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7620431 Methods and apparatus for controlling applications of a mobile device by using a pivoting input switch  
A mobile device includes at least one application and a user-controllable pivoting input switch. This application has a number of selectable items. This switch has a number of operational modes....
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...
7598890 Apparatus and method for character entry in a portable terminal  
A character entry method and apparatus in a terminal in which characters are grouped into a plurality of character sets and a representative character of each of the character sets is imprinted on...
7589710 J-key input for computer systems  
Information elements such as alphanumeric characters are input into a small computing device having little or no keyboard by operating with a predetermined number of strokes on a multi-directional...
7570247 Modular assembly for a self-indexing computer pointing device  
A pointing device having a puck sub-assembly and a base sub-assembly is disclosed. The puck sub-assembly includes a moveable puck having a user sensor that detects the interaction of a user and the...
7561072 Interactive sequential key system to input characters on small keypads  
This invention discloses an interactive sequential system to input letters of the English alphabet and of many world languages, numbers, punctuation marks and many other symbols on keypads with few...
RE40731 System and method for linking streams of multimedia data to reference material for display  
A system for indexing displayed elements that is useful for accessing and understanding new or difficult materials, in which a user highlights unknown words or characters or other displayed...
7508376 Key sheet for pointing device and pointing device  
Provided is a pointing device that can be reduced in thickness even if a magnetic field sensor is mounted to a front face of a printed circuit board. When a support portion laterally moves, a...
7499031 Electronic device  
A keypad having a first key and a second key is provided. The first key includes a first front body and a first back body. The first back body is disposed on the backside of the first front body....
7495663 System and method for computing a continuous local neighborhood and paramaterization  
The present invention relates to a system for interactively moving a hit point within a current triangle of the model, where the hit point defines a location of a brush stamp relative to the model,...
7486275 Optical pointing device  
An optical pointing device includes a variable frame rate controller to reduce power consumption. Frame rate can be varied through analog devices by varying the reference current, or through...
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...
7469388 Direction-based system and method of generating commands  
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and computer-readable medium for identifying a command in response to receiving notice of a pointer selection event followed by an...
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...
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...
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...
7417566 Sequential two-key system to input keyboard characters and many alphabets on small keypads  
This invention discloses a sequential two-key system to input letters of the English alphabet and of many world languages, numbers, punctuation marks, page-control characters, line-control...
7414614 User interface  
A user input device for providing 8-way directional control, comprising a first set of sensors consisting of a first sensor adjacent a second sensor, constituting a first pair of sensors, and a...
7414612 Analog input device  
In an analog input device, a rubber member is provided between a key top and a movable electrode of an analog-quantity generating unit. A dead zone can be removed or reduced by forming a bottom...
7411584 Touch sensitive device employing bending wave vibration sensing and excitation transducers  
A touch sensitive apparatus includes a touch plate to which several pickup sensors and at least one excitation transducer are coupled. Each of the sensors is configured to sense bending waves in...
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 ),...
7385584 Automated keyboard mouse switch  
A single set of input devices (keyboard, mouse, etc.) is employed with a plurality of data processing systems each having a separate display. The logical display areas for the displays are arranged...
7372450 Analog input mapping for hand-held computing devices  
A first hand-held computing device includes an analog input device and a processor. The analog input device generates analog input. The processor receives the analog input and converts the analog...
7356769 Method and apparatus for providing inputs to a communication or computing device  
A miniaturized user input device or input button ( 14 ) for a computing or communication device, such as a personal digital assistant device or a mobile phone. A user provides inputs to the...
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...
7352362 Integrated virtual hub chip  
An apparatus that includes a serial port configured to interface with a separate host, one serial interface engine (SIE) connected to the serial port, and at least a first interface unit and a...
7345670 Image controller  
An image controller structured for allowing inputs to be converted or translated into electrical outputs, one preferred controller structured with at least a sufficient number of sensors to aid in...
7327347 Image classifying systems and methods  
Methods and systems for classifying images, such as photographs, allow a user to incorporate subjective judgments regarding photograph qualities when making classification decisions. A slide-show...
7315300 Touch sensitive device employing impulse reconstruction  
A touch sensitive apparatus includes a touch plate and a number of sensors coupled to the touch plate. Each of the sensors is configured to sense bending waves in the touch plate and, in response...
7289107 Auto-calibration of pointing devices used in a computer user interface  
A pointing device in a computer system is automatically calibrated by distinguishing between “in presence” and “out of presence” conditions. Calibration correction accommodates differing...
7289102 Method and apparatus using multiple sensors in a device with a display  
In a device having a display, at least one sensor signal is generated from a sensor in the device. One or more context values are then generated from the sensor signal. The context values indicate...
7283122 Input device including a scroll wheel assembly  
An input device including a scroll wheel assembly for moving an image in multiple directions on a display screen. The scroll wheel assembly may include a finger-engagable control member that may be...
7283120 Method and apparatus for providing haptic feedback having a position-based component and a predetermined time-based component  
A manipulandum includes a sensor and an actuator. The sensor is configured to output a position signal when the manipulandum is moved from the first position to the second position. Additionally,...
7279647 Control panel  
A control panel having a touch sensitive position sensor and at least one mechanical switch located within a sensitive area of the position sensor is provided. The position sensor comprises a...
7277087 Touch sensing with touch down and lift off sensitivity  
A touch sensing device includes a plurality of sensors and an emitting transducer coupled to a touch panel. The transducer induces bending waves in the touch panel. The sensors sense bending waves...
7264170 Input device and electronic device using the same  
An input device. The input device may be coupled to an electronic device. The input device comprises a control capable of being moved to n activation points to respectively activate input...
7262374 Pointing device and key sheet for pointing device  
Provided are a pointing device allowing accurate depressing operation on a key top and involving no erroneous input or erroneous operation, and a key sheet for the pointing device. On the back...
7248252 Vehicular dialogue interface with centralized commander  
A display ( 3 ) displays a menu, and a centralized commander ( 5 ) has a central decision switch ( 6 ), a first scan switch ( 7 ) surrounding the decision switch and operable for an inching scan on...
7245943 Apparatus and method for inputting characters in a mobile communication terminal  
An apparatus and method are provided for inputting a character in a mobile communication terminal which displays character items representing types of characters on a screen of the mobile...
7227090 Switching apparatus  
A switching apparatus includes a case, an operation shaft whose one end outwardly projects from inside of the case and which is provided at its central portion with a flange, a support member which...
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...
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...
7193612 Scrolling apparatus providing multi-directional movement of an image  
The invention is a scrolling apparatus may be incorporated into an input device, such as a pointing device or a keyboard, for example, and operatively connected to a host computer to scroll an...
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...
7170497 Electronic device and control element  
An electronic device ( 1 ) comprises a control element ( 6 ) for receiving user input, and the control element ( 6 ) comprises at least a first input means ( 6 b ), a second input means ( 6 c ) and...
7170487 Pointing device and method of producing the same  
A pointing device includes an elastic plate is provided with a perforation or notch through which a pin can be inserted. Terminal electrodes are formed, and then strain resistant elements are...
7157649 Contact sensitive device  
Method and apparatus using bending wave vibration to calculate information relating to a contact on a contact sensitive device. The contact sensitive device has a member capable of supporting...
7154473 Method for controlling position of indicator  
An apparatus and process for controlling the position of an indicator in a user interface using a menu is disclosed. By the method, when a menu having items selected and adjusted by an indicator is...
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...
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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