17th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160116993 | Apparatus and Method to Dynamically Vary Backlighting for a Physical Keyboard - An apparatus and method for dynamically varying backlighting for mechanical keys. By one approach at least some of the individual mechanical keys each includes a capacitively-sensitive keycap. A plurality of light emitters are disposed behind the physical keyboard and are configured to provide backlighting for the individual mechanical keys. A control circuit operably couples to the plurality of light emitters and controls the plurality of light emitters to selectively provide dynamically-varied backlighting for at least some of the individual mechanical keys. By one approach the dynamically-varied backlighting comprises, at least in part, instructions regarding available touch-based gestures (for example, gestures that the user can employ in conjunction with the capacitively-sensitive keycaps). Examples of touch-based gestures include, but are not limited to, swipe-based gestures and tap-based gestures. By one approach the aforementioned instructions include non-alphabetic visually-symbolic instructions. | 2016-04-28 |
20160116994 | PROBABILITY-BASED APPROACH TO RECOGNITION OF USER-ENTERED DATA - A method for entering keys in a small key pad is provided. The method comprising the steps of: providing at least a part of keyboard having a plurality of keys; and predetermining a first probability of a user striking a key among the plurality of keys. The method further uses a dictionary of selected words associated with the key pad and/or a user. | 2016-04-28 |
20160116995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING A PROCESS USING ACCELEROMETER SIGNALS - Apparatus and process for controlling a computer process with gestures and a handheld pointing device. The computer system employing the pointing device to determine what component a user wants to control and what control action is desired. | 2016-04-28 |
20160116996 | INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION BOARD SYSTEM - An input device includes a casing having a concave compartment having an inner bottom end, the concave compartment formed at one end of an axis direction of the casing, a moveable object supported in the concave compartment and reciprocally moveable along the axis direction of the casing, and a transmitter to transmit a contact-detection signal of the input device contacting on a display face when the moveable object is pressed and moved into the inner bottom end of the concave compartment for a given distance. When the moveable object is pressed along the axis direction of the casing, the moveable object is moved into the inner bottom end along the axis direction of the casing, and when the moveable object is pressed along a direction slanted from the axis direction of the casing, the moveable object is moved into the inner bottom end along the slanted direction. | 2016-04-28 |
20160116997 | INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH USING THE SAME - An input system includes an input pen for interfacing with a touchscreen of a display panel. The input pen includes a conductive tip. A switching unit of the pen connects the conductive tip to a receiving unit and a driving unit. The receiving unit receives touchscreen driving signals from the touchscreen through the conductive tip. The driving unit generates pen driving signals transferred to the touchscreen through the conductive tip. The input pen also include a signal processing unit to calibrate timing of the pen driving signal by synchronizing the pen driving signal with the touchscreen driving signal. To enable touch detection, the conductive tip is positioned to contact or approach the touchscreen, the touchscreen driving signal is received from the touchscreen via the conductive tip. The pen driving signal is generated and transferred to the touchscreen via the conductive tip. | 2016-04-28 |
20160116998 | INPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION BOARD SYSTEM - An input device includes a casing, a moveable unit disposed in the casing and including a spherical object and a rotation detector for detecting a rotation of the spherical object contactable on a display face, and a transmitter, disposed in the casing, to receive a rotation detection signal from the rotation detector and to transmit the rotation detection signal when the rotation detector detects the rotation of the spherical object. | 2016-04-28 |
20160116999 | MANUAL DEVICE COMPRISING AN INVERTIBLE END PIECE OFR A CAPACTIVIE SCREEN - A manual device comprising a body, comprising at least one reversible tip mounted on the body, the reversible tip comprising a first head and a second head opposite to the first head, the tip being configured to be mounted on the body in a first position in which the first head projects from the body while the second head is stored inside the body or in a second position in which the second head projects from the body while the first head is stored inside the body, the first head comprising a first pad for a capacitive screen. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117000 | TOUCHSCREEN INPUT METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a touchscreen input method. The objective of the present invention is to implement a touch interface using intuitive vision through simple use of a pop-up menu and an accurate pointing function and selection using a cursor on a screen. The present invention may comprise the steps of: sensing a first touch on a first point and a second touch on a second point which simultaneously occur on the touch screen; displaying a cursor in a location between the first point and the second point; displaying the cursor while moving the cursor when both the first touch and the second touch move without disappearing from the touchscreen; and performing a predetermined operation if, after the touch screen has been touched by the first touch and the second touch, the first touch disappears and then again occurs on the touchscreen. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117001 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AN SMT TOUCH PAD - A portable electronic device with an SMT touch pad comprises a main printed circuit board and an SMT touch pad. The main printed circuit board has a top surface arranged thereon an SMT area, and a bottom surface, wherein the SMT area has a plurality of conductive pads arranged in a first pattern. The SMT touch pad has a touch surface and a mounting surface formed thereon a plurality of conductive pads with solder arranged in a second pattern that is a mirror of the first pattern on the main printed circuit board. The mounting surface of the SMT touch pad is placed onto the top surface of the main printed circuit board and the SMT touch pad is soldered onto the SMT area of the main printed circuit board. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117002 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel of the embodiment includes a substrate including an active area and an unactive area; a sensing electrode on the active area; a wire electrode on the unactive area; and a connection electrode connected to at least one of the sensing electrode and the wire electrode, wherein at least one of the sensing electrode and the wire electrode includes a plurality of openings, and the openings are divided by the connection electrode. A touch panel of another embodiment includes a substrate including an active area and an unactive area; a sensing electrode on the active area; and a wire electrode on the unactive area, wherein the sensing electrode comprises a plurality of openings, and the openings extend in a direction corresponding to an extension direction of the sensing electrode. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117003 | TOUCH APPARATUS AND TOUCH METHOD - A touch apparatus and a touch method are provided. The touch apparatus includes a touch panel and a processing unit. The touch panel includes a plurality of sensing electrodes. The touch panel has a first contact surface and a second contact surface. The processing unit is configured to the touch panel. The processing unit receives a touch signal generated by the touch panel sensing a touch operation. The processing unit determines whether the operation is located on the first contact surface or on the second contact surface of the touch panel according to the touch signal and a preset condition. The preset condition is determined by a sensing signal generated by sensing the touch operation touching first contact surface or the second contact surface of the touch panel using at least one of the sensing electrodes. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117004 | FUNCTIONAL SINGLE-LAYER FILM AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a functional single-layer film and a display device including the same. The functional single-layer film is positioned on a cover window of the display device. The functional single-layer film includes a matrix material and carbon-containing flakes contained in the matrix material. The content of the carbon-containing flakes ranges from 0.01% to 0.1% by weight. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117005 | Touch Sensor - A touch sensor includes sensor electrodes formed on a transparent substrate by patterning an electroconductive polymer, and a see-through preventing layer in the vicinity of the outsides of the sensor electrodes on a surface different from the surface of the transparent substrate on which the sensor electrodes are disposed. The see-through preventing layer may be made of the same material as the sensor electrodes, and can not only reduce the visibility of the space between the sensor electrodes, but also reduce short-circuiting between the sensor electrodes. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117006 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATION DESIGNATION - Method for receiving an indication of an input from a separate apparatus comprising beads, determining that the separate apparatus is associated with a designated operation of a designated program, and performing the designated operation based on the bead input. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117007 | VISUAL DISPLAY CONTENT SOURCE IDENTIFIER AND METHOD - The invention provides an apparatus and method which allows identification of the system which provided images for each pixel of a touchscreen display which displays merged images of arbitrary shapes supplied from a plurality of systems. It further allows routing of user inputs to the appropriate system for further processing. Colour keying may be used to superimpose one image onto another. The invention finds particular application in the automotive field where images produced by an infotainment system may be merged with those produced by a mobile phone onto the in-vehicle display screen. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117008 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A touch screen panel and a fabricating method thereof are disclosed. A thin film is formed on a substrate, sensing patterns are formed as touch sensors on the thin film. The substrate is separated from the thin film, thereby implementing an ultra thin film touch screen panel. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117009 | OPAQUE THIN FILM PASSIVATION - A touch sensitive device that includes a touch sensor having an opaque passivation layer is disclosed. The opaque passivation layer can be made from an organic or inorganic material, such as acrylic. The opaque passivation layer can be positioned in the touch sensitive device between the cover material of the device and conductive traces located on the touch sensor to hide the conductive traces from the user's view and protect the conductive traces from corrosion. Processes for making the touch sensitive devices that include a touch sensor having an opaque passivation layer are also disclosed. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117010 | CONDUCTOR PATTERN STRUCTURE OF CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed is a conductor pattern structure of a capacitive touch panel. The structure contains two conductor assemblies with different directions, and each conductor assembly includes a number of conductive cells that are interconnected by conduction lines. Conductor assemblies with different directions are separated by an insulating material. An electrical field and induced capacitors are generated between adjacent conductor assemblies with different directions when giving control signals. Then the touched location is detected. The capacitive induced layer structure also contains a number of floating induced cells, distributed among the adjacent conductive cells. The floating induced cells generate new induced capacitors without connecting to any conduction lines and requiring any control signals. Therefore, the structure has advantages of improving the distribution of the electrical field and enlarging the touch sensing area. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117011 | SURFACE CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF DETERMINING TOUCH COORDINATE POSITION - A surface capacitive touch panel including a panel body, four electrodes, a power supply module, a grounding and measuring module, and a computation control module. The electrodes are disposed on four sides of the panel body, respectively, and each have a first end portion and a second end portion. In response to a control signal, the power supply module selects one of the electrodes to function as an electrode under test. The power supply module connects with the first end portion of the electrode under test to supply a power to the electrode under test. The grounding and measuring module connects with the second end portion of the electrode under test to create a grounded loop for measuring currents under test. The computation control module computes touch coordinate positions with values of currents under test measured at the electrodes. Hence, single-touch and multi-touch coordinate positions are accurately determined. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117012 | Capacitive Touch Panel and Display Device - A capacitive touch panel and a display device are provided. The touch panel includes a plurality of first electrodes disposed in a first electrode layer, and a plurality of second electrodes corresponding to the plurality of first electrodes and disposed in a second electrode layer; a first gap is formed between adjacent the first electrodes, and a second gap is formed between adjacent the second electrodes; and an orthographic projection of each second gap on the first electrode layer overlaps a part or all of the first gap to which the second gap corresponds and a part of at least one of the first electrodes. The touch panel can make it not easy for a user to observe electrode patterns and thereby improve the visual effect of the touch panel. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117013 | Touch Panel - The present disclosure relates to a touch panel, the touch panel comprising: a substrate; one or a plurality of infrared light-emitting devices; an infrared total reflection coverplate that is deformable in response to a touch of a touching object; an infrared sensing layer comprising at least one sensing wire in a first direction and at least one sensing wire in a second direction, wherein the sensing wires in the first direction and the sensing wires in the second direction are insulated from each other and are made of photoconductive material sensitive to the infrared light emitted from the infrared light-emitting device; and a detecting unit for detecting the electric current through or the voltage across each of the sensing wires in the first direction and each of the sensing wires in the second direction, and determining the touched region of the touching object according to a change of the electric current and/or the voltage. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117014 | Analog Elimination Of Ungrounded Conductive Objects In Capacitive Sensing - In a method for performing a touch determination with a capacitive sensor, a self capacitance measurement of a capacitive sensor is initiated, wherein at the same time a mutual capacitance measurement including the capacitive sensor is performed. Such a method can be performed such that the self capacitance measurement and the mutual capacitance measurement differentially cancel with ungrounded conductive objects approaching or touching the capacitive sensor and additively combine for grounded objects approaching or touching the capacitive sensor. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117015 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL VIBRATION SENSOR - A microelectromechanical vibration sensor includes: a first chamber; a second chamber; a semiconductor membrane between the first chamber and the second chamber; a reference electrode, capacitively coupled to the membrane; and a package structure, which encapsulates and insulates acoustically from the outside world the first chamber, the second chamber, and the membrane. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117016 | HIGH-TRANSPARENCY AND HIGH-SENSITIVITY TOUCH PATTERN STRUCTURE OF CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A high-transparency and high-sensitivity touch pattern structure of capacitive touch panel is formed on a surface of a substrate. A plurality of first conductive groups are horizontally arranged along a first direction. Each first conductive group has a plurality of first conductive units. Each first conductive unit is composed of one first conductive zigzag line and one first straight line. A plurality of second conductive groups are horizontally arranged along the first direction. Each second conductive group has a plurality of second conductive units. Each second conductive unit is composed of one second conductive zigzag line. The plurality of first conductive units and the plurality of second conductive units form an array of capacitive sensors. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117017 | High voltage, High-sensitivity Self-capacitance Sensing - Apparatuses and methods of high-voltage capacitance-sensing circuits are described. One apparatus includes a capacitance-sensing circuit coupled to a capacitive-sense array of electrodes. The capacitance-sensing circuit includes a self-capacitance sensing channel, a first voltage source (e.g., a low-voltage drive source) to drive a reference voltage, and a second voltage source (e.g., high-voltage drive source) to drive a sensing voltage. The sensing voltage is greater in magnitude than the reference voltage. The capacitance-sensing circuit also includes 1) a first set of switches to selectively couple the self-capacitance sensing channel or the second voltage source to a sensing electrode of the capacitance-sensing array; and 2) a second set of switches to selectively couple the first voltage source or the second voltage source to a shielding electrode of the capacitance-sensing array. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117018 | TOUCH DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch device includes a cover plate, a carrying structure, a first sensor layer, a dielectric layer and a second sensor layer. The carrying structure is disposed on the cover plate and includes a film layer and a buffer layer stacked on each other. The film is located between the cover plate and the buffer layer. The first sensor layer is at least disposed on the carrying structure. The first sensor layer and the cover plate are respectively located at two opposite sides of the carrying structure. The dielectric layer is disposed on the first sensor layer. The dielectric layer and the carrying structure are respectively located at two opposite sides of the first sensor layer. The second sensor layer is at least disposed on the dielectric layer. The second sensor layer and the first sensor layer are respectively located at two opposite sides of the dielectric layer. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117019 | TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a touch panel system ( | 2016-04-28 |
20160117020 | Electronic Device - The accuracy of reading characteristics or data of pixels or memory cells in a matrix device is increased. An electronic device includes a plurality of drive lines, a sense line intersecting the drive lines, a plurality of element devices provided at intersections thereof, a detecting circuit, a decoder, and a driver. The detecting circuit can detect a first physical quantity of the sense line and transmit a digital signal obtained by digitizing the first physical quantity to the decoder. Each of the element devices can change the first physical quantity of the sense line in accordance with a signal of the corresponding drive line. The driver can transmit coded signals based on a Hadamard matrix to the decoder and the drive lines. The decoder can perform arithmetic processing with use of the coded signals and the digital signal and calculate values based on second physical quantities of the element devices. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117021 | TOUCH SENSING CIRCUIT OF CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A touch sensing circuit includes N periodic-wave signal generation modules, an analog front-end circuit module, N mixing modules, and N integration modules. N is an integer. The N periodic-wave signal generation modules generate N first periodic-wave signals having N frequencies to N first channels of a capacitive touch panel. The analog front-end circuit module receives and demodulates the N first periodic-wave signals passing through N mutual capacitance at N intersection points of the N first channels and a second channel to output an analog front-end signal. The N mixing modules mix the analog front-end signal and N second periodic-wave signals having the N frequencies respectively into N mixed signals. The N integration modules integrate the N mixed signals to generate N output signals. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117022 | Touch Sensor Assembly And Refrigerator Door With Touch Sensor Assembly And Method For Manufacturing The Same - Provided are a touch sensor assembly that is maintained in a state in which the touch sensor is closely attached to an exterior member to accurately detect displacement when touch manipulation is performed to improve a recognition rate, a refrigerator door including a touch sensor assembly that is capable of preventing a sensor control part from being damaged by static electricity and having an improved front outer appearance, and a method for manufacturing the refrigerator door. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117023 | TOUCH SCREEN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs. In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117024 | SMARTPHONE - A smartphone includes a cover layer; an LCD panel which is located under the cover layer and includes a liquid crystal layer, and a first glass layer and a second glass layer between which the liquid crystal layer is placed, wherein at least a portion of a touch sensor which senses touch in a capacitive manner is located between the first glass layer and the second glass layer; a backlight unit which is located under the LCD panel; a pressure electrode which is located under the backlight unit; and a shielding member which is located under the pressure electrode. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117025 | METHOD FOR MAKING TOUCH PANEL - A method for making a touch panel, the method comprises the following steps. Carbon nanotubes, a first substrate and a second substrate are provided. A carbon nanotube floccule structure is obtained by flocculating the carbon nanotubes. A first conductive layer is formed on the first substrate. A second conductive layer is formed on the second substrate. Two first-electrodes are located on opposite ends of a first electrode plate and two second-electrodes are located on opposite ends of a second electrode plate. The first electrode plate is spaced from the second electrode plate. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117026 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided herein is a display device including a display unit for displaying an image, the display unit including light emitting regions; a touch sensor arranged on a rear surface of the display unit; and a coil unit arranged on a front surface of the display unit, and including a plurality of auxiliary coils. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117027 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch screen panel and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. In one aspect, the touch screen panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first sensing electrodes formed over the substrate in a first direction and a plurality of second sensing electrodes formed over the substrate in a second direction. The touch screen panel also includes at least one insulating layer formed at intersections between the first and second sensing electrodes. The insulating layer has a line shape that extends in one of the first direction or the second direction and crosses the first or second sensing electrodes. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117028 | WIRING FILM FOR TOUCH PANEL SENSORS, AND TOUCH PANEL SENSOR - This interconnection film for touch panel sensors is configured of a laminate structure that is composed of a first layer which is formed on a transparent conductive film and is comprising pure Cu or a Cu alloy that is mainly composed of Cu, and a second layer which is formed on the first layer and is formed of pure Al or an Al alloy that contains at least one element selected from a group consisting of Ta, Nd and Ti in an amount of 10 atomic % or smaller. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117029 | INTERACTIVE GAMING ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An interactive gaming system is disclosed. The system comprises at least one sensor that conveys information to the system about the physical, intellectual, mental, emotional, psychological or other type of ability of a user. The system uses the information to assess the existence and extent of a disability, and then implements a change to an aspect of the gaming environment, thus optimizing the gaming experience for the game player by accounting for the game player's disabilities. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117030 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD OF TOUCH DEVICE THEREOF - A touch display apparatus and an operation method of a touch apparatus thereof are provided. The operation method of the touch apparatus includes the following steps, namely, providing a touch capability regulating signal according to a plurality of image data in a column of an image frame; providing a touch driving signal to a first touch electrode in sequence according to a first clock signal and a second clock signal; changing at least one of an amplitude and a frequency of the first clock signal and the second clock signal according to the touch capability regulating signal. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117031 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH PANEL-INTEGRATED ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a touch panel-integrated organic light emitting display device. The touch panel-integrated organic light emitting display device includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate and a touch panel positioned between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. The touch panel includes an array of first touch electrodes connected in a first direction under the upper substrate, an array of second touch electrodes, in a same plane as the first touch electrodes, connected in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction under the upper substrate, a plurality of connection electrodes connecting the second touch electrodes in the second direction, and at least one of the first and second touch electrodes includes a touch detection part and a floating part electrically isolated from the touch detection part. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117032 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed is a touch panel including a substrate with a touch sensing region and a non-touch sensing region, wherein the non-touch sensing region surrounds the touch sensing region. A plurality of sensing electrodes are disposed on the touch sensing region. A plurality of metal traces are disposed on the non-touch sensing region and electrically connected to the sensing electrodes. A passivation layer covers the metal trace, wherein a distance between an edge of the passivation layer and the metal traces is greater than or equal to at least 140 micrometers. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117033 | SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THE SAME - It is an object to provide a semiconductor display device having a touch panel, which can reduce power consumption. The semiconductor display device includes a panel which is provided with a pixel portion and a driver circuit which controls an input of the image signal to the pixel portion, and a touch panel provided in a position overlapping with the panel in the pixel portion. The pixel portion includes a display element configured to perform display in accordance with voltage of the image signal to be input, and a transistor configured to control retention of the voltage. The transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region. The driving frequency of the driver circuit, that is, the number of writing operations of the image signal for a certain period is changed in accordance with an operation signal from a touch panel. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117034 | SCANNED PIEZOELECTRIC TOUCH SENSOR DEVICE - Embodiments of the disclosure generally provide an integrated input device that is configured to sense the position and amount of force applied by input objects that are in contact with an input region of an input device. The input device is generally configured to sense the position and amount of force applied by an input object that is in contact with the input region using a piezoelectric material. The input device generally includes a plurality of electrodes that are positioned to measure an electrical characteristic of the piezoelectric layer at different points within the input region to determine the position and/or amount force applied by the input object(s). The input device may also include one or more components that are able to simultaneously or sequentially sense the position of an input object using a touch sensing technique that does not rely on the electrical properties of the piezoelectric material to sense the position of the input object. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117035 | Pressure Detection Device and Input Device - A piezoelectric sensor capable of position detection and load detection within the sensor. The sensor includes a piezoelectric layer that generates an electric charge when pressed by an inputting means, a first electrode that is arranged on a first main face of the piezoelectric layer, a second electrode that is arranged on a second main face of the piezoelectric layer opposite the first main face, a first capacitor or a first resonant circuit connected to the first electrode, and a first detection section connected to the first electrode. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117036 | Position-Sensing and Force Detection Panel - Disclosed is a touch position sensor. Force detection circuitry can be included with the position sensor, for example, to determine an amount of force applied to a touch panel of the sensor. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117037 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Handheld electronic apparatuses and methods for controlling a handheld electronic apparatus are provided. The handheld electronic apparatus includes a display having a touch panel, a proximity sensor, a communication unit, a processing unit, and a motion sensor. The communication unit establishes a call. The processing unit disables the touch panel during the call based on the detection of the presence of a nearby object to the proximity sensor. The motion sensor detects an instant acceleration value of the handheld electronic apparatus. The processing unit determines whether a value that is only related to the instant acceleration value is greater than an acceleration threshold while the touch panel is disabled during the call. The processing unit enables the touch panel during the call based on the determination that the value is greater than the acceleration threshold. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117038 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INTEGRATED INTERFACE IN CENTER FASCIA - A method of providing an integrated module in a human machine interface (HMI) module in a vehicle includes sensing a switch input signal on a center fascia panel, identifying a switch type based on the sensed switch input signal, identifying an input signal corresponding to the sensed switch input signal and the identified switch type, and identifying an output signal corresponding to the identified input signal, and transmitting the identified output signal to an associated main controller through a communication network in the vehicle. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117039 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - An array substrate and a method for fabricating the array substrate, a display device and a method for driving the display device are provided. The array substrate includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a touch control signal driving line disposed on the first surface; an isolation layer disposed on the first surface and covering the touch control signal driving line; a via hole formed in the isolation layer; and a gate line disposed on the isolation layer and electrically connected to the touch control signal driving line through the via hole. The scanning time of the array substrate is not reduced due to a touch control detection, and the undercharge of pixels is thus avoided. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117040 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH POINT THEREOF - A touch display apparatus and a method for detecting a touch point thereof are provided. The method for detecting a touch point includes the following steps. In a first touch detecting period, a first driving signal is provided sequentially to a plurality of first touch electrodes so that a plurality of first detecting signals are received from a plurality of second touch electrodes, and a first touch reference point is determined accordingly. In a second touch detecting period, when the first touch reference point is detected, capacitance variations of the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes are detected to obtain a plurality of second detecting signals and a plurality of third detecting signals, and a first real touch point is determined accordingly. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117041 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus comprises: a display panel configured to display an image; a touch panel disposed on the display panel; and a circuit board electrically connected to each of the display panel and the touch panel, the circuit board including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The circuit board includes: a first circuit portion including a first connection disposed in the first surface and electrically connected to the display panel; a second circuit portion including a second connection disposed in the second surface and electrically connected to the touch panel; and a bending portion configured to link the first circuit portion to the second circuit portion, and curving in a direction toward the first circuit portion. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117042 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a touch sensor includes an insulating substrate, a sensing electrode formed on the insulating substrate, and an alignment mark formed on the insulating substrate, wherein the sensing electrode is transparent, and the alignment mark is transparent and includes a slit. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117043 | TOUCH DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A touch device includes a first touch input receiving a touch and a second touch input acquiring a capacitance which occurs when the touch is inputted to the first touch input. A controller is configured to detect the touch inputted to the first touch input and to detect the acquired capacitance. The controller change touch sensitivity of the first touch input according to the detected capacitance. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117044 | CONTROL MECHANISM FOR TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch display apparatus is provided. The touch display apparatus includes: a touch display panel and a controller. The touch display panel includes a plurality of sensing electrodes, wherein the plurality of sensing electrodes have a plurality of transmitting (Tx) electrodes and a plurality of receiving (Rx) electrodes. The controller is configured to control the touch display panel and the controller the controller alternately switches the Tx electrodes and the Rx electrodes to couple to the ground or high impedance using a first control path and a second control path, wherein the first control path controls the odd-numbered portion of the Tx electrodes and Rx electrodes, and the second control path controls the even-numbered portion of the Tx electrodes and Rx electrodes. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117045 | Oscillator Circuit, Phase Locked Loop, and Electronic Device - An oscillator circuit includes a MEMS switch, a transistor, a buffer circuit, and an analog memory. The MEMS switch includes a fixed electrode and a movable electrode. A gate potential of the transistor is retained by the analog memory. The potential of the fixed electrode is controlled by an on-state current of the transistor. A first change and a second change periodically occur in the movable electrode, thereby causing a periodic change in the potential of the fixed electrode. The first change occurs due to electrostatic attraction caused by the potential difference between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode. The second change occurs due to restoring force that is generated when the movable electrode and the fixed electrode have the same potential. The potential of the fixed electrode is output through the buffer circuit. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117046 | Data Reporting Method and Apparatus, and Terminal Device - The present application provides a data reporting method and apparatus, where the data reporting method includes acquiring current touch operation information; determining, an area that is on a current interface of a touchscreen; determining attribute information of the operation area based on a correspondence between an area and attribute information, where the attribute information of the operation area includes a rate type of an area reported point of the operation area; and determining, from the current touch operation information according to the current touch operation information and the attribute information of the operation area, touch data reported to an application processor, and reporting the data. According to the data reporting method and apparatus, a quantity of interrupts is reduced for an application processor, and usage of the application processor is decreased, thereby reducing power consumption generated when the application processor processes a touchscreen interrupt event. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117047 | MULTIPLE CONTROLLER COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR ACTIVE STYLUS DATA ACQUISITION - An electronic device may include a first controller associated with some channels of a digitizer having channels configured to receive a signal from a stylus, and with each channel having a direction. A second controller may be associated with channels of the digitizer not associated with the first controller. The first controller may scan for the signal at each channel associated with the first controller, and based on acquisition of the signal at a given channel associated with the first controller, calculate a property of the signal. The first controller may send the calculated property and the direction of the given channel to the second controller. The first controller and the second controller may scan for the signal at each channel having the direction of the given channel, at acquisition intervals based upon the calculated property. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117048 | Background Light Detection for Optical Navigation Systems - A method of operating an optical navigation system which includes disabling a light source to measure the ambient or external light level, comparing the measurement to a threshold level to determine whether the ambient light would cause false detection and light induced motion, and adjusting sensing parameter(s) to mitigate the effect of the ambient light. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117049 | CAPACITIVE SENSING DEVICE - A driving signal is applied to a plurality of driving electrodes using the driving matrix illustrated in FIG. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117050 | TOUCH FILTER CIRCUIT - A touch filter circuit includes a conversion module and a space-domain filter module. The conversion module converts a plurality of analog touch data into a plurality of digital touch data. The space-domain filter module is coupled with the conversion module and receives the plurality of digital touch data, wherein the space-domain filter module generates a compensation average value according to the plurality of digital touch data and respectively generates a plurality of renewal space-domain touch data according to the plurality of digital touch data and the compensation average value. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117051 | METHOD FOR OPERATING SENSOR PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method for operating a sensor panel and an electronic device for supporting the same are provided. The electronic device includes a sensor panel configured to form an electric field based on a driving signal and a sensor operation module configured to provide a driving signal, which has a code sequence in which orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and code division multiplexing (CDM) are interchangeably used and has a peak to average power ratio (PAPR) of a specified value with respect to driving the sensor panel, to the sensor panel. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117052 | DETERMINING WHAT INPUT TO ACCEPT BY A TOUCH SENSOR AFTER INTENTIONAL AND ACCIDENTAL LIFT-OFF and SLIDE-OFF WHEN GESTURING OR PERFORMING A FUNCTION - A method for determining what input should be accepted by a touch sensor after intentional and accidental lift-offs and slide-offs occur when gesturing or performing a function on the touch sensor by a finger or multiple fingers. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117053 | GESTURE RECOGNITION USING NEURAL NETWORKS - An apparatus, method, and a computer program is provided for gesture recognition using neural networks. An initial point is recorded when a user presses a finger on a screen. Subsequent points are recorded and an angle is calculated from point to point as the user periodically moves the finger. A set of the calculated angles are compared with an ideal angle in order to recognize the gesture. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117054 | COORDINATE INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A coordinate input device includes: a coordinate input unit having a plurality of first detection electrodes and a plurality of second detection electrodes; an electrode drive circuit that applies a drive signal to one or more of the detection electrodes; a detection circuit that detects a signal of the first and/or second detection electrode; a selection circuit for selecting one or more of the detection electrodes to which the drive signal is not applied from among the detection electrodes which are disposed in parallel to the detection electrodes to which the drive signal is applied, as a reference electrode; a detection circuit for detecting a signal of the selected reference electrode; an input coordinate computing circuit for correcting a detection result of the detection circuit on the basis of the detected capacitance of the reference electrode and for calculating an input coordinate from the corrected detection result. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117055 | FLEXIBLE IMAGE INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE - Disclosure is a flexible image input/output device comprising a first body, a second body and a flexible member. The first body has an image capture module generating a first image signal. The second body separates from the first body and has an image display module receiving the first image signal and displaying a first image. The flexible member, of which one end connects to the first body and another end connects to the second body to transmit the first image signal from the image capture module to the image display module. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117056 | DETERMINE A POSITION OF AN INTERACTION AREA - In some examples, a projector is controlled to project an image content onto a projection surface in a region defining a display area. Captured images are received that are captured by at least one optical sensor of the projected image content on the projection surface. In the captured images, user touches of a plurality of designated locations of the projected image content on the projection surface are detected. A position of an interaction area based on the detected user touches is determined, and, based on the determined position of the interaction area, it is determined whether the display area and the interaction area coincide. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117057 | Screen Magnification with Off-Screen Indication - In one example, a magnification display system may alert a user to event notifications that are presented outside the magnification area. The magnification display system may apply a magnification area with a magnification module to a section of a viewing area presented by a display. The magnification display system may receive an event notification outside the magnification area. The magnification display system may introduce a notification indication alerting a user to the event notification. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117058 | DISPLAYING NODES ON A VIEW SCREEN - The present invention provides a method of displaying nodes, including: displaying, in response to that one or more nodes are selected on a view screen on which nodes are displayed together with respective connection lines between the nodes, the selected one or more nodes on a pallet; drawing connection lines extending from the one or more nodes displayed on the pallet, on the view screen; and scrolling, in response to that one or more connection lines extending from the one or more nodes displayed on the pallet are selected or that one or more nodes on the pallet are selected, a display on the view screen such that one or more nodes at connection destinations of the selected connection lines or the selected nodes are displayed within the view screen. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117059 | User Interface for Fleet Management - A user interface is provided for a fleet management web portal for a manufacturer, operator, or user to manage a fleet of equipment and/or machines. The fleet of equipment and/or machines may be linked with the fleet management web portal and the manufacturer, operator, or user may access alerts and other information associated with the equipment and/or machines using an electronic device. The user interface is compatible with electronic devices of various sizes and enables a user to interact with information associated with fleet of equipment and/or machines. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117060 | METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE - A method and a control apparatus for providing a user interface are provided. The control apparatus includes an operating unit, a display that is configured to display user interface, and a controller. The controller is configured to detect an erroneous operation of the operating unit based on respective menus that are included in the user interface. In addition, the controller is configured to operate the display to display guide information for guiding an operation method of the operating unit with respect to a menu with the detected erroneous operation. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117061 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE BASED INTERACTIONS - An image based interaction system, method and computer readable medium are based on identifying each image with a unique and trackable identifier, and using the unique and trackable identifier to facilitate and anchor user interactions. The system allows a first user to upload an image that represents a good, a service, or a subject topic and one or more selected associated actions for the good, service or subject topic to a server computer. The server computer generates a unique and trackable identifier within the image and records the identifier and the one or more associated actions in memory. The image incorporating the unique and trackable identifier may be distributed by the first user or any third party. A second user viewing the image incorporating the unique and trackable identifier on a network linked computing device is provided with the one or more associated actions from the server computer. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117062 | Visualizations of Medical Inventory - A computer-implemented method comprising: determining types of items that are required to perform a particular type of surgery; generating data for a graphical user interface that when rendered on a display device, displays: a surgical tray visualization of a surgical tray, with the surgical tray visualization comprising: one or more required material visualizations of the one or more types of items that are required to perform a particular type of surgery, with a required material visualization specifying how many of a particular type of material or instrument is required for the surgery and further specifying how many of the particular type of material or instrument has been virtually played on the surgical tray; for a type of item required, item placement information, selection of which causes the surgical tray representation to be updated to account for the selected item and to virtually place the selected item on the surgical tray. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117063 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING HASHTAGS - A hashtag management system permits a user to review a ranked or unranked list of hashtags that are correlated with an object of interest and to manipulate the list, such as by adding or deleting hashtags or by rearranging the ranking and to use the list for the purposes of contextual search and/or discovery. Based on the inputs of multiple users manipulating the hashtags, the system determines trends and/or preferences, search and/or discovery priorities and provides information about the trends and/or preferences to users who may use such information in order to select one or more of the hashtags for sharing across a social media platform and/or for the purposes of search and/or discovery. Additionally, the system facilitates the process by which the selected hashtags are shared across social media platforms in conjunction with the corresponding object and/or searching and/or discovering related objects. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117064 | MEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF MOBILE DEVICES - An interactive media management server that facilitates management of interactive media and delivery of such interactive media. It comprises a first interface to an interactive media distribution server communicatively coupled to a plurality of mobile devices, and a second interface to a service provider system or a content provider system. It comprises a manager module for managing creation, distribution and tracking of a plurality of interactive media. The manager module, via the second interface, manages the delivery of the plurality of interactive media from the service provider system or the content provider system, and the communication of user responses to the plurality of interactive media to the corresponding service provider system or content provider system. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117065 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - Provided is information processing device capable of issuing a notification of an occurrence of an event depending on a current operation mode in a case where the information processing device operates in a plurality of operation modes. An information processing device operates in a plurality of operation modes including at least a first mode and a second mode, receives event information output by an event output program, and notifies a user that the event information has been received, and the information processing device changes a pattern of notification between a case where the event information is received during the operation in the first mode and a case where the event information is received during the operation in the second mode. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117066 | Methods, Systems, And Computer Readable Media For Controlling Presentation And Selection Of Objects That Are Digital Images Depicting Subjects - The subject matter described herein is directed to controlling presentation and selection of objects that are digital images depicting subjects. According to one aspect, a plurality of objects is presented via a presentation device having a screen. Each object s associated with at least one other object of plurality of objects and is a digital image of a subject. A first object presented is selected in response to a first selection event associated with the first object. A second object non-adjacent to the first object is determined based on a predefined relationship associating the first object with the second object, wherein the second object is on-screen or off-screen. The second is presented via the presentation device on-screen and adjacent to the first object in response to the determination. An indication of the predefined relationship is also presented. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117067 | POINT OF INTEREST COLLABORATIVE E-READING - A computing device includes a housing and a display assembly having a screen and a set of touch sensors. The housing at least partially circumvents the screen so that the screen is viewable. A processor is provided within the housing to manage an e-book library associated with the computing device. Specifically, the e-book library includes at least a first e-book. The processor further associates the computing device with a reading group having a plurality of group members, and detects that a copy of the first e-book resides in an e-book library of a first group member of the plurality of group members. Upon detecting the copy of the first e-book, the processor then selectively initiates a shared reading mode for the first e-book. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117068 | WRAPPED PACKAGES OF CARDS FOR CONVEYING A STORY-BOOK USER EXPERIENCE WITH MEDIA CONTENT, PROVIDING APPLICATION AND/OR WEB FUNCTIONALITY AND ENGAGING USERS IN E-COMMERCE - Systems and methods for creating and delivering wrapped packages of cards are disclosed. With wrap packages, each card is selectively authored to include (i) media content, (ii) application functionality and/or (iii) e-commerce related services. In addition, the cards can be authored in one or more linear sequences so that the media content conveys a “narrative” or “story” that unfolds as the wrap is consumed. Thus, the viewer is enticed to engage and use the application and/or e-commerce functionality, all within the context of the narrative story. In addition, wrap packages are portable objects that can be saved and readily distributed similar to electronic messages. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117069 | COMMAND USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING SELECTABLE SOFTWARE FUNCTIONALITY CONTROLS - An improved user interface is provided for displaying selectable software functionality controls and for presenting logical groupings of particular functionality controls associated with a selected top-level functionality. Underneath a row of top-level functionality tabs, functionalities controls associated with a given top-level functionality tab are presented in logical groupings. Selection of a particular tab switches modes of the user interface to present controls for functionalities associated with the selected tab. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117070 | Graphical User Interfaces for Resource Consumption Analytics - The systems and methods described herein are directed to graphical user interfaces presenting resource consumption analytics. Resource usage is provided in a graphical user interface indicating current resource consumption and/or historical resource consumption. Weather data and a cumulative running total can be provided along with the resource consumption data to clearly provide a deep understanding of resource usage and operating conditions. Further, resource consumption information from multiple monitoring locations may be juxtaposed and/or presented simultaneously to provide an indication of outlying usage consumption among similarly situated monitoring locations. The graphical user interfaces may be provided with alerts, alarms, thereby reporting and alerting to an end-user via multiple delivery mechanisms, of potential sources of resource waste or loss. Further, the alerts or alarms can include easily interpreted recommendations to allow a non-skilled worker to take corrective procedures to maximize efficient use of the consumable resources. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117071 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC ORGANIZATION, INDEXING AND VIEWING OF INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - A computer data processing system including a central processing unit configured with an integrated computer control software system for the management of data objects including dynamic and automatic organization, linking, finding, cross-referencing, viewing and retrieval of multiple objects regardless of nature or source. The system provides an underlying component architecture having an object-oriented database structure and a metadata database structure which stores only one instance of each object while linking the object to multiple collections and domains for grouping into and retrieval from any of the collections. The system employs configurable, extensible attribute/properties of data objects in metadata format, and a user-configurable interface that facilitates information management. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117072 | DRAG-AND-DROP ON A MOBILE DEVICE - Implementations provide an improved drag-and-drop operation on a mobile device. For example, a method includes identifying a drag area in a user interface of a first mobile application in response to a drag command, identifying an entity from a data store based on recognition performed on content in the drag area, receiving a drop location associated with a second mobile application, determining an action to perform in the second mobile application based on the drop location, and performing the action in the second mobile action using the entity. Another method may include receiving a selection of a smart copy control for a text input control in a first mobile application, receiving a selected area of a display generated by a second mobile application, identifying an entity in the selected area, automatically navigating back to the text input control, and pasting a description of the entity in the text input control. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117073 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING INTERRUPT IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for controlling an interrupt in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes executing an application based on user's control, determining whether an event occurs during the application execution, displaying information representing the event occurrence on a screen while continuing the application execution, and determining whether to interrupt the application by the event based on user's control. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117074 | AREA INPUT DEVICE AND VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - Input devices, particularly devices for entering data within three-dimensional space and converting that data into one or more commands, are provided. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117075 | ADVANCED TOUCH USER INTERFACE - The present invention is based on a touch based control of a user terminal. The touch based control may comprise a touch screen, a touch pad or other touch user interface enabling “multitouch”, where a touch sensing surface is able to recognize presence of two or more touch points. Two detected touch points on the sensing surface define end points of a line segment. Length of the line segment is determined providing basis for a first control signal and angle of the line segment compared to a reference line is determined providing basis for a second control signal. These control signals are used to control a moving object in a virtual space. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117076 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal includes a display unit, a wireless communication unit, and a controller. The controller displays a my device object corresponding to the mobile terminal, at least one first external device object corresponding to at least one first external device connected to the mobile terminal with wireless communication through the wireless communication unit, and at least one connectable second external device object in correspondence to at least one second external device connectable to the mobile terminal with wireless communication through the wireless communication unit. The controller displays a line indicating that wireless communication is connected between the my device object and the first external device object when the mobile terminal and the first external device are connected to each other through wireless communication. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117077 | Multi-Depth-Interval Refocusing Method and Apparatus and Electronic Device - A multi-depth-interval refocusing method, apparatus and electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying an image on a display device; acquiring user input, and determining, in the displayed image according to the user input, a refocus area including at least two discontinuous depth intervals, where each depth interval in the at least two discontinuous depth intervals is constituted by at least one depth plane, each depth plane contains at least one focus pixel, and depths of object points corresponding to focus pixels contained on a same depth plane are the same; performing refocusing processing on an image within the refocus area to display a refocused image on the display device, where the refocused image has a visually distinguishable definition difference relative to an area, except the refocus area, in the displayed image; and displaying the refocused image on the display device. Therefore, multi-depth-interval refocusing is implemented. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117078 | MANAGING EPHEMERAL LOCATIONS IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - Systems and methods for advertising, and, more particularly, systems and methods for managing ephemeral locations in a virtual universe. A method for managing ephemeral locations in a virtual universe (VU) includes causing a computer infrastructure to: render an ephemeral location upon a triggering in the VU; teleport a VU user avatar to the ephemeral location; permit the user avatar to interact in the ephemeral location; teleport the user avatar out of the ephemeral location; and un-render the ephemeral location. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117079 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING APPLICATION ICONS ON TERMINAL - The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for displaying application icons on a terminal. The method comprises: receiving, on a terminal, an application icon adjustment request, the application icon adjustment request being used for requesting categorized display of application icons corresponding to applications installed on the terminal; acquiring categorization information of the applications in response to the application icon adjustment request; and displaying, according to the categorization information, the application icons of the applications by category on the terminal. The present disclosure solves the technical problem of a long adjustment time caused by that display positions of application icons on a terminal need to be adjusted manually in the existing technology, and achieves technical effects of automatic adjustment by a system, a reduction in adjustment time, and an increase in adjustment efficiency. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117080 | HIT-TEST TO DETERMINE ENABLEMENT OF DIRECT MANIPULATIONS IN RESPONSE TO USER ACTIONS - A hit-test may be performed to determine whether a user action detected via a user interface associated with an application intersects a given object of the application. The application may include one or more special content layers (SCLs). A decision may be made at each SCL regarding enablement of a direct manipulation of an object through the application in response to the user action. An SCL processing module of the application may identify a hit in response to detecting an intersection of the user action and one or more non-transparent pixels of at least one SCL during a front to back processing of the SCLs, where the pixels correspond to the object. The application may then determine whether a direct manipulation of an object through the application is enabled or not enabled by the SCL, and thus whether the direct manipulation should be automatically initiated or disabled, respectively. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117081 | CONTROLLING ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM USING COMBINATION OF INPUTS FROM PROXIMITY SENSOR AND TOUCH SENSOR OF REMOTE CONTROLLER - An entertainment system includes a video display unit (VDU) that receives hover location information and a touch selection signal from a remote controller. The hover location information indicates a location of the user movable object while adjacent to but not contacting the remote controller. The touch selection signal indicates when the user movable object is contacting the remote controller. The VDU displays user selectable indicia spaced apart on a display device, and displays an object tracking indicia that is moved proportional to changes identified in the hover location information over time. The VDU identifies one user selectable indicia as being touch selected by the user responsive to receipt of the touch selection signal while the object tracking indicia is positioned within a touch selection region associated with the user selectable indicia, and controls an operation of the VDU based on program code associated with the user selectable indicia. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117082 | INTEGRATED TASK LAUNCHER USER INTERFACE - Methods for providing a launcher interface for task items selected based on user activity are provided. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a plurality of task items associated with a user. The plurality of task items includes a plurality of task types. The method also includes selecting a subset of the plurality of task items based on user activity information. The subset of task items includes at least no different task types. The method also includes providing a launcher user interface for display to the user on a computing device. The launcher user interface includes a plurality of elements corresponding to the selected subset of task items arranged on a single surface. The plurality of elements is selectable to launch respective applications associated with the corresponding task items. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117083 | GAME PROGRAM, COMPUTER CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A computer-implemented method for operating a computer game involving moving a plurality of objects. A game screen on which a plurality of objects are displayed may be displayed on a touchscreen. If a swipe operation is detected, a plurality of the objects may be moved. If a swipe operation is detected while a touch operation that specifies any of the plurality objects is also being detected, the plurality of objects excluding the object specified with the touch operation are collectively moved in a direction indicated by the swipe operation. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117084 | OPERATION OF A COMPUTER WITH TOUCH SCREEN INTERFACE - A touch screen computer executes an application. A method of operating the touch screen computer in response to a user is provided. A virtual input device is provided on the touch screen. The virtual input device comprises a plurality of virtual keys. It is detected that a user has touched the touch screen to nominally activate at least one virtual key, and a behavior of the user with respect to touch is determined. The determined behavior is processed and a predetermined characteristic is associated with the nominally-activated at least one virtual key. A reaction to the nominal activation is determined based at least in part on a result of processing the determined behavior. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117085 | Method and Device for Creating and Editing Object-Inserted Images - Methods for generating and editing object-inserted images is illustrated. The methods mentioned above include main image determining step; step of receiving input that determines the object; step of object being displayed on mobile device's screen; step of receiving touch input about object; step of menu about object being displayed on screen; receiving the first drag input that modifies touch point; step of displaying in overlay on main image the icon at touch point and displaying main image in the first area when touch point is placed on the menu; step of receiving the second drag input that places icon on the first point on main image; and step of generating object-inserted image with object inserted to it when touch input is finished. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117086 | METHOD OF SETTING USER INTERFACE OF REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - A method of setting a user interface of a remote control system includes the following steps: A. set a first region on a screen of an electronic device; B. arrange at least a device icon at a predetermined position of the first region, wherein the device icon represents one of electric appliances to be controlled; and C. select the device icon in the first region to generate a control window for a user to operate to control the corresponding electric appliance. Using space compatibility and virtual reality, the user may be easy to recognize the electric appliance for control. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117087 | JOB CREATION AND REUSE - Jobs can be created within a visual authoring environment. A new job of a selected type can be added to a diagrammatic workspace. Subsequently, a mechanism configured to enable selection of a saved job that implements all or a portion of the job can be presented. After selection, a saved job can be acquired and the workspace updated based thereon. Furthermore, data sources associated with the saved job can be can be added to a data source designated portion of the environment. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117088 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION - The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for displaying descriptive information. The method includes: hiding descriptive information of an application icon on a screen interface of a terminal device; determining whether a request for viewing the descriptive information from a user exists according to a detected operation action from the user; and displaying corresponding descriptive information of the application icon in a connected region if the request exists. Accordingly, by hiding descriptive information of application icons, a screen of a terminal device may keep neat when a user does not want to view the descriptive information; meanwhile, the descriptive information may be displayed promptly on the screen of the terminal when it is detected that the user requests for viewing the descriptive information. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117089 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DESKTOP SHORTCUTS - A method for managing desktop shortcuts of an electronic device includes setting a master shortcut for each of groups and a classification rule of the groups. According to the master shortcut in each of the groups and the classification rule of the groups, shortcuts on a desktop of the electronic device are classified into the groups. Each of the groups is displayed using a graphics on a display device of the electronic device. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117090 | NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MACHINE TOOL - A numerical control system for a machine tool includes a display screen, a storage unit, and a control unit. The control unit executes a step of displaying, on the display screen, a designation screen that selects and designates one or more pieces of auxiliary information and auxiliary functions corresponding to each of basic work screens prepared for each work process using the machine tool, and associating with the basic work screen and storing in the storage unit one or more pieces of auxiliary information and auxiliary functions selected and designated by a user through the designation screen, and a step of simultaneously displaying, on the display screen, one basic work screen designated by the user among the basic work screens, and one or more virtual buttons that select one or more pieces of auxiliary information and one or more auxiliary functions, associated with the user-designated basic work screen. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117091 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NOTIFYING OF CONTENT CHANGE - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for notifying of a content change. The apparatus includes: at least one display; a processor electrically connected to the display; and a memory, wherein the memory includes instructions for allowing an electronic device to display at least a part of contents on the display, to execute at least one item, which is related to the content and configured to be displayed in a first area of the contents, and to display the at least one executed item in a second area different from the first area of the display or display information for receiving or guiding a user input to display the at least one item when the instructions are executed. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117092 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE BY USING SCROLL BAR - Provided is a device including a display unit configured to display a main window for displaying an image on a screen of the device, and to display, on the main window, a user interface for receiving an input for selecting an area of the image to be displayed on the main window and a first partial image selected via the user interface, a user input unit configured to receive a user input for selecting a point on the user interface; and a controller configured to control, when the user input for selecting the point on the user interface is received, the display unit to display a sub-window on the main window on which the first partial image is displayed, wherein the sub-window displays a second partial image of the image which corresponds to the selected point on the user interface. | 2016-04-28 |