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7619612 Pointing device with light source for providing visible light through a moveable puck  
A pointing device includes a base surface. The pointing device includes a moveable puck confined to move over the base surface within a puck field of motion. The pointing device includes a position...
7598943 Resizable wireless pointing device with a storable receiver  
The present invention relates to a resizable wireless pointing device with a storable receiver. The body housing comprises at least one inner compartment which is located next to the back of a...
7576726 Dual-positioning controller and method for controlling an indicium on a display of an electronic device  
A dual-positioning controller includes a two positioning controllers for controlling movement of an indicium, such as a cursor, on a display of an electronic device. A coarse controller controls...
7526316 Mobile phone and mobile phone control method  
In a mobile phone remotely operating an information device, a communication unit receives information displayed on the information device. A display device displays a part of the information. A...
7499023 Haptic feedback input device  
A haptic feedback input device includes an operating member having an annular circumferential surface, capable of rotating in a circumferential direction and moving radially, a motor that applies a...
7477235 Display apparatus having a scroll feature  
A display apparatus includes a display memory for storing an image of a first area forming a portion of an entire image; a display section including a display screen having a display area usable...
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...
7453448 User interface and method of adapting a sensor signal to actuate multiple dimensions  
A user interface for a mobile device includes an input sensor having one degree of freedom operable by the user to generate a sensor signal, a screen having a two-dimensional surface showing a...
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...
7417622 Mouse scroll device  
An improved mouse scroll device installs a scroll sensing plate integrally coupled and neatly aligned with the main body of a mouse for providing an appropriate position to operate the mouse...
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...
7397971 Image generating method and image generating apparatus  
A first storage unit is a storage area for storing original images. Inputted to an input unit is an operation instruction from a user. An obtaining identifying unit identifies an optimal original...
7388574 Pointing device  
A pointing device is provided which facilitates the assembly, achieves downsizing and has a long life. Magnetic sensors 21 are placed symmetrically two by two along an X axis and Y axis on a...
7372452 Portable terminal capable of displaying data in an upright direction regardless of rotation of screen and method therefore  
A portable terminal displays data received from the exterior or internally generated on its screen in an upright direction. The portable terminal includes a video processor, a display with the...
7362306 Image displaying device  
An image displaying device includes a display unit which displays a cursor and at least one button; an input unit for moving the cursor and for selecting the button; and a controller for...
7355585 Input device and information processing apparatus with such input device and cursor display control method  
An input device may be used with the information processing apparatus and the like, and provides an improved ease of operation in moving the cursor on the display screen. The input device includes...
7327349 Advanced navigation techniques for portable devices  
The present invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates navigating smoothly and gracefully through any type of content viewable on portable devices such as cell-phones, PDAs,...
7327348 Haptic feedback effects for control knobs and other interface devices  
The present invention provides haptic sensations for a haptic feedback device and especially for a rotational device such as a knob. Force effects such as a hill force effect and barrier force...
7245289 Force-applying input device  
A force-applying input device includes a mechanical section including a tilting lever; an operation section mounted to an end of the tilting lever; first and second actuators which apply a force to...
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...
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...
7193610 System for speed adaptive positioning of a cursor responsive to a predetermined time interval after an initial application of force within a user interface  
A data processing system having a display; a cursor control connected to the display for displacement of a cursor represented on the display; and a user-interface coupled to the cursor control for...
7187360 Pointing device and electronic apparatus provided with the pointing device  
A pointing device capable of generating a fixed control signal regardless of operated directions and preventing the generation of a control signal owing to malfunctions, and an electronic apparatus...
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...
7126584 Operating device and image processing system using same  
An operating device is connected to an image processing apparatus that generates image data to be displayed on a display according to a program. The operating device supplies a signal for providing...
7106314 User interface and method of adapting a sensor signal to actuate multiple dimensions  
A user interface for a mobile device includes an input sensor having one degree of freedom operable by the user to generate a sensor signal, a screen having a two-dimensional surface showing a...
7098895 Optical trackball device and electronic apparatus  
An optical trackball device of the present invention includes a ball as an operating member, using a material that partially transmits light, and this ball is rotatably supported by a support...
7075513 Zooming and panning content on a display screen  
A method and system for manipulating content displayed on a display screen is disclosed. A data processing device has two attached user input controls, such as touch pads, joysticks, and the like....
7071916 User input configurations for a data processing device  
An apparatus is described comprising: a data processing device having a memory for storing program code and data and a processor for processing the program code and data, and a display for...
7050093 Video camera pivoting apparatus, a pivoting video camera apparatus, and a monitoring system with a pivoting video camera  
A pivoting unit pivots a video camera at a pivoting speed. The video camera includes a zoom mechanism and a zoom amount signal generation circuit for generating a zoom amount signal. A pivoting...
7046229 Computer input device providing absolute and relative positional information  
A computer input device includes a base, a movable member that is displaceable relative to the base, and a sensor that is operably coupled to the movable member. The sensor provides an output...
7042442 Virtual invisible keyboard  
The invention uses a recognition system of gestures that maps sequences of gestures to keys strings. In the practice of this invention, a user produces gestures without keyboards. Many experienced...
7027034 Method of moving objects on TV monitor, the computer and recording medium for executing the method  
The movement of an object due to the continuous pushing of a simple ON/OFF switch is made an easier-to-use interface for users by a method of moving an object displayed on a screen of a TV monitor...
6995748 Apparatus for controlling a screen pointer with a frame rate based on velocity  
An apparatus for controlling the position of a screen pointer for an electronic device having a display screen includes a light source for illuminating an imaging surface, thereby generating...
6947062 Seamlessly combined freely moving cursor and jumping highlights navigation  
A remote control, operating an on-screen set-top box (STB) menu, has a force sensitive resistor (FSR) for coarse or free navigation and a keypad, placed around the FSR, for fine navigation. A user...
6937226 Input device and pointer control method  
An input device that transmits, to a host device having a display displaying a pointer, information relating to the pointer and includes a sensor detecting contact information, and further includes...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
6809722 Hand-held mobile mouse  
A hand-held or palm mobile mouse is contained in a mini hand-held shaped housing to be held in the palm of a user with a sphere arranged on the top easily and naturally reached by the user's thumb....
6806864 Operating device for influencing displayed information  
An operating device for influencing medical image information items displayed at a display surface with a movable operating element has a motion acquisition system for quantitatively determining...
6795055 Devices, systems and methods for facilitating positioning of cursor on display device  
Devices, systems and methods for facilitating positioning of a cursor on a display device are provided. For example, an input device is provided which includes a shifter configured to electrically...
6788288 Coordinate input device and portable information apparatus equipped with coordinate input device  
A coordinate input device has a keyboard; a rotary dial annular in shape and mounted in substantially the same plane as the keyboard, the rotary dial being rotatable within the plane; and a...
6781571 Method and system for selectively controlling graphical pointer movement based upon web page content  
A method and system for selectively controlling mouse movement speed during movement within a particular web page or display window based upon a user's prior experience within that web page or...
6771251 Electronic equipment, recording medium and method for changing parameter settings of the electronic equipment or computer  
An electronic equipment which provides an easier-to-use interface for the changing of the settings of various parameters on an LCD panel or the screen of a computer by the pushing by a user of a...
6750847 Operator's communication unit with a mouse for a computer  
The invention relates to an operator's communication unit ( 1 ) comprising a mouse ( 4 ) and an annunciator ( 3 ) that interacts electrically therewith, and a cable arrangement ( 2 ) for connection...
6747680 Speed-dependent automatic zooming interface  
The present invention relates to a system and method for navigating through a content or document in a display, wherein as the rate of such navigation increases, the scale of the document...
6738045 Method and system for accelerated data navigation  
A method and system uses an acceleration curve to enhance data navigation. In a preferred embodiment, the scrolling algorithm of an input device with a rotational member accelerates a resultant...
6731315 Method for selecting display parameters of a magnifiable cursor  
A computer display system which displays an image and a magnified portion of the image. The magnified portion of the image is selected un,der control of a pointing device connected to the computer....
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