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7479949 Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics  
A computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a computing device with a touch screen display comprises: detecting one or more finger contacts with the touch screen display, applying one...
7477445 Electrophoretic indication display  
An electrophoretic display having a pair of substrates separated by a microcapsule layer, a plurality of pixels formed at the intersections of rows of gate lines and columns of data lines on at...
7477241 Device and method for optical touch panel illumination  
An optical touch panel including a support defining a generally planar surface, an optical illumination assembly arranged along and above at least part of a periphery of the support to define a...
7477242 Capacitive touch screen with conductive polymer  
A capacitive touch screen is described with a touch area including a substantially transparent conductive polymer. The capacitive touch screen also includes circuitry connecting the conductive...
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...
7477240 Input apparatus, computer apparatus, method for identifying input object, method for identifying input object in keyboard, and computer program  
A method, computer program product, and device for identifying a target key for a touch input are provided. The method, computer program product, and device provide for detecting a first location...
7477233 Method and system for providing modifier key behavior through pen gestures  
Described is a system and method in which pen gestures cause a mode to be entered in which a computing device acts as if a modifier key (e.g., Control, Alt, or Shift) was being pressed. This is...
7477816 Lens-equipped optical wave guide device for touch panel and optical waveguide for use in the same  
A lens-equipped optical waveguide device for a touch panel includes an optical waveguide including an under cladding layer, and a plurality of cores formed on a surface of the under cladding layer...
7474300 Position detecting apparatus and position pointer  
In a position detecting apparatus, electric power of a position pointer is turned on only when the position pointer is put within a particular range from a tablet to minimize consumption of a...
7474299 Method for controlling a handheld computer by entering commands onto a displayed feature of the handheld computer  
A method for software control using a user-interactive display screen feature is disclosed that reduces stylus or other manipulations necessary to invoke software functionality from the display...
7471283 Mobile communication device capable of providing candidate phone number list and method of controlling operation of the mobile communication device  
A mobile communication device capable of providing a candidate phone number list and a method of controlling an operation of the mobile communication device is provided. The method includes...
7466307 Closed-loop sensor on a solid-state object position detector  
The present disclosure discloses an object position detector. The object position detector comprises a touch sensor formed as a closed loop and having a physical constraint formed on an upper...
7467380 Invoking applications with virtual objects on an interactive display  
One or more objects placed on a display surface of an interactive display system are identified by a camera that receives infrared light reflected back by the object(s) through the display surface....
7463248 System and method for constructing optical devices using fold-up portions extended from a substrate  
In one embodiment, the transmitters and detectors for an integrated optical touch panel (OTP) are mounted at right angles to the surface of the OTP. The transmitters and detectors are contained on...
7463371 Ordering of events between different input sources  
A system and process for ensuring the smooth flow of electronic ink is described. Dynamic rendering is give priority over other event handlers. Priority may be the use of one or more queues to...
7463249 Acoustic wave touch actuated switch with feedback  
An acoustic wave switch includes a substrate with an acoustic wave cavity formed therein such that the mass per unit area of the acoustic cavity is greater than the mass per unit area of the...
7463250 System for determining the rotational orientation of a sensing device  
A system for generating orientation data when a sensing device is positioned or moved relative to a surface, the orientation data being indicative of an orientation of the sensing device relative...
7463247 Flip cover for a portable electronic device  
A portable electronic device arrangeable between an open position and a closed position. The portable electronic device includes a display screen that is positioned such that it is at least...
7463246 Capacitive sensing device  
One embodiment in accordance with the present invention includes a capacitive sensing device. The capacitive sensing device comprises a substantially transparent substrate and a set of patterned...
7460109 Navigation and fingerprint sensor  
A pressure sensitive cursor control suitable for applications that include cellular phones and personal data assistants includes a pressure sensor array suitable to detect a human fingerprint....
7461343 Touch-screen remote control for multimedia equipment  
A multimedia control system presents program schedule information to a user in a visually and intellectually-intuitive manner. The multimedia control system can be used to display programming...
7461356 Function control unit and method thereof  
Positions of the user's fingers placed on a touch panel are detected, and buttons are arranged at the detected positions so that the buttons can be used for selecting a function. Due to the...
7460110 Dual mode touch system  
An apparatus for detecting a pointer includes a waveguide and a touch surface over the waveguide on which pointer contacts are to be made. At least one reflecting device extends along a first side...
7456823 User interface apparatus and portable information apparatus  
A user interface apparatus has a flexible part including a one-dimensional analog sensor for sensing distortion of the flexible part, and a processor unit for detecting one of input states based on...
7456824 Coordinate input apparatus with region recognition  
A pointed position on a coordinate input region is detected, and the coordinates of the pointed position are calculated. A region on the coordinate input region, to which the calculated coordinates...
7453585 Error notification handling  
A system and process for ensuring the smooth flow of electronic ink is described. Dynamic rendering is give priority over other event handlers. Priority may be the use of one or more queues to...
7453444 Touch screen with selective touch sources  
The present invention provides a touch sensor system that distinguishes from among distinct users. As a vehicle touch sensor system, the present invention provides a touch sensor accessible from a...
7453418 Display of visual data as a function of position of display device  
In general, the invention is directed to techniques by which visual data is mapped to one or more display devices as a function of the positions of the display devices. The invention may support...
7453442 Reconfigurable user interface systems  
User interface systems comprising a touch screen actuator and a tactile key, in which the tactile key is placed adjacent to the touch screen actuator so that manipulation of the tactile key can be...
7453438 Information processing apparatus and method  
An information processing apparatus and method for ensuring security when a virtual keyboard is used while an image displayed on a display is disclosed to the outside are provided. According to an...
7453443 Method of deactivating lock and portable electronic device  
The invention relates to a method of deactivating the touch screen lock in a portable electronic device comprising a touch screen and means for locking the touch screen. The method comprises...
7453439 System and method for continuous stroke word-based text input  
The disclosed System enables a small virtual keyboard on a touch-screen to be used to enter a word by contacting the keyboard on or near the key of the first letter, tracing through or near the key...
7450114 User interface systems and methods for manipulating and viewing digital documents  
Systems, including handheld computing devices that include system code stored within the memory and adapted to be executed by the processor. The system code can process an input byte stream that is...
7450109 Electronic whiteboard  
An improved electronic whiteboard is provided. The improved electronic whiteboard includes a plurality of toggle switches along a vertical side for drawing vertical straight lines across the...
7450111 Key functionality for communication terminal  
A multimedia terminal has a touch sensitive display that displays information and receives user inputs. A control unit controls the operation of the terminal in accordance with user inputs received...
7450110 Haptic input devices  
A haptic feedback touch control used to provide input to a computer. A touch input device includes a planar touch surface that provides position information to a computer based on a location of...
7450758 Stylization of video  
The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a system for stylizing video, such as interactively transforming video to a cartoon-like style. Briefly stated, the techniques include...
7446694 System for synchronization of multi-sensor data  
A multi-sensor system includes a first analog sensor sub-system, a second analog sensor sub-system, and a system for synchronizing the outputs of the first and second analog sub-systems. Each...
7446783 System and method for manipulating an image on a screen  
A system and method for zooming into or out of an image on a screen, in which the image is displayed on a touch screen, and a user zooms into a portion of the image by placing a stylus at a desired...
7446754 Method and apparatus for producing one-dimensional signals with a two-dimensional pointing device  
One-dimensional signals suitable for scrolling or other user interface functions are provided in response to two-dimensional inputs produced by a touchpad or other input device. A current chirality...
7443316 Entering a character into an electronic device  
A method ( 300 ) for entering a character into an electronic device ( 100 ) is provided. The method ( 300 ) includes displaying ( 301 ) input character keys ( 204 ) on a touch sensitive region (...
7443384 Coordinates input device  
A coordinates input device includes an operation unit that receives an operation input, a vibration generator that applies a vibration to the operation unit, and a vibration control unit that...
7443386 Mobile phone and method  
A method for inputting characters to a mobile communication apparatus is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: enabling input of strokes representing a first character in a first area of a...
7443385 Data processing  
Data processing apparatus comprises an array of user-operable controls, the controls being adjustable by movement of a user's hand while touching a control; a detector for detecting when a user's...
7443388 Housing for a computing device  
Improved housing for a computing device is disclosed. The improved housing is provided with one of an illuminable connector, a touch pad arrangement, and a palm rest stiffening plate. Normally, the...
7444201 Machine tool or production machine with a display unit for visually displaying operating sequences  
The invention relates to a machine tool or production machine in which the tool/machine has a display unit ( 4, 5 ) for visually displaying operating sequences and/or parameters of the...
7438978 Transparent conductive film, transparent conductive plate, and touch panel  
A touch panel having excellent durability, in which depression is scarcely generated on the surface of the touch panel by pushing the surface with a pen, and a transparent conductive film and plate...
7439466 Touch panel  
A touch panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a plurality of insulating grooves. The first substrate has a first conductive layer, and a plurality of first electrodes that...
7439963 Touch sensor with linearized response  
A field linearization pattern and a touch sensor incorporating same are disclosed. The touch sensor includes a polygonal field linearization pattern disposed around a touch sensitive area. The...
7441193 Adaptable and widely applicable control surface  
A control surface has one or more soft devices for which functionality may be assigned, a central processing unit (CPU), including operating code, for managing at least functionality of the soft...