| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 715822000 | Preselection emphasis | 26 |
| 20080244452 | Method and terminal for implementing preview function - A method for implementing a preview function which enables a user to easily view any user data on a mobile terminal having two display units is disclosed. When a request for checking user data is input, the mobile terminal displays a list of corresponding user data files on one display unit. At the same time, the mobile terminal displays the content of the user data file, which is focused by an indicator in the displayed list, on the other display unit. Thus, the user can easily check and view each user data file simply by moving the indictor in the list, which enhances the user's convenience. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080320417 | Mail Status Notification System - The present invention provides a mail status notification system including a software application, at least one item of mail, a colour-coded identification means and at least one functional feature whereby the mail status notification system provides a means of enabling a user to quickly and easily identify the status of said mail including whether it has been sent, received, read or the like. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090119619 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SOFTWARE FOR PROVIDING PATH USAGE DATA FOR LINKS BETWEEN DATA PAGES IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM - A method, apparatus and software is disclosed in which links in web pages are provided with an indication of the most frequently used path from a given link. The most frequently used path is selectable by a user so as to enable the user to directly view the web page at the end of the path or at any point along that path. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100281429 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING A PRODUCT USING AN ARRAY OF CONFIGURATION SETS - Methods and apparatus for configuring a product using an array of configuration sets is disclosed. A user enters a size attribute indicating how many different versions of an attribute will be selected. The client device then displays multiple copies of a configuration set thereby allowing the user to select each attribute value independent of the other attribute values selected. Once the user's selections are complete, and all of the configuration rules are satisfied, the product may be built in accordance with the selected configuration parameters. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110010668 | Automatic Enlargement of Viewing Area with Selectable Objects - A system (and method) are disclosed for enlarging a portion of a view of a user interface displayed within a touch-sensitive screen. The system is configured to determine a predetermined touch area corresponding to a touch applied on the screen. The system provides, for display on the screen, a user interface, the user interface including selectable objects and a scrim of the user interface in response to a plurality of selectable objects being within the predetermined touch area. The system generates a magnified view of the selectable objects within the touch area and provides, for display on the screen over the scrim of the user interface, the magnified view. The area of the magnified view is greater than the touch area. Once a selection is made within the magnified view, the magnified view and scrim view are removed and the normal view of the user interface is returned. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110107262 | Motor Vehicle Operating Device - A motor vehicle operating device has a display device, an operating element and a control device, which are mutually coupled and set up such that an operating element symbol that corresponds to the operating element with respect to its outline shape is displayed on the display device. Menu items of a hierarchical menu structure can be selected by use of the operating element. A selection of a menu item from a plurality of menu items that can be made based on a rotating degree of freedom of the operating element is displayed with a line extending from the operating element symbol in the direction of a first menu item representation which is part of a plurality of selectable menu item representations. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110209090 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including a display driver configured to drive a display to display images, a controller configured to control the display driver to drive the display to display an array of selectable items, and a user interface including at least one movement sensor configured to determine movement of the user interface. The controller is configured to control the display driver to drive the display to display, at any one time, one item of the array of selectable items at an increased magnification greater than the remaining items of the array of selectable items and to selectively vary which item of the array of selectable items is displayed at increased magnification. The controller is configured to vary which item of the array of selectable items is displayed at increased magnification in response to movement determined by the at least one sensor. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20120089946 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND SCRIPT CONVERSION METHOD - A control apparatus includes: a display unit which is smaller than a display unit of a control target apparatus in display area; an operating unit which receives an input via an operation screen displayed on the display area of the display unit; a script receiving unit obtaining, from the control target apparatus, a script which defines GUI receiving the input via the operation screen displayed on the one-screen display area of the control target apparatus; and a script converting unit converting the script into another script such that the converted script defines a GUI component to be displayed on the display unit in an operable manner, the GUI component being allocated on the operation screen of the GUI defined by the obtained script. The display unit displays the operation screen of the control target apparatus based on the converted script. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120096404 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE - For each smartphone application included in a smartphone, an identifier, such as a name of the smartphone application, and information on whether the smartphone application operates in cooperation with a vehicle-mounted device, are registered in a smartphone application management table. From the smartphone applications included in the connected smartphone, higher priority is given to the smartphone applications that are registered in the smartphone application management table as applications that operate in cooperation with the vehicle-mounted device. A lower priority is given to other smartphone application. Icons of the high priority smartphone applications are arranged on a first page of a smartphone application menu, whereas icons of the low priority smartphone applications are sequentially arranged on second and following pages. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120304122 | MOVEMENT REDUCTION WHEN SCROLLING FOR ITEM SELECTION DURING DIRECT MANIPULATION - A method includes receiving a user input to cause movement of a display of a screen of a direct manipulation device, wherein the movement is in a direction away from a target item. The method includes receiving a release input to indicate that the user has released the user input at a release point on the display of the screen. The method also includes determining a location of the release point on the display of the screen relative to selectable items. The method includes determining the target item from among the selectable items, wherein the target item is at a distance from the location of the release point. The method also includes displaying a surrogate selectable item at the release point. The method includes performing an action that is the same as an action that would occur in response to a user selection of the target item. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130198690 | VISUAL INDICATION OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE RELATIONSHIP - Techniques for providing a visual indication of graphical user interface (GUI) relationship are described. In implementations, a layered GUI structure is provided that enables a user to navigate through multiple different GUIs while maintaining their navigation context within the overall GUI structure. Embodiments include techniques for gesture-based navigation of GUIs. Further to such embodiments, a specific gesture can cause navigation to a particular GUI. For example, with reference to menu GUIs, a specific gesture can cause navigation through multiple menu GUIs (e.g., sub-menu GUIs) to a particular menu GUI. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130205258 | Method for Selecting a List Element - A method for selecting a list element from a list displayable on a motor vehicle display unit. The list is displayed on a first display unit. First upwards/downwards commands are received upon actuation of an operating element by a user and, corresponding to the first upwards/downwards commands received, a first preselection region, which highlights a plurality of list elements, is moved upwards/downwards within the displayed list. A first selection command is received upon an actuation of the operating element and then a sublist, which exclusively comprises the list elements highlighted by the first preselection region is displayed on a second display unit. Second upwards/downwards commands are received and, corresponding thereto, a second preselection region, which highlights a single list element in the sublist, is moved upwards/downwards within the displayed sublist. A second selection command selects the list element highlighted by the second preselection region. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130246970 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES, ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS - An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: in response to detecting a progressive dragging input gesture provided by a user via a graphical user interface, enable: revealing one or more menu items, such that the one or more revealed menu items are visible; highlighting at least one said visible menu item in correspondence with the progressive dragging input gesture; and selecting the highlighted menu item in response to detecting the completion of the progressive dragging input gesture. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20150033187 | CONTEXTUAL BASED DISPLAY OF GRAPHICAL INFORMATION - An electronic device including a processor communicably coupled to a display component wherein the processor is configured to generate and display an interactive icon on the display component. The interactive icon includes a primary item and at least one alternative item, and the processor is configured to visually prioritize the presentation of the primary item on the display component relative to the presentation of the alternative item. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150046873 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - An information display method in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes displaying information on a display unit of the mobile terminal, generating a scrolling start signal, and scrolling the information with a positive acceleration based on the generated scrolling start signal. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150067600 | Classification And Organization Of Consumer Digital Images Using Workflow, And Face Detection And Recognition - Techniques for identifying a person in a target image are described. According to one of the techniques, identifying a person in a target image involves displaying, within a graphical user interface, an image that depicts one or more faces. One or more faces are automatically detected within the image. A user provides input that selects a face of the one or more faces to be a currently-selected face. A set of images are selected from a collection of images, where the set of images includes images that closely match the currently-selected face. Concurrently with display of the currently-selected face, each image in the set of images is displayed. Within the graphical user interface, a control is provided. The control enables a user to select a target image from the set of images. In response to detecting that the user has selected a target image using the control, the currently-selected face is associated with a person to which the target image corresponds. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150082244 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE USING EVENT-RELATED POTENTIAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a character input device using an event-related potential (ERP) and a control method thereof, and more specifically, to a character input device using a sub-block paradigm (SBP), which is a novel stimulus presentation paradigm capable of solving adjacency-distraction errors and double-flash problems while using a 6×6 character matrix. The character input method using an event-related potential in relation to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: determining a first character to be input by a user among thirty six characters included in a 6×6 matrix; randomly flashing once for each of a plurality of sub-matrixes configured as a 2×3 matrix including six different characters among the 6×6 matrix; counting the number of times of flashes by the user when a first sub-matrix including the first character flashes among the plurality of sub-matrixes; generating the event-related potential (ERP) by the counting operation of the user; and extracting the first character using the generated ERP. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150378545 | ONE TOUCH SCROLL AND SELECT FOR A TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A technique for controlling a touch screen device to select an element from a first list using a second list of numbers assigned to each element in the first list. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379969 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING A DESKTOP - A method of displaying a desktop on a terminal, includes: determining a device type of a peripheral device connected to the terminal; and highlighting an application associated with the device type of the peripheral device on the desktop of the terminal. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160011724 | Hands-Free Selection Using a Ring-Based User-Interface | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160034142 | SELECTING AN ADJACENT FILE ON A DISPLAY OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Methods of operating an electronic device are provided. A method of operating an electronic device may include presenting a group of files on a display of the electronic device. The method may include accepting selection by a user, via a user interface of the electronic device, of a first one of the files. Moreover, the method may include selecting a second one of the files adjacent the first one of the files, based on the selection of the first one of the files by the user. Related electronic devices and computer program products are also provided. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160070424 | UNIFIED INPUT AND INVOKE HANDLING - The described technology is directed towards normalizing input received from various types of device types for providing the input to user interface (UI) elements in a unified way that reflects the invoke intent of the user. Input from different device types is classified as button input, pointer input or command input, and routed to a corresponding button provider, pointer provider or command provider. Each provider includes logic for communicating input data (e.g., events) to a UI element or elements. Based upon the input events, a UI element can execute a corresponding invoke handler to take an invoke action for that particular event. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160092050 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR GENERATING AN INVERSE SLIDING MENU FOR GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES - A method for displaying a menu on an electronic device, the method including the steps of generating a menu icon in the graphical user interface, receiving first touch information indicating that a first location associated with a surface area of the menu icon has been touched on the display, displaying a menu that is associated with the menu icon to show a plurality of menu items in the graphical user interface after receiving the first touch information, the menu being displayed at a first screen position, receiving second touch information that is different from the first touch information, the second touch information indicating that a second location has been touched on the display by a finger movement away from the first location, moving the menu in a direction that is inverse to a direction that points from the first touch position to the second touch position to reposition the menu at a second screen position, determining whether one menu item of the plurality of menu items lies at the first location, and highlighting the one menu item from the plurality of menu items based on a result of said determining. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160132211 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE BY DISPLAYING POSITION OF HOVERING INPUT - An apparatus for providing a user interface includes a touch screen displaying one or more objects and detecting an approach or a touch of an input by a sensor. A controller is configured to determine the input approaching the touch screen as hovering on the touch screen and to provide a lighting effect on the touch screen based on a position of the hovering input. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160196041 | SELECTING ACTIONABLE ITEMS IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE OF A MOBILE COMPUTER SYSTEM | 07-07-2016 |
| 20180025218 | Classification and organization of consumer digital images using workflow, and face detection and recognition | 01-25-2018 |
