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7391413 Positional information outputting device, positional information outputting method, and signal processing method  
A positional information outputting device comprising: a display screen; a positional information outputting circuit for outputting the information of a position designated on the display screen;...
7385596 Stylus attachment structure for IT products  
In a stylus attachment structure for an IT product, the attachment structure formed on an IT product, such as, a laptop, a tablet PC and a PDA, comprises an attachment slot, a push-out member, a...
7385595 Electronic pen and method for recording of handwritten information  
An electronic pen for recording of handwritten or hand-drawn information has a control unit and a memory. The control unit registers pen movements across at least one base, stores a plurality of...
7372456 Method and apparatus for calibrating an interactive touch system  
A method of calibrating an interactive touch system includes moving a pointer along at least one path on a touch surface over a calibration image presented on the touch surface. Pointer coordinates...
7362314 Interactive surface for enabling user interaction with software  
An interactive surface for enabling user interaction with software in a computer system via a sensing device, the interactive surface comprising: visual information relating to a drawing...
7358965 Tapping to create writing  
The present invention provides a method and system for tapping to create document structure, such as writing. A tapping gesture received from the user is interpreted by a writing application to...
7358964 Electromagnetic inductive system with multi-induction loop layout and battery less pointer device and its method for locating the coordinate  
A multi-induction loop layout of an electromagnetic inductive system is disclosed. The multi-induction loop layout of the invention comprises a plurality of inductive loops, one terminal of each...
7352899 Realistic machine-generated handwriting with personalized fonts  
There are provided new and improved methods and systems for producing machine-generated handwriting having realistic human appearance. In various embodiments, the handwriting may include...
7352366 Dynamic rendering of ink strokes with transparency  
Apparatus and methods for dynamically rendering transparent ink strokes, in some situations such that the rendered ink stroke has transparency similar to physical ink while it is being drawn. For...
7352355 Transparent overlay input device  
A transparent overlay input device includes a transparent non-conductive substrate, a plurality of transparent conductive electrode pairs and a transparent non-conductive cover. The plurality of...
7348964 Single-piece top surface display layer and integrated front cover for an electronic device  
A single-piece top surface display and integrated front cover for an electronic device. In one embodiment, the cover comprises a thin, flexible, transparent layer coupled with a supporting...
7345681 Pen data capture and injection  
A tool that allows a user, such as a software developer, to create test data that can consistently be employed to simulate the operation of a hardware pen or stylus. Raw pen data, such as position...
7345680 Laminated touch screen  
In a touch screen having a flexible outer membrane with a first conducting surface, a backing surface with a second conductive surface, and sensors to detect contact between the first conducting...
7345679 Input control apparatus and input accepting method  
A main control unit accepts an operation of deciding a touched button when the user releases the button on a touch panel in a menu window within a predetermined time period after touching the...
7345676 Text entry for electronic device  
An electronic device has a touch sensitive surface ( 14 ) for entering text. The text is stored in memory ( 20 ) in a vector graphics format, preferably without carrying out character recognition.
7345671 Method and apparatus for use of rotational user inputs  
Improved approaches for users of computing devices to interact with graphical user interfaces are described. According to one aspect, a rotational user action supplied by a user at a user input...
7342574 Method and apparatus for inputting information including coordinate data  
A method, computer readable medium, and apparatus for inputting information, including coordinate data, includes: extracting a predetermined object from an image, including a predetermined object...
7342350 Handheld device having ultrasonic transducer for axial transmission of acoustic signals  
A handheld stylus having an elongated housing, a writing and drawing implement disposed within the housing and including a tip extending through an opening at an end of the housing where ultrasonic...
7339581 Input control apparatus and method for responding to input  
In a menu window, when a user touches an area outside buttons on a touch panel, a main control unit vibrates the touch panel by using a first vibration pattern. When the user moves his/her finger...
7339579 Wiring harness and touch sensor incorporating same  
A wiring harness and a touch sensor incorporating same are disclosed. The touch sensor includes a sensing electrode disposed in a touch sensitive area. The touch sensor further includes a plurality...
7339577 Input device capable of button input and coordinate input on the same operating surface  
An input device including a main device composed of a coordinate input device, an operating surface having input portions displayed thereon, and a switch device having switches connected in...
7336853 Apparatus and method for collection of handwritten data  
A data capturing module combined with a portable data terminal of the hand-held type to record handwritten data. Using a digitized pad, the module can provide for direct input of handwritten data...
7333086 Dual mode computer mouse  
A dual mode computer mouse including a first mouse body and a second mouse body is disclosed. The first mouse body includes a first sensor, a first button and at least a second button. A second...
7327884 Realistic machine-generated handwriting  
There have thus been provided new and improved methods and systems for producing machine-generated handwriting having realistic human appearance. In various embodiments, the handwriting may include...
7327354 Low power dissipation touch plane interface circuit  
A method of determining a type of touch plane operator input device comprises sensing the impedance across first and second terminals of a touch plane operator input device to distinguish the touch...
7327352 Linearized conductive surface  
Electrode pattern disposed on a conductive surface is disclosed. The electrode pattern includes a plurality of conductive segments. The conductive segments are located along the edges of two or...
7324094 Method and device for generating multi-functional feedback  
A method, a dynamic user interface and an electronic device for generating user-detectable multi-functional feedback using a single component in response to a stimulus signal. One or more...
7324093 Flexible screen display with touch sensor in a portable computer  
A user interface for a portable electronic device comprising a flexible display panel and a flexible touch sensor. The flexible touch sensor is operable to register a position where contact is made...
7319458 Electronic device with functions comparable to joystick and tablet  
A multifunction electronic device with function comparable to joystick and tablet, comprising: an electromagnetic signal emitting unit, having an electromagnetic signal emitter arranged at the...
7315300 Touch sensitive device employing impulse reconstruction  
A touch sensitive apparatus includes a touch plate and a number of sensors coupled to the touch plate. Each of the sensors is configured to sense bending waves in the touch plate and, in response...
7312790 Input apparatus for performing input operation corresponding to indication marks and coordinate input operation on the same operational plane  
An input apparatus includes a flat input device of a pressure-sensitive type or a capacitive type, and an indicator sheet on which indication marks are formed is fixed on the surface of the flat...
7312788 Gesture-based input device for a user interface of a computer  
The gesture-based input device for a user interface of a computer comprises two pairs of electrodes scalable for any screen size wherein the electrodes are arranged to capture the...
7312409 Touch pad and position detecting circuit and method thereof  
A touch pad and a position detecting circuit and method thereof are provided. The touch pad uses a waveform generator to generate an input signal; the input signal is capable of gradually moving a...
7310088 Input operation device  
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel input operation device in which multi-functionality corresponding to higher functionality of electrical equipment can be achieved along with...
7310082 Computer display having display direction control  
A display has a display part displaying an image signal, an image signal processor providing the image signal to the display part, a pen sensor sensing at least two locations on a main body of the...
7307622 Coordinate detection device with improved operability and method of detecting coordinates  
A coordinate detection device is provided, which device includes an input unit which has a surface thereof to which a coordinate value is input by an input means, a calculation unit which...
7304638 Computer touch screen adapted to facilitate selection of features at edge of screen  
In one embodiment of the invention, a hot spot is normally centered in an area of contact between a user's finger and a touch screen to position the hot spot on an icon or other feature thereby...
7301525 Coordinate positioning device and method thereof  
A coordinate positioning device and the method thereof for detecting the coordinate of a contact point even in an environment of periodic noises. Firstly, obtain a first and a second sampling...
7298364 Display device  
When the user pushes an input button 5 , upper, lower, left and right input buttons 2, 4, 6 and 8 adjacent to the pushed button 5 are animated convergently toward the pushed button 5 ....
7295193 Written command  
A handheld electronic device which is adapted to carry out at least one operation. The device is controllable by a user using the device as a pen and writing a command for initiating said...
7295191 Method and system for detecting multiple touches on a touch-sensitive screen  
Disclosed are a method and a system for detecting multiple, simultaneous touches on a touch-sensitive screen of a computing device. The hardware that controls the touch screen performs two...
7295190 Touch sensitive control panel  
A touch sensitive control panel is described. The control panel comprises a sensor surface in which a plurality of sensor areas are arranged and a circuit board offset from the sensor surface. The...
7289111 Resistive touch pad with multiple regions of sensitivity  
A touch pad for a data processing system includes a first film and an electrically conductive first thin film above the first film, a plurality of electrically non-conductive spacer dots above the...
7289105 Real motion detection sampling and recording for tracking and writing instruments using electrically-active viscous material and thin films  
The present invention details a system for tracking writing motions internally to the pen (or other instrument) and communicating such motions to a general or specific purposes computer systems. In...
7283128 Coordinate input apparatus and control method and program thereof  
A coordinate input apparatus includes a light-receiving unit arranged in a coordinate input region, a reflection unit arranged at the peripheral portion of the coordinate input region to reflect...
7283127 Stylus input device utilizing a permanent magnet  
A stylus that operates utilizing magnetic fields, wherein a permanent magnet is disposed within a passive stylus that is detectable by a plurality of magnetic sensors that remove the magnetic field...
RE39881 Surface position location system and method  
An electrographic sensor unit and method for determining the position of a user selected position thereon. The electrographic sensor unit includes a layer of a conductive material having an...
7279646 Digital signature collection and authentication  
A digital signature collection and authentication system includes an ink pen having an ultrasonic transmitter that transmits ultrasonic energy to a plurality of ultrasonic receivers. A computer...
7277087 Touch sensing with touch down and lift off sensitivity  
A touch sensing device includes a plurality of sensors and an emitting transducer coupled to a touch panel. The transducer induces bending waves in the touch panel. The sensors sense bending waves...
7268774 Tracking motion of a writing instrument  
Motion of a writing instrument is tracked from sensors located in the vicinity. The signals generated from the sensors are processed and used in a wide variety of ways.