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7475994 |
System, method, and apparatus for detecting a projected point on computer controlled displayed images
A system, method, and apparatus are described in which a light point projected on a computer controlled displayed image is detected. A light point is projected at the displayed image at essentially...
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7477233 |
Method and system for providing modifier key behavior through pen gestures
Described is a system and method in which pen gestures cause a mode to be entered in which a computing device acts as if a modifier key (e.g., Control, Alt, or Shift) was being pressed. This is...
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7474772 |
System and method for a miniature user input device
A system and method of the present invention emulates electronic input devices such as a steering wheel, a mouse, a joystick, a navigation bar, a scroll wheel, and a pressure-sensitive button. The...
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7468742 |
Interactive presentation system
The present invention discloses an interactive presentation system which allows a presenter to perform a presentation while having various interactions directly with presentation material images in...
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7466303 |
Device and process for manipulating real and virtual objects in three-dimensional space
A device and software system with input and output capability for manipulating real and virtual objects in 3-dimensional space. The device consists of a six degree-of-freedom mechanical armature...
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7466304 |
Image processing apparatus, storage medium having image processing program stored thereon, game apparatus and storage medium having game program stored thereon
For operating an operation target object displayed on a screen using a pointing device, a first input coordinate value indicating a position on the screen designated by the pointing device and a...
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7463240 |
Haptic input device
On two buttons displayed adjacent to each other on a display means, when a cursor moves from the center position of a first button to the center position of a second button, an attractive force...
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7463244 |
Optical mouse and method for removing contaminants in an optical mouse
Optical device and a method for cleaning an optical surface on an optical device. An optical device has a device body and at least one optical surface on the device body. At least one access port...
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7463239 |
Input device including a wheel assembly for scrolling an image in multiple directions
A computer input device having a housing and an engagable scroll wheel. The scroll wheel is rotatable about an axis to preferably cause vertical scrolling of an image on a display. The rotatable...
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7463241 |
Joystick input device
A joystick input device includes a casing having a tiltable-component supporter, a tiltable component held in the tiltable-component supporter, tilt-detecting means for detecting a state of tilting...
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7456759 |
Keyboard integrated navigation pad
A key arrangement that includes a plurality of keys arranged in a pattern including a first column, a last column, and one or more middle columns. At least one of the middle columns includes a...
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7456821 |
User interface device
A device comprises a manipulandum moveable in at least two degrees of freedom including a first link rotatably moveable about a pivot axis and a second link rotatably moveable about a pivot axis....
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7456847 |
Video with map overlay
A system and method for placing reference locators on a streaming video image taken from a camera mounted on a vehicle. Sensors monitoring the camera field of view and direction of the optical axis...
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7454309 |
Foot activated user interface
A wearable computing apparatus includes a processor; a device for presenting information from the processor to a user, and a device for providing user input to the processor in response to the...
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7450108 |
Operating unit, especially for operating a multimedia system in a motor vehicle
The invention relates to an operating unit, especially for operating a multimedia system in a motor vehicle, comprising an operating element that can be rotated about an axis (z), that can be moved...
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7446751 |
Data input device, data input method, and data input program
Parameters are input by operating a slider with a mouse. A position over the slider is pointed with the mouse. This position over the slider is converted into two parameters based on the...
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7446783 |
System and method for manipulating an image on a screen
A system and method for zooming into or out of an image on a screen, in which the image is displayed on a touch screen, and a user zooms into a portion of the image by placing a stylus at a desired...
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7443381 |
Remote control device with button for notifying pointer movement mode
A remote control unit for controlling a device such as an audio-visual system, and also selecting objects displayed on a screen of the device. The remote control unit includes a main function...
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7440807 |
Control system provided with virtual power monitor and thereby provided with function of evaluating and analyzing stability of object to be controlled
A system configuration can evaluate the stability of an output from a user's control system including all effects of unknown dynamic characteristics and disturbances and can guarantee the stability...
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7439953 |
Information apparatus and method of selecting operation selecting element
An information apparatus includes a display unit which displays an icon, a pointer, and the like, and a pointing device. When the pointer executes predetermined movement and stop in an...
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7439952 |
Pointing device
An electronic pointing cursor control device such as a trackball or mouse, comprising a first chamber adjoined to a second chamber, the chambers being separated by a fluid-tight wall comprising an...
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7436398 |
Operating device
An operating device for controlling a display screen, which includes a rotatable operating member of cylindrical shape, and a slidable operating member having a cylindrical tip portion located...
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7436391 |
Navigation switch
The present invention relates to a navigational button including an actuating element which is displaceable at least in two directions and controls the navigation button. The present actuating...
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7432908 |
Controller, system and method for controlling a cursor
A controller for controlling a cursor includes an identifying module for identifying at least one of a first period when a cursor is in motion and a second period when the cursor is not in motion,...
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7429975 |
Magnetic oscillation metric controller
A magnetic oscillation metric controller with return design comprised of a scrolling wheel mechanism, a dancer, a permanent magnet, a Hall sensor and a return structure to drive the permanent...
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7429988 |
Methods and apparatus for convenient change of display characters on a handheld device
A method and apparatus for convenient changing of a character display on a handheld device is disclosed. An example handheld device includes a screen to display an alphanumeric character, the...
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7429980 |
Oscillation and rotation metric controller
An oscillation and rotation metric controller comprised of a scrolling wheel mechanism to oscillate for driving magnetic poles of a permanent magnet to displace thus to generate signals of changed...
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7429976 |
Compact pointing device
The pointing device has a moveable puck that moves over a surface in a puck field of motion. A position detector measures the puck position in the puck field of motion. In one embodiment, the puck...
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7429974 |
Device for manipulating images, assembly comprising such a device and installation for viewing images
A peripheral device for manipulating 3D images comprising a gripping element to be manipulated by user, a transmission of command information to a processor as a function of shift and/or efforts...
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7429978 |
Portable electronic apparatus
A portable electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a key operation unit which detects depression operation of each of a first direction key and a second direction key adjacent to the first...
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7428142 |
Lid-closed detector
In one exemplary embodiment, a portable computer having a display assembly coupled to a base assembly to alternate between a closed position and an open position. An input device disposed on the...
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7427979 |
Pointing apparatus and method
Provided are a pointing apparatus and method. The apparatus, which inputs a pointing signal to a portable computer, includes an accelerometer outputting an acceleration signal in response to motion...
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7424388 |
Motion determining apparatus and storage medium having motion determining program stored thereon
Acceleration data which is output from an acceleration sensor is obtained. A rotation motion of an input device around a predetermined direction as a rotation axis is determined by comparing a...
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7420539 |
Method of stabilizing haptic interface and haptic system using the same
A method of stabilizing a haptic interface and a haptic system using the same, are provided. The method comprises detecting a value of a physical parameter related to a motion generated by a human...
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7420540 |
Determining positioning and/or relative movement of graphical-user interface element based on display images
A system for a computing device of one embodiment of the invention is disclosed that includes an image-capturing mechanism and a controller. The image-capturing mechanism is capable of capturing...
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7417623 |
Pointing device and displacement estimation method
A method of estimating image displacement by block matching for a pointing device used in a computer system. The method provided in the present invention comprises capturing digital images...
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7414610 |
***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
Pressing direction sensor and input device using the same
A small and thin pressing direction sensor that can continually detect pressing directions in the angle range of 360 degrees is provided. This pressing direction sensor includes a ring-like...
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7414548 |
Continuously actuatable keys pertaining to a keyboard comprising an integrated signal detection element, and method for signal processing
The aim of the invention is to develop a keyboard for compact mobile electronic appliances, said keyboard comprising an integrated signal detection element and enabling simple data input and...
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7414615 |
System and method for inputting characters using a directional pad
A system and method for enabling a user to input characters using a directional pad of a computing device. The directional pad is configured to generate directional inputs. The invention creates...
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7405725 |
Movement detection device and communication apparatus
A movement detection device includes a self-sustaining movement detection unit which is attached to an operator's body and detects a movement or a posture of an attached part of the operator's...
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7405722 |
Portable telephone
In a portable telephone according to the present invention, a display displays a block indicative of an operator, predetermined information and a pointer; the operator can be operated in directions...
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7405724 |
Automated banking machine and method
An automated banking machine ( 12 ) is operative to conduct transactions in response to HTML documents and TCP/IP messages exchanged with a local computer system ( 14 ) through an intranet ( 16 ),...
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7405733 |
Spline drawing in a computer-implemented graphics program
A computer-implemented graphics program for drawing a spline. The spline is drawn using a first method in the graphics program. Thereafter, the graphics program seamlessly switches from drawing the...
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7400318 |
Touchpad having increased noise rejection, decreased moisture sensitivity, and improved tracking
An improved touchpad and measurement circuitry for enabling input to a computer or other electronic device. The system includes an X electrode, a Y electrode, a common sensing electrode, and a...
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7400317 |
Finger navigation system using captive surface
An apparatus such as a wireless telephone is disclosed, the apparatus having a screen with an icon, and an input device for controlling the icon on the screen. The input device includes a sensor...
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7400316 |
Method and apparatus for dynamically modifying web page display for mobile devices
A method of dynamically modifying web page displays used in various mobile devices. The method uses a motion detection mechanism to detect whether the mobile device is moving or in motion and then...
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7399953 |
Light source control in optical pointing device
An optical pointing device includes a light source configured to respond to a drive current to provide at least partially coherent light to illuminate an imaging surface to thereby generate...
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7394474 |
Method and apparatus for implementing an overlay cursor and associated scope trigger in a video test generator
A method and apparatus for implementing a video test generator having an overlay cursor and an associated scope trigger are presented. A user interface permits a user to move a cursor across a...
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RE40410 |
Method and system for tracking attitude
A method and system for tracking attitude of a device includes fixing a two-dimensional array of photosensors to the device and using the array to form a reference frame and a sample frame of...
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7394346 |
Free-space gesture recognition for transaction security and command processing
A sensor panel having a matrix of independently decoded sensors, arranged in a two-dimensional pattern allows a consumer identification unit (CIDU) to detect a user-specific gesture made with a...
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