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7619618 Identifying contacts on a touch surface  
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification...
7614019 Asynchronous and synchronous gesture recognition  
A system and method for determining whether a flick gesture has occurred is described. A flick gesture is a simple gesture that may be easily detected and is characterized by minimal interference...
7612786 Variable orientation input mode  
User input methods may employ an input sensitive display screen that is agnostic with regard to the orientation in which the user is viewing the screen. Input methods may involve touching objects...
7609281 Accelerated rotation for displaying an image  
A transform engine is configured to rotate, and/or rotate and translate, one or more polygons in response to screen orientation. Thus, when texture data obtained from a pre-rotated image is applied...
7606421 Data extraction from temporal image data  
In a method and system to extract data from handwritten information when the information is captured as sequences of strokes, vectors, or marks, temporal data is stored within the color or...
7603633 Position-based multi-stroke marking menus  
Provided is multi-stroke marking menu techniques that increase menu breath over an eight-item limit of some orientation-based marking menus. Zone and polygon menus can be provided wherein the...
7600201 Methods and apparatuses for viewing choices and making selections  
In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect an input; display a plurality of selections; detect a location of a first segment relative to the plurality of selections; highlight a...
7600194 Start menu operation for computer user interface  
Described is distinguishing between input mechanisms to determine which input mechanism was used to activate a start menu. A start menu is selected that corresponds to the input mechanism that was...
7599868 System and method for displaying trading data  
A system and method are provided for presenting trading information. One example method includes displaying a plurality of effective trade indicators corresponding to price levels at which...
7599520 Detection of multiple targets on a plane of interest  
A system and method for determining positions of multiple targets on a planar surface is described. The targets subject to detection may include a touch from a body part (such as a finger), a pen,...
7598967 Accelerated rotation for displaying an image  
A transform engine is configured to rotate, and/or rotate and translate, one or more polygons in response to screen orientation. Thus, when texture data obtained from a pre-rotated image is applied...
7596767 System and process for controlling electronic components in a ubiquitous computing environment using multimodal integration  
The present invention is directed toward a system and process that controls a group of networked electronic components using a multimodal integration scheme in which inputs from a speech...
7593552 Gesture recognition apparatus, gesture recognition method, and gesture recognition program  
A gesture recognition apparatus for recognizing postures or gestures of an object person based on images of the object person captured by cameras. The gesture recognition apparatus includes: a...
7593025 Accelerated rotation for displaying an image  
A transform engine is configured to rotate, and/or rotate and translate, one or more polygons in response to screen orientation. Thus, when texture, obtained from a pre-rotated image is applied to...
7590949 Information processing system and information processing method that searches for peripheral information  
An information processing system including a support section that displays a document in a given region and supports creation of the document, an acceptance section that accepts a search request in...
7590941 Communication and collaboration system using rich media environments  
A system that enables communication and collaboration among individuals using rich media environments. A system according to the present techniques includes a set of rich media environments each...
7584429 Method and device for operating a user-input area on an electronic display device  
There is disclosed a method and a device for inputting a character into an electronic device, said method comprising detecting an input, activating a temporary input area upon detection of said...
7583277 Accelerated rotation for displaying an image  
A transform engine is configured to rotate, and/or rotate and translate, one or more polygons in response to screen orientation. Thus, when texture, obtained from a pre-rotated image is applied to...
7580575 Image processing apparatus and method, program, and storage medium  
An image processing apparatus includes an image reader for reading an image. A display controller displays the read image on a display device. A determination unit receives an area specified by an...
7580046 Accelerated rotation for displaying an image  
A transform engine is configured to rotate, and/or rotate and translate, one or more polygons in response to screen orientation. Thus, when texture, obtained from a pre-rotated image is applied to...
7577925 Processing for distinguishing pen gestures and dynamic self-calibration of pen-based computing systems  
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media process and distinguish user input device gestures, such as gestures input via a pen in a pen-based computing system, e.g., to quickly and reliably...
7577924 User interface for stylus-based user input  
Systems and methods for a user interface for stylus-based user input is described. In one aspect, a user interface is provided that includes an action area. The action area includes at least one...
7577913 Method of using a fovea type pointer in a video conferencing system including at least two 2-dimensional display screens forming a common virtual surface  
Using a fovea type pointer in a video conferencing system including 2-dimensional display screen forming a virtual surface between participants interacting with the display screens. The virtual...
7568171 Stroke-based posing of three-dimensional models  
A posing system for three-dimensional characters and other models uses a stroke-based gestural language to position elements of the characters in a three-dimensional environment. A user draws a...
7564469 Interactivity with a mixed reality  
Methods of interacting with a mixed reality are presented. A mobile device captures an image of a real-world object where the image has content information that can be used to control a mixed...
7562314 Data processing apparatus and method  
A data processing apparatus for inputting data by writing characters on a touch sensitive display screen. The data processing apparatus comprises a character recognition processor operable to...
7555732 Apparatus method and system for a data entry interface  
Apparatuses, methods and systems for the efficient entry of data on a device with a restricted set of input channels are disclosed. These apparatuses, systems and methods may employ a user...
7554530 Touch screen user interface featuring stroke-based object selection and functional object activation  
A method is disclosed to operate a touch screen user interface. The method includes forming a stroke that encloses an area that contains at least a portion of at least one displayed object; and...
7552403 Controlling an electronic component within an environment using a pointing device  
The present invention is directed toward a system and process that controls a group of networked electronic components using a multimodal integration scheme in which inputs from a speech...
7551780 System and method for using individualized mixed document  
A Mixed Media Reality (MMR) system and associated techniques are disclosed. The MMR system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes media of at least two types (e.g.,...
7546545 Emphasizing drop destinations for a selected entity based upon prior drop destinations  
A method that emphasizes at least one drop destination for a selected entity based upon monitored drop destinations. Drop destinations may be emphasized by generating a plurality of path vectors...
7543248 User-machine interface  
A user-machine interface is disclosed that uses a line to connect and/or to intersect various objects displayed on a screen. A start of the line may identify a source, an end of the line may...
7536656 Ink gestures  
A system and process for capturing and implementing handwritten gestures is provided. A user may use gestures to quickly command a pen-based input device to perform operations. According to certain...
7536034 Gestural use of wireless mobile phone devices to signal to remote systems  
A user gestures with a wireless mobile phone device to control some aspect of its operation, or the operation of a remote system with which the device communicates. (The gestures may be sensed by...
7526737 Free form wiper  
A free-form wiper tool may be used to select and move document objects in an electronic document. A free-form wipe selection may be determined by analyzing the shape of a free-form selection in...
7503015 System and method for editing ink objects  
A system and method for editing ink objects recognized in ink input is provided. An ink parser may recognize an ink object in ink input and then an ink editing user interface may edit the ink...
7502509 Systems and methods for digital pen stroke correction  
Systems and methods are provided for correcting digital pen strokes written on a paper form using a digital pen. In one embodiment, a stroke collection file includes sets of coordinates...
7499569 Hand pattern switching apparatus  
A camera for taking an image of movement of a hand, and a hand pattern switching apparatus which operates an object equipment based on the result of the image taken by the camera, having a storage...
7499033 System and method for injecting ink into an application  
A touch system includes a touch panel having a touch surface and a projector for projecting images onto the touch surface. A computer executing an applications program is coupled to the touch panel...
7498956 Apparatus and method for inputting information  
An apparatus for inputting information is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first sensor operably configured to be mounted on a user's thumb and a plurality of sensors operably configured to be...
7489305 Touch screen control  
A digital imaging device is provided with a touch sensitive display screen 10 . The screen 10 displays an image 12 captured by the imaging device. Along one side of the screen is a toolbar 14...
7487469 Information processing program and information processing apparatus  
A part of entry words included in entry word data is displayed in an entry word candidate display area 42 . When the user taps a desired entry word in this state, a meaning of that entry word is...
7487468 Video combining apparatus and method  
A video combining apparatus to superimpose a virtual image such a CG image on a video image of the real world or on a see-through type display device. An area in which the virtual image is not to...
7487461 System and method for issuing commands based on pen motions on a graphical keyboard  
A command pattern recognition system based on a virtual keyboard layout combines pattern recognition with a virtual, graphical, or on-screen keyboard to provide a command control method with...
7484184 Graphical cursor navigation methods  
A method for actuating a button on a graphical user interface (GUI) is disclosed. The method includes navigating a graphical cursor corresponding to an input device onto the button, activating a...
7480870 Indication of progress towards satisfaction of a user input condition  
In some embodiments of the invention, a graphical user interface in an electronic device includes one or more user-interface objects associated with a second user-interface state. While the device...
7478171 Systems and methods for providing dialog localization in a distributed environment and enabling conversational communication using generalized user gestures  
Systems and methods for providing conversational computing in a distributed multi-modal environment and in particular, systems and methods for enabling a user to conversationally communicate with...
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...
7469381 List scrolling and document translation, scaling, and rotation on a touch-screen display  
In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a device with a touch screen display is disclosed. In the method, a movement of an object on or near...
7461355 Navigational interface for mobile and wearable computers  
The navigational interface allows a user to control computer operations and input text into applications running on the computing system with a single input device. The navigational interface...
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