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7259749 |
Touch measurement system
A touch measurement system includes a touch probe for detecting touching of a workpiece by a touch probe stylus and including at least one sender for emitting an infra-red light in response to...
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7256767 |
Automatic orientation-based user interface for an ambiguous handheld device
An electronic device is provided that includes a user-interface feature, a detection mechanism and one or more internal components. The user-interface feature is configurable to have a selected...
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7253801 |
Input device of 3-D translation and rotation and its method and recording medium
A photo device condenses the bright spot on the display to project the spot light onto the projection plane, thereby projecting it onto photo detectors the projection plane. A counter counts the...
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7245288 |
Method of setting up pointing device on portable terminal
A method of setting up a pointing device on a portable terminal according to the present invention has a first step for moving a user icon on a display unit of the portable terminal by the pointing...
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7242388 |
Data input device
A data input device and method including an illuminator ( 106 ) operative to illuminate at least one engagement plane ( 102 ) by directing light along the at least one engagement plane, a...
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7242389 |
System and method for a large format collaborative display for sharing information
System and method for providing an interactive collaborative display for sharing electronic data in an educational environment. The system and method include a large format collaboration display...
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7239301 |
3D pointing devices and methods
Systems and methods according to the present invention address these needs and others by providing a handheld device, e.g., a 3D pointing device, which uses at least one sensor to detect motion of...
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RE39716 |
System and method for creating a controlling device
A system and method for creating a controlling device. In response to a user specifying one or more operating criteria for the controlling device, the system selects executable instructions from a...
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7236156 |
Methods and devices for identifying users based on tremor
Systems and methods according to the present invention address these needs and others by providing a handheld device, e.g., a 3D pointing device, which uses hand tremor as an input. One or more...
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7230605 |
Information processing terminal
The present invention relates to an information processing terminal that makes it possible to implement a more preferable user interface. A user can input various processes by inclining a PDA...
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7227530 |
Assembly of independent mouse or track ball device using keyboard as an operational relay with keyboard
An independent mouse or trackball device assembly uses a keyboard as an operational relay providing for the wired or wireless coupling of the mouse or trackball device to the keyboard assembly.
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7224343 |
Input apparatus, portable electronic device and input method for a portable electronic device
There is provided an input apparatus which makes it possible to reduce the size and weight of the apparatus on which it is mounted while improving the ease of use through its jog dial...
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7218312 |
Information display device
An information display device includes a display with a display screen, a multifunction switch, an IR sensor detecting whether or not an operator's hand is in a range around the multifunction...
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7215325 |
Point inputting device and method for three-dimensional images
Where an arbitrary point on an image is designated in the field of a medical image, it is generally designated on a sectional image, and an arbitrary point on a three-dimensional image cannot be...
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7215324 |
Automatic indicator system and method
An automatic indicator system directs a light beam at an object. A camera configured to acquire an image of an object is coupled to a light beam indicator. The image is compared with...
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7205979 |
Computer data entry and manipulation apparatus and method
Apparatus is disclosed for generating control signals for the manipulation of virtual objects in a computer system according to the gestures and positions of an operator's hand or other body part....
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7202852 |
Active laser protection system
This invention relates to an active Laser Protection System (LPS) system specifically designed to provide a device that automatically adjusts a protection panel of the device in response to laser...
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7203911 |
Altering a display on a viewing device based upon a user proximity to the viewing device
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture altering a displayed image presented to a user on a viewing device using the proximity of the user to the viewing device to determine how the...
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7203635 |
Layered models for context awareness
The present invention relates to a system and methodology providing layered probabilistic representations for sensing, learning, and inference from multiple sensory streams at multiple levels of...
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7199791 |
Pen mouse
A pointing device having an elongated body with a transparent end adapted for movement over a surface is disclosed. An illumination subsystem illuminates the surface in an area adjacent to the...
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7196690 |
Input device off table switch
According to one aspect of the invention, a movable cursor control device is provided for controlling a cursor on a display screen of a digital processing system. One exemplary cursor control...
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7193608 |
Collaborative pointing devices
A method and system for determining a position of laser spots in an initial image due to a plurality of laser pointer, the method having the steps of acquiring a sequence of images from a camera...
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7191020 |
Output service provision system, virtual object management terminal, mobile object, virtual object management terminal program, mobile object program, and output service provision method
This invention provides an output service provision system which is capable of allowing a user to easily receive a provided output service, providing an output service responsive to the user and...
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7187359 |
Force feedback device
A force feedback device comprising an operation unit, an actuator for providing a feel sensation (force) to the operation unit and a control unit for controlling the actuator, wherein the control...
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7185987 |
Projector and projector accessory
A projector for enlarging and projecting the display image on a light valve onto a screen is provided with: an infrared photodetector for photodetecting infrared light that is emitted by an...
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7181249 |
Anthropomorphic mobile telecommunication apparatus
The mobile telecommunication apparatus ( 1 ) comprises a microphone ( 4 ), a loudspeaker ( 3 ), a transmitter/receiver ( 7 ), a control circuit ( 8 ) with a memory ( 9 ) and a control interface (...
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7180500 |
User definable gestures for motion controlled handheld devices
A motion controlled handheld device includes a display having a viewable surface and operable to generate an image and a gesture database maintaining a plurality of gestures. Each gesture is...
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7180501 |
Gesture based navigation of a handheld user interface
A motion controlled handheld device includes a display having a viewable surface and operable to generate a current image. The device includes a motion detection module operable to detect motion of...
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7180502 |
Handheld device with preferred motion selection
A motion controlled handheld device includes a display having a viewable surface and operable to generate an image and a motion detection module operable to detect motion of the device within three...
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7176890 |
Projection-type display device and software program
A projection surface on which a predetermined projection image is projected is provided; a writing surface on which an image can be drawn directly in a superimposing manner with a projection image...
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7177906 |
Software application launching method and apparatus
A handheld computer includes a housing and a display supported by the housing and configured to display images representative of computer program applications. The handheld computer also includes a...
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7176887 |
Environmental modeling for motion controlled handheld devices
A motion controlled handheld device includes a user interface comprising a display having a viewable surface and operable to generate a current image and a motion detection module operable to...
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7176888 |
Selective engagement of motion detection
A motion controlled handheld device includes a display having a viewable surface and operable to generate an image. The device includes a motion detection module operable to detect motion of the...
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7176881 |
Presentation system, material presenting device, and photographing device for presentation
A presentation system comprises a display for setting a virtual screen, a pointing mark for operating a point on the display, a photographing device for photographing the pointing mark and the...
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7176886 |
Spatial signatures
A handheld device includes a motion detection module operable to detect motion of the device within three dimensions and a memory maintaining a spatial signature comprising a particular movement of...
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7173604 |
Gesture identification of controlled devices
A handheld device includes a gesture database maintaining a plurality of gestures, each gesture defined by a motion of the device with respect to a first position of the handheld device. The...
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7170489 |
Positioning a cursor on the display screen of a computer
A computer system comprises a keyboard ( 11 ), a display screen ( 13 ), a first pair of position-sensing electrodes ( 18.1, 18.2 ), a second pair of position-sensing electrodes ( 20.1, 20.2 ), a...
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7170488 |
Pointing device with solid-state roller
A solid-state roller on a pointing device with enhanced features. The solid-state design described herein allows the sensor to be placed on any shape of surface, such as one that has curvature in...
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7167975 |
Wireless Universal Serial Bus link for a computer system
A computer system having transceivers coupled to USB ports so as to provide a wireless USB bus between a computer and one or more peripheral devices is disclosed. The transceivers allows the...
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7164413 |
Enhanced input peripheral
A mouse having X- and Y-position encoders, and associated circuitry for generating X- and Y-movement data, additionally includes an optical sensor for producing grey-scale image data, thereby...
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7161579 |
Hand-held computer interactive device
In one embodiment an input device is provided. The input device includes a central body. A response and communications system is included in the input device. The response and communication system...
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7158116 |
Rechargeable cordless input and pointing device
A wireless pointing device, such as a computer mouse, employs self-generated electric energy to power itself and to recharge its internal energy cell. The self-generated power may come from a...
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7158118 |
3D pointing devices with orientation compensation and improved usability
Systems and methods according to the present invention describe 3D pointing devices which enhance usability by transforming sensed motion data from a first frame of reference (e.g., the body of the...
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7154471 |
Color arrangement for a cursor
Control arrangement for a cursor ( 140 ) on a screen or a display for a computer ( 130 ), comprising a hand unit ( 10 ) with two sensing elements ( 20, 30 ) adapted to be applied on two of the...
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7154475 |
Computer mouse with magnetic orientation features
A computer mouse 10 has magnetic orientation features. It comprises a body 11 in which is located a mechanism 13 for sensing the x and y movement of the body and a compassing device 16 for...
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7154453 |
Information processing apparatus with pointer indicator function
An information processing apparatus and method providing a main display for displaying a first operation screen used to perform a first operation and a sub-display separate from the main display...
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7151530 |
System and method for determining an input selected by a user through a virtual interface
A system and method for determining which key value in a set of key values is to be assigned as a current key value as a result an object intersecting a region where a virtual interface is...
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7148878 |
Method and apparatus for biometric control of display indicator
Biometric sensors such as electromyographic sensors 21 A and 21 B sense muscle flexing. The resultant signals are sensed 11 and utilized to establish 13 a corresponding angle of movement and...
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7148879 |
Bioacoustic control system, method and apparatus
Bioacoustic sensors and wireless technologies are used for the control of electronic devices, such as a wireless telephones, pagers, music/media players or personal, laptops and personal digital...
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7145551 |
Two-handed computer input device with orientation sensor
A hand held computer input device includes a first housing portion having at least one user actuable input device. A first extending handle is coupled to, and extends away from, the first housing...
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