| 05th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
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| 20160034055 | BARCODE READER AND DOCKING STATION FOR CHARGING THE BARCODE READER - A barcode reader and a docking station for charging the barcode reader are disclosed. The barcode reader may be an elongated pen-shaped device that includes a capacitive tip for use as a stylus against a capacitive touch screen and a barcode reader for reading a barcode. The barcode reader may be docked in the docking station for charging. The docking station may include a magnetic structure for holding the barcode reader to the docking station, and a positioning structure for aligning the charging contacts of the barcode reader and the docking station. The docking station may include a battery such that the barcode reader may be charged from the battery while being docked in the docking station. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034056 | MULTI-PURPOSE DIGITAL COLORING TOOLS - Multi-purpose digital coloring tools for interacting with a touchscreen are described. A pattern-making device provides for patterned input from a digital marking tool on a touchscreen device. The pattern-making device guides the digital marking tool with a plurality of gear teeth on an internal edge of a template frame secured to a touchscreen device using a base unit. Light images are created by a light stylus that interacts with a touchscreen device or an emulsion-surface device. An easel support structure holds a touchscreen device in an upright position during marking with the digital marking tool. Digitally animated coloring book pages are adapted to interact with a touchscreen device. Digital crayons, digital stamping devices, a digital paintbrush, a dual-tip digital stylus for creating 3-dimensional (3-D) images, and a pair of 3-D glasses are provided for interacting with a touchscreen device. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034057 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PANEL DEVICE - An electronic device can effectively transmit sound even if a force is applied to a panel by an ear. The electronic device includes a panel ( | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034058 | Mobile Device Input Controller For Secondary Display - Example apparatus and methods concern a first device (e.g., phone, tablet) controlling what is displayed on both the first device and on a second device (e.g., television, computer). The first device may detect the second device and establish a communication link and a context (e.g. control relationship) between the first and second device. The first device may provide an output (e.g., browser, movie) to be displayed on the second device. The first device may also provide a cursor to be displayed on the second device. In response to an action (e.g., touch, gesture) on the first device, an application running on the first device may be controlled, which may in turn determine what is displayed on the second display. The action on the first device may be related to positioning or responding to the cursor in relation to the output displayed on the second device. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034059 | System and Method for Using Single-Display Application Programs on a Multi-Display Device - A system and method is provided for, on a multi-display touch screen apparatus executing a single-display application program, establishing an interface between the multi-display touch screen apparatus and the single-display application program, the interface comprising a virtual display and virtual sensors, obtaining sensor data from physical sensors of the multi-display touch screen apparatus, providing at least a first subset of the sensor data to the single-display application program via the virtual sensors of the interface, specifying to the single-display application program virtual display parameters which emulate single display parameters of a single-display touch screen apparatus, receiving at the virtual display of the interface a window image to be displayed from the single-display application, and displaying the window image on at least a first one of multiple displays of the multi-display touch screen apparatus. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034060 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE with multiple alternating touch periods and display periods per frame - The touch display device includes a display panel and a panel driver. The display panel displays a video and to receive a touch operation. The panel driver includes a timing controller and a memory module. The timing controller generates a clock signal, each cycle of the clock signal including N display periods and N touch periods, the total time of the N display periods corresponding to a frame of a video signal, and the total time of the N display periods and the N touch periods corresponding to one cycle of the video signal, in which N is a positive integer. The panel driver alternately drives the panel to display the video during each of the N display periods and to detect the touch operation during each of the N touch periods. The memory module sequentially stores the image data of the video signal according to the clock signal. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034061 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT TOUCH PANEL - An organic electroluminescent touch panel includes a protection unit, a plurality of touch-sensing units, at least one first anti-interference spot, a substrate, a first electrode layer, an organic layer stack and a second electrode layer. The touch-sensing units are coplanarly disposed on the protection unit. A first interval region is formed between the adjacent touch-sensing units. The first anti-interference spot is disposed within the first interval region. The substrate is disposed corresponding to the protection unit. The first electrode layer is disposed on the substrate, the organic layer stack is disposed on the first electrode layer, and the second electrode layer is disposed on the organic layer stack. The first electrode layer, the organic layer stack and the second electrode layer are disposed within the space formed by the protection unit and the substrate. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034062 | FLEXIBLE TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE COATING AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF - A flexible conductive coating including: a first plurality of conductive traces extending in a first direction and a second plurality of conductive traces, each of the conductive traces including metal nanoparticles and ones of the second plurality of conductive traces being electrically coupled to ones of the first plurality of conductive traces, wherein each of the first plurality of conductive traces includes two substantially parallel long sides and two rounded short sides connecting the two long sides, and wherein more of the metal nanoparticles are at an outer edge of each of the conductive traces than are at an inner region bounded by the sides of each of the conductive traces. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034063 | ANTI-INTERFERENCE TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - An anti-interference touch display panel comprises a color filter substrate, an active matrix transistor substrate, a display functional layer, a plurality of touch-sensing units and at least one first anti-interference spot. The active matrix transistor substrate is disposed corresponding to the color filter substrate. The display functional layer is disposed between the color filter substrate and the active matrix transistor substrate. The touch-sensing units are coplanarly disposed on the color filter substrate, and a first interval region is formed between the adjacent-touch sensing units. The first anti-interference spot is disposed within the first interval region. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034064 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a touch display device and a method for manufacturing the same. The touch display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate is provided with a common electrode and a driving electrode. The second substrate is provided with a detection electrode and a driving electrode. The detection electrode is opposite to the common electrode. A coverage area of the detection electrode is smaller than a coverage area of the common electrode, the coverage area of the detection electrode on the second substrate does not overlap with a coverage area of the driving electrode on the first substrate when the first substrate and the second substrate are assembled to form a cell. The suspension electrode is arranged on at least one side of the detection electrode and insulated from the detection electrode. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034065 | CONTROLLING FORMS OF INPUT OF A COMPUTING DEVICE - Examples disclosed herein control computing device input. One example includes activating a touchscreen of a computing device and enabling a capacitive touch control of the computing device for user selection as a device input to initiate a device action. The example further includes disabling the capacitive touch control based on a pen event with the touchscreen, wherein the pen event is triggered when a digital pen is to be placed within a predefined distance from the touchscreen. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034066 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel according to the embodiment includes: a cover substrate including an active area and an unactive area; an intermediate layer on the cover substrate; and an electrode on the intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer includes an acrylic resin composition. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034067 | MECHANICAL STRESS DETECTION DEVICE INCLUDING A CAPACITIVE SENSOR, SET OF DETECTION DEVICES AND TOUCH LOCALIZATION DEVICE INCLUDING CAPACITIVE SENSORS - A mechanical stress detection device includes a capacitive sensor including a first electrode including a first main face, a second electrode including a second main face arranged facing the first main face of the first electrode, an elastic dielectric medium extending between the first main face of the first electrode and the second main face of the second electrode, a mechanism measuring a capacitance at terminals of the two electrodes, and a mechanism compensating mechanical stress in which a fixed part is rigidly connected to one of the first and second electrodes and a movable part relative to the fixed part including an adjustable counterweight is rigidly connected to the other of the first and second electrodes. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034068 | TOUCH WINDOW - A touch window includes a substrate, and an electrode on the substrate. The electrode includes a first mesh line, a second mesh line crossing the first mesh line and a reinforcement part adjacent to the first or second mesh line. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034069 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus detects contact of a finger with a capacitive panel. The information processing apparatus, when the contact of the finger is detected, measures a midpoint at an equal distance from either end of a contact region where the finger is in contact with the capacitive panel, and measures a centroid of an area of the contact region. The information processing apparatus executes operation depending on a distance between the measured midpoint of the contact region and the measured centroid of the area of the contact region. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034070 | TOUCH-DETECTION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A TOUCH-DETECTION FUNCTION, AND TOUCH-DETECTION METHOD - In one embodiment, a touch-detection device includes first and second sensors, a driver and a detection circuit. The driver supplies a driving signal to the first and second sensors. The detection circuit detects an object which is in contact with a detection area, based on a detection signal which is read from the first and second sensors. The driver simultaneously supplies the signal to the first sensors in a first period, simultaneously supplies the signal to the second sensors in a second period following the first period, when the object was not detected in the first period, and successively supplies the signal to the respective first sensors in the second period, when the object was detected in the first period. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034071 | CAPACITIVE TYPE TOUCH PANEL - A capacitive touch panel is disclosed herein. The capacitive touch panel includes a plurality of bottom electrodes formed in a first direction and a plurality of top electrodes formed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Each of the bottom electrodes includes a plurality of first protruding electrodes formed on the first side of the second direction with respect to an imaginary centerline, and formed in an alternately protruding and recessed form along the imaginary centerline, and a plurality of second protruding electrodes formed on a second side of the second direction with respect to the imaginary centerline, formed in an alternately protruding and recessed form along the imaginary centerline, and formed at locations interleaved with respect to those of the first protruding electrodes. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034072 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display device includes a patterned sensing electrode structure, an insulating layer and a patterned common electrode layer. The patterned sensing electrode structure is disposed on a surface of a substrate, defining a plurality of displaying regions and a light-shielding region. The patterned sensing electrode structure corresponds to the light-shielding region, and exposes the displaying regions. The insulating layer covers the patterned sensing electrode structure. The patterned common electrode layer is disposed on the insulating layer, and the patterned common electrode layer includes a plurality of electrode portions corresponding to the displaying regions and a plurality of connecting portions disposed between the adjacent electrode portions and electrically connected to the electrode portions. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034073 | Touch Panel and Touch Type Input Device - A touch panel that includes a film having piezoelectric properties, the film having a first principal plane and a second principal plane. A divided electrode is on the first principal plane, and a uniform ground electrode is on the second principal plane and arranged opposite to the divided electrode on the first principal plane. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034074 | ANTI-INTERFERENCE TOUCH SENSING STRUCTURE - An anti-interference touch sensing structure includes a first substrate, a plurality of touch sensing units and at least a first anti-interference spot. The touch sensing units are coplanarly disposed on the first substrate, and a first interval region is formed between the adjacent touch sensing units. The first anti-interference spot is disposed within the first interval region. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034075 | OPTOELECTRONIC MODULATION STACK - An optoelectronic modulation stack includes a substrate, a plurality of touch sensing units, at least a first anti-interference spot and a nano-structural layer. The touch sensing units are coplanarly disposed on the substrate, and a first interval region is formed between the adjacent touch sensing units. The first anti-interference spot is disposed within the first interval region, and the width of the first anti-interference spot is substantially less than that of the substrate or touch sensing unit. The nano-structural layer is disposed below the first anti-interference spot and includes a plurality of nano structures. When the light passes through the nano structures and the first anti-interference spot, the optical characteristic of the light is changed. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034076 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device is provided. The touch display device includes a display panel and a touch sensor disposed above the display panel. The touch sensor includes a plurality of first electrode units arranged along a first direction and separated from each other, and a bridge portion electrically connecting the first electrode units with each other. A plurality of second electrode units are arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and connected to each other through a connection portion. The connection portion intersects the bridge portion. An isolation portion is disposed between the bridge portion and the connection portion. A first distance is between the first electrode unit and the adjacent second electrode unit. A second distance is between the first electrode unit and the adjacent connection portion. The second distance is shorter than the first distance. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034077 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate, a plurality of touch electrode patterns and a first polarization element. The touch electrode patterns include a plurality of touch electrodes and wires. The wires are electrically connected with the touch electrodes, disposed on the first substrate and arranged along a first direction. The first polarization element is disposed on the first substrate and has a first absorption axis. One of the wires is formed by the connection of a plurality of wire segments, and one of the wire segments is formed by the connection of a plurality of segments. Each of the segments forms a vector by towards the same side, the vectors have a sum vector, and the included angle between the sum vector and the first absorption axis is greater than 0° and less than or equal to 20°. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034078 | TOUCH DEVICE - Disclosed is a touch device. The touch device includes a case; a cover substrate on the case; and an electrode member received in the case, wherein the electrode member has a cross-sectional area larger than that of the cover substrate. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034079 | TOUCH SENSOR - Discussed is a touch sensor for use in an in-cell type touch sensor panel that includes a plurality of sensor elements, wherein each sensor element has a shape such that a maximum diameter of a circle able to be inscribed in the sensor element is smaller than a diameter of a circle inscribed in a square having the same area as the sensor element. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034080 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a touch screen panel including a plurality of hover sensors configured to perform self-capacitance sensing. The semiconductor memory device includes a driver configured to provide a plurality of driving signals to the touch screen panel. The semiconductor memory device includes an encoder configured to encode the plurality of driving signals from the driver and provide the encoded plurality of driving signals to the touch screen panel. The semiconductor memory device includes a sensor configured to sense a hover input from the touch screen panel based on the encoded plurality of driving signals. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034081 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TOUCH-PANEL CONDUCTIVE SHEET, AND TOUCH-PANEL CONDUCTIVE SHEET - An object of the invention is to provide a method for more easily manufacturing a touch-panel conductive sheet in which end portions of lead-out wires are collected on one surface side of a substrate with high productivity, and a touch-panel conductive sheet. The method for manufacturing a touch-panel conductive sheet of the invention includes: forming, on a rear surface of a substrate, first detection electrodes and rear surface-side wires of which one ends are electrically connected to the first detection electrodes and the other ends have first pad portions, and on a front surface of the substrate, second detection electrodes, second lead-out wires which are electrically connected to the second detection electrodes, and second pad portions which are arranged at positions opposed to the first pad portions via the substrate; forming through holes penetrating the first pad portions, the substrate, and the second pad portions; and producing through wires which electrically connect the first pad portions and the second pad portions by filling the through holes with a conductive material to form first lead-out wires which include the rear surface-side wires and the through wires and are electrically connected to the first detection electrodes. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034082 | Touch Control Unit, Array Substrate, Display Device, and Touch Control Method - A touch control unit includes a control module, a sensing module, and an output module. The control module is connected to a control line and the sensing module. The sensing module is connected to the control line and the output module. The output module is connected to a sensing line and an output line. The control module is used for writing a charging voltage into the sensing module under control of a control signal output from the control line. The sensing module is used for generating a sensing voltage and outputting the sensing voltage to the output module. The output module is used for outputting a touch signal to the output line under control of the sensing signal output from the sensing line. The technical solutions according to the present invention increase the sensitivity of a touch and the display quality of a picture. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034083 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE - A touch sensing device includes a light-transmitting substrate, an edge layer and sensing lines. The light-transmitting substrate has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, and the edge layer is covered on an edge of the upper surface of the light-transmitting substrate. The edge layer has a main body made of insulated material, and conductive wires. The main body has a first surface attached on the upper surface of the light-transmitting substrate, a second surface opposite and parallel to the first surface, and slots recessed downwardly from the second surface. The conductive wires are embedded in the slots, respectively. The sensing lines are disposed on the upper surface of the light-transmitting substrate and electrically connected with the conductive wires, respectively. Therefore, the touch sensing device can have simple and quick manufacturing process, high yield rate and low cost. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034084 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device is provided. The touch display device includes a display panel and a touch panel. The display panel displays a display image with a linear-polarized state, and includes an upper polarizer with a transmission axis. The touch panel is disposed on the display panel. The touch panel includes a substrate with a fast axis. The display image is converted from the linear-polarized state to the circular-polarized state when the passing through the fast axis. A touch display device having a plurality of substrates is provided. Since the substrate having the fast axis replaces the original substrate of the touch panel without adding an additional substrate, the touch display device is thinner. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034085 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY FUNCTIONS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed are a liquid crystal display device having touch and three-dimensional display functions and a method for manufacturing the same. The liquid crystal display device includes a touch and three-dimensional image display panel adhered to a liquid crystal panel through an adhesive layer, wherein the touch and three-dimensional image display panel includes a lower substrate provided with first and second electrodes for realizing a three-dimensional image, a upper substrate provided with third and fourth electrodes for sensing touch and a common electrode for realizing the three-dimensional image, and a liquid crystal display filled between the upper and lower substrates. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034086 | VARIABLE PRESSURE TOUCH SYSTEM - The disclosed variable pressure touch system includes an information handling system (IHS) that may take many forms. In one embodiment, the IHS may be a tablet with a touch sensor in the form of a touch sensitive display. A user may apply pressure to the touch sensor with a finger, stylus, or other pointing device. The touch sensor may then generate a current pressure indication of the current pressure exhibited by the touch on the touch sensor. In one embodiment, a touch tool of the IHS may receive the current pressure indication and generate a display image on the display of the IHS that changes as the current pressure indication changes. In other embodiments, the touch tool of the IHS may receive the current pressure indication and generate a visual indicator on the display of the IHS that changes as the current pressure indication changes. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034087 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch input device capable of detecting a pressure of a touch on a touch surface may be provided that includes a substrate and a display module. The touch input device further includes an electrode which is disposed at a position where a distance between the electrode and a reference potential layer is changed by the touch on the touch surface. The distance may be changed depending on a magnitude of a pressure of the touch. The electrode outputs an electrical signal according to the change of the distance. A spacer layer is disposed between the reference potential layer and the electrode. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034088 | Touch Force Deflection Sensor - A touch sensitive input system for an electronic device includes a deflection sensor configured to generate a deflection signal based on deflection of a control or sensing surface, and a processor in signal communication with the deflection sensor. The processor is operable to generate a deflection or displacement map characterizing displacement of the surface based on the deflection signal, and a force map characterizing force on the surface based on a transformation of the displacement map. The transformation may be based on a generalized inverse of a compliance operator, where the compliance operator relates the displacement map to the force map. The compliance operator is not necessarily square, and does not necessarily have a traditional inverse. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034089 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND TOUCH INPUT DETECTING METHOD - A touch input device that includes an operation input unit, a control unit, a memory unit and a display unit. The operation input unit includes a pressing sensor and a touch sensor. When obtaining a detected operation position (x, y) based on an operation detection signal from the touch sensor, the control unit compares a signal level D | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034090 | TOUCH SYSTEM AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a touch system and a display device, belongs to the technical field of display, and can solve the problem that misoperation is caused as an existing touch screen has a narrow frame and the edge area of the screen is easy to touch mistakenly. The touch system comprises a touch screen, a touch position analysis unit and a switch unit, wherein the touch screen comprises a center touch area and an edge touch area, and the touch position analysis unit is used for analyzing a position of a touch on the touch screen; and the switch unit is used for controlling whether a touch on the edge touch area is effective. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034091 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A touch-sensitive device comprises: a touch-sensing carrier panel; a driving signal line and a inductive signal line; a touch-sensitive circuit connected with the driving signal line and the inductive signal line; an array of first electrodes and an array of second electrodes located on the touch-sensing carrier panel; a first switch having an end connected to the array of the first electrodes and the other end connected to the corresponding driving signal line and the corresponding inductive signal line; and a second switch having an end connected to the array of the second electrodes and the other end connected to the corresponding driving signal line and the corresponding inductive signal line, wherein each of the first switch and the second switch is adapted to switch between a respective driving signal line and a respective inductive signal line such that the array of first electrodes is connected with one of the driving signal line and the inductive signal line and the array of second electrodes is connected with the other one of the driving signal line and the inductive signal line. The present disclosure also provides a method for driving the above touch-sensitive device. The present invention may perform the signal conversion by switches such that the first electrodes and the second electrodes are switched between the connections to the inductive signal lines and the connections to the driving signal lines by performing signal switching by switches, so as to achieve the double side touch sensing. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034092 | STACKUP FOR TOUCH AND FORCE SENSING - A device and method for operating a capacitive input device configured to sense input objects and their applied force in a sensing region, the device including a deformable substrate having an input surface; a first array of sensor electrodes; a second array of sensor electrodes; a third array of sensor electrodes positioned underneath the first and second arrays such that, in response to force applied by an input object to the input surface, at least one electrode of the first array deflects relative to the second and third arrays. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034093 | METHOD FOR DISPLAY CONTROL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for display control and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: detecting a first touch operation and a second touch operation performed on a touch sensing unit. A first touch direction corresponding to the first touch operation and a second touch direction corresponding to the second touch operation are obtained. A first control instruction is obtained based on the first touch direction and the second touch direction. That is, in embodiments of the disclosure, the effect of a touch instruction response to two successively performed touch operations is different from the effect of a touch instruction response to two separately performed touch operations. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034094 | PROGRAMMABLE GAIN AMPLIFIERS WITH OFFSET COMPENSATION AND TOUCH SENSOR CONTROLLER INCORPORATING THE SAME - A programmable gain amplifier (PGA) circuit includes a first input resistor coupled between a first input node and a first summing node and a second input resistor coupled between a second input node and a second summing node. The PGA circuit further includes a first variable reference resistor coupled between a third input node and the first summing node, a second variable reference resistor coupled between a fourth input node and the second summing node, and an operational amplifier having first and second inputs coupled to respective ones of the first and second summing nodes and first and second outputs coupled to respective ones of the first and second output nodes. At least of the first and second reference resistors may include an R-2R ladder circuit. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034095 | Optical Touch Tomography - An optical touch-sensitive device has the capability to determine touch locations of multiple simultaneous touch events. The touch events disturb optical beams propagating across the touch sensitive surface. With multi-touch events, a single beam can be disturbed by more than one touch event. In one aspect, a non-linear transform is applied to measurements of the optical beams in order to linearize the effects of multiple touch events on a single optical beam. In another aspect, the effect of known touch events (i.e., reference touches) is modeled in advance, and then unknown touch events are determined with respect to the reference touches. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034096 | FLAT SELF-LUMINOUS TOUCH SWITCH - A flat self-luminous touch switch, including: a self-luminous touch unit, including at least one flat self-luminous pixel and a pixel driving interface; and a switch control unit, including a first driving interface and a second driving interface, wherein, the first driving interface is coupled with the pixel driving interface to provide at least one pixel driving signal and transmit a touch detection signal; and the second driving interface provides an analog switch channel and/or at least one digital output signal according to a detection result of the touch detection signal. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034097 | Display Device Having Touch Sensors - A display device and method are discussed. The display device can include a display panel having a pixel array with touch sensors embedded therein; a display driving circuit that time-divides 1 frame period into a plurality of pixel driving periods and a plurality of touch sensing periods and writes input image data to the pixels block by block during the pixel driving periods; and a touch sensing circuit that drives the touch sensors during the touch sensing periods. The display driving circuit includes a gate driver formed on the display panel. A shift register of the gate driver includes a transistor that supplies a high-potential voltage to a Q node of the shift register in response to a compensation pulse generated during the touch sensing periods. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034098 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a portable terminal including a display panel having a display surface with a touch pad, an area management unit which defines a plurality of display areas formed by dividing the display surface, and a display control unit which performs control on an image display in each display area. In a state where two display areas are defined with a first boundary line, in response to a touch operation on the touch pad, the area management unit determines, based on a touch position of the touch operation, a second boundary line passing one point on the first boundary line and one point within a predetermined range from the touch position and defines two areas which are formed by dividing an object area of the two display areas with the second boundary line, as first and second display areas in place of the object area. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034099 | DATA PROCESSING IN RELATION TO A MULTI-TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS - A device obtains a signal representative of objects on a touch surface of a multi-touch sensing apparatus and executes a method for extracting touch data from the signal. The method operates in a sequence of detection frames. Each detection frame comprises the steps of: obtaining ( | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034100 | DETECTION OF TYPE OF OBJECT USED TO PROVIDE A TOUCH CONTACT INPUT - A signal to be used to propagate a freely propagating signal through a propagating medium with a touch input surface is sent. The freely propagating signal has been allowed to freely propagate through the propagating medium in a plurality directions to a plurality of receivers on multiple axes of the propagating medium. A received signal detected due to a touch input object contacting the touch input surface is received. The received signal includes the freely propagating signal that has been disturbed by the touch input object. At least a portion of the received signal is compared with one or more reference signals of one or more touch input object types. Based at least in part on the comparison a location of the touch input object contacting the surface is determined. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034101 | OPERATION METHOD OF A TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - An operation method of a touch screen and a touch screen device are provided by the present disclosure, and the method comprises: acquiring an input trajectory on the screen firstly; then determining whether the input trajectory is consistent with a predetermined trajectory; zooming in a target region on the screen that corresponds to a current touch point of a touch medium if the determination result is “yes”; detecting in the zoomed-in target region a touch-screen operation instruction; and executing a corresponding operation according to the touch-screen operation instruction. Thereby, the present disclosure can reduce occurrences of mis-touches in the process of operating the touch screen and make the touch screen very convenient to use by the user. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034102 | METHOD OF MULTI-ZONE CAPACITIVE SENSING, DEVICE AND APPARATUS IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A method is provided for capacitive detection, implementing a plurality of electrodes capable of allowing the detection of objects in their proximity by capacitive coupling, and including a step of simultaneous polarization of at least a part of the electrodes with different excitation potentials, the excitation potentials being generated with respect to a reference potential such that the scalar product over a predetermined duration of at least two of these excitation potentials is zero or very much less than the scalar product of one and/or the other of these excitation potentials with itself over the predetermined duration. A device and an appliance implementing the method are also provided. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034103 | CAPACITANCE TYPE TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF DETECTING INPUT OPERATION POSITION THEREIN - A capacitance type touch panel is provided which detects an input operation position with high accuracy without being affected by noise irrespective of the input operation position and the size of an input operation body. A method of detecting an input operation position in the capacitance type touch panel is also provided. When an input operation position is in between adjoining intersection points (m,n), voltage change levels R(m,n), which are less than a cutoff threshold value, of intersection points (m | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034104 | FLEXIBLE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method of an anti-interference flexible electronic structure formed by a carrier separation process comprises the steps of: providing a carrier; attaching a flexible substrate to the carrier; forming a plurality of touch-sensing units coplanarly on the flexible substrate, wherein a first interval region is formed between the adjacent touch-sensing units; coplanarly forming at least a first anti-interference spot within the first interval region, wherein a distance is between the first anti-interference spot and the adjacent touch-sensing unit; and separating the flexible substrate from the carrier. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034105 | DISPLAY AND INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A display and input device includes a display section, touch screen section, control section, and storage section. The display section displays thereon a screen image including an operation element image. The touch screen section detects a touch position on the screen image. The control section detects a set of touch position coordinates based on output from the touch screen section. The storage section stores therein detection coordinate data showing coordinate values associated with possible output values of the touch screen section, and a predetermined number of sets of touch position coordinates detected. On detecting a touch in a non-operable region the predetermined number of times in succession, the control section displays a target point image on the display section, determines an amount of deviation between the detected coordinates and the display coordinates of the target point image, and calibrates the detection coordinate data in accordance with the amount of deviation. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034106 | TOUCH APPARATUS AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD THEREOF - A touch apparatus and a touch sensing method thereof are provided. Touch information generated according to received scanning beams is returned by a touch tool, and coordinates of the touch tool on a touch area is calculated according to the returned touch information. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034107 | Two-Dimensional Position Sensing Systems and Sensors Therefor - Two dimensional position sensing system and sensors for use in such systems are disclosed. The sensors incorporate linear array sensors having sensor elements and an aperture plate. Some embodiments include a radiation source that directs radiation onto some of the sensor elements. Other embodiments including radiation blocking objects that block radiation from reaching some of sensor elements. The direction or position of the radiation source or radiation blocking object may be estimated from the radiation incident on the sensor elements. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034108 | INTERACTIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE WITH LOW EMISSIVITY GLASS USING INFRARED ILLUMINATION - A system and method are disclosed for operating a computer device using an interface device. The interface device includes at least one emitter of IR light/radiation with a peak intensity of between 780 nm and 1000 nm and at least one detector sensitive to IR light/radiation with a wavelength of 780 nm to 1000 nm wherein the user interface device is located adjacent to transparent, heat insulating glass. The IR emitter directs IR radiation through the glass, wherein the IR radiation is reflected back through the glass to the IR detector and wherein the IR detector transforms the IR radiation into an electronic signal. The method includes the step of activating the detector from a front side of the glass. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034109 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including a curved display module having a curved surface bent in a y-axis direction, a surface overlay disposed on the front surface of the curved display module and having a refractive index differing from an air layer, at least one IR emitter arranged on the upper long side or the lower long side of the surface overlay and emitting IR light, and at least one first IR receiver arranged on the long side opposite the at least one first IR emitter and receiving the IR light emitted by the at least one IR emitter. The curved display apparatus may more accurately and effectively recognize touch input and thus, user convenience may be improved. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034110 | METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR WINDOW WIDTH AND WINDOW LEVEL ADJUSTMENT UTILIZING A MULTITOUCH USER INTERFACE - A method, computing device and computer program product are provided in order to utilize a multitouch user interface so as to adjust the window width and window level of an image. In the context of a method, an indication of user input provided via a multitouch user interface is received. The indication of user input includes an indication of respective positions of first and second fingers upon the multitouch user interface. The method also includes adjusting, with processing circuitry, a window width of an image based upon a change in spacing between the first and second fingers. Further, the method includes adjusting, with the processing circuitry, a window level of the image based upon a change in location of a reference point defined by the respective positions of the first and second fingers upon the multitouch user interface. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034111 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A CONTEXTUAL TIMELINE OF AN ONLINE INTERACTION FOR USE IN ASSESSING EFFECTIVENESS - A computer implemented method and apparatus for generating a contextual timeline of an online interaction such as a web conference acquires context, from the perspective of participants in the online interaction, along a timeline. Provided for display to a user is a graphical representation of variations, over at least a portion of the timeline, in participant engagement, attentiveness, attendance and/or some other measure of participant interactivity. Also provided for display to the user are one or more images aligned with one or more corresponding points in time along the timeline. The images provided for display in alignment with the timeline are representative of content presented to the at least one participant at one or more points in time. According to some embodiments, the points in time are user selectable, and the one or more images are provided for display in alignment with the timeline in response to user selections. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034112 | USER INTERFACE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A user interface (UI) display method is provided. The UI display method includes displaying an operation window including one or more setting items on a screen, and if a first one of the setting items is inputted, causing at least a part or all of the remaining operation window part except for the first item not to be displayed on the screen. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034113 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORD MEDIUM - The display apparatus having a touch panel allows increased operability when performing a plurality of touch operations. The display apparatus having a touch panel includes: a display screen capable of displaying information in accordance with the touch operation, a first display region, a second display region, and a display controller. The first display region is displayed on the display screen, and displays the information in accordance with touch information acquired by an OS. The second display region is displayed on the display screen along with the first display region, and displays the information in accordance with the touch information acquired by a predetermined application without via the OS. The display controller performs a display such that the second display region does not overlap with the first display region on a periphery of the display screen. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034114 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING WINDOWS BY USING WORK GROUP - A device is provided. The device includes a display, a storage configured to store a work group including a plurality of jobs that are selected by a user, and a controller configured to control the display to display a window corresponding to at least one job included in the work group and display at least one object representing another job included in the work group on the displayed window. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034115 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING AND DISCOVERING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INFORMATION UNITS - Systems and methods for presenting data to one or more users in a visualizable format and obtaining information based upon the user's interaction with the data are disclosed. A system may include a processor and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium. The non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to provide data to at least one user via a user interface, receive one or more inputs from the at least one user, and direct a storage medium to record the one or more inputs. The data may be arranged in a user-visualizable format. The one or more inputs may correspond the user's interaction with the user interface that causes manipulation of the data. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034116 | HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING FUNCTION OF ACTIVATING APPLICATION PROGRAM OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREOF - A hand-held electronic apparatus having a function of activating an application program of an electronic apparatus is provided, including: a storage apparatus, configured to store an operating system and a thumbnail cache file received from the electronic apparatus, where the thumbnail cache file includes a thumb corresponding to an application program in the electronic apparatus; a touch screen, configured to display the thumbnail; and a processor, configured to display the thumbnail on the touch screen by using a thumbnail layout manner specified by the operating system. The present invention further provides a method for activating an application program of an electronic apparatus, and a computer program product, where an application program installed in an electronic apparatus is activated by a hand-held electronic apparatus, so as to avoid difficulty in an operation of simulated mouse movement or keyboard input by using a hand-held electronic apparatus. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034117 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE OPERATING IN IDLE MODE AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen module including at least one touch sensor and a display screen, a memory, and at least one processor electrically connected to the touch screen module and the memory. The touch screen module operates in at least one of a first state in which no input is received through the at least one touch sensor and no display screen operates, a second state in which an input is received using at least a portion of the at least one touch sensor and no display screen operates, or a third state in which all of the at least one touch sensor and all of the display screen operate. The second state switches to a fourth state in which a portion, but not all of the display screen is displayed, in response to a user input received using at least a portion of the at least one touch sensor at the second state. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034118 | DETERMINING APPROPRIATE BROWSING APPLICATIONS FOR SELECTED NETWORK RESOURCES - A network resource, such as a page, may be loaded or rendered in different manners on a plurality of different browsers. Data and information regarding the loading and/or rendering of various network resources on a variety of browsers, including data or information regarding errors, latencies or customer ratings of the loading or rendering of such resources on such browsers, may be evaluated in order to identify the most appropriate browser for viewing a requested network resource. If that network resource is available to a user who requests the network resource, then a recommendation or an instruction to view the network resource in the most appropriate browser may be provided to the user. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034119 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CONTENT - Systems and methods for incorporating additional material in video content are described. Exemplary methods may include identifying the individual frames within a portion of video content that will be visible during adjusted playback. The methods may include incorporating at least one item of information within at least one of the individual frames identified to produce modified video content. The methods may also include transmitting the modified video content for display. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034120 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes a function-in-use discriminating unit that discriminates types of functions of a tool operated by a first user; a technical-level calculating unit that calculates the technical level of each of the functions used by the user on the basis of the operation performance of the functions as performed by the user; a communication unit that transmits, to an external storage device, technician level information in which the technical level, the first user, and the function are associated; and a technical-level-display processing unit that accesses the external storage device via the communication unit, acquires, from the technician level information, technical levels of the other users with respect to a function being used by the first user, and causes a display apparatus X | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034121 | Method and Apparatus for Automatically Displaying Multiple Presentations for Multiple Users - A control circuit identifies users within a presentation zone that includes a plurality of displays. The control circuit then automatically selects at least two particular presentations from amongst a plurality of available presentations. By one approach one of the selected presentations corresponds to one of the identified users while another of the selected presentations corresponds to another of the identified users. The control circuit then automatically presents, at least substantially simultaneously, the selected presentations using the plurality of displays in the presentation zone. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034122 | Method and Apparatus for Recording User Actions During a Course of Rendering a Series of Visualizations - A control circuit, during a course of rendering a series of visualizations over time via a plurality of displays, records user actions as entered via one or more user-input interfaces. The control circuit stores a sequence of these recorded user actions as correspond to the series of visualizations. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034123 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING CONTEXT HANDOFF BETWEEN DEVICES IN A CLOUD BASED WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORK - An apparatus obtains application state information for another device and displays a login screen on a display that provides information for at least one application running on the other device. The information displayed may be an icon corresponding to an application running on the other device. The application state information may include an application identifier, a content identifier and a pointer to a location at which a given content is accessed by the application. An apparatus includes a display, application state monitor logic, operative to obtain application state information for another device, and login screen configuration logic, operatively coupled to the display. The login screen configuration logic is operative to configure a login screen on the display to provide information for at least one application running on the other device, based on the application state information for the other device obtained by the application state monitor logic. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034124 | Capturing and Processing Multi-Media Information Using Mobile Communication Devices - Methods and devices are provided for generating and publishing multi-media information associated with actions performed on a mobile communication device. A publishing application monitors actions performed on the mobile communication device and enables selection of at least one of the actions. Content associated with selected actions may be stored and data associated with at least one of the selected actions and the content associated with at least one selected action may be extracted. The multi-media information may be displayed on a graphical user interface in a pre-selected format, such as a chronologically arranged list. Users may preview and modify the multi-media information before publication through a pre-selected communication service. The multi-media information may be published by selecting an icon, including an image identifying the pre-selected communication service. The mobile communication device generates content that users may efficiently modify and publish to a desired communication service. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034125 | LIST DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE - List display control method and device are provided. The method may include displaying a plurality of list items in a list display area. The method may also include performing at least one of the following based on an operation of a pointer in the list display area: scrolling up, in response to a first operation of the pointer on any list item of the plurality of list items in a first area of the list display area and scrolling down, in response to a second operation of the pointer on any list item of the plurality of list items in a second area of the list display area which is different from the first area. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034126 | VISUAL CUES FOR SCROLLING - The invention discloses a method and apparatus for helping the user of computer devices, such as desktop computers, laptop computers, tablet computers, smartphones, and augmented reality devices, to view information displayed during and after scrolling, when scrolling is performed with variable increment scrolling input devices, such as scroll wheels or touch-sensing devices. According to an embodiment of the invention, the area of the displayed document, which corresponds to the location of the screen pointer immediately before scrolling or the point of the initial user contact with a touchscreen, is highlighted with visual cues during and shortly after scrolling to support the continuity of user's attention. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034127 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING USER INTERFACE THEREOF - A method for displaying a user interface (UI) in an electronic device having a touch screen is provided. The method receiving an input for executing the UI of a first user function. The method further includes, in response to the input, displaying the UI having an object associated with the first user function and first items associated with the first user function and arranged in a radial pattern around the object, and when an item is selected from the first items and is dragged to the object, executing the first user function in connection with the particular item. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034128 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - The display apparatus having a touch-panel includes: a display screen capable of displaying information in accordance with the touch-operation, a first display region, a second display region, and a display controller. The first display region is displayed on the display screen, and displays the information in accordance with touch-information acquired by an OS. The second display region is displayed on the display screen along with the first display region, and displays the information in accordance with the touch-information acquired by a predetermined application without via the OS. The display controller performs a display of the first display region and a display of the second display region, on the display screen in accordance with the touch-operation. The display controller moves the first display region in accordance with the touch-information acquired by the OS when the first display region on the display screen is moved by dragging over the second display region. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034129 | Number Keypad - Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture for arranging keys of a number keypad based on movement of another key. In various embodiments, a contact may be detected, and a key associated with the contact moved to a second location in accordance with movement of the contact. Based on the second location a second key may be arranged. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034130 | Method and Apparatus for Moving Icon, and Electronic Device - A method and an apparatus for moving an icon and an electronic device, and are related to the field of terminal technologies, where the method includes acquiring an icon position of a selected icon on a display interface, when the icon position is in a predetermined area, determining, according to the icon position, a navigation point matching the icon position, where the predetermined area includes n navigation points, each navigation point is corresponding to one page, and n≧2, and moving the icon to a page that is corresponding to the navigation point matching the icon position. According to the present disclosure, a problem, in the method for moving an icon involved in the background, that an operation is relatively complex and operating efficiency is relatively low when cross-page moving is performed on an icon is solved. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034131 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE SHIFT - Embodiments include an electronic device that has a display configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI) for a user to control aspects of the electronic device, and a touch panel superimposed on or integrated with the display. The electronic device also has circuitry that is configured to initiate a process to shift the GUI on the display upon determining that an area of a touch input exceeds a predetermined area or a continuous duration of the touch input exceeds a predetermined period of time or an applied pressure of the touch input exceeds a predetermined pressure during movement of the area of the touch input. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034132 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING DISPLAYED CONTENT ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Systems and methods are provided for managing navigation among applications installed on an electronic device. According to certain aspects, an electronic device detects ( | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034133 | CONTEXT-SPECIFIC USER INTERFACES - Context-specific user interfaces for use with a portable multifunction device are disclosed. The methods described herein for context-specific user interfaces provide indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. Further disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable storage media, systems, and devices configured to perform the methods described herein. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034134 | DISAMBIGUATION OF TOUCH-BASED GESTURES - At an application executing using a processor in a touch-sensitive device, a detection is made that the touch-based gesture does not correspond to a perimeter defining a action, wherein the touch-based gesture is made relative to the touch-sensitive device. A set of possible actions intended by the touch-based gesture is determined. Using a disambiguation rule, an action is selected from the set of possible actions, wherein the selected action matches an action computed using the disambiguation rule. The selected action is caused to occur at the touch-sensitive device. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034135 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF SELECTING LOCK FUNCTION - A mobile terminal and a method of selecting a lock function thereof are provided. The method of selecting a lock function of a mobile terminal having a touch screen includes: measuring, when at least one touch occurs on the touch screen, at least one of a pressure, a current, and a capacitance of an area of the touch screen in which the touch occurs; and selecting, if at least one of the measured pressure, current, and capacitance is greater than or equal to a preset value, a lock function. Thus, by touching the touch screen in such a manner that a high current or capacitance may be measured in a specific area of the mobile terminal, a user can easily perform a desired function, thereby improving user convenience. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034136 | MULTI-TOUCH OBJECT INERTIA SIMULATION - The inertia system provides a common platform and application-programming interface (API) for applications to extend the input received from various multi-touch hardware devices to simulate real-world behavior of application objects. To move naturally, application objects should exhibit physical characteristics such as elasticity and deceleration. When a user lifts all contacts from an object, the inertia system provides additional manipulation events to the application so that the application can handle the events as if the user was still moving the object with touch. The inertia system generates the events based on a simulation of the behavior of the objects. If the user moves an object into another object, the inertia system simulates the boundary characteristics of the objects. Thus, the inertia system provides more realistic movement for application objects manipulated using multi-touch hardware and the API provides a consistent feel to manipulations across applications. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034137 | REALITY CAPTURE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A method, system, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to perform multiple actions based on a reality captured image. An adjustable splitter splits a viewport into viewing panes with the ability to freely adjust the splitter angle. A sphere represents a view of a scene from a viewpoint and used to render an interactive preview of the view without moving to the viewpoint. A series of 2D images may be used to simulate the navigation of a 3D model in an expedited manner. A 3D mesh error scroll bar is used navigate unsorted errors resulting from mesh creation. An interactive gradient map can be used to select a points based on a range of values for non-geometric parameters. An irregularly shaped mesh selection boundary can be directly modified by stretching. An elevation slice of a 3D model can be defined and isolated for viewing/manipulation. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034138 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING A TWO HAND MODE TO OPERATE A TOUCHSCREEN - A method for setting a two hand mode to operate a touchscreen includes: receiving, via the touchscreen, at least one point of contact on the touchscreen generated by one or more fingers of a user, the touchscreen including a plurality of icons; detecting, by at least one processing device, a total number of the points of contact on the touchscreen and respective coordinates of the points of contact; determining, based on the total number of the points of contact and the respective coordinates of the points of contact, whether the user intends to use two hands to operate the touchscreen; and controlling the touchscreen to display the plurality of icons according to a result of the determining. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034139 | PREDICTIVE USER INTERFACE - Methods, computing systems, and computer-readable media for organizing options in an interface. The method includes receiving data representing a type of domain object, and predicting one or more generic predicted events based at least in part on the type of domain object. The one or more generic predicted events are predicted using a generic predictor. The method also includes receiving data representing an actual next event, and updating the generic predictor based on the actual next event. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034140 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for adjusting a graphical user interface on an electronic device includes receiving, from a detection element positioned at a backside of an electronic device, first data generated when a hand is positioned at the backside of the electronic device. Further, a one-handed or two-handed operation of the electronic device is determined based on the first data. A displaying of a graphical user interface on the electronic device is adjusted when the one-handed operation is determined. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034141 | DELAY OF DISPLAY EVENT BASED ON USER GAZE - Methods and systems of delaying the execution of a display event based on a detected user gaze are provided. Display events may be generated and executed to change a user interface of a display. For example, an autocorrect algorithm can automatically replace a typed word with a corrected word in a text field, generating a display event that causes the corrected word to be displayed instead of the typed word. Such a display event may be executed as soon as possible after its generation. However, a gaze detection device can obtain information that indicates a user is not looking at the typed word on the display. In such a situation, it may be more intuitive to delay the execution of the display event until the gaze information indicates that the user is looking at the typed word. | 2016-02-04 |
| 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. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034143 | NAVIGATING DIGITAL CONTENT BY TILT GESTURES - A digital magazine application executing on a client device enables a user of the client device to view and navigate digital content. The digital magazine application detects tilt gestures based on changes in orientation of the client device detected by an orientation sensor of the client device. When a tilt gesture is detected, the digital magazine application identifies a direction of the tilt gesture and selects content for presentation based on the tilt gesture and its direction. Hence, the digital magazine application simplifies navigation between content presented by the client device, allowing a user of the client device to navigate among content by changing the orientation of the client device. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034144 | DOCUMENTATION ELEMENT FOR INTERACTIVE GRAPHICAL DESIGNS - Various methods and systems for documenting interactive graphical design are provided. An exemplary graphical design environment stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprises a documentation element in an interactive graphical design. The design environment also comprises a design element that displays a plurality of states in a rendering of the interactive graphical design in an external player. The documentation element: (i) is enabled to receive a selection from the user of a state in the plurality of states; and (ii) displays a representation of the design element in the state in response to receiving the selection from the user. The documentation element and design element are both instantiated by a processor operating in combination with the non-transitory computer-readable medium. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034145 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING WINDOWS BY USING WORK GROUP - A device is provided. The device includes a display, a storage configured to store a work group including a plurality of jobs that are selected by a user, and a controller configured to control the display to display a window corresponding to at least one job included in the work group and display at least one object representing another job included in the work group on the displayed window. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034146 | Touchscreen-Based Vehicle Interface - An interface/electronics module for reading information from a vehicle data bus and controlling functions available through the vehicle data bus. A graphical user interface is provided. The interface may include a stand-alone tablet computer or may be part of an integrated and permanently-mounted display. The interface/electronics module may include the functionality of the factory audio system (such as a radio tuner, power amplifier, etc.). In addition, the interface/electronics module is able to transmit commands via the vehicle's CAN bus. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034147 | Electronic device and user interaction method thereof - An interaction method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying web content comprising at least one object on a first viewing pane, detecting a selection of the at least one object by a first user, and displaying the selected object or information linked with the selected object on a second viewing pane in three dimensional (3D) form. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034148 | CONTEXT-SPECIFIC USER INTERFACES - Context-specific user interfaces for use with a portable multifunction device are disclosed. The methods described herein for context-specific user interfaces provide indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. Further disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable storage media, systems, and devices configured to perform the methods described herein. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034149 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND RECORDABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a screen including a polygonal object onto which different functions are mapped according to apexes, a detecting unit configured to detect a touch manipulation, and a controller configured, in response to a manipulation by touching one of a plurality of apexes of the polygonal object to rotate the polygonal object, being detected through the detecting unit, to perform a function mapped onto the touched apex. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034150 | BI-DIRECTIONAL SEARCH AND SORTING - A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product provide the ability to search for and interact with three-dimensional (3D) objects in a 3D model/drawing. Searches may be conducted on a per object basis (based on properties of the object) and search queries may be amended based on shared/common attributes between objects found in an initial search. Differences in search results can be identified and the causality may be used to perform additional searches. Search results may be listed in a list view and a correspondence between objects in the list view and the modeling view may be visibly discernible. Further, selection of a single object from a search result may focus the view on such an object while removing any occluding objects. Multiple selected objects can be viewed in an array of rotationally synchronized viewports. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034151 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING CONTENT - A method and a device for providing content are provided. The device includes a display configured to display content, and an interface configured to receive a first input that selects a part of the displayed content, and a second input that requests to change a size of the displayed content. The device further includes a controller configured to control the display to display the selected part of the displayed content and an unselected part of the displayed content by changing a size of the selected part and a size of the unselected part to be different from each other, in response to the interface receiving the second input. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034152 | CONTEXT-SPECIFIC USER INTERFACES - Context-specific user interfaces for use with a portable multifunction device are disclosed. The methods described herein for context-specific user interfaces provide indications of time and, optionally, a variety of additional information. Further disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable storage media, systems, and devices configured to perform the methods described herein. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034153 | Icon Resizing - Icon resizing techniques are described herein in which enable resizing of icons for a user interface to select between multiple available sizes may occur intuitively by using input or gestures applied to the icon to visually move the icon boundaries to a desired size. In operation, initiation of a resize operation to modify boundaries of an icon within a user interface is detected. A comparison of the modified boundaries to available sizes supported by the user interface is made. Then, one of the available sizes is selected based on similarity to the modified boundaries and the icon is resized to the selected size. In one approach, resizing is accomplished by a drag and snap operation in which boundaries of an icon are dragged and then released at a desired size, at which point the icon snaps to the closest one of the pre-defined sizes. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034154 | Application Launcher Sizing - Application launcher sizing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a likely usage context is determined, by a computing device, of a user in interacting with the computing device. An application launcher is dynamically sized within a display area of the user interface by the computing device based on the determined likely usage context of the user. The application launcher is configured for output responsive to an input received from a user and includes a plurality of representations of applications that are selectable to navigate to a user interface corresponding with a respective said application. | 2016-02-04 |
