21st week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160147317 | SMART RESONATING PEN - A resonating pen having multiple resonance frequencies includes a first circuit segment including an inductor for the resonance frequencies, a second circuit segment including transistors, where each of the transistors includes a transistor state, and a third circuit segment includes a controller. The controller is configured to alter the transistor state of the transistors to change the resonating pen to a resonance frequency. The resonating pen further includes a switch configured to control the controller. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147318 | FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARD BASED FORCE SENSOR - A flexible circuit board based force sensor is disclosed. A flexible circuit having a first metal pad and a second metal pad, the flexible circuit board is folded so that the first metal pad functioning as a top metal pad and the bottom metal pad functioning as a bottom metal pad. A force sensing material is configured in between the top metal pad and the bottom metal pad to form a force sensor. An electronic drawing system adopts the flexible circuit board based force sensor in an electronic pen for sensing pressures applied against the pen tip of the electronic pen. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147319 | Noise Reduction for Touch Sensor System With Active Stylus - A touch sensor may overlap a display. A transparent shield layer that is grounded around its edges may be interposed between the display and the touch sensor to help prevent noise from display data lines from reaching the touch sensor. The data lines may extend along a first dimension. The touch sensor may have first elongated electrodes that extend along the first dimension and second elongated electrodes that extend along a second dimension that is perpendicular to the first dimension. The second electrodes may be interposed between the first electrodes and the data lines. Pen present electrodes may be used to gather pen present data associated with a stylus on the touch sensor. Adjacent noise sensors may collect noise data that is removed from the pen present data. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147320 | PEN WITH INDUCTOR - A processing system includes a sensor module and a determination module. The sensor module is coupled to sensor electrodes and is the sensor module configured to drive the sensor electrodes with sensing signals at a first resonance frequency of the pen. The determination module is configured to obtain, concurrently with the driving of the sensor electrodes, a measurements that are based on effects of the sensing signals, and a resonance of the pen in a sensing region. The determination module is further configured to determine positional information of the pen in the sensing region based on the measurements, and report the positional information. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147321 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention provides a portable electronic device having a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface. The portable electronic device includes a screen, a cursor control unit, and a control module. The screen is on the first surface. The cursor controlling unit is on the second surface for generating a cursor signal. The control module is electrically connected with the screen and the cursor control unit and controls the screen to display a cursor according to the cursor signal. The cursor signal includes a pressing signal. The control module further determines whether a single click, a double click, or a long click is executed according to the pressing signal, and executes the corresponding procedure accordingly. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147322 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A USER OF A VEHICLE HEAD UNIT - The present disclosure provides, in some aspects, a system for identifying a user of a vehicle head unit. The system includes a head unit having a human-machine interface (HMI), an electrode configured to be in selective electrical communication with a driver of a vehicle when the driver of the vehicle is driving the vehicle, a signal generator electrically connected to the electrode and configured to selectively output an identification signal to the electrode when the vehicle is in a predetermined mode of operation, wherein the identification signal is configured to travel through the driver and into the HMI. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147323 | TOUCH CONTROL PANEL STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing touch control panel structure includes providing a substrate. Then a transparent electrode layer is formed on a display area of the substrate. Next, a metal wiring layer is formed on a peripheral area of the substrate. The peripheral area surrounds the display area. Finally, the substrate is cut to form a touch control panel structure. A cutting line goes through the metal wiring layer, and an edge of the metal wiring layer is flushed against an edge of the substrate. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147324 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a substrate, plural conducting wires, an insulating layer, and a ground layer. The substrate includes an active region and a peripheral region surrounding the active region. The conducting wires are disposed in the peripheral region and extend along a first direction. The insulating layer is disposed on the conductive wires. The ground layer is disposed at an edge of the peripheral region and at least partially on the insulating layer, and the ground layer is at least partially in contact with the substrate. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147325 | FAN-OUT TRACE STRUCTURE OF TOUCH MODULE OF TOUCH DEVICE - A touch module of a touch device defines a touch area and a trace area surrounding the touch area. The touch module includes a substrate, a number of first sensor electrodes, a number of second sensor electrodes, and a number of conductive traces. The number of first sensor electrodes and the number of second sensor electrodes are arranged in a first region on the substrate corresponding to the touch area. The number of conductive traces are arranged in a second region on the substrate corresponding to the trace area. At least one of the conductive traces includes at least two conductive layers. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147326 | SENSING SCREEN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The sensing screen includes a display module having a top surface, a glass panel, and a conductive coating. The glass panel is configured to cover the top surface of the display module and has an upper surface and a bottom surface. The conductive coating is configured to coat the bottom surface of the glass panel and is positioned between the bottom surface of the glass panel and the top surface of the display module. The conductive coating is configured to sense if an electronic stylus is proximate the upper surface of the glass panel. A manufacturing method of the sensing screen is also provided. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147327 | STRETCHABLE DISPLAY - A stretchable display is disclosed. In one aspect, the stretchable display includes a display unit that is stretchable and a rotation member arranged below the display unit and connected to the display unit. The rotation member is configured to tension the display unit. The stretchable display further includes a fixing member arranged below the rotation member and defining a rotation axis. The rotation member is further configured to rotate about the rotation axis so as to tension the display unit. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147328 | INPUT DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE COMPUTER - A input device capable of being made thinner while securing the operability of a push button is disclosed. The input device includes a touchpad configured to receive a touch operation and multiple push buttons provided adjacent to one edge of the touchpad. The input device is mounted in an electronic device such as a laptop PC. In the input device, each of the push buttons has a cantilever structure having an operation face part movable up and down to receive a depressing operation, and a hinge arm, which projects from one edge of the operation face part into the undersurface side of the touchpad and the leading edge of which is pivotally supported under the touchpad. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147329 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING PHOTO-SENSING INPUT MECHANISM - A liquid crystal display having photo-sensing input mechanism includes a first gate line for transmitting a first gate signal, a second gate line for transmitting a second gate signal, a data line for transmitting a data signal, a pixel unit for outputting an image signal according to the first gate signal and the data signal, a readout line for transmitting a readout signal, a photo-sensing input unit and a driving adjustment unit. The photo-sensing input unit is utilized for generating a sensing voltage according to a driving voltage and an incident light signal, and is further utilized for outputting the readout signal according to the sensing voltage and the first gate signal. The driving adjustment unit is employed to provide the driving voltage according to the second gate signal and the incident light signal. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147330 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel and a touch-sensitive display device are provided. The touch panel includes transversal electrode arrays and longitudinal electrode arrays with mutually perpendicular extending directions. The transversal electrode arrays and the longitudinal electrode arrays are each connected to a controller by a wire. All the wires are each serially connected with a first resistor. A sum of an owned resistance of each wire and a resistance of the first resistor serially connected with the wire constitutes an equivalent resistance, and all the equivalent resistances respectively corresponding to all the wires are equal. By the above solution, the invention can avoid the problem of inaccurate detection caused by error resulting from different wire resistances, and the detection accuracy of the touch panel is effectively improved consequently. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147331 | TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a touch panel, a display apparatus and an electronic device. The touch panel includes: a substrate having a rectangular detection region and electrode regions located at the peripheries of the detection region; a plurality of detection lines formed in the detection region and electrically separated from one another; a plurality of driving lines formed in the detection region and electrically separated from one another; a plurality of electrodes located in the electrode regions and electrically connected to the detection lines and the driving lines, respectively; wherein, the detection lines and the driving lines are configured crosswise, and the extending directions of the detection lines and/or the driving lines are not parallel with any side of the detection region. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the area of the electrode regions in the touch panel can be reduced, thereby forming a touch panel of compact structure. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147332 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a touch display panel and a touch display device. The touch display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to each other to form a cell. The second substrate includes a matrix common electrode. The touch display panel further includes a first signal transmission line arranged on the first substrate and a second signal transmission line arranged on the first substrate, and the second signal transmission line is intersected with the first signal transmission line; and a first spacer corresponding to the first signal transmission line and a second spacer corresponding to the second signal transmission line. The first spacer and the second spacer are configured to enable the first signal transmission line and the second signal transmission line to be electrically connected to the matrix common electrode when a corresponding touch region is in a touch state. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147333 | Systems and Methods for Deformation-Based Haptic Effects - One illustrative system disclosed herein includes a deformation sensor configured to detect a deformation of a deformable surface and transmit a first sensor signal associated with the deformation. The system also includes a sensor configured to detect a user interaction with a user input device and transmit a second sensor signal associated with the user interaction. The system further includes a processor configured to: receive the first sensor signal; receive the second sensor signal; execute a function based at least in part on the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal. The processor is also configured to: determine a haptic effect based at least in part on the first sensor signal or the second sensor signal; and transmit a haptic signal associated with the haptic effect to a haptic output device configured to receive the haptic signal and output the haptic effect. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147334 | TOUCH PANEL STRUCTURE - A touch panel structure includes: a transparent substrate; a shield layer on one face of the transparent substrate; a touch electrode layer on the face of the transparent substrate, a part of the touch electrode layer extending to a face of the shield layer distal from the transparent substrate; a lead layer on the face of the shield layer; an integrated circuit in the non-touch section on the face of the shield layer and electrically connected to the touch electrode layer and the lead layer; and a flexible circuit board electrically connected to lead layer. The number of the connection pins at the electrical junction between the flexible circuit board and the lead layer is reduced. When assembled with the mechanism, the possibility of interference between the flexible circuit board, the integrated circuit and the mechanism is minimized to avoid poor contact of the integrated circuit. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147335 | SHEET FOR MANUFACTURING SENSOR SHEET, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SHEET FOR MANUFACTURING SENSOR SHEET, SENSOR SHEET FOR TOUCH PAD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SENSOR SHEET FOR TOUCH PAD - A sensor sheet-producing sheet of the present invention includes a base layer; and a metal deposition layer having a thickness of 0.01 to 1.0 μm which is formed on one surface of the base layer. A method for manufacturing a sensor sheet-producing sheet of the present invention includes a deposition step in which a metal deposition layer having a thickness of 0.01 to 1.0 μm is deposited on one surface of a base layer. In the method for manufacturing a sensor sheet-producing sheet of the present invention, it is preferable that the deposition be vacuum deposition. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147336 | TOUCH WINDOW - A touch window includes a substrate; and an electrode on the substrate, wherein the electrode includes a first mesh line extending in a first direction and having a first width; a second mesh line extending in a direction different from the first direction and having a second width; and an cross area in which the first and second mesh lines cross each other, the cross area having a third width, wherein the third width is larger than the first width, and the third width is equal to or less than 10 times of the first width. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147337 | TOUCH WINDOW - A touch window includes a sensing electrode to sense a position; a wire electrically connected to the sensing electrode; and a reinforcing electrode between the sensing electrode and the wire. A touch window includes a sensing electrode to sense a position and comprising a third pattern; and a wire electrically connected to the sensing electrode, wherein the sensing electrode includes a reinforcing part disposed at a region close to the wire, and wherein the reinforcing part includes a fourth pattern overlapping with the third pattern. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147338 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND INPUT DEVICE - An image display system using an electronic apparatus includes a capacitive detection-type touch screen panel as an image display unit. The touch screen panel (touch panel) detects a plurality of touch positions. The system includes a control unit that changes a form an object image displayed on the image display unit based on a change of set parameters or replaces the object image with another image based on the change of the set parameters. The parameters are changed by an input device having a plurality of detected portions detected by the capacitive detection-type touch screen panel. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147339 | DISPLAY AND TOUCH DETECTION METHOD - To provide a display capable of achieving downsizing and a touch detection method. The display includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels disposed in a matrix form, a plurality of scanning lines disposed in each row of the pixel array and supplying scanning signals to the plurality of pixels disposed in corresponding rows, a plurality of signal lines disposed in each column of the pixel array and supplying image signals to the plurality of pixels disposed in corresponding columns, a plurality of common electrodes disposed in each of the columns of the pixel array and supplied with driving signals for detecting touch, and a semiconductor device for touch including a plurality of driving terminals for supplying the driving signals. Here, the plurality of driving terminals of the semiconductor device for touch are smaller in number than the plurality of common electrodes disposed in the pixel array. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147340 | TOUCH UNIT ARRAY AND A DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME - A touch unit array including a plurality of first strip electrodes, a plurality of second strip electrodes, and a plurality of electrode pad units is provided. Each first strip electrode has at least one first opening. The second strip electrodes are orthogonally arranged to the plurality of first strip electrodes. Each electrode pad unit includes at least one electrode pad, and the electrode pads are respectively disposed in the plurality of first openings, wherein each electrode pad unit receives a first driving signal. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147341 | SMARTPHONE - A touch input device capable of detecting a pressure of a touch on a touch surface includes: a display module and a pressure electrode. The display module includes a display panel and a reference potential layer. An electrical signal, which is changed according to a capacitance between the pressure electrode and the reference potential layer, is detected from the pressure electrode and the capacitance changes depend on a change of a relative distance between the pressure electrode and the reference potential layer, such that the pressure of the touch is detected based on the capacitance. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147342 | DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a display panel and a manufacturing method therefor, and a display device, and the display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; an organic light emitting layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the organic light emitting layer includes a planar cathode layer; a planar cathode protection layer disposed on the cathode layer; and a first touch layer disposed on the cathode protection layer. With the technical solutions according to the present disclosure, the first touch layer is formed by evaporation processes just like the organic light emitting layer, so that the manufacture steps of the display panel are reduced as compared to forming the first touch layer by a photo etching process. Further, if the evaporation mask instead of the photo etching masks is used during the manufacture, the production cost is reduced. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147343 | TOUCH CONTROL DISPLAY SCREEN AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch control display screen includes: a touch control electrode layer including a plurality of touch control electrodes; a first electrode layer opposite to the touch control electrode layer and including a plurality of first electrodes; a liquid crystal layer between the touch control electrode layer and the first electrode layer; a switch control circuit connected with at least one touch control electrode; a display control circuit connected with the first electrodes; and a synchronization control circuit connected with the switch control circuit. In the display stage, the display control circuit outputs a first common voltage, and the synchronization control circuit controls the switch control circuit to output a second common voltage equal to the first common voltage. Many advantages are provided, such as a uniform display effect, fewer residual ions, better display quality, higher reliability, simplified circuit, lower cost, and increased light transmittance. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147344 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present invention discloses a touch display device and an electronic apparatus. The touch display device includes a display unit and a touch unit. The touch unit include a transparent electrode, and a pattern of the transparent electrode includes a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of dummy electrodes; and each of the dummy electrodes includes at least two columns of dummy sub-electrodes, each of the columns of dummy sub-electrodes includes a plurality of dummy sub-electrodes arranged in the first direction with each of the dummy sub-electrodes extending in the first direction, there is a sub-slit formed between every two adjacent dummy sub-electrodes in each of the columns of dummy sub-electrodes, and at least a part of the sub-slits of at least two adjacent ones of the columns of dummy sub-electrodes are arranged staggeredly in the first direction. The electronic apparatus includes the touch display device. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147345 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a display panel including a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed on one side of the display panel; a first flexible pritned circuit board (FPCB) configured to connect the first substrate to the PCB; a second FPCB configured to connect the second substrate to the PCB; and an insulating member disposed between the first and second FPCBs. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147346 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a touch sensor unit provided on the display panel, and including a touch sensing area in which a touch sensor is provided and a non-sensing area around the touch sensing area, and a polarizer provided on the touch sensor unit and bonded to the touch sensor unit, an edge side of the polarizer and an edge side of the touch sensor unit being aligned. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147347 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The touch display device includes a display module and a touch module disposed on the display module. The touch module includes a patterned metal layer and an antireflection layer. The patterned metal layer includes a plurality of metal lines. The pattern metal layer has a first region. At least one of the metal lines in the first region has a top surface, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall. The antireflection layer is formed on the first region, wherein the antireflection layer covers the top surface and the first sidewall, and the second sidewall of at least one of the metal lines in the first region. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147348 | EMBEDDED TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING MECHANISM - An embedded touch screen display panel driving mechanism includes a number of common electrodes, a number of pixel units each including a pixel electrode, and a number of touch sensing electrodes. The common electrodes can receive a first common voltage to cooperatively induce a first electric field with the pixel electrodes to drive liquid crystals of a liquid crystal layer to rotate to display according to data signals received by the pixel electrodes. The common electrodes can also receive a second common voltage to cooperatively induce a second electric field with the touch sensing electrodes to enable the touch sensing electrodes to transmit touch signals corresponding to touch input on the touch electrodes. At any one time, some common electrodes receive the first common voltage while other common electrodes receive the second common voltage. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147349 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH DETECTION, DRIVE CIRCUIT, DRIVING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - A display device includes: a plurality of drive electrodes; a plurality of detection electrodes intersecting the plurality of drive electrodes; and a scan driving unit performing a first scan drive and a second scan drive. The first scan drive allows a display drive signal for driving the display elements to be applied to each of the plurality of common drive electrodes, and the second scan drive allows a touch detection drive signal for detecting an external proximity object to be applied to each of the plurality of common drive electrodes. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147350 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION, DRIVE METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes: a scan drive unit that supplies a touch drive signal to a touch detection element in a touch detection operation period different from a display operation period in which a pixel signal and a display drive signal are sequentially supplied to display elements to perform display scanning; and a noise detector that detects noise included in a frequency component sampled by a touch detection unit. When the noise detector detects the noise, the scan drive unit changes a frequency of the touch drive signal in the touch detection operation period and supplies the changed frequency to the touch detection element. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147351 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING DATA - A method for protecting data of an electronic device includes determining a touch region on a display panel of the electronic device and acquiring touch points on the touch region using a pressure sensor of the electronic device, in response to detecting that the display panel has been pressed using the pressure sensor. A pressure value of each of the touch points is acquired using the pressure sensor. According to the pressure value of each of the touch points, an average pressure value on the touch region is computed. A preset pressure value is acquired. When the average pressure value is more than the preset pressure value, it is determined that whether the display panel is functioning. When the display panel is not functioning, data in the storage device is protected by encrypting the data. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147352 | Temperature Compensating Transparent Force Sensor Having a Compliant Layer - An optically transparent force sensor that may compensate for environmental effects, including, for example, variations in temperature of the device or the surroundings. In some examples, two force-sensitive layers are separated by a compliant layer. The relative electrical response of the two force-sensitive layers may be used to compute an estimate of the force of a touch that reduces the effect of variations in temperature. In some examples, piezoelectric films having anisotropic strain properties are used to reduce the effects of temperature. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147353 | Temperature Compensating Transparent Force Sensor Having a Flexible Substrate - An optically transparent force sensor element is compensated for effects of environment by comparing a force reading from a first force-sensitive component with a second force-sensitive components. The first and second force-sensitive components disposed on opposite sides of a flexible substrate within a display stack. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147354 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE OPERATING SYSTEM AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE OPERATING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for operating a touch-sensitive operator control system ( | 2016-05-26 |
20160147355 | PRESSING SENSOR, TOUCH SENSOR, PRESSING SENSOR-EQUIPPED DISPLAY PANEL, AND TOUCH SENSOR-EQUIPPED DISPLAY PANEL - A pressing sensor-equipped display panel that includes a pressing sensor and a display panel. The pressing sensor is arranged between a protecting member which composes an operation surface and the display panel. The pressing sensor includes a piezoelectric film which is made of polylactic acid which is an organic piezoelectric material. Electrodes are formed on both principal surfaces of the piezoelectric film. At least one of the electrodes is made of a polythiophene material. Display image formation light which has been emitted from the display panel and been incident on the pressing sensor transmits through the piezoelectric film and the electrodes. In this regard, a variation of a transmittance of each wavelength of the piezoelectric film, and a variation of a transmittance of each wavelength of an electrode made of the polythiophene material cancel each other. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147356 | IN-CELL TOUCH SCREEN AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an in-cell touch screen and a driving method thereof. The method comprises: implementing scan to a display circuit in an active area and implementing scan to a touch control circuit in another active area in the meantime. With the aforementioned way, it can be prevented that the display circuit and the touch control circuit in the same active area are functioning at the same time. Accordingly, the mutual interference between the display circuit and the touch control circuit can be diminished to raise the touch control precision; meanwhile, the scans are implemented at the same time to the different circuits in two active areas and the scan time can be reduced. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147357 | ANTI-NOISE METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL, TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An anti-noise method of a touch panel, a touch panel and a display device are provided. The anti-noise method includes: detecting whether an effective signal has been received; collecting a noise signal as a first signal when the effective signal has not been received; collecting the effective signal and the noise signal as a second signal when the effective signal has been received; and processing the first signal and the second signal to obtain the effective signal. By the above method, the invention can collect the noise signal generated by LCD by way of time-division and area-sharing and then obtain a pure effective signal after signal processing, the aperture ratio of the touch panel is improved, the collection of noise signal is more accurate, and more pure effective signal is obtained. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147358 | TABLET COMPUTER SCREEN & MOBILE PHONE SCREEN TO DIGITAL I/O CONVERTER - An adapter that fits to a touchscreen of a tablet computer or mobile phone enabling input and output to and from the device. Output is achieved by a plurality of phototransistors arranged in a matrix which interpret a plurality of video image dots, squares or groups of pixels on the tablet computer or mobile phone touchscreen converting them to 1s (ones) or 0s (zeroes). | 2016-05-26 |
20160147359 | REMOVABLE INPUT/OUTPUT MODULE WITH ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM - A removable input/output module for a touch-screen device is described. The input/output module comprises a front plate, a rear plate and an edge plate. When attached to the touch-screen device, the front plate contacts with the front face of the touch-screen device, the rear plate contacts with the rear face of the touch-screen device and the edge plate contacts at least an upper part of an edge face of the touch-screen device. The input/output module further comprises a mechanism which provides a force to clamp the front and rear plates onto the touch-screen device and an adjustment mechanism which allows the relative position of the front plate and the edge plate to be adjusted. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147360 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch screen panel includes a substrate and a transparent electrode. The transparent electrode is disposed on a display area of the substrate and includes an adhesion layer, a metal layer disposed on the adhesion layer and a protecting layer disposed on the metal layer. A thickness of the metal layer is about 150A to about 250A. A thickness of the adhesion layer or a thickness of the protecting layer is about 50A to about 140A. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147361 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A display device with reduced chance of pad unit corrosion is presented. The display device includes: a display panel configured to display an image, the display panel including a first pad unit; a touch screen panel (TSP) attached to an upper portion of the display panel, the touch screen panel including a second pad unit; a TSP flexible printed circuit board configured to include one end that is connected to the second pad unit of the touch screen panel; a window substrate configured to cover the touch screen panel; and a TSP adhesive layer interposed between the touch screen panel and the window substrate to adhere the window substrate to the touch screen panel, wherein the TSP adhesive layer is formed such that the TSP adhesive layer at least partially covers a TSP connection part the TSP flexible printed circuit board is connected to the second pad unit of the touch screen panel. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147362 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes a flexible display unit including a first portion, a second portion rotatably provided based on a first boundary region formed at one side of the first portion, and a third portion rotatably provided based on a second boundary region formed at one side of the second portion; and a controller configured to control screen information being output to at least one of the first portion, the second portion and the third portion, based on a preset touch input applied to at least one of the first portion, the second portion and the third portion, wherein the controller is configured to control screen information being output to at least one of the first portion, the second portion and the third portion, based on sensing of a rotation on the basis of at least one of the first and second boundary regions. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147363 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MEASURING CONTINUOUS TOUCH CONTROLLER LATENCY - A system and method of measuring the continuous latency of a touch controller is presented. According to an exemplary embodiment, the method includes generating a detection signal in response to detecting touch reports from the touch controller indicating a change in input direction; capturing a sequence of image frames, each image frame depicting a contact point on the touch screen display and indicating a state of a detection signal; and determining a difference between a time t | 2016-05-26 |
20160147364 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INPUT RECEIVING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an electronic device ( | 2016-05-26 |
20160147365 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH-OPERATION PROCESSING METHOD - An erroneous operation is prevented in a display device detecting a touch operation for a display face and a part other than the display face. A display device ( | 2016-05-26 |
20160147366 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR EXPANDING THE USE OF TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT APPARATUS - An apparatus comprising: one or more conductive paths for transporting charge carriers; and measurand-responsive material, wherein the measurand-responsive material is configured to respond to a measurand and form an active electrode, where sufficient measurand is present, the formed active electrode interconnecting to at least one of the one or more conductive paths. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147367 | TOUCH PANEL APPARATUS FOR MEASURING BIOSIGNALS AND METHOD OF MEASURING BIOSIGNALS BY USING THE SAME - A touch panel apparatus for measuring biosignals and a method of measuring the biosignals by using the touch panel apparatus, are provided. The touch panel apparatus includes a first electrode array configured to detect touch input signals, a second electrode array configured to be coupled to the first electrode array based on driving power, a controller configured to determine an operation mode of the touch panel apparatus as either a manipulation mode configured to manipulate a screen of the touch panel apparatus or a measuring mode configured to measure the biosignals, based on the detected touch input signals, and a mode converter configured to connect the second electrode array to a source of the driving power in response to the controller determining the operation mode as the manipulation mode, and connect the second electrode array to ground in response to the controller determining the operation mode as the measuring mode. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147368 | Integrator and Touch Sensing System Using the Same - A touch sense circuit comprises a first sampling circuit to sample a touch sense signal during a first period of a touch drive signal in which the touch drive signal is at a first level, to generate a first sampled signal; a second sampling circuit to sample the touch sense signal during a second period of the touch drive signal in which the touch drive signal is at a second level, to generate a second sampled signal, the second sampled signal in a same polarity as the first sampled signal; and an integrator including an input terminal and an output terminal, both the first sampled signal and the second sampled signal being input to the input terminal of the integrator and integrated to generate an output signal at the output terminal of the integrator, the output signal being used to detect a touch input. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147369 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL OBJECT BASED ON TOUCHED TIME AND METHOD THEREOF - A method and apparatus for controlling a virtual object based on a touched time are provided. The apparatus includes a touch recognizing part configured to recognize a touch input on a touch screen, and an area setting part configured to set a selection area in a virtual space based on the touch input. The area setting part sets the selection area according to a first spot and a touched time, the first spot being a point at which a first touch input is applied on the touch screen and the touched time being a time period during which the first touch input is maintained. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147370 | INTER-SYMBOL INTERFERENCE REDUCTION FOR TOUCH PANEL SYSTEMS - A touch panel system is described that is configured to reduce inter-symbol interference (ISI). In an implementation, the touch panel system includes a touch panel assembly that includes a plurality of drive electrodes arranged one next to another and a plurality of sensor electrodes arranged one next to another across the drive electrodes to form a plurality of pixels having a mutual capacitance. The touch panel system also includes a transmitter configured to drive the drive electrodes with drive signals derived at least partially from excitation values. The transmitter is configured to apply a window function to the drive signals. The system also includes a receiver configured to sense signals furnished from the sensor electrodes and to determine the mutual capacitance of the pixels. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147371 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal includes a display; a touch sensor coupled to the display, the touch sensor including a first sensor and a second sensor; a driving unit configured to supply power to drive the display; and a touch controller configured to: cause the driving unit to enter an inactive state when a lighting of the display is turned off; recognize a touch input applied to the display by sensing, via the first or second sensor, the touch input applied while the lighting of the display is off; cause the driving unit to enter an active state in response to the touch input, the active state maintained while the lighting of the display is on; and obtain touch coordinates of the touch input using input from both the first sensor and the second sensor together when the driving unit enters the active state. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147372 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first unit, a second unit, a sensor and a processor. The first unit includes a keyboard. The second unit is rotatably attached to an end of the first unit and includes a touchscreen display. The sensor is configured to detect a positional relationship between the first unit and the second unit. The processor is configured to set a correction value for correcting a coordinate value acquired by the touchscreen display based on a detected value of the sensor. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147373 | INPUT DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A degree of approach of an object in positions of a detection surface is periodically detected by a sensor unit, a group of detection data items indicating a result of the detection is generated in every one of cycles. The group of detection data items generated in the sensor unit is acquired in every one of cycles by a detection data acquisition unit. In the error determination unit, it is determined in every one of cycles whether there is an error in the detection operation due to noise based on a degree of a temporal change and a degree of a positional change in the detection data. When it is determined by the error determination unit that there is an error in the detection operation of one cycle, a process of acquiring the detection data generated in the one cycle is skipped in the detection data acquisition unit. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147374 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL HAVING X, Y AND DUMMY ELECTRODES - A display device includes a display panel, and an electrostatic capacitive type touch panel which is formed in an overlapping manner with the display panel. A plurality of X electrodes and a plurality of Y electrodes intersecting with the X electrodes. A first signal line supplies signals to the X electrodes, a second signal line supplies signals to the Y electrodes, and the first signal line and the second signal line are formed on a flexible printed circuit board. A dummy electrode is formed adjacent to an electrode portion of each X electrode and electrode portion of each Y electrode, the dummy electrode does not overlap the X electrode and the Y electrode, and the dummy electrode does not electrically connect with the first and second signal lines. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147375 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH SENSOR AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device including a touch sensor and a driving method thereof, and more particularly, a curved display device including a touch sensor and a driving method thereof, are presented. The display device includes: a touch sensor unit including a plurality of touch sensors; and at least one touch surface curved to along a first direction, wherein the touch surface includes a center region and edge regions positioned at both sides of the center region along the first direction, and wherein a sensitivity of the touch sensor in the center region is higher than a sensitivity of the touch sensors in the edge regions. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147376 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING TOUCH GESTURE - A method and an apparatus for recognizing a touch gesture are disclosed, in which the apparatus may obtain a depth image in which a touch object and a background area are captured, detect a touch input applied by the touch object to the background area in a touch detection area, and recognize a touch gesture associated with the touch input by tracking a change in the touch input. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147377 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A projector includes: a display section that displays an image on a screen; a communicating section that communicates with an indicator that indicates a position on the screen; an acquiring section that acquires output destination information for specifying an output destination retained in the indicator through the communicating section; and an output control section that performs a control for outputting the image information to an output destination specified by the acquired output destination information. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147378 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide an image display apparatus that suppresses the load on the CPU and the internal storage and suppresses an increase in stress to the user. The image display apparatus of the present invention includes a display, an internal storage, an interface connectable to an external storage, a receiver, and a controller. The external storage stores at least one piece of image data and at least one piece of thumbnail image data obtained by reducing the image data. The controller switches between a thumbnail display mode in which thumbnail image data transferred from the external storage to the internal storage is displayed on the display and a full screen display mode in which original image data of thumbnail image data is transferred from the external storage to the internal storage and displayed on the display, on the basis of inputs to the receiver. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147379 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD - A display control unit that displays a screen that transitions to a next screen based on a predetermined input made by a user on a display unit; and a determining unit that determines, when the screen is displayed and the predetermined input has not been made, whether a display condition for a preview for next screen to let the user view the next screen in advance is satisfied are included, and the display control unit displays the preview for next screen on the display unit when the display condition is satisfied. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147380 | Mapping Key Performance Indicators Derived from Machine Data to Dashboard Templates - Raw machine data are captured and organized as events. Entity definitions representing machine entities that perform a service identify the machine data associated with respective entities. KPI search queries each define a KPI. Each KPI search query derives one or more values for the KPI from machine data identified in the entity definitions. A dashboard template having an identifier for the KPI is presented by a graphical interface. The identifier presents at a user-designated location and may be a widget that provides a numerical or graphical representation of one or more values for the KPI. Embodiments may allow modification of the template. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147381 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF INFORMATION - A method of controlling display of information includes arranging tiles in a plurality of columns, each tile having a width of about a column width or about one half the column width, receiving a selection of a first tile and receiving a selection of a second tile. In response to determining that a first tile width is generally equal to a second tile width, exchanging locations of the first tile with the second tile. In response to determining that the first tile width is not equal to the second tile width, the smaller of the tiles is grouped with an adjacent tile from the same column. The locations of the grouped tiles and the remaining one of the selected tiles are exchanged. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147382 | LAYOUT DETERMINATION METHOD, LAYOUT DETERMINATION SERVER PERFORMING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THE SAME - A method of organizing a user-customizable content adaptation object being performed on a user-customizable content adaptation object organizing server, the server being coupled to a user terminal, the method includes: (a) selecting a layout comprising at least one object collector; (b) generating at least one content adaptation object, each corresponding to a computer executable object and being capable of receiving a remote response by the user terminal or being applicable to the user terminal; and (c) inserting the at least one content adaptation object into the at least one object collector based on a property and a number of objects acceptable in the at least one object collector. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147383 | SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL EVENT PLANNING - A system for virtual event planning is disclosed. The system comprises a processor and memory that further includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to implement a user interface module for generating and/or accessing a virtual event, a virtual production facility for virtually customizing and displaying the contribution of one or more contributors and/or participants of the virtual event, and an interaction module for providing user controlled interaction between the one or more contributors and/or participants. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147384 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OBJECT IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display module functionally connected to the electronic device and an object control module configured to create object property information based on a characteristic of an application and configure and display an object for controlling at least some functions of the application based on the object property information when the application is executed. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147385 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DISPLAYING APPARATUS - A biological information displaying apparatus which is configured to display biological information measured by a sensor adapted to be attached to a patient, includes: a displaying unit which is configured to display the biological information on a screen; an operation menu storing unit which is configured to store a plurality of operation menus for operating the biological information displaying apparatus; an operation menu priority determining unit which is configured to determine priorities of the operation menus stored in the operation menu storing unit, based on a predetermined condition; and a preferential-shortcut menu displaying unit which, based on the priorities determined by the operation menu priority determining unit, is configured to select a first part of the operation menus as a first shortcut menu, and which is configured to display the first shortcut menu on the screen. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147386 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image scanning apparatus includes a storage configured to store an image file, a user interface unit configured to receive selection of the image file stored in the storage and to display a thumbnail image corresponding to each of a plurality of pages contained in the selected image file, and a controller, in response to any one of the displayed thumbnail image being selected for a predetermined time period or more, to perform at least one of order change, delete, and partition of a page corresponding to the thumbnail image selected for the predetermined time period or more to edit the selected image file. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147387 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING SUMMARIZED DATA - A method of operating an electronic apparatus, including displaying an interface associated with a plurality of messages received by the electronic apparatus; displaying summarized data associated with the plurality of messages when a first input is detected at the interface; and displaying the plurality of messages when a second input is detected at the interface. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147388 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR EXECUTING A PLURALITY OF APPLICATIONS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device for executing a plurality of applications and a method for controlling the electronic device are provided. The method includes determining a first application related to an acquired user input from among the plurality of applications, and executing a task corresponding to the user input in the first application. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147389 | METHOD FOR EXECUTING MENU IN MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - The present disclosure is related to a method for executing a menu in a mobile terminal, the method including displaying a data in a display unit of the mobile terminal; selecting at least a portion of the data which is displayed on the display unit through a user input unit; searching whether a data included in a first category data exists in the selected portion of the data; and setting up a first category execution item which is related to the first category data, if the first category data is searched in the selected portion of the data, and a mobile terminal using the same. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147390 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image display apparatus, an image display method, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium are provided. The image display method includes displaying a control screen for at least one user apparatus on the image display apparatus; selecting a control item displayed on the control screen as a control command of the at least one user apparatus; and displaying an integrated control screen for controlling a plurality of functions for the at least one user apparatus in a group based on the selected control item. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147391 | TECHNIQUES FOR PUBLISHING VIEWERS OF CONTENT - According to various embodiments, a viewing event may be detected, the viewing event corresponding to a user viewing a content item. A view reason associated with the viewing event may be determined, the view reason indicating how the user was notified of the content item or how the user accessed the content item. A privacy value associated with the viewing event may be determined, the privacy value indicating an inferred sensitivity of the user to publication of the viewing event. Further, metadata describing the viewing event may be generated. Moreover, the metadata may be associated with the content item. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147392 | METHOD FOR SELECTING AND CONTROLLING SECOND WORK PROCESS DURING FIRST WORK PROCESS IN MULTITASKING MOBILE TERMINAL - Provided is a method for controlling a plurality of work processes in a multitasking mobile terminal, and more particularly, a method for selecting a second work process during a first work process and controlling a predetermined function of the selected second work process. In the controlling method, icons corresponding to the respective work processes are displayed in response to a user command, and a desired work process is selected through the displayed icons. A predetermined function of the selected work process is controlled through a pop-up menu activated in response to the user command. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147393 | DRAWER FOR DISPLAYING HIERARCHICAL DATA - Implementations generally relate to the generation of tile visualization for interactively displaying data on a user device. In some implementations, a method includes retrieving hierarchical data from a data storage system, including one or more first data items and one or more second data items descended from at least one of the first data items. The method further includes generating for display a main window including at least a portion of the hierarchical data. The method further includes enabling a user to select one or more of the first data items or the second data items. The method further includes generating for display a drawer window upon activation of a drawer function. The method further includes causing the selected data items to be displayed in the drawer window. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147394 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR A THUMBNAIL INDEX MODE IN A DEVICE - A method and apparatus for partially up/downscaling an image encoded on a macroblock basis. The method and apparatus performs operations of: storing the encoded image; creating map data from bitstream of the encoded image to decode at a least one macroblock of the encoded image, creating a shrunken image of a predetermined size based on resolution of a display device, storing the map data and the shrunken image so as to relate with the encoded image; outputting the shrunken image related with the encoded image to be displayed based on a control request received from an input device; determining at least one macroblock to be decoded based on a display area of the shrunken image; partially decoding the encoded image for the determined macroblock using the map data; and outputting to the display device, the image data of the display area of the partially decoded image. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147395 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERIES-BASED DIGITAL READING CONTENT QUEUE AND INTERFACE - A method and system for implementing a series-based digital reading content queue and interface is provided. The method searches books in an e-library for series information; sorts books with related series information into a predefined order; develops a series overview icon to represent the books with related series information, for presentation on a series page; and automatically providing access to all available books with related series information when the series overview icon is selected. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147396 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT | 2016-05-26 |
20160147397 | SOCIALLY ENABLED GUIDANCE FOR PRODUCTS WITH GUIS - The disclosure is directed to socially enabled guidance for products with GUIs. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: recording a set of sequential graphical user interface (GUI) interactions in a product GUI; saving the set of sequential GUI interactions in a file; importing the file containing the set of sequential GUI interactions; parsing the file to extract the set of sequential GUI interactions; highlighting a GUI interaction listed in the set of sequential GUI interactions; and in response to a user selection of the highlighted GUI interaction, highlighting a next GUI interaction listed in the set of sequential GUI interactions. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147398 | VIEWING SELECTED ZOOMED CONTENT - Provided are techniques for viewing selected zoomed content. A first device is paired with a second device to enable the first device and the second device to communicate. Content is displayed on a first display screen on the first device. In response to receiving a request to zoom a portion of the content on the first device, a zoomed portion of the content is displayed on a second display screen on the second device, without changing the display of the content on the first display screen on the first device. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147399 | COLLABORATIVE CREATION OF ANNOTATION TRAINING DATA - Collaborative annotation of a document. A GUI is generated by a host computer that displays a document to annotate. The GUI is transmitted by the host computer to a plurality of client computers. Real time communication modes are established by the host computer between the client computers, each including communication channels between all the client computers. The host computer receives annotations entered into the GUIs at the client computers, each annotation identifying a span of words in the document to annotate and including an associated annotation type. The host computer updates the GUI to include for display the received annotations and inter-rater agreement statistics indicating the level of agreement between annotations received from each client computer and annotations received from the other client computers. The updated GUI is then transmitted by the host computer to the plurality of client computers. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147400 | TAB BASED BROWSER CONTENT SHARING - Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for sharing browser content. A first browser tab is invoked within a web browser operating in a first computing device. The first browser tab displays first content. A selection of a first contact with which to share the first browser tab is received at a user interface of the first computing device. A share notification is transmitted to the first contact. An acceptance indication is received from a second computing device on behalf of the first contact. Display of the first browser tab at the second computing device is enabled. The first contact is enabled to interact with the first content of the first browser tab at the second computing device. Interactions by the first contact with the first content at the second computing device are displayed in the first browser tab at the first computing device. Display of a screen of the first computing device at the second computing device is confined to the first browser tab. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147401 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A SCREEN OF THE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic device and a method of displaying a screen of the electronic device are provided. The method includes detecting a user gesture for unlocking a sleep state, determining a screen display direction based on the detected user gesture, and displaying the screen based on the determined screen display direction. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147402 | METHOD FOR DYNAMIC AND AUTOMATIC CREATION OF USER INTERFACES - Technology is disclosed for dynamically creating a user interface for interacting with various devices of multiple communication clusters. The technology enables a communication between a mobile apparatus and a first device in a communication cluster and transmits a publication request, from the first device, to a second device in the same communication cluster. The method receives a publication reply from the second device and then generates consolidated information based on the publication reply. The consolidated information includes control instructions for interacting with the first and second devices. The consolidated information is transmitted to the mobile apparatus. The method then creates a user interface based on the consolidated information. The user interface enables a user of the mobile apparatus to directly interact with the first and second devices in the communication cluster. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147403 | CONTINUOUSLY SCROLLABLE CALENDAR USER INTERFACE - A method is provided to scroll a calendar user interface (UI) comprising: displaying on a device display screen a visible range of a calendar UI, wherein the calendar UI includes a display grid that includes individual date display panes that are associated with individual dates, wherein the date panes are arranged in rows corresponding to weeks and columns corresponding to days of the week and wherein the visible range of the calendar UI includes multiple rows of date panes; receiving user input to indicate a scroll direction in which to scroll the display grid to display a different date range that includes earlier or later date display panes; and in response to the user input, scrolling the calendar UI by rows to the different date range. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147404 | NEW USES OF SMARTPHONES AND COMPARABLE MOBILE DIGITAL TERMINAL DEVICES - New uses of smartphones ( | 2016-05-26 |
20160147405 | PRESS AND DROP TEXT INPUT - The present disclosure provides a method and a device for editing a text in an electronic device ( | 2016-05-26 |
20160147406 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING THE SAME - An electronic device, according to certain embodiments of the present disclosure, includes: a display module that displays a plurality of image items; and a processor that, when a swipe gesture input with respect to a specific image item among the plurality of image items is detected, controls the display module to display high level items or low level items of the specific image item. Other embodiments are provided. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147407 | MODIFYING CONTENT WITH SINGLE MODIFIER KEY - One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, from an input device, user input; detecting, at an input device, a modifier key input comprising input from a single modifier key location; determining, using a processor, a location of a cursor; and modifying, using a processor, at least one character associated with the location of a cursor based upon the modifier key input. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147408 | VIRTUAL MEASUREMENT TOOL FOR A WEARABLE VISUALIZATION DEVICE - Disclosed are a technique of generating and displaying a virtual measurement tool in a wearable visualization device, such as a headset, glasses or goggles equipped to provide an augmented reality and/or virtual reality experience for the user. In certain embodiments, the device generates the tool by determining multiple points, each at a different location in a three-dimensional space occupied by the user, based on input from the user, for example, by use of gesture recognition, gaze tracking and/or speech recognition. The device displays the tool so that the tool appears to the user to be overlaid on a real-time, real view of the user's environment. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147409 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION USING A TWO-HANDED INTERFACE - This disclosure relates to systems and methods for navigating and analyzing portions of a three-dimensional virtual environment using a two-handed interface. Methods for operating a Volumetric Selection Object (VSO) to select elements of the environment are provided, as well as operations for adjusting the user's position, orientation and scale. Efficient and ergonomic methods for quickly acquiring and positioning, orienting, and scaling the VSO are provided. Various uses of the VSO, such as augmenting a primary dataset with data from a secondary dataset are also provided. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147410 | COMPUTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) INTERACTION - A computing apparatus for providing a three-dimensional (3D) interactive user experience (UX) is provided. The computing apparatus may include an object position estimator configured to calculate first coordinates recognized by a user as a position of a first point of an object in a stereoscopic image. The computing apparatus may include a pointing determiner configured to determine whether the user points to the first point based on the first coordinates and second coordinates, the second coordinates representing a pointing position of the user. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147411 | METHOD FOR MANAGING TASK ON TERMINAL DEVICE, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A method for managing a task on a terminal device and the terminal device are provided. The method for managing a task on a terminal device may include: monitoring whether a first application on the terminal device is running, and monitoring a user's action of operating a desktop of the terminal device; and displaying, on the desktop of the terminal device, a running-state icon corresponding to the first application if it is detected that the first application is running, and disabling the first application if it is detected that the first application is running and the detected user action meets a preset disabling condition corresponding to the first application; or displaying, on the desktop of the terminal device, a disabled-state icon corresponding to the first application if it is detected that the first application is in a disabled state. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147412 | INDICATING A PORTION OF CONTENT PREVIOUSLY DISPLAYED - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for displaying content are described. A preview item is provided for display on a mobile device. The preview item is associated with a content item, and the preview item includes preview text excerpted from the content item. A user selection of the preview item is received. In response to the user selection of the preview item, the preview text is identified within the content item. The content item and an indication of the preview text's location within the content item are provided for display on the mobile device. Providing the indication can include, for example, highlighting text at the end of the preview text within the content item. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147413 | Check-in Additions - In one embodiment, a method includes generating a notification for a first user that describes a check-in by a second user. The first and second users are users of a social-networking system that has a number of nodes and a number of edges connecting the nodes, with at least one node corresponding to the first user and at least one other node corresponding to the second user. The method includes determining whether to generate in association with the notification an interactive element for associating the first user with the check-in, and, when the interactive element is to be generated, the method includes generating the interactive element and providing the interactive element for display to the first user in association with the notification. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147414 | USER INTERFACE FOR MOBILE DEVICE TO NAVIGATE BETWEEN COMPONENTS - A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product provide the ability to navigate between components in a computer-aided design (CAD) mobile drawing application. A drawing is opened in the CAD mobile drawing application on a mobile device. A navigation panel is activated. A component is selected in the drawing. In response to the selecting, information about the selected component is displayed within the navigation panel. Via a mobile device gesture, an element of the information is selected and used as the selected element. The navigation panel is updated by displaying information about the selected element. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147415 | PROGRAMMING SYSTEM FOR A SITUATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM ON BOARD A CARRIER COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE ONBOARD LISTENING SYSTEM - A programming system for a situation analysis system on board a carrier including at least one onboard listening system is disclosed. In one aspect, the system includes an operating terminal including an information display. The display includes a first portion for displaying tactical data on the environment of the carrier and a second portion for displaying assistance in adjusting the operating parameters of at least one onboard listening system. The programming system includes a capability for an operator to select at least one object of interest on the first display portion and a capability for automatically adjusting operating parameters of the least one onboard listening system on the selected object(s) of interest. | 2016-05-26 |
20160147416 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A REPRESENTATION OF A POINT OF INTEREST BASED ON USER EXPERIENCE - An approach is provided for presenting a representation of a point-of-interest in a location-based user interface based on user experience information. A POI representation platform determines interaction information for at least one user, wherein the interaction information is associated with at least one point of interest. The POI representation platform then processes and/or facilitates a processing of the interaction information to determine user experience information with respect to the at least one point of interest. The POI representation platform determines one or more rendering characteristics for at least one representation of the at least one point-of-interest based, at least in part, on the user experience information. The POI representation platform then causes, at least in part, a presentation of the at least one representation of the at least one point-of-interest in a location-based user interface using the one or more rendering characteristics. | 2016-05-26 |