Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080295008 | VISUAL BROWSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A visual browsing method allows a user to look at an item closely by hovering over, instead of clicking on, an icon representing the item. The method also enables the user to browse items in different levels of a multiple level category without waiting for web pages to be loaded, to know where he/she has been in the multiple level category, and to back up if he/she likes. The method makes the browsing process faster and easier. | 11-27-2008 |
20090015549 | Accepting User Input - The invention is directed to an improvement in mechanisms and techniques for accepting user input. An apparatus for accepting a user input is described comprising a display, and a plate and a control knob positioned over the display. A portion of the display is visible through the plate, and a portion of the control knob is optically transparent such that information displayed by the display is visible through the control knob. In some examples, the control knob functions as both a rotary input and as a push button input. The control knob may function as a push button input through a transfer of force through the plate to a pressure sensing switch associated with the plate. The control knob may function as a rotary control through drive gears, belts, or interaction with a light emitter and detector. | 01-15-2009 |
20100289958 | Method and Apparatus for Assisting a Person In Configuring an Audio/Video System - An audio/video switchbox includes a housing and one or more jacks on the housing. Each jack is configured to be connected to an end of a signal cable. A logic and control controls operation of the switchbox. The switchbox is connectable to a video display so that video images from the switchbox can be presented on the display. The switchbox is able to present an image on the display requesting that a person indicate which type of signal cable will be used to connect an audio/video device to the switchbox. The switchbox is able to automatically detect when an end of a signal cable selected by the person has been connected to one of the jacks. | 11-18-2010 |
20110242436 | REAR PROJECTION SYSTEM - The present disclosure generally relates to a rear projection system. The rear projection system may include a housing assembly configured to house at least a portion of a speaker system. The housing assembly may include a multi-function panel that is at least partially optically transmissive and includes an acoustically transparent portion. The rear projection system may further include a rear projection device positioned within the housing assembly and configured to project a graphical user interface onto an interior surface of the acoustically transparent portion of the multi-function panel. Other embodiments are also within the scope of the present disclosure. | 10-06-2011 |
20110242504 | Rear Projection System - The present disclosure generally relates to a rear projection system. The rear projection system may include a housing assembly configured to house at least a portion of a speaker system. The housing assembly may include a multi-function panel that is at least partially optically transmissive and includes an acoustically transparent portion. The rear projection system may further include a rear projection device positioned within the housing assembly and | 10-06-2011 |
20110316664 | REMOTE CONTROL FOR SOUND SYSTEM - A remote control for a sound system includes a first type of wireless system for transmitting commands for controlling operation of a sound output device. The remote control also includes a second type of wireless system for wirelessly transmitting signals that represent sounds created by a first human voice to a first portable audio storage device which can be electrically temporarily connected to the sound output device. | 12-29-2011 |
20120030629 | VISUAL BROWSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A visual browsing method allows a user to look at an item closely by hovering over, instead of clicking on, an icon representing the item. The method also enables the user to browse items in different levels of a multiple level category without waiting for web pages to be loaded, to know where he/she has been in the multiple level category, and to back up if he/she likes. The method makes the browsing process faster and easier. | 02-02-2012 |
20150268737 | GESTURE-BASED CONTROLLER FOR USE IN AXISYMMETRIC HOUSING - A gesture-based remote for controlling a controlled device has a first axis that defines a transverse plane normal to the first axis, an acceleration sensing system configured to detect a direction of acceleration of the remote in the transverse plane, a controller, wherein the controller is configured to receive data from the acceleration sensing system and to, based at least in part on the data, estimate an intended direction of a gesture, and a transmission system for receiving data representative of the estimate from the controller and transmitting a direction signal to the device to be controlled, the direction signal being indicative of the intended direction. The direction signal is independent of rotation of the remote about the first axis. | 09-24-2015 |