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7454461 Data processing information feeder framework  
A framework is configured for publishing data from a data processing arrangement coupled to a network. Data objects are provided from one or more application programs of the data processing...
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...
7439951 Power management for interface devices applying forces  
A method and apparatus for providing safe and low-cost force feedback peripherals for consumer applications. A device microprocessor local to an interface device is coupled to the host by a first...
7437671 Computer system control with user data via interface and sensor with identifier  
A method and system for enabling user interaction with computer software running in a computer system. The user is provided with an interface surface containing information relating to the computer...
7432910 Haptic interface device and actuator assembly providing linear haptic sensations  
An interface device and method providing haptic sensations to a user. A user physically contacts a housing of the interface device, and a sensor device detects the manipulation of the interface...
7420539 Method of stabilizing haptic interface and haptic system using the same  
A method of stabilizing a haptic interface and a haptic system using the same, are provided. The method comprises detecting a value of a physical parameter related to a motion generated by a human...
7420480 Methods, systems, and computer program products for iteratively providing feedback via a user interface for multi-character, multi-mode alphanumeric data entry  
Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer program products for receiving input from a multi-function momentary switch by providing feedback from a user interface for each function associated...
7412651 Computer system interface surface with reference points and sensor with identifier  
A method and system for enabling user interaction with computer software running in a computer system. A user is provided with an interface surface containing information relating to the computer...
RE40341 Controller  
A mouse controller includes a platform mounted on a base for a range of movement in a plane relative to the base of at least ½ inch (12.5 mm) in each of two different directions (preferably...
7379048 Human-computer interface including efficient three-dimensional controls  
The present invention provides a method of human-computer interfacing that provides efficient implementation of intuitive controls in a three-dimensional space. The method comprises providing a...
7376903 3D display system and method  
A 3D volumetric display system is configured to generate 3D diagnostic displays of 3D volumetric data acquired from a patient by an imaging system in a virtual-reality environment and to permit a...
7363282 Search system using user behavior data  
Context-based user feedback is gathered regarding searches performed on a search mechanism. The search mechanism is monitored for user behavior data regarding an interaction of a user with the...
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...
7339578 Multi-layer touch display device comprising electromagnetic actuators  
A touch-sensitive display device ( 10 ) is characterized in that it is constituted by a stack of layers ( 1, 4 ), an insulating layer ( 2 ) comprising recesses ( 21 ) for the displacement of blades...
7337014 Teach pendant control method and device  
When a teach pendant is passed from one hand to the other hand in operating the teach pendant having two enable devices (three-position switches) at right and left sides, a problem arises that an...
7333785 Power management for wireless peripheral device with force feedback  
A wireless human interface device configured to establish a link with a host, wherein the device includes a transceiver for transmitting data to and receiving data from a host transceiver unit,...
7324094 Method and device for generating multi-functional feedback  
A method, a dynamic user interface and an electronic device for generating user-detectable multi-functional feedback using a single component in response to a stimulus signal. One or more...
7299321 Memory and force output management for a force feedback system  
Methods and apparatus for efficient management of memory and force output in a force feedback system including a host computer and a force feedback device. A representation of device memory is...
7293246 System and method for aligning objects using non-linear pointer movement  
The present invention provides a system, method, and computer-readable medium that adjusts pointer movement when an input device causes the pointer to intersect one or more alignment areas. Pointer...
7283123 Textures and other spatial sensations for a relative haptic interface device  
A low-cost haptic feedback device that provides spatially-based sensations such as textures in correlation with a displayed graphical environment. The device includes a housing, a sensor device,...
7277083 Ergonomically designed computer gaming device  
An ergonomically designed gaming device for a user that includes a semi-flattened hemispherical ovoid base, that is contoured into a general hand imprint shape with finger and thumb grooves and...
7254775 Touch panel system and method for distinguishing multiple touch inputs  
Touch panel systems and methods are disclosed that can distinguish temporally overlapping touch inputs from single touch inputs so that valid touch position coordinates can be determined. Touch...
7239992 Apparatus for simulating the deformation of materials, notably of soft body tissues  
The invention relates to the simulation of the deformation of materials, notably of soft body tissues. An apparatus comprises a memory (MEM, NT) storing data as to the position of an object,...
7225404 Method and apparatus for determining forces to be applied to a user through a haptic interface  
A method and apparatus for determining forces to be applied to a user through a haptic interface. The method includes the steps of generating a representation of an object in graphic space, sensing...
7219123 Portable browser device with adaptive personalization capability  
A mobile information network browser device with audio feedback and adaptive personalization capability that is capable of transmitting a request for information via a wireless communication...
7218310 Providing enhanced haptic feedback effects  
Method and apparatus for providing high strength, low frequency tactile sensations using an inertial actuator in a haptic feedback interface device, such as an actuator driving an oscillating...
7217881 Control apparatus with operator member controllable by reactive force  
There is provided an operator member displaceable, in response to operation by a human operator, relative to at least one displacement axis (more preferably, multi-dimensionally). Operating state...
7216296 Method and apparatus for controlled force deployment of user interface devices  
User interface devices, such as displays and keyboards, are automatically deployed using pulse-width-modulated controlled force in a first safety period. Once safe, force and speed are increased to...
7215326 Physically realistic computer simulation of medical procedures  
An apparatus for interfacing the movement of a shaft with a computer includes a support, a gimbal mechanism having two degrees of freedom, and three electromechanical transducers. When a shaft is...
7209117 Method and apparatus for streaming force values to a force feedback device  
A method and apparatus for shaping force signals for a force feedback device. A source wave is provided and is defined by a set of control parameters (including a steady state magnitude, a...
7205981 Method and apparatus for providing resistive haptic feedback using a vacuum source  
A method and apparatus is described for applying haptic feedback using a vacuum source. A housing includes a cavity. The cavity can be positioned near a moveable member such that the cavity of the...
7205978 Mobile apparatus having tactile feedback function  
A haptic display includes at least one haptic device that can give tactile feedback instead of visible feedback. Each of the haptic devices converts a signal from a signal producing unit into force...
7199790 Providing force feedback to a user of an interface device based on interactions of a user-controlled cursor in a graphical user interface  
A method and apparatus for providing force feedback to a user operating a human/computer interface device in conjunction with a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed by a host computer system. A...
7191401 Pushbutton user interface with functionality preview  
A pushbutton user interface enables a user to preview the effect of activating a pushbutton of the interface before the pushbutton is activated. The pushbutton user interface can be implemented so...
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...
7168042 Force effects for object types in a graphical user interface  
Force effects for a graphical user interface of a computer are provided based on user preference information, which indicates the types of graphical objects in the graphical user interface which...
7158114 Force-feedback input device  
A force-feedback input device includes an operating unit to be operated by an operator, a position detector for detecting an operating state of the operating unit, a torque generator for applying a...
7155673 System and method of interactive evaluation of a geometric model  
A system and method of interactive evaluation of a geometric model is provided. The method includes the steps of acquiring a haptic device position and orientation with respect to a surface of the...
7133026 Information input device for giving input instructions to a program executing machine  
An information input device has a device body made of an elastically deformable material. The device body can be held in a palm and operated with one hand. The device body is provided in its face...
7131073 Force feedback applications based on cursor engagement with graphical targets  
A method and apparatus for providing a click surface in a graphical environment, such as a graphical user interface, implemented on a host computer for use with a force feedback interface device. A...
7119789 Haptic interface including clutch control  
A user can selectively engage some part or all of the haptic display of a haptic interface device to produce an enhanced interaction with an environment with which the user interacts using the...
7113166 Force feedback devices using fluid braking  
A haptic feedback device including a fluid viscosity-controlled brake that outputs high forces to the device user at low cost while maintaining inherent safety. An interface device includes a...
7106313 Force feedback interface device with force functionality button  
A force feedback mouse interface device connected to a host computer and providing realistic force feedback to a user. The mouse interface device includes a mouse object and a linkage coupled to...
7091948 Design of force sensations for haptic feedback computer interfaces  
A design interface tool for designing force sensations for use with a host computer and haptic feedback interface device. A haptic feedback device communicates with a host computer that displays...
7084884 Graphical object interactions  
A method of controlling the display of an articulated graphical image in a graphical environment comprises sensing manipulation of a user object, controlling the displayed position or shape of the...
7084854 Actuator for providing tactile sensations and device for directional tactile sensations  
An interface device providing haptic feedback to a user is in communication with a host computer. The device includes a housing, at least one sensor for detecting user input, and an actuator...
7082570 Distributed haptic interface system and method  
A reconfigurable haptic interface includes at least one pod adapted to be removeably mounted on one or more portions of a moveable object. The at least one pod includes at least one actuator...
7081882 Document viewing device  
A document display device, comprising a memory arranged to store a document in the form of a sequence of pages; a display arranged to provide a user view of pages from the sequence; at least one...
7062416 Device and method for displaying body section and medium for storing a program regarding the same  
The present invention relates to a device displaying a body section, a method displaying the body section, and a medium storing a program for realizing the device, which are able to observe...
7061467 Force feedback device with microprocessor receiving low level commands  
A method and apparatus for controlling and providing force feedback using an interface device manipulated by a user. A microprocessor is provided local to the interface device and reads sensor data...
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