Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
345160000 | Cursor key | 36 |
20080204412 | USER INTERFACE NAVIGATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A user interface navigation mechanism for a non-touch screen display of a computing device includes a vertical tracking input disposed in a front of the computing device in a right margin between a right of the non-touch screen display and a right of the computing device, the vertical tracking input including an up input, a down input, and a vertical selection point; and a horizontal tracking input disposed in the front of the computing device in a bottom margin between a bottom of the non-touch screen display and a bottom of the computing device, the horizontal tracking input including a left input, a right input, and a horizontal selection point; and a main menu input disposed in the front of the computing device. | 08-28-2008 |
20090009472 | Data Input Method and Apparatus for Pda Thereby - Disclosed herein is an invention which relates to a data input apparatus for a handheld terminal and a method thereof comprising a sliding panel including a panel of a certain shape and a plurality of input members arranged at regular intervals on a certain portion of the bottom face of the panel; and a frame having the same shape as the sliding panel, the frame including one or more sliding through-holes having a longer inner diameter than that of the sliding panel, resting on a plurality of input buttons contained in the handheld terminal or on a plurality of input points forming a screen output from a touch screen, and inputting a key value of a corresponding input point by aligning any one of the input buttons or the input points with any one of the input members, the alignment being established by inserting the sliding panel into the sliding through-hole and displacing in a sliding manner. | 01-08-2009 |
20090140982 | NAVIGATION INPUT MECHANISM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING MODE THEREOF - A navigation input mechanism is provided. The navigation input mechanism is disposed on an electronic device. The navigation input mechanism further includes a switch sheet and a biometric recognition module. The switch sheet has a first penetrating hole and includes a plurality of switches. The switches are disposed on an upper surface of the switch sheet and surround a peripheral region of the first penetrating hole. The biometric recognition module includes a sensing unit. The sensing unit, capable of reading a biometric recognition signal, is accommodated in the first penetrating hole, and the upper surface of the sensing unit is exposed outside the first penetrating hole. | 06-04-2009 |
20090153480 | INPUT PANEL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus to provide a visual feedback in response to a manipulation of a navigation key includes a display panel unit, a navigation which is selectable and rotatable, to perform a menu navigation over the display panel unit according to at least one of a selection and a rotation thereof, a state indicating unit to operate in a display pattern to correspond to a manipulation state of the navigation key, and a control unit to control the state indicating unit according to the manipulation state of the navigation key. As a result, a direct, instant, and visual feedback is provided. | 06-18-2009 |
20090160769 | Input Mechanism for Handheld Electronic Communication Device - A handheld electronic communication device features an optically based user input device and navigation tool. In one embodiment, the optically based user input device features a translucent domed lens and a light source to illuminate a user's finger as the user slides his finger over the domed lens. In another embodiment, the optically based user input device features a translucent ball that the user rotates. In both embodiments, optical means are used to measure movement of the user's finger and translate that movement into a navigational command to the handheld electronic communication device. The optically based user input device is further configured such that an entry command is entered by depressing the optically based user input device. | 06-25-2009 |
20090322680 | Radio frequency pointing device - A radio frequency pointing device used for controlling a computer pointer/cursor. The device is a glove that has a pointing device mounted on the index finger of the glove, the device communicates with a computer via radio frequency transmissions. The device has ergonomically positioned switches and touch scroll sensors thereon. The device does not need a surface to control the movement of a computer pointer/cursor. A pair of gloves can be used simultaneously to provide the user of the gloves the ability to multitask by using two pointers. | 12-31-2009 |
20100020012 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE - The present invention relates to a character input device. The character input device includes a first directional input unit ( | 01-28-2010 |
20100026626 | Efficient keyboards - Ergonomic keyboards incorporating cursor control or scrolling devices where they can be operated with minimal movement of the hands from the home row. The keyboards are peripheral keyboards or are part of a notebook computer or kiosk. Cursor control and scrolling devices are incorporated among the letter and number keys of the keyboard or in the front side of the keyboard housing. Included are keyboards where a graphical pointing device and the mouse buttons associated with it are in different planes, one on the top side of a keyboard housing, the other in the housing's front side. Some ergonomic keyboards incorporate multiple cursor control and scrolling devices. Improved cursor control devices increase the ergonomics of the keyboards. These improvements include improved arrangements and forms of mouse buttons and stick-type cursor control devices that operate as four-way navigation devices. | 02-04-2010 |
20100164867 | MICROCONTROLLER HUMAN INTERFACE USING REMOTE PRINTF/SCANF - A first microcontroller running an application with input-output is coupled through a serial communication channel to a second microcontroller running a human interface display and keyboard. The aforementioned first microcontroller sends a C-language printf( )-like format string and raw binary data variables to the aforementioned second microcontroller, which converts this data into ASCII character strings, which it displays. This second microcontroller, responsive to keyboard activity, edits the ASCII character strings, and sends updated raw binary data over the serial communication channel to the aforementioned first microcontroller, which rewrites this raw binary data in its memory. This apparatus reduces the size of the application's program memory. It puts such program memory removed from this first microcontroller into this second microcontroller, to reduce this first microcontroller's design and implementation cost, and implementing this second microcontroller using a flexible human interface program that can be reused without being reprogrammed. | 07-01-2010 |
20100259479 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING CHARACTERS TO KEYS IN A KEYPAD IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The disclosure relates to a system and method of mapping a layout of a keyboard onto a keypad in an electronic device. The method comprises: providing a map of a keyboard layout as a collection of segments including a left column of segments and a right column of segments onto the keypad; providing a navigation system having programmable keys in the keypad for moving through the keyboard layout; and associating a set of characters in one segment of the segments to the programmable keys based on a signal received from the navigation system and a current mapping of the collection of segments to the programmable keys. The navigation system has: a left set of directional keys providing navigation controls for the programmable keys when the set of characters are from the left column of segments; and a right set of directional keys providing navigation controls for the programmable keys when the set of characters are from the right column of segments. | 10-14-2010 |
20110006986 | INPUT DEVICE - Provided is an input device, the operability of which can be VEHICLE improved by enabling efficient character input and function execution. A main controller ( | 01-13-2011 |
20110157018 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a casing; and an operating module exposed on an external surface of the casing at a nearer side than a keyboard in a depth direction of the casing, the operating module including a pointer operating module receiving an operation to move a pointer on a screen, a first click operating module receiving a click operation associated with a position of the pointer, and a second click operating module receiving a click operation associated with the position of the pointer, wherein among the pointer operating module, and the first and second click operating modules, the pointer operating module is t a nearest side in the depth direction, the first click operating module is at a farther side than the pointer operating module, and the second click operating module is at a farther side than the first click operating module in the depth direction. | 06-30-2011 |
20110210917 | User Interface Control Using a Keyboard - User interface control using a keyboard is described. In an embodiment, a user interface displayed on a display device is controlled using a computer connected to a keyboard. The keyboard has a plurality of alphanumeric keys that can be used for text entry. The computer receives data comprising a sequence of key-presses from the keyboard, and generates for each key-press a physical location on the keyboard. The relative physical locations of the key-presses are compared to calculate a movement path over the keyboard. The movement path describes the path of a user's digit over the keyboard. The movement path is mapped to a sequence of coordinates in the user interface, and the movement of an object displayed in the user interface is controlled in accordance with the sequence of coordinates. | 09-01-2011 |
20110234493 | System and method for interacting with display floor using multi-touch sensitive surround surfaces - There is provided a system and method for the interactive display floor with multi-touch surround surfaces that is integrated with an interactive computer system. There is provided a system comprising an interactive video floor, a sensitized peripheral surface, an interactive computer and video system. When the user makes contact with sensitized peripheral surface, digital input data is transmitted to interactive computer. After analyzing the digital input data, the interactive computer sends digital output data back to interactive video floor through video system, and back to sensitized peripheral surface. The interactive video floor redisplays its graphics based on the content of the digital output data, and the sensitized peripheral surface reconfigures itself with respect to the information within digital output data. | 09-29-2011 |
20120105327 | REDUCED KEYBOARD CHARACTER SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method of selecting a letter for display in a communication device having a display and a reduced-key keyboard is provided. One of the plurality of keys on the reduced-key keyboard is selected and a default letter associated with the selected key is displayed. A backspace key is selected to display a cursor in the position of the default letter on the display. The key associated with the default letter is selected again and an alternate letter associated with the selected key is displayed in place of the default letter. | 05-03-2012 |
20120105328 | USER FRIENDLY ENTRY OF TEXT ITEMS - A system is described for predictive text entry. Initially, the items that may be entered by the user are displayed. The user can navigate through these items and enter one of them to a text string ( | 05-03-2012 |
20120206354 | INTEGRATED INPUT APPARATUS - An integrated input apparatus includes a panel, a sensing layer, a backlight layer, and a bottom layer. The panel includes a plurality of hot key patterns, a typing key group pattern, a cursor control pattern, and a response key pattern (a left key and a right key). When anyone of the hot key patterns, the typing key group pattern, the cursor control pattern, or the response key pattern is touched, a sensing control signal is sensed by the sensing layer and sent to a computer host for further processing. | 08-16-2012 |
20120206355 | REMOTE CONTROL - The remote control device contains two keypads, of which the second keypad is able to be slid into a housing or extracted from it. A sensor detects the sliding position of the second keypad and generates an output signal, that assigns differing control signals to preset keys of the first keypad depending on the sliding position of the second keypad. Additionally the remote control device has two transmission devices with differing directions of emission, with always only one transmission device being activated and in fact depending on the output signal of the sensor. | 08-16-2012 |
20120223886 | Rapid screen control input system - A rapid screen control input system includes a display device and a remote control. The display device displays a window with a content, and a cursor. The remote control has a plurality of keys, and a set of directional keys which includes a right directional key, a left directional key, an up directional key, and a down directional key for providing a start key and a stop key. The remote control is used for remotely controlling the display device and the cursor. When the cursor is moved to a position within the window, the at least one window can be resized or moved, or the content of the window can be moved, by means of activating the start key and pressing at least one of the directional keys. | 09-06-2012 |
20120242577 | METHOD FOR POSITIONING A CURSOR ON A SCREEN - The invention provides a method for positioning a cursor on a screen. In one embodiment, a system comprises the screen and a keyboard. First, a selected region is initialized to be a whole region of the screen. The selected region is then divided into a plurality of sub-regions, wherein each of the sub-regions respectively corresponds to one of a plurality of predetermined keys of the keyboard. Whether the predetermined keys have been pressed is then detected. When one of the predetermined keys has been pressed, the selected region is then set to be the sub-region corresponding to the pressed predetermined key. The position of the cursor is then moved to a center point of the selected region. The dividing step, the detecting step, the setting step, and the moving step are then repeated until the area of the selected region is less than an area threshold. | 09-27-2012 |
20120242578 | Keyboard with Integrated Touch Surface - Some embodiments provide a single integrated multi-functional input device (1) that provides the discrete input functionality of a keyboard to facilitate efficient text insertion operations and (2) that provides the functionality of a trackpad to facilitate efficient spatially dependent navigation in a graphical user interface (GUI) whereby each such functionality is accessible by the user's hands positioned at the home position keys of the keyboard. More specifically, some embodiments provide an enhanced keyboard with at least one touch sensitive key and software for adapting touches applied over the touch sensitive key to emulate trackpad functionality without interfering with regular text insertion (typing). | 09-27-2012 |
20120293413 | Method for Controlling Display Device by Using Single Button - A method for controlling display device by using single button is provided. The method comprises the following steps: pressing a single button so as to turn on the display device when the display device is turned off; pressing the single button for seconds so as to start an On Screen Display (OSD) menu on a screen of the display device when the display device is turned on; after entering the OSD menu, pressing the single button and surfing the OSD menu; continuously pressing the single button so as to actuate a optional function when a cursor is at the optional function of the OSD menu; after actuating the optional function, entering a sub menu and then pressing the single button so as to surf the sub menu, continuously pressing the single button so as to actuate the optional function under the sub menu if the optional function contains the sub menu; pressing the single button so as to control the setting of the optional function if the actuated optional function contains numerical or optional setting; continuously pressing the single button for seconds so as to finish the setting and exit the OSD menu. | 11-22-2012 |
20120306747 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Entering Alternate Characters with a Physical Keyboard - A device displays a text entry area with an insertion point and detects activation of a first physical key in a physical keyboard. In response to a determination that the activation of the first physical key lasts more than a first predefined time period, the device displays a character selection area; while displaying the character selection area, the device detects activation of a second physical key in the physical keyboard; in response to a determination that the activated second physical key is an arrow key, the device moves a current character focus in accordance with a direction of the arrow key; and, in response to a determination that the activated second physical key is the first physical key, the device enters in the text entry area a single instance of a character that has the current character focus, and ceases to display the character selection area. | 12-06-2012 |
20120326981 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, TERMINAL OPERATION METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - One of a function as a direction key and a function as a confirmation key is executed by a user pressing a display with a finger. When a pressing force detector detects perpendicular movement of the display to a side of an upper surface of the information processing terminal body and a sensor detects sliding of the display in any direction of a side wall surface of the information processing terminal body, the function as the direction key is executed when the moving distance detected by the sensor exceeds a predetermined movement threshold, and the function as the confirmation key is executed when the moving distance is within the movement threshold. Accordingly, it is possible to allow the user to operate the display more intuitively and easily, and to prevent malfunction without disturbing compactness and the like while securing a maximum screen area. | 12-27-2012 |
20130257726 | EDGE TO EDGE QWERTY KEYPAD FOR A HANDHELD DEVICE - An improved handheld electronic device | 10-03-2013 |
20130314321 | VEHICLE INFORMATION DISPLAY - An automotive instrument cluster human machine interface (HMI) has a display screen and an input. The display screen displays a polyhedral with each face of the polyhedron having unique information. The input is operable to rotate the polyhedron such that a new face is displayed on the display screen. | 11-28-2013 |
20140049468 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING INPUT CONTROL APPLICATION - An electronic device having an input control application is disclosed. The input control application is used for enabling the electronic device to execute the following actions: obtaining a member group comprising members lined up orderly and a member as a selection member; pressing a key to generate a first signal for excluding members after the selection member, then determining if only one member left in the member group, if “No”, determining the member of the member group in the middle as the new selection member, if “Yes”, executing the input operation; pressing another key to generate a second signal for excluding the members before the current selection member, then determining if only one last member in the current member group, if No”, determining the member of the member group in the middle as the new selection member, if “Yes”, executing the input operation. | 02-20-2014 |
20140092018 | NON-MOUSE CURSOR CONTROL INCLUDING MODIFIED KEYBOARD INPUT - The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for modeling and deploying decision services. One computer-implemented method includes displaying a graphical user interface not including a cursor on a display device. An interaction with a first key of a keyboard is received, the first key being associated with display of the cursor. Based on receiving the interaction with the first key, the cursor is displayed with the graphical user interface on the display device. In response to displaying the cursor with the graphical user interface on the display device, non-mouse cursor control inputs of a user are tracked. The cursor is moved on the display device based on the tracked non-mouse cursor control inputs of the user. | 04-03-2014 |
20140111434 | CHARACTER INPUT METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON ARROW KEY - A character input method and device based on an arrow key are provided. The method of the present invention includes: querying a letter database according to triggering of a arrow key and obtaining a letter set corresponding to the arrow key; arranging the letter set corresponding to the arrow key according to a predetermined rule, and partially or fully spreading and then displaying the letter set in a display region; displaying a selection cursor at a default position in the display region, where the selection cursor is used for identifying a currently selected letter; and inputting the letter identified by the selection cursor into a character input region according to a predetermined selection rule. Embodiments of the present invention are mainly applied to a character input process based on an arrow key. | 04-24-2014 |
20140160022 | TOUCHPAD FUNCTION MODIFICATION - For modifying touchpad function, a control module employs interim controls in an interim state for a touchpad in response to detecting use of a pointer embedded in a keyboard in a touchpad state. The control module further employs pointing controls in a pointing state in response to satisfying pointing criteria in the interim state. The control module also employs touchpad controls in a touchpad state in response to satisfying touchpad criteria in the pointing state. | 06-12-2014 |
20140218294 | METHOD FOR REMOTE CONTROL TO INPUT CHARACTERS TO DISPLAY DEVICE - In one aspect of the invention, a method for a remote control to input characters to a display device includes: in response to a character input request sent by a remote control, displaying an input box and a soft keyboard, where the soft keyboard includes a plurality of preset single characters or strings, and each string at most includes four characters; in response to a position movement instruction sent by a button on the remote control, moving a cursor to a target character, where buttons on the remote control include arrow buttons and an Ok button; and in response to an input confirmation instruction sent by a button on the remote control, inputting the target character to the input box. | 08-07-2014 |
20140313131 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND AN INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus which enables a pointer to move a long distance on a screen at a time is provided. | 10-23-2014 |
20140327618 | COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE - A computer input method is disclosed which comprises detecting key press by a keyboard having a plurality of permanent keys for entering commands and characters into the computer, a surface area of the plurality of permanent keys having a designated region, detecting touch on the surface area of the plurality of permanent keys, entering into a cursor positioning mode when only one first touch on the surface of the plurality of permanent keys being detected while the key touched by the first touch not being pressed and the first touch being located outside the designated region, entering into a scroll-and-zoom mode when only one second touch on the surface of the plurality of permanent keys being detected while the key touched by the second touch not being pressed and the second touch being located inside the designated region and in a move, and entering into a keyboard mode when two or more simultaneously touched locations on the surface area of the plurality of permanent keys being detected. | 11-06-2014 |
20150091801 | MULTI-FUNCTION KEY IN A KEYBOARD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Example embodiments described herein can include a display portion including a display; and a keyboard portion including a plurality of keys. One of the plurality of keys is a multi-function key configured to register a character on the display, and the multi-function key is configured to control movement of a cursor in multiple directions on the display. In yet other embodiments, the multi-function key is a space bar having a surface area substantially larger than other keys of the plurality of keys. The multi-function key can be rectangular shaped and sufficiently large to receive simultaneous contacts associated with each thumb of a user when the user types on the keyboard portion. | 04-02-2015 |
20160117097 | TOUCH TYPE KEYBOARD WITH HOME ROW EMBEDDED CURSOR CONTROL - A touch-type keyboard having shifted functions accessed by a concurrent combination of multiple home row keys. Cursor control keys embedded in the home row of a touch-type keyboard. Cursor key functions are mapped to a location on a home row and an immediately adjacent location. Access to the cursor control functions is provided by concurrently actuating at least one other home row key. One embodiment includes key configurations to reduce hand motion, and labeling configurations to reduce visual clutter. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 04-28-2016 |
20190146595 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING MULTI-FUNCTIONAL HUMAN INTERFACE | 05-16-2019 |