVE FILM, TOUCH PANEL SENSOR, AND TOUCH PANEL - The present invention provides a conductive film in which a change in the surface state is suppressed and the light-fast adhesiveness of a protective layer is excellent, a touch panel sensor, and a touch panel. The conductive film according to the present invention includes a substrate, a patterned layer to be plated which is arranged on at least one surface of the substrate and has a functional group interacting with a plating catalyst or a precursor thereof, a copper plating layer which is arranged to cover the patterned layer to be plated and is in contact with the substrate, a metal layer which is arranged to cover the copper plating layer and contains a metal that is electrochemically nobler than copper, a nitrogen-containing compound layer which is arranged to cover the metal layer that is electrochemically nobler than copper, and a protective layer which is arranged to cover the nitrogen-containing compound layer. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409495 | CONDUCTIVE FILM, TOUCH PANEL SENSOR, AND TOUCH PANEL - The present invention provides a conductive film in which a change in the surface state is suppressed, a touch panel sensor, and a touch panel. The conductive film according to the present invention includes a substrate, a patterned layer to be plated which is arranged on at least one surface of the substrate and has a functional group interacting with a plating catalyst or a precursor thereof, a copper plating layer which is arranged so as to cover the patterned layer to be plated and is in contact with the substrate, and a protective layer which is arranged so as to cover the copper plating layer, in which the protective layer contains an alloy of copper and a metal that is electrochemically nobler than copper. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409496 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention provides a touch display panel including a substrate, a buffer layer, a first metal layer, a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, an interlayer insulating layer, a second metal layer, a planarization layer, a pixel electrode layer, an organic layer, and a common electrode layer; wherein the second metal layer includes touch lines and data lines forming sub-pixels in a vertical projection area of the semiconductor layer, wherein the sub-pixels are arranged on the substrate in an array, and the touch lines are disposed in the sub-pixels. The present invention provides the touch display panel, wherein a short circuit is not prone to occur when the touch lines and the data lines are formed into films at the same time, which is beneficial to reduce the occurrence of defects, thereby increasing product yield while reducing product costs. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409497 | TOUCH SENSOR, AND WINDOW LAMINATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A touch sensor includes: a display portion including a base layer and a touch sensor layer on the base layer; a bending portion extending from the display portion and including a first part of a trace electrically connected to the touch sensor layer but not including the base layer; and a bonding portion extending from the bending portion and including a second part of the trace, wherein an end portion of the second part of the trace is connected to a flexible circuit board. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409498 | Display Device - Disclosed is a display device having a reduced bezel area. The display device includes a plurality of touch electrodes disposed on a light-emitting element, display link lines and touch lines disposed in a non-active area, and a touch passivation film disposed on the touch electrodes, the touch passivation film contacting the touch lines disposed in a bending area of the non-active area. Consequently, a narrow bezel may be realized. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409499 | FILM WRAPPING DISPLAY - A film wrapping display includes a touch panel configured to receive a touch operation by a user as an input, a bezel arranged along an outer periphery of the touch panel, and a film adhered to cover a touch surface of the touch panel configured to be touched by the user. The touch panel and the bezel are arranged such that a gap between the outer periphery of the touch panel and an inner periphery of the bezel exists. The film is adhered to an inner wall surface of the gap in addition to the surface of the touch panel. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409500 | DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a display device including a high-sensitivity touch sensor. A display device includes: pixels arranged in a display region; sensing electrodes arranged in a sensing region; sensing lines coupled to the respective sensing electrodes; a noise detection electrode disposed on the same layer as the sensing electrodes; sensing channels each including a first input terminal coupled to any one of the sensing electrodes and a second input terminal coupled to the noise detection electrode, the sensing channels each generating an output signal corresponding to a voltage difference between the first and second input terminals; and a processor detecting a touch input, using the output signals of the sensing channels. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409501 | SENSOR-EQUIPPED DISPLAY DEVICE AND SENSOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a sensor-equipped display device includes first electrodes and a detection electrode. The first electrodes constitute sensor drive electrodes by being supplied with sensor drive signals separately and sequentially or sensor drive electrodes by simultaneously supplying the sensor drive signals to the first electrodes adjacent to each other. A width of the sensor drive electrode including the first electrode on the edge is smaller than a width of the other sensor drive electrode not including the first electrode on the edge. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409502 | CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control method, device and storage medium applied to a display device with a touch function for implementing an OSD touch operation of a display device and avoiding the touch function not being recognized when an OSD menu is operated by a touch mode are provided. The control method includes: detecting an instruction for activating the OSD menu; when receiving the instruction, calling up the OSD menu, and turning off a function of a touch driver board for broadcasting a touch position to a first interface for connecting a signal source; and detecting the touch position; when the touch position is within a display area of the OSD menu, executing a menu option; and when the touch position is outside the display area, no longer displaying the OSD menu, and turning on a communication function of the touch driver board and the first interface. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409503 | TOUCH SURFACE WITH HYBRID TOUCH DETECTION - A touch surface includes an array of rows of electrodes, means for injecting, at an input point on a row, an input voltage (V | 2020-12-31 |
20200409504 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is provided and includes a first substrate; a second substrate opposed to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of detection electrodes, the second substrate being located between the detection electrodes and the liquid crystal layer; a shield electrode apart from the detection electrodes in a plane view, the second substrate being located between the shield electrode and the liquid crystal layer; and a resistive layer overlapping the detection electrodes and the shield electrode, the detection electrodes and the shield electrode located between the resistive layer and the second substrate. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409505 | INPUT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A noise immunity of a detected capacitance is prevented or inhibited from lowering on a driving electrode different in width from the other driving electrodes, provided in an input device. A touch panel serving as an input device has a plurality of driving electrodes extending in an X-axis direction and arranged in a Y-axis direction intersecting with the X-axis direction, and a driving electrode arranged outside one side of an arrangement of the driving electrodes and extending in the X-axis direction. Further, the touch panel TP | 2020-12-31 |
20200409506 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH DEVICE WITH HIGH SENSITIVITY AND LOW POWER CONSUMPTION - There is provided a capacitive touch device including a touch panel and a control chip. The touch panel includes detection electrodes configured to form self-capacitance and mutual-capacitance. The control chip includes an emulation circuit and a subtraction circuit. The emulation circuit is configured to output a reference signal. The subtraction circuit is coupled to the emulation circuit and the detection electrode, subtracts the reference signal outputted by the emulation circuit from a detected signal outputted by the detection electrodes to output a differential detected signal, and identifies a touch event according to the differential detected signal to reduce the power consumption for touch detection. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409507 | Non-Contact Input Device - A non-contact input device for detecting an operation with respect to an image projected in mid-air that can increase diversity of detectable non-contact operations, is provided. The non-contact input device includes a display part configured to display an image, a mid-air projector configured to project a real image of the image in mid-air, and a distance sensor having a measuring range that covers a region in which the real image is formed, the distance sensor being configured to measure a distance to an object present within the measuring range. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409508 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes, a plurality of second sensing electrodes, a plurality of first sensing lines, a plurality of second sensing lines, and a connection line connecting two second sensing patterns, which are spaced apart from each other, of one second sensing electrode of the second sensing electrodes. Each of the first sensing lines includes a trench line connected to one first sensing electrode of the first sensing electrodes and crossing the connection line so as to be insulated from the connection line. The connection line includes a plurality of line parts spaced apart from each other with the trench line therebetween on a plane and a bridge part on a layer different from that on which the line parts are on, the bridge part connecting the line parts to each other and having conductivity less than that of the trench line. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409509 | ELECTRONIC PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An electronic panel includes: a base substrate; a first sensor including a first sensing electrode on the base substrate, a second sensing electrode spaced apart from the first sensing electrode, a first sensing line connected to the first sensing electrode, and a second sensing line connected to the second sensing electrode; and a second sensor including an additional sensing electrode spaced apart from the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode, wherein the additional sensing electrode overlaps the first sensing line on a plane. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409510 | APPLICATION INPUT AND FEEDBACK SYSTEM - Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing an application input and feedback system. An embodiment operates by receiving a request for a user input interface corresponding to a particular screen of an application. Responsive to the request, the user input interface associated with the particular screen is provided. A real-time context corresponding to the particular screen of the application and the request is captured. User-generated data is received via the user input interface and a context-related data package including the user-generated data and the context is generated. The context-related data package is provided to another system configured to receive the context-related data package. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409511 | ADDRESSABLE AUGMENTED-REALITY CONTENT - An addressable media system for performing operations that include: accessing image data that depicts an object in an environment at a client device; causing display of a presentation of the image data within a graphical user interface at the client device; detecting the display of the object within the presentation of the image data based on at least a portion of the plurality of image features of the display of the object; identifying an object class based on at least the portion of the image features of the display of the object; receiving an input that selects the display of the object from the client device; and associating the object class that corresponds with the object with the user profile in response to the input that selects the display of the object. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409512 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INPUT METHOD INTERFACE, DEVICE, AND TERMINAL - The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for displaying an input method interface, a device, a terminal and a storage medium, relating to the field of human-computer interaction technologies. The method includes: displaying a first user interface of a first application; displaying a first floating window on the first user interface, the first floating window being configured for displaying a second user interface of a second application; and displaying a second floating window on the first user interface when a text input operation signal from the second user interface is received, wherein the first floating window and the second floating window are displayed concurrently, and the second floating window is configured for displaying an input method interface. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409513 | METADATA-DRIVEN BINDING OF PLATFORM-AGNOSTIC CONTENT TO PLATFORM-SPECIFIC USER-INTERFACE ELEMENTS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates use of an application on an electronic device. During operation, the system obtains a first metadata definition containing a mapping of view components in a user interface of the application to a set of attribute-specific types associated with an attribute of the electronic device, and a second metadata definition containing a set of rules for binding the attribute-specific types to a set of platform-specific user-interface elements for a platform of the electronic device. Next, the system generates a view for display in the user interface by applying, based on the attribute and the platform, the first and second metadata definitions to content describing the view to select one or more platform-specific user-interface elements for rendering one or more of the view components in the content. The system then instantiates the platform-specific user-interface element(s) to render the view component(s). | 2020-12-31 |
20200409514 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THAT RECORDS A DASHBOARD APPLICATION PROGRAM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes an outlier detecting unit configured to detect an outlier value included in the numerical value about the certain element, an analysis candidate determining unit configured to determine an analysis candidate if the outlier value about the certain element is detected, the analysis candidate indicating a candidate of an analysis action for the outlier value about the certain element, and an analysis candidate display unit configured to generate a first GUI indicating the outlier value, and display the first GUI in association with the outlier value in the chart displayed on the display device, and generate a second GUI configured to instruct to execute the analysis action that the analysis candidate indicates, and display the second GUI on the display device if the first GUI displayed on the display device is operated or pointed by a cursor. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409515 | 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. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409516 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A method, a device and a mobile terminal for data transmission are provided. The transmission method is applied in the mobile terminal, when a user wants to share data, target data can be determined in a present application by the mobile terminal, then the mobile terminal is moved to obtain a moving direction and a moving displacement when the mobile terminal moves; an application currently corresponding to the screen of the mobile terminal is determined according to the moving direction, the moving displacement and an initial position of each application; when a predetermined condition is satisfied, an application corresponding to the screen of the mobile terminal is determined to be a target application, and the determined target data are transmitted to the target application; it only needs to move the mobile terminal to determine the target application when a predetermined condition is met for transmitting data to the target application. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409517 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - When a page image is to be displayed, a display apparatus changes a display mode in which the page image is displayed on a display section according to both the orientation of the page image and the orientation of the display section. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409518 | PAGE SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A page switching method performed by a page switching apparatus includes: displaying a second page and creating a first display control in response to a first trigger operation on a first page; displaying the first display control at an upper layer of the second page; displaying the first page and creating a second display control in response to a selection operation on the first display control displayed at the upper layer of the second page; and displaying the second display control at an upper layer of the first page. The first display control is configured to provide an entry to the first page; and the second display control is configured to provide an entry to the second page. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409519 | DYNAMICALLY SCALABLE SUMMARIES WITH ADAPTIVE GRAPHICAL ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND CONTENT - The techniques disclosed herein improve existing systems by providing a system that automatically generates a scalable summary with adaptable graphical associations between people and content. The system can select a level of detail that can be applied to a process for generating a summary of content. The level of detail can be based on a user's engagement with respect to one or more events. The system can improve the usability of the summary by selecting a level of detail that is optimized for the user's contextual status. The system also improves the user's interaction with a computer by providing an adaptable layout of information indicating a source of content. The adaptable layout allows users to readily identify topics, content sources, and high-priority summary sections regardless of the level of detail that is selected for the summary. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409520 | Control Method and Apparatus - A control method includes displaying a first interface, receiving first input of a user acting on a non-navigation button, displaying, in response to the first input, at least one of an artificial intelligence (AI) function entry interface and a scene service task interface that are corresponding to the non-navigation button, where the first interface includes a navigation bar, the navigation bar is provided with a navigation button and at least one non-navigation button, when the navigation button is triggered, an electronic device performs at least one of returning to a previous interface, jumping to a home interface, and invoking an interface of an application program accessed within a preset time up to a current moment, and when the at least one non-navigation button is triggered, the electronic device displays at least one of an AI function entry interface and a scene service task interface. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409521 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING VR RESOURCE AND TERMINAL - This application provides a method for obtaining a virtual reality (VR) resource by a terminal and a terminal, and relates to the field of communications technologies, so that the terminal can quickly and conveniently find a VR resource required by a user, to improve user experience. The method specifically includes, when a terminal detects an operation of choosing, by a user, to search for a VR resource related to a specific picture, automatically obtaining, by the terminal, feature information of the specific picture, and generating a request based on the feature information, sending, by the terminal, the request to a VR server, and then receiving, by the terminal, a list of related VR resources found by the VR server through matching based on the request. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409522 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLOADING PHOTOGRAPHED FILE - A device displays a user interface of the social network platform, including status updates of users, a photo uploading region, and an input region for entering status updates of a user. The device presents recommended photos for upload in the photo uploading region. The recommended photos are selected by dividing photos in the photo library into one or more groups based on photographing location and photographing time, where, if a photographing location of a photo is not a regular location associated with a user of the device, the photo is grouped based on a common photographing location, and if the photographing location of the photo is a regular location associated with the user of the device, the photo is grouped based on a common photographing time. Photos are selected from at least one group as a recommended photo in the photo uploading region. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409523 | SUPPORT FOR SWIMLANES IN A MOBILE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A server device may transmit, to a client device, data and program code that instructs the client device to display a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI may include cards associated with a first categorical group of a first plurality of categorical groups and a second categorical group of a second plurality of categorical groups. The toggling, dragging, and releasing of a particular card causes the GUI to: (i) display a grid interface containing vertical lanes associated with the first plurality of categorical groups and horizontal lanes associated with the second plurality of categorical groups, wherein intersections of vertical lanes and horizontal lanes define graphical boxes, (ii) slide the particular card among the graphical boxes, and (iii) associate the particular card with a third categorical group or a fourth categorical group defined by the graphical box that the particular card is released. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409524 | FOLDER MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DEVICE - A folder management method and device. The method includes: displaying a folder icon comprising a set of icons of at least two applications, and the set of icons is displayed as a thumbnail icon, and, in the thumbnail icon, each of the icons of the at least two applications is displayed in a shrunk size, and the folder icon further comprising an enlarged first icon associated with a first application, wherein the enlarged first icon is displayed adjacent to the thumbnail icon without the first icon, and wherein a size of the enlarged first icon is a same size as the thumbnail icon. The first application is determined according to a use time sequence or other factors. In this way, icons, of some applications, in the folder icon can be enlarged for display, which facilitates management of applications in the folder. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409525 | OBJECT BATCHING METHOD AND APPARTUS - A batch processing method and device for objects are provided. In response to an operation that a user simultaneously touches at least two objects on a user interface, first touch event related information with respect to the at least two objects is acquired. Next, in response to an operation that the user stops touching the at least two objects on a batch processing interface, second touch event related information with respect to the at least two objects is acquired. Finally, if the first touch event related information with respect to the at least two objects and the second touch event related information with respect to the at least two objects meet an operation condition of a preset batch processing operation, the preset batch processing operation is performed for the at least two objects. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409526 | DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention discloses a display panel. The display panel includes a touch electrode area. The touch electrode area includes a first touch circuit layer and a second touch circuit layer corresponding to the first touch circuit layer. Wherein the first touch circuit layer is electrically connected to the second touch circuit layer, and the first touch circuit layer and the second touch circuit layer completely coincide with each other in a direction perpendicular to the display panel. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409527 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided are an output unit configured to output an image or distribution information of evaluation values corresponding to a plurality of regions of the image, an operation unit configured to accept a first action and a second action different from the first action; and a control unit configured to execute, when the output unit outputs a first image, output control such that the output unit outputs a second image if the operation unit accepts the first action, and that the output unit outputs distribution information of the evaluation values corresponding to the first image if the operation unit accepts the second action. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409528 | Pervasive 3D Graphical User Interface with Vector Field Functionality - A three-dimensional graphical user interface (3D GUI) configured to be used by a computer, a display system, an electronic system, or an electro-mechanical system. The 3D GUI provides an enhanced user-engaging experience while enabling a user to manipulate the motion of an object of arbitrary size and a multiplicity of independent degrees of freedom, using sufficient degrees of freedom to represent the motion. The 3D GUI is configured to process the kinematics of objects interacting with vector fields by using the analytics of Stokes' law. The 3D GUI is also configured to process distributed neural networks by methods including combining the actions of individual nodes and storing the result as a T matrix product in a central cluster node. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409529 | TOUCH-FREE GESTURE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for interacting with a 3D virtual image containing activatable objects. The system of the invention includes a 3D display device that presents to a user a 3D image, an image sensor and a processor. The processor analyzes images obtained by the image sensor to determine when the user has placed an activating object such as a hand or a finger, or has performed a gesture related to an activatable object, in the 3D space, at the location where the user perceives an activatable object to be located. The user thus perceives that he is “touching’ the activatable object with the activating object. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409530 | FACILITATING AUTOMATIC EXECUTION OF USER INTERACTIONS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE - A system and method for facilitating automatic execution of user interaction in a virtual space are disclosed. For such facilitations, interactions initiated by users may be monitored and examined. The examination of the user interactions may be made based on various parameters that depend on user interaction levels in the virtual space. Based on results of such examinations, user interactions to be automatically executed in the virtual space while the users are not participating in the virtual space may be determined. In some examples, such determinations may be based on the user interaction levels in the virtual space and/or one or more virtual items and/or real-world currencies spent by the users for the automatic execution of the user interactions. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409531 | Three Dimensional Navigation of Listing Information - Computerized methods and systems for three-dimensional (3-D) displaying and navigating of search results are provided. In some embodiments, a criterion may be received from a user of a publication system. A database associated with the publication system may be searched based on the criterion. Search results retrieved from the database may be displayed on at least one side of a 3-D interface object. At least one control may be displayed proximate to the three 3-D interface object. The control may be used to navigate the 3-D interface object. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409532 | INPUT DEVICE FOR VR/AR APPLICATIONS - In some embodiments, an input device for interfacing within an VR/AR environment can include a processor, one or more motion tracking sensors to track a motion of the input device in three-dimensional (3D) space, where a cursor in the VR/AR environment moves based on the tracked motion of the input device in 3D space and is limited to tracked motion having three degrees of freedom (DOF). The input device can further include a button that, when activated, selects an application window in the VR/AR environment when the cursor is placed over the application window, where the application window moves in the VR/AR environment based on the tracked motion of the input device in 3D space while the application window is selected. The input device can include a user interface that, when activated, accesses and controls content on the selected application window. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409533 | GENERATING ANIMATION OVERLAYS IN A COMMUNICATION SESSION - Method of generating animation overlays starts with a processor causing a communication interface for a communication session to he displayed at client devices. The processor receives from a first client device an animation sending request and causes an animation sending interface to be displayed in the communication interface of the first client device. The animation sending interface comprises animation overlay icons. Each of the animation overlay icons comprise a first avatar associated with the first user. The processor receives from the first client device a selection of a first animation overlay icon and causes the first animation overlay corresponding to the first animation overlay icon to be displayed as an overlay on the communication interface of each of the plurality of client devices. The first animation overlay is an animation that includes the first avatar. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409534 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING A PROMPTING MESSAGE, MOBILE TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for displaying a prompting message includes that: upon there is a prompting message to be displayed, a first mark is dynamically displayed on a desktop; after an input operation for the first mark is detected, the desktop is switched to a prompting page; and the prompting message is displayed on the prompting page. Therefore, displaying of the prompting message is optimized, a user can view the prompting message in a more timely manner, and user experience is improved. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409535 | Continuous Playback Queue - Embodiments are described herein that involve a media playback system playing back a playback queue according to a continuous-playback mode. In one aspect, a playback device is provided that includes a network interface, one or more media processing components, a non-transitory computer-readable medium with program instructions stored thereon. The program instructions are executable by at least one processor to cause the media playback device to: add one or more items to a playback queue of the media playback device, where the one or more items include a continuous-playback item including at least one media item, play back the playback queue according to a continuous-playback mode, where playing back the playback queue according to the continuous-playback mode involves: detecting a continuous-playback trigger, and based on the detected continuous-playback trigger, adding at least one additional media item to the continuous-playback item. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409536 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A screen generating unit generates a home screen for allowing a user to select a desired item of content from among multiple items of content, and the home screen includes a list in which multiple icons representing the multiple items of content are arranged. A display control unit displays the home screen on a television monitor. The screen generating unit further arranges, in the list on the home screen, a library icon used to search for an item of content. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409537 | USER INTERFACES FOR LOCATION-RELATED COMMUNICATIONS - The present disclosure generally relates to managing location-related communications of an electronic device associated with a user account. In some embodiments, techniques are discussed for managing location-related communications by pausing display of location-related communications while location-related alerts are enabled. In some embodiments, an option for pausing the alerts is displayed with a set of one or more alert conditions. In some embodiments, techniques are discussed for managing location-related communications by automatically generating a second alert after a first alert was generated in response to a set of alert criteria being met. | 2020-12-31 |
20200409538 | HANDS-FREE SYSTEM INTERFACE BASED ON EYE AND OBJECT MOTION - The invention herein disclosed and claimed is a hands-free system interface that utilizes eye pupil motion correlated with display-screen object motion to determine an attended object and to interact based on whether the attended object represents a control selection or a data element selection. | 2020-12-31 |