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7351340 Methods for providing kidney dialysis equipment and services  
A number of improvements relating to methods and apparatuses for kidney dialysis are disclosed. These include a method providing an apparatus for dialyzing to a consumer, with the apparatus...
7349532 Picture and video message center system  
A message originator sends a picture or video message to a message center along with caller identifying information. The message is stored in a memory and transmitted to a wireless picture phone,...
7348967 Touch pad for handheld device  
A media player having a touch pad is disclosed.
7345679 Input control apparatus and input accepting method  
A main control unit accepts an operation of deciding a touched button when the user releases the button on a touch panel in a menu window within a predetermined time period after touching the...
7345675 Apparatus for manipulating an object displayed on a display device by using a touch screen  
Apparatus and a method of operation manipulates the display of an object on the display surface of a display device in accordance with sensing touching contact on a touch panel, superimposed on the...
7345671 Method and apparatus for use of rotational user inputs  
Improved approaches for users of computing devices to interact with graphical user interfaces are described. According to one aspect, a rotational user action supplied by a user at a user input...
7333092 Touch pad for handheld device  
A media device for storing and playing media such as audio, video or images, includes a memory device configured to store a plurality of media items in a digital format. The media device also...
7318892 Method and apparatus for kidney dialysis  
A number of improvements relating to methods and apparatuses for kidney dialysis are disclosed. These include checking of dialysate bypass status using flow measurement; using a flow sensor to...
7312785 Method and apparatus for accelerated scrolling  
Improved approaches for users to with graphical user interfaces of computing devices are disclosed. A rotational user action supplied by a user via a user input device can provide accelerated...
7310416 Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems  
A system for adding or updating contact data in a wireless communication device, cellular telephone, pager or personal digital assistant (PDA) is shown. Contact data associated with actual or...
7308088 Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems  
Contact data in a database for a wireless personal communication device are remotely updatable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a radio frequency connection. New contact data,...
7307623 Information processing device having detector capable of detecting coordinate values, as well as changes thereof, of a plurality of points on display screen  
Using a touch-panel capable of detecting coordinate values of a plurality of points, as well as changes therein, on the display screen, a data block as a target for the information processing is...
7307622 Coordinate detection device with improved operability and method of detecting coordinates  
A coordinate detection device is provided, which device includes an input unit which has a surface thereof to which a coordinate value is input by an input means, a calculation unit which...
7305076 Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system  
A wireless information communication system and method, such as a paging network, that provides caller identification information transmitted from the public switched telephone network to a pager,...
7303680 Method and apparatus for kidney dialysis  
A number of improvements relating to methods and apparatuses for kidney dialysis are disclosed. These include checking of dialysate bypass status using flow measurement; using a flow sensor to...
7286658 Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems  
A method for use in a wireless communication device, cellular telephone, pager or personal digital assistant (PDA) is shown in which Caller ID data originating from the public switched telephone...
7266186 Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system  
Contact data in a phonebook database for a personal communication device are remotely updateable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a wireless radio frequency connection. New...
7264730 Methods for kidney dialysis  
A number of improvements relating to methods and apparatuses for kidney dialysis are disclosed. These include methods such as supplying a dialysis machine including a touch screen interface to a...
7257210 Picture phone with caller id  
Pictures are transmitted to a wireless picture phone with caller ID from a message originator and used by the message recipient to identify who is to sending the picture. In one embodiment the...
7256771 Apparatus for operating a medical appliance  
An apparatus for operating a medical appliance, such as a moving operating table, has a touchscreen on which a user interface is displayed. The user interface has a number of first buttons. A...
7254223 Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems  
Contact data in a database for a wireless personal communication device are remotely updatable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a radio frequency connection. New contact data,...
7253807 Interactive apparatuses with tactiley enhanced visual imaging capability and related methods  
An interactive apparatus is provided with a display, on which tactilely enhanced (TE) visual images may be rendered, to temporally realize a wide range of user input keys and/or user selectable...
7251318 Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems  
An apparatus and method provide a database in a pager that contains menus that may be displayed on a pager display. A paging service sends a page including an identification, retrieves a menu from...
7176904 Information input/output apparatus, information input/output control method, and computer product  
Comprises a panel, and a coordinate control section that detects a point touched on the panel and generates a signal according to the detected point. The coordinate control section generates a...
7109978 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition  
A method of generating a signal comprising providing a capacitive touch sensor pad including a matrix of X and Y conductors, developing capacitance profiles in one of an X direction and a Y...
7088346 Detecting a ‘no touch’ state of a touch screen display  
An enhanced touch-screen display system is disclosed for generating pixel coordinate estimates corresponding to a location on a display screen touched by a user. The system is an analog resistive...
EP1677180A1 Touchscreen capable of detecting two simultaneous touch locations  
The contact-sensitive display device has a display for optical representation of information and a touch screen arranged above the display for inputting commands by touching an operating surface of...
EP1659480A2 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition  
Methods for recognizing gestures made by a conductive object on a touch-sensor pad are disclosed. Tapping, pushing, hopping, and zigzag gestures are recognized by analyzing the position, pressure,...
7034806 Virtual keyboard  
The present invention provides virtual keyboard which can be used at the same number of operations as on a conventional keyboard and can allow a natural input operation at a minimized load. The...
EP1607852A2 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition  
Methods for recognizing gestures made by a conductive object on a touch-sensor pad are disclosed. Tapping, pushing, hopping, and zigzag gestures are recognized by analyzing the position, pressure,...
6965376 Video or information processing method and processing apparatus, and monitoring method and monitoring apparatus using the same  
In a remote operation monitoring system and the like, it is a video processing apparatus capable of intuitively grasping an object operated by an operator and an operation result. The video...
6943779 Information input/output apparatus, information input/output control method, and computer product  
Comprises a panel, and a coordinate control section that detects a point touched on the panel and generates a signal according to the detected point. The coordinate control section generates a...
6943778 Touch screen input technique  
A technique for inputting data, such as selecting a particular function of electronic device, using a touch screen of the electronic device, includes detecting when an object, such as a finger or a...
EP0870223B1 Method for compensating for unintended lateral motion in a tap gesture made on a touch-sensor pad  
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6933931 Method and apparatus of position location  
An apparatus for sensing the location of user input is disclosed. The apparatus may include a display unit including a screen having a resistive coating disposed on its surface. The apparatus may...
6888537 Configurable industrial input devices that use electrically conductive elastomer  
A configurable operator panel that uses a tactile sensor with electrically conductive elastomer and appropriate electronics is disclosed herein. The device relies on a robust and inexpensive...
6819312 Force feedback computer input and output device with coordinated haptic elements  
A set of haptic elements (haptels) are arranged in a grid. Each haptel is a haptic feedback device with linear motion and a touchable surface substantially perpendicular to the direction of motion....
6803905 Touch sensitive apparatus and method for improved visual feedback  
A touch sensitive apparatus and method of operation to improve visual feedback and visual perception of tactile input to an operator. The apparatus includes a touch screen device or display having...
6750852 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition  
The disclosed device is directed towards a method for recognizing a gesture made on a touch-sensor pad in a touch-sensing system providing X and Y position information to a host comprising...
6734843 Reduced noise touch screen apparatus and method  
A touch screen having a high or fine resolution at relatively low cost is provided. In one embodiment, electrodes are placed directly on the surface of a CRT screen without the need for an...
6628996 Input control apparatus, display control apparatus and display apparatus  
An input control apparatus mounted on a semiconductor device manufacturing equipment, or the semiconductor device manufacturing equipment, which subjects a plurality of processes to a substrate to...
6610936 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition  
Methods for recognizing gestures made by a conductive object on a touch-sensor pad and for cursor motion are disclosed. Tapping, drags, pushes, extended drags and variable drags gestures are...
EP0827064B1 Selection device for touchscreen systems  
Abstract of EP0827064 An apparatus, method, and memory direct a computer system, having at least a processor, memory, and touchscreen device (e.g., a touchscreen or a touchpad and display device)...
6476798 Reduced noise touch screen apparatus and method  
A touch screen having a high or fine resolution at relatively low cost is provided. In one embodiment, electrodes are placed directly on the surface of a CRT screen without the need for an...
6433801 Method and apparatus for using a touch screen display on a portable intelligent communications device  
A portable intelligent communications device is provided which includes a cellular telephone and a computer-controlled touch screen display. The touch screen display is a high-resolution graphics...
6424338 Speed zone touchpad  
A touchpad pointing device dynamically adjusts cursor control gain characteristics based on the x-y coordinates at which the finger first touches the touchpad for a given cursor control task. In...
6417844 Data processing apparatus and data processing method  
A plurality of different types of data that are optionally inputted by corresponding data input devices are treated as data associated with a single page. These data for each page are written at...
6414671 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition  
Methods for recognizing gestures made by a conductive object on a touch-sensor pad and for cursor motion are disclosed. Tapping, drags, pushes, extended drags and variable drags gestures are...
6384743 Touch screen for the vision-impaired  
A touch screen system for the vision-impaired provides a speed list in which each of the virtual buttons on a screen are duplicated in a line along one edge of the screen to provide rapid access to...
6380931 Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition  
Methods for recognizing gestures made by a conductive object on a touch-sensor pad are disclosed. Tapping, pushing, hopping, and zigzag gestures are recognized by analyzing the position, pressure,...
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