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6340981 Method and apparatus for stroke substitution  
The invention provides a method and apparatus for customizing and substituting strokes provided by a standard API. In a preferred embodiment, a stroke interface that encapsulates stroking...
6337700 Control apparatus and method of selecting a graphical object and changing display attributes thereof  
A method of quickly displaying a truly intended graphical object among graphical objects hidden in complex in the screen by a simple mouse operation. A group of graphical objects which are a set of...
6336125 Method and device for generating application data and storage medium containing thereon a program for generating application data  
A method for generating data for an application includes the steps of determining a character string composed of at least one character to be transferred from a text displayed by a display,...
6331867 Electronic book with automated look-up of terms of within reference titles  
An electronic reading system is disclosed which allows users to download books and other types of content to a hand-held reader device for viewing. Using software which runs on a personal computer...
6320601 Information processing in which grouped information is processed either as a group or individually, based on mode  
The present invention is based on an observation that a range of information desired to select, may differ, according to a mode selected (for example, in a case where a plurality of information...
6313853 Multi-service user interface  
A multi-service user interface that facilitates access to and exchange of information between two or more people when communicating remotely over a broadband network. The interface allows users to...
6310610 Intelligent touch display  
The system and method consistent with the present invention provides a touch-responsive graphical user interface for electronic devices. The graphical user interface determines a pointer size of...
6297838 Spinning as a morpheme for a physical manipulatory grammar  
A method for inputting information to a revolvable device, optionally connected to a deformable piece includes the steps of rotating, spinning, or revolvably orienting the deformable piece to...
6283860 Method, system, and program for gesture based option selection  
The system displays on a screen a set of options that are selectable by a user. The user standing in front of the screen points at a desired option and a camera of the system takes an image of the...
6282316 Image processing method and apparatus that use handwritten gestures for editing  
According to the invention, it is possible to a void the inconvenience of repetitively inputing the same character; a desired character can be repetitively outputted by a simple operation....
6268857 Computer user interface using a physical manipulatory grammar  
A method for inputting information to a device connected to a deformable piece includes the steps of manipulating the deformable piece to provide a first morpheme input to the device. The first...
6266061 User interface apparatus and operation range presenting method  
A user interface apparatus for performing input by image processing of an input image includes a unit for switching a mode for performing pointing and other modes on the basis of a result of the...
6256033 Method and apparatus for real-time gesture recognition  
A system and method are disclosed for providing a gesture recognition system for recognizing gestures made by a moving subject within an image and performing an operation based on the semantic...
6252598 Video hand image computer interface  
An interface method and apparatus using video images of hand gestures. A video signal having a frame image containing regions is input to a processor. A plurality of regions in the frame are...
6249606 Method and system for gesture category recognition and training using a feature vector  
A computer implemented method and system for gesture category recognition and training. Generally, a gesture is a hand or body initiated movement of a cursor directing device to outline a...
6246411 Drag operation gesture controller  
A method and system for refining the function performed by a drag operation during the drag operation. After a drag operation begins, a "Drag Toolbar" appears with controls that change the current...
6243095 Navigation and display system for digital radiographs  
A navigation and display system for digital radiographs comprises one high definition monitor (or two) for viewing digitally acquired images, a video buffer for storing the images to be displayed,...
6240207 Handwriting input display apparatus having improved speed in changing display of entered handwriting  
A predetermined relationship is established with respect to an arbitrary shape of a pattern, or a character, which is inputted by employing a pen on an input table, and displayed on a display unit...
6236396 Method and apparatus for controlling a scheduler  
A method for controlling a scheduler on a computer display including the steps of: a) dislaying a calendar in a calendar area on the computer display; b) choosing at least one date on the calendar;...
6229542 Method and apparatus for managing windows in three dimensions in a two dimensional windowing system  
Managing windows in a graphical user interface by receiving a signal indicating a gesture from a user, capturing pixels of a window, applying the captured pixels as a texture to a display object in...
6219034 Tactile computer interface  
A computer system includes a computer processor, an operating system operative in connection with the computer processor, and a display responsive to the operating system. The system also has a...
6204852 Video hand image three-dimensional computer interface  
A video gesture-based three-dimensional computer interface system that uses images of hand gestures to control a computer and that tracks motion of the user's hand or an elongated object or a...
6192478 Securing restricted operations of a computer program using a visual key feature  
An embodiment of the present invention provides a facility for securing the use of a distinguished operation, such as a computer system administration operation, to authorized users. The facility...
6181344 Drag-and-release method for configuring user-definable function key of hand-held computing device  
An electronic reading system is disclosed which allows users to download books and other types of content to a hand-held reader device for viewing. Using software which runs on a personal computer...
6181343 System and method for permitting three-dimensional navigation through a virtual reality environment using camera-based gesture inputs  
A system and method for permitting three-dimensional navigation through a virtual reality environment using camera-based gesture inputs of a system user. The system comprises a computer-readable...
6176782 Motion-based command generation technology  
The system displays on a screen a set of options that are selectable by a user. The user standing in front of the screen points at a desired option and a camera of the system takes an image of the...
6169548 Easily dismissed message windows  
A method and system for efficiently dismissing displayed message windows or dialog boxes in a data processing system which includes a graphical pointing device and a moveable cursor controlled by...
6169538 Method and apparatus for implementing a graphical user interface keyboard and a text buffer on electronic devices  
A method and apparatus for implementing a graphical user interface keyboard (10) and a text buffer (12) on an electronic device. A character that is active upon pointer-up is accepted as a text...
6160899 Method of application menu selection and activation using image cognition  
A method for selecting and activating a particular menu displayed in a client's region of a monitor screen by use of an image cognition is disclosed. Using an image-capturing device such as a...
6154723 Virtual reality 3D interface system for data creation, viewing and editing  
A three dimensional virtual reality creation, manipulation and editing system including a voice and three dimensional gesture input interface. An operator immersed in a data structure preferably...
6154214 Display orientation features for hand-held content display device  
An electronic reading system is disclosed which allows users to download books and other types of content to a hand-held reader device for viewing. Using software which runs on a personal computer...
6147678 Video hand image-three-dimensional computer interface with multiple degrees of freedom  
A video gesture-based three-dimensional computer interface system that uses images of hand gestures to control a computer and that tracks motion of the user's hand or a portion thereof in a...
6144380 Method of entering and using handwriting to identify locations within an electronic book  
A method for controlling a screen display of an electronic book. The contents of the book are displayed on a screen of the computer system as pages with which the user interacts by a pointer such...
6141463 Method and system for estimating jointed-figure configurations  
To estimate the configuration of a figure in a captured image, a silhouette image of the figure is scanned to create a signed distance image. This image identifies the distance of each pixel in the...
6128003 Hand gesture recognition system and method  
Noise problems in processing small images or large-granularity images are reduced by representing hand images as rotational vectors calculated using a real-valued centroid. The hand region is...
6118888 Multi-modal interface apparatus and method  
In the multi-modal interface apparatus of the present invention, a gaze object detection section always detects a user's gaze object. The user inputs at least one medium of sound information,...
6111580 Apparatus and method for controlling an electronic device with user action  
An input unit for controlling a device. The input unit first determines whether a user is actively operating the device. If such a detection is made, the input unit then determines whether the user...
6097392 Method and system of altering an attribute of a graphic object in a pen environment  
A method and system for altering an attribute of a graphic object in a computer system is provided. An attribute, such as a line style or fill pattern, has a plurality of formats. The computer...
6094197 Graphical keyboard  
A system and method for a graphical keyboard that benefits from the expressive power and intuitive ease of use associated with pen strokes and gestures, yet does not require complex...
6091408 Method for presenting information units on multiple presentation units  
A system for organizing and presenting information includes one or more computers connected in a network with a touch screen controlling the display of images on one or more other displays. In a...
6088481 Handwritten character input device allowing input of handwritten characters to arbitrary application program  
Based on handwriting coordinate data input by a pen at an arbitrary position on a screen, a handwriting display portion displays a handwriting at the writing position. A recognition portion...
6075895 Methods and apparatus for gesture recognition based on templates  
An apparatus and a method for recognizing the gesture of the image of a player by identifying a gesture from a set of specific pre-defined gestures. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps...
6072494 Method and apparatus for real-time gesture recognition  
A system and method are disclosed for providing a gesture recognition system for recognizing gestures made by a moving subject within an image and performing an operation based on the semantic...
6067073 Electronic graphic system  
An electronic graphic system comprises an image store for storing data defining an image, a brush store for storing data defining a drawing implement and a stylus and touch tablet for inputting...
6057845 System, method, and apparatus for generation and recognizing universal commands  
A universal command generator that generates commands that are recognizable by multiple contexts, where the universal command libraries are loaded automatically and dynamically as the user switches...
6057844 Drag operation gesture controller  
A method and system for refining the function performed by a drag operation during the drag operation. After a drag operation begins, a "Drag Toolbar" appears with controls that change the current...
6054990 Computer system with handwriting annotation  
The present invention provides a graphical data entry system for accepting and processing hand sketches and writings such that the user can quickly specify graphical objects in a drawing on a...
6043805 Controlling method for inputting messages to a computer  
A controlling method for inputting messages to a computer, in which by the object, such as a hand, on the background of the capturing section of a video camera, the following parameters is set up...
6037937 Navigation tool for graphical user interface  
The system and method consistent with the present invention provides improved graphical navigation tool for electronic devices. The graphical navigation tools may be used to navigate through...
6020881 Graphical user interface with method and apparatus for interfacing to remote devices  
An intuitive graphical user interface is based upon a geographic map structure, and includes a system for controlling remote external electronic devices. In the defined graphical user interface,...
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