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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 (...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...