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6924790 |
Mode switching for pen-based computer systems
A pen-based portable computer system which includes one or more pen-based wireless interface devices that are adapted to communicate by way of a radio link to a remote host personal computer or...
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6922185 |
Inputting device and electronic instrument using this inputting device and inputting method thereof
An inputting device, an electronic instrument using this inputting device, and an inputting method thereof, in which displacement of an operating section in the direction slanting for the X or the...
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6920441 |
Method and apparatus for building communication between agent desktop scripting applications and an outbound call software suite within a telecommunications center
A dynamic data exchange (DDE) gateway for formatting and forwarding commands, requests, and data between separate software suites operating under disparate protocols within a communication center...
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6917357 |
Handy mouse with a direction-switch device
A handy mouse with a direction-switch device that is operable in both a palm and on a flat surface, for instance, a table surface. The direction-switch device switches directions via gravity. The...
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6914582 |
Food and drink ordering system in eating and drinking place
A food and drink ordering system in an eating and drinking place for allowing a customer to make a precise order of a desired food and drink from the customer's table to a kitchen. The food and...
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6911919 |
Operating device for an in-car computing system and in-car computing system
The present invention relates to an operating device for an in-car computing system ( 10 ) for controlling a selection mark (cursor), comprising an operating body ( 32 ) which is hold pivotally...
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6909426 |
Tablet system with inductive loops and cord less-battery less pointer apparatus controlled by multi-channel switches set and method for transmitting and receiving its signal
The purpose of the present invention is to reduce power consumption caused by controlling circuit in transmitting/receiving process between tablet system and cord less-battery less pointer...
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6909407 |
Device and method for displaying pictograms in a vehicle
A device for displaying pictograms in a vehicle wherein the device comprises a control unit and a display unit, in particular an LCD display unit, the control unit controlling the display unit, and...
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6907574 |
System and method of hyperlink navigation between frames
A system and method for navigating between hyperlinks and frames on a Web page within a Web browser in a client system in communication with one or more server systems. A plurality of hyperlinks...
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6906699 |
Input unit, method for using the same and input system
An input unit has a mouse function and at least one inputting function. The input unit comprises image-recording means ( 8 ) which record images. These images are used for providing both the mouse...
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6906697 |
Haptic sensations for tactile feedback interface devices
Haptic sensations for tactile feedback computer interface devices. In one method, a tactile sensation is output during the interaction of a cursor and a graphical object, the tactile sensation...
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6903723 |
Data entry method and apparatus
The apparatus and method of the invention relate to data entry and menu selection. Applications include: (a) data entry for ideographic languages, including Chinese, Japanese and Korean; (b) fast...
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6903720 |
Cursor control console with rotary knob and method of use
A rotary knob is integrated into a cursor control console and facilitates entering of alpha and numeric data into an aircraft computer system. The console houses both a cursor control device and...
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6899539 |
Infantry wearable information and weapon system
Wearable systems for providing situational awareness in battle or combat type conditions. More specially, modular, wearable, weapon integrated computer systems for gathering and transmitting data,...
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6894678 |
Cursor control using a tactile feedback device
A mouse interface device and method for providing enhanced cursor control and indexing cursor control with force feedback. A force feedback interface device includes a manipulandum, such as a...
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6895446 |
Apparatus for controlling computer pointer motions, outputs and events
Secondary pointer for the control of computers, which comprises a transceiver coupled with a decoder/encoder, at least one memory or memory address, an embedded controller, and hand-operable...
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6892102 |
Signal processor for a joystick input device
A signal processor for a joystick which includes a joystick input device ( 11 ) which varies a joystick voltage input value Vi according to an operating amount of a joystick ( 10 ) from a neutral...
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6885363 |
Pointing device dwell time
A method, apparatus, and signal-bearing medium that selects an object displayed on a display screen when a cursor controlled by a pointing device pauses at the object for a time period longer than...
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6882869 |
Device, methods, and user interface for providing optimized entry of alphanumeric text
The present invention includes a device, method, and user interface for providing optimized entry of alphanumeric text. In one form, a method for providing selectable characters within a user...
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6882291 |
Operating device
An operating device is capable of both digital operation and analog operation by using a pressing operation continuously. The operating device has detecting elements (e.g., pressure-sensitive...
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6876891 |
Method and apparatus for providing tactile responsiveness in an interface device
A method and apparatus implementing a user interface device, such as a mouse or trackball, having electronically controllable tactile responsiveness which is flexibly programmable. A user interface...
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6873316 |
Suppression of cursor control during tactile feedback operation
An apparatus for filtering or suppressing a tactile feedback to a user of a computer cursor control device such as a pointing stick is provided. A pzt material is first mounted to a semi-rigid...
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6871242 |
Personal computer with a biometric sensor having improved resistance to environmental distortions
The present invention is a personal computer system and method including a biometric sensor which is protected from environmental forces and which resists certain attacks by sensing whether a...
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6870526 |
Glove mouse with virtual tracking ball
A glove-like apparatus mounted on a user's hand to control the cursor movement and to click for providing functions of a computer mouse. The apparatus has a glove-like body with multiple finger...
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6867790 |
Method and apparatus to conditionally constrain pointer movement on a computer display using visual cues, controlled pointer speed and barriers on the display which stop or restrict pointer movement
Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling pointer movement on a user interface display screen in a computer system. Selected areas of a display screen are defined to provide predetermined...
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6859199 |
Method and apparatus for determining relative movement in an optical mouse using feature extraction
A method of determining a movement vector between two images is disclosed. The method comprises capturing a first image using a sensor array. Next, a first feature set is extracted from the first...
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6859198 |
Force feedback functioning manual input device and onboard instrument control system having it
A manual in put device is provided with a spherical bearing, a joystick type knob held swingably on the spherical bearing, a rotary knob disposed coaxially with the joystick type knob, a first...
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6856327 |
Apparatus for moving display screen of mobile computer device
An apparatus for moving a display screen by detecting the three-dimensional motion of the mobile computer device with acceleration sensors is disclosed. The apparatus includes a position detector...
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6856310 |
Device for manually guided registration for overlaying two datasets
In a device for manually guided registration for overlaying two datasets, a quality of the registration is calculated and is used to generate an answerback control signal to a three-dimensionally...
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6850221 |
Trigger operated electronic device
A device particularly for use with a computer comprises a housing for location at least partly between two fingers of a user's hand and an electronic circuit mounted on a board within the housing....
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6850223 |
Key mechanism for an input device
A key mechanism for an input device includes a key having an axle that is coupled to a guide in the housing of the input device in a manner such that the key pivots about the axle when the key is...
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6850224 |
Wearable ergonomic computer mouse
A computer mouse is designed to be worn on the hand of a computer user for use in conjunction with various types of computer systems. A base attaches to the user's hand through the use of flexible...
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6850220 |
Input method, input system, and program for touch panel
To provide input means by which a mouse position can be accurately pointed to in a touch panel input system that does not have a pointing device capable of accurate pointing such as a mouse. Input...
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6850222 |
Passive force feedback for computer interface devices
A method and apparatus for interfacing the motion of an object with a digital processing system includes a sensor which has a sensing resolution and detects movement of the object along a degree of...
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6847348 |
Systems and methods for executing functions for objects based on the movement of an input device
Methods, computer program products and systems are provided for executing a function of a data processing computer system. The function may relate to an object. The method may be performed by:...
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6847352 |
Stress relieving mouse
The present invention 10 discloses a computer mouse having a body with an ovate palm support area 38 and a planar peripherally receding support 42 for the hypothenar mass and left 40 and...
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6847356 |
Coordinate input device and its control method, and computer readable memory
A device has a projection type image display unit which has a projection lens and generates a coordinate input screen, and linear sensors for sensing an image of a beam spot, and computes a...
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6847349 |
Serial data cursor
A serial data cursor for extracting content from an analog waveform representing a serial digital data stream has a horizontal length equal to a “word-time” as determined by parameters of a...
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6847350 |
Optical pointing device
An electronic device has a case and a screen attached to the case. The screen indicates a cursor position. The electronic device further has an input device mounted to the case. The input device...
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6847031 |
Intermittent operating type pointing device
In detecting units for detecting the rotating operation of a ball, respective photoemitters serving as light sources are intermittently driven to emit light and respective photodetectors receive...
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6844873 |
Reverse cantilever assembly for input devices
A computer pointing device, such as a mouse or trackball, includes a reverse cantilever button assembly to match strength-related variations in user hand size. In one embodiment a button assembly...
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6839051 |
Two-axis cursor control apparatus
A two-axis ball-based cursor control apparatus is provided, which includes a housing; a spherical ball contained partially within the housing; two rotors in contact with the spherical ball and two...
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6836566 |
System for pointing
A method and a system in a computing environment which are capable of accurately pointing to any desired position in displayed images of various shapes. Pointing to a desired position on a...
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6833825 |
Apparatus for remotely controlling a digital processing system
According to one aspect of the invention an apparatus is provided for remotely controlling a digital processing system, comprising a housing, a scrolling detector, a cursor positioning detector,...
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6833846 |
Control methods for the reduction of limit cycle oscillations for haptic devices with displacement quantization
Systems and methods for reducing limit cycle oscillations of a haptic device. A net force applied to the device is a combination of a primary force computed in a main haptic loop and a secondary...
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6831631 |
Portable computer and related method for preventing input interruption by write-tracking an input region
A method is provided for a portable computer. The portable computer has a touch panel for sensing a position of pressure exerted by a user. The method includes setting an input region on the touch...
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6829394 |
System and method of pointed position detection, presentation system, and program
A system and method of pointed position detection, a presentation system, and a program for accurately detecting a pointed position based on an infrared image or the like. The configuration...
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6825831 |
Position indicating device for harsh environments
An improved position indicating device is presented. The position indicating device includes a housing having a sealed compartment and an opened compartment. A trackball is located in the opened...
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6822637 |
Apparatus, method and program for generating image signal having pointer signal
An image signal generating apparatus, method, program and storage medium for causing display units to display individual images. The apparatus includes a signal generator, an indexer adding an...
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6822643 |
Image-display control apparatus
An image-display control apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting a predetermined object from a photographed image, a position calculation unit for obtaining a positional relationship...
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