14th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160098083 | USE OF LIGHT TRANSMISSION THROUGH TISSUE TO DETECT FORCE - Various embodiments relate to apparatuses and methods of using light transmission thought compressed living tissue to detect force. Transmission of light through living tissue such as a finger is affected by how much the tissue is compressed, for example by the finger being pressing on a surface. Light is introduced into the tissue, passes through the tissue, and a sensor receives the light exiting the tissue. The compression of the tissue can be determined using various characteristics of the received light, such as the light intensity, as determined based at least partly on sensor readings. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098084 | METHOD, DEVICE, SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE - According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a user interface. The method comprises acquiring information on a position where at least one of a first device and a second device contacts a body of a user, and upon the occurrence of a triggering event that causes haptic feedback in at least one of the first device and the second device, controlling properties of haptic feedback provided in at least one of the first device and the second device, with reference to the acquired information on the body contact position, information on a display state associated with the triggering event, and information on contents or functions associated with the triggering event. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098085 | Systems and Methods For Haptic Remote Control Gaming - Systems and methods for haptic remote control gaming are disclosed. In one embodiment a portable multifunction device receives information from a remotely controllable device. The portable multifunction device can be operable as a remote control for the remotely controllable device. The portable multifunction device may be a smartphone, a tablet computer, or another suitable electronic device. The portable multifunction device can determine a haptic effect based at least in part on the information received from the remotely controllable device. The portable multifunction device may generate a signal configured to cause an actuator to output the determined haptic effect. The portable multifunction device can output the signal. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098086 | WEARABLE SMART TYPE INPUT AND CONTROL DEVICE - A wearable smart type input and control device comprises a linking transmission module, an orientation recognizing module, an action sensing module, and a message input module. The linking transmission module links a controlled apparatus and transmit information; the orientation recognizing module identifies position, moving speed and direction of the device to obtain a first kind of information; the action sensing module identifies control way such as paging, moving and selecting to obtain a second kind of information; the message input module inputs and edits words and messages to obtain a third kind of information. The first kind of information, the second kind of information, and the third kind of information are operated to control the apparatus and to input the words and messages. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098087 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GESTURE RECOGNITION - According to various aspects, a gesture recognition system is provided. The gesture recognition system includes a memory storing finger identification information identifying a plurality of fingers of a user and command information associating a command with a finger and action pair, at least one processor coupled to the memory, and a gesture recognition component executable by the at least one processor. The gesture recognition component is configured to receive gesture information from a touch screen including a fingerprint and action information, identify a finger of the plurality of fingers of the user based on the fingerprint and the finger identification information, identify an action performed based on the action information, match the action and the finger with the finger and action pair stored in the memory, and perform the command associated with the finger and action pair. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098088 | HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A human machine interface (HMI) minimizing the number of gestures for operation control in which user-intended operation commands are accurately recognized by dividing a vehicle interior into a plurality of regions. The HMI receives an input of a gesture according to each region, and controls any one device according to the gesture. Convenience of a user is improved because the gesture may be performed in a state in which region restriction is minimized by identifying an operation state and an operation pattern of an electronic device designated according to each region to recognize the user's intention when the user performs the gesture in a boundary portion between two regions or even in multiple regions. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098089 | Non-Line-of-Sight Radar-Based Gesture Recognition - This document describes techniques and devices for non-line-of-sight radar-based gesture recognition. Through use of the techniques and devices described herein, users may control their devices through in-the-air gestures, even when those gestures are not within line-of-sight of their device's sensors. Thus, the techniques enable users to control their devices in many situations in which control is desired but conventional techniques do permit effective control, such as to turn the temperature down in a room when the user is obscured from a thermostat's gesture sensor, turn up the volume on a media player when the user is in a different room than the media player, or pause a television program when the user's gesture is obscured by a chair, couch, or other obstruction. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098090 | KINETIC USER INTERFACE - A computerized kinetic control system comprising: a kinetic sensor; a display device; and a hardware processor configured to: (a) display, using said display device, a GUI (Graphic User Interface) menu comprising at least two options being disposed away from a center of said display device and at different polar angles relative to the center of said display device, (b) detect, using said kinetic sensor, motion of a limb of a user, and (c) select a first option of the at least two options, wherein the selecting is based on a correspondence between a direction of the motion detected and a polar angle of the first option relative to the center of the display device. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098091 | METHOD, DEVICE, SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE - According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a user interface, comprising the steps of: (a) acquiring information on postures or motions of a first device and a second device, and sensing an input event specified on the basis of a relative relationship between the posture or motion of the first device and that of the second device; and (b) in response to the occurrence of the input event, causing at least some of contents and functions provided on the first device to be provided on the second device, or causing at least some of contents and functions provided on the second device to be provided on the first device. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098092 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display information, a detector configured to detect a signal according to a motion of a control subject, and a controller configured to, in response to a signal according to a predetermined motion of the control subject being detected, control to change an amount of the displayed information and provide the information. Accordingly, user convenience may be enhanced since a user is able to change the amount of information through a simple manipulation | 2016-04-07 |
20160098093 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a communication interface unit configured to receive eye gaze information of a user and user gesture information from an external apparatus; a display unit configured to display a preset screen; and a controlling unit configured to control the display unit so that a preset object is displayed on the preset screen if it is determined that an eye gaze of the user is directed toward the preset screen using the received eye gaze information and a user gesture corresponding to the received gesture information is sensed. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098094 | USER INTERFACE ENABLED BY 3D REVERSALS - A method and system are provided where a user can imitate a tap gesture with a fingertip in space without a physical surface to tap on and, if the trajectory of the fingertip is tracked in the course of movement, the tap gesture is performed by a 3D reversal. In a 3D reversal, the trajectory becomes substantially reversed. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098095 | Deriving Input from Six Degrees of Freedom Interfaces - The present invention relates to interfaces and methods for producing input for software applications based on the absolute pose of an item manipulated or worn by a user in a three-dimensional environment. Absolute pose in the sense of the present invention means both the position and the orientation of the item as described in a stable frame defined in that three-dimensional environment. The invention describes how to recover the absolute pose with optical hardware and methods, and how to map at least one of the recovered absolute pose parameters to the three translational and three rotational degrees of freedom available to the item to generate useful input. The applications that can most benefit from the interfaces and methods of the invention involve 3D virtual spaces including augmented reality and mixed reality environments. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098096 | CONTROL USER INTERFACE FOR A POWERSPORTS VEHICLE - Methods and systems are provided for adjusting operation of multiple accessories of a vehicle using a single control user interface in communication with a single modular accessory controller of the vehicle. In one example, a system may include a modular accessory controller for a vehicle electrically coupled to a battery and two or more accessories of the vehicle and a control interface in communication with the modular accessory controller and including a plurality of buttons for providing user input for operating each of the two or more accessories of the vehicle. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098097 | PORTABLE KEYBOARD AND SPEAKER ASSEMBLY - A portable keyboard includes: a polygonal pillar-shaped main body having a battery embedded therein; a key assembly connected to the main body, the key assembly having a plurality of key arrangements; and a connecting member formed to extend down to the bottom of the key assembly while connecting the key assembly and the main body to each other, wherein at least one key arrangement in the key assembly allows information to be entered by a touch, a first element is provided to the main body, a second element is provided to the key assembly, and the first element and the second element are attached to each other by magnetic force such that the key assembly is wound. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098098 | Gestures for Auto-Correct - In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to a user entering a string of one or more characters on a computing device, determining a plurality of auto-suggestions for the string; displaying all or a portion of one of the auto-suggestions on the display with the string; and in response to a particular swipe gesture on the display, causing the displayed auto-suggestion to be accepted | 2016-04-07 |
20160098099 | MOBILE TERMINAL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal, an electronic device and a method of controlling the same are provided. The electronic device can be controlled easily and intuitively by using the mobile terminal including a touch device. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098100 | OPTICAL MINI-MOUSE - There is provided an optical mini-mouse including a mouse case and a navigation module. The mouse case includes a valley and a flat region arranged along a length direction and the valley extends along a width direction. When the mouse case is rotated about the valley, the navigation module is configured to detect a rotation. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098101 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a camera configured to obtain an image; a display unit configured to output map information; a sensing unit configured to sense a movement of the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to output a preview image received through the camera to at least part of a region where the map information is output, when the movement of the mobile terminal corresponds to a preset type of movement while the map information is output, and display one or more graphic objects related to the map information as being overlapped on the preview image. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098102 | INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD AND PROGRAM - An input device includes a detection unit, a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, and a compensation unit. The detection unit is configured to detect an operation by a user for controlling an electronic device and output an operation signal corresponding to the operation. The first acquisition unit is configured to acquire the detected operation signal and a differential value of the operation signal. The second acquisition unit is configured to acquire a function defined by the differential value to compensate for a delay in response of the operation signal with respect to the operation by the user. The compensation unit is configured to compensate the operation signal with the acquired function. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098103 | OPTICAL DIGITAL RULER - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed to an optical digital ruler. The optical digital ruler includes at least two optical sensors allowing physical movement and rotation of the optical digital ruler to facilitate positioning a template on a canvas or background. As such, a particular drawing stroke on the canvas or background can be drawn in alignment with a template irrespective of whether a path input by a user via a stylus aligns with the template. In some implementations, a drawing stroke is aligned with a template edge when the optical digital ruler has been activated despite the location of the path. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098104 | USE OF A DEVICE AS AN INPUT DEVICE FOR TOUCH-SENSITIVE, CAPACITIVE SURFACES - An input device for touch-sensitive, capacitive surfaces, wherein the device includes a holder and at least one application element. The device is formed as a holder filled with a liquid application medium. The holder of the application device is electrically non-conductive, at least in the handle region, and the application medium is electrically conductive. An electrically conductive connection is formed between the at least one application element and the liquid application medium. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098105 | Method and System for Determining Stylus Tilt in Relation to a Touch-Sensing Device - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at each of at least four receivers of a stylus, a signal from an electrode line oriented along a first axis of a touch-sensing device and determining, by a processor of the stylus, a signal strength of the signal at each of the at least four receivers of the stylus. The received signal has a different signal strength at each of the at least four receivers. The method includes determining, by the processor of the stylus, a tilt direction of the stylus based on the determined signal strength at a plurality of the at least four receivers, and providing, by a transmitter of the stylus, a response signal to the touch-sensing device. The tilt direction includes a direction of the stylus along a second axis of the touch-sensing device and the second axis is oriented in a different direction than the first axis. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098106 | Stylus Keyboard - A combination of a stylus and a keyboard. A collapsible keyboard portion is coupled to a stylus tip. When in a collapsed state, the apparatus may be used as a stylus, or stored in a receptacle or a user's pocket. When a keyboard is needed, the stylus keyboard may be unrolled or unfolded, and used to control an electronic device via a wireless connection between a transceiver on the stylus keyboard and the electronic device. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098107 | CONFIGURABLE FORCE-SENSITIVE INPUT STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A configurable, force-sensitive input structure for an electronic device is disclosed. The input structure has a metal contact layer, a sense layer positioned below the metal contact layer, and a drive layer capacitively coupled to the sense layer. The input structure may also have a compliant layer positioned between and coupled to the sense layer and the drive layer, a rigid base layer positioned below the drive layer, and a set of supports positioned between the metal contact layer and the rigid base layer. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098108 | TRANSPARENCY AUGMENTED INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION DISPLAY - An industrial automation display is provided. The industrial automation display in one example includes a substantially transparent display panel associated with and in view of an industrial automation process portion, a light-control layer formed as part of the substantially transparent display panel, and a display controller coupled to the light-control layer, with the display controller configured to receive industrial automation data related to the industrial automation process portion, generate industrial automation display data using at least a portion of the industrial automation data, and display the industrial automation display data on the light-control layer of the substantially transparent display panel, wherein the industrial automation display data is viewable in conjunction with the industrial automation process portion. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098109 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH SENSOR - The inventive concept relates to a display device including a touch sensor. More particularly, the inventive concept relates to a display device including a hybrid touch sensor for sensing a touch position and a touch pressure. The display device includes: a display panel for displaying an image; and a touch sensor unit provided on the display panel, wherein the touch sensor unit includes a sensing electrode layer including a first touch sensor and a pressure sensing electrode, a conductor, and an elastic layer provided between the sensing electrode layer and the conductor, the first touch sensor includes a plurality of touch electrodes for sensing a touch position, the plurality of touch electrodes including a transparent conductive material, and the pressure sensing electrode, the conductor, and the elastic layer form a second touch sensor for sensing a touch pressure by a foreign object. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098110 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH SENSOR - Embodiments relate to a display device including a touch sensor, and more particularly, to a display device including a hybrid touch sensor that can sense a touch and touch pressure by a touch pen. The display device includes: a display panel configured to display an image; and a lower touch sensor unit positioned below the display panel. The lower touch sensor unit includes a sensing electrode layer including a plurality of first sensing electrodes, a conductor, and an elastic layer positioned between the sensing electrode layer and the conductor. The first sensing electrodes form a first touch sensor that is capable of sensing a touch by a stylus pen, and the first sensing electrodes, the conductor, and the elastic layer form a second touch sensor that is capable of sensing touch pressure by an external object. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098111 | SENSOR SHEET, SENSOR SHEET MODULE, TOUCH SENSOR PANEL MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - The efficiency of a product cycle is considerably enhanced by avoiding loss from designing to production including member loss matching various sizes of touch sensor panels. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098112 | INPUT SYSTEM - An input system includes an electronic device and a touchpad device. When the application program installed in the electronic device is activated, a target object is displayed on a display screen of the electronic device. A projection device of the touchpad device generates an object projection image of the target object. When the user moves the object projection image with the hand, the touchpad device detects a moving trajectory of the hand and generates the moved object projection image. Consequently, the target object shown on the electronic device is synchronously moved with the object projection image. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098113 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel and a display device are disclosed. The touch panel comprises: a plurality of self-capacitance electrodes ( | 2016-04-07 |
20160098114 | INTEGRATED SELF-CAPACITIVE TOUCH DISPLAY - Adisplay with integrated self-capacitance sensors comprises a sensor electrode and a guard layer in the display stack. Touch displays combine internally elements required for the display function and the touch sensing function. In an embodiment, the common voltage layer, VCOM layer, is used as the guard layer and another layer on top of the common voltage layer, for example a color filter layer, is used as the electrode array layer. The functionality of the common voltage layer is alternated between the touch sensing function and the display function. Either function may be used while the other function is disabled. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098115 | DISPLAY WITH INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for integrating a photovoltaic cell with a display device. One innovative aspect of the subject matter described in this disclosure can be implemented in a display device that includes a first transparent panel and an array of display elements arranged adjacent the first panel. Each display element includes a shutter-based assembly including at least one shutter and at least one actuator capable of translating the shutter to modulate light. The display device also includes a photovoltaic aperture layer arranged adjacent the first panel. The photovoltaic aperture layer includes an array of apertures, each aperture allowing light from a corresponding display element to pass through the photovoltaic aperture layer for display. The display device further includes an array of conductive leads capable of receiving electrical power generated from the photovoltaic aperture layer. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098116 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device according to the present inventive concept includes: a display panel comprising a pixel electrode receiving a data voltage and a common electrode receiving a common voltage; and a touch sensor comprising a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes, wherein the touch sensor applies a touch detection signal to the plurality of driving electrode and detects a touch location by receiving a sense signal from the plurality of sensing electrode in an active mode, and determines whether a touch is made by receiving sense signals of the plurality of sensing electrodes, that are fluctuated by a ripple of a common voltage applied to the common electrode according to driving of the display panel in an idle mode. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098117 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING OFFSET CAPACITANCE CALIBRATION - A touch display device configured to drive a signal line in a first plurality of steps during a line-sensing period and adjust an offset capacitance in a second plurality of steps corresponding to the first plurality of steps. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098118 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH DEVICE AND EXCITATION SIGNAL GENERATING CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention is related to a capacitive touch device and excitation signal generating circuit and method thereof. The excitation signal generating circuit is connected to multiple sensing traces of the capacitive touch device, and has a storage unit storing at least one set of digital data. Each set of digital data is corresponding to a frequency. The PDM signal generator reads the set of digital data and converts the read set of digital data to a PDM signal according to the frequency of the read set of digital data. The PDM signal is recovered to an analog excitation signal since the PDM signal passes through a current transmission path, which is equivalent to a low pass filter. Therefore, the present invention can decrease a distortion of the sensing signal to increase accuracy of the sensing signal and to save power. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098119 | AUDIO CODEC, PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND BUTTON CONTROL METHOD - A button control method for a built-in audio codec of a portable electronic apparatus, and the button control method includes the following steps. A plurality of button signals generated by a button unit is first detected during a button detection period. Next, the button signals are sequentially recorded during the button detection period. The processing unit matches and identifies the button signals provided thereto to generate a control command accordingly to correspondingly control the portable electronic apparatus. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098120 | INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE - An input device or an input/output device that is suitable for increasing in size is provided. An input device or an input/output device that can be driven at high frequencies is provided. An input device includes a plurality of row wirings and a plurality of column wirings. To each of the plurality of row wirings, periodic rectangular waves are applied. When attention is paid to one row wiring Xi (i is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m−1), a signal that has a phase opposite to that of a signal applied to the row wiring Xi and that is delayed for a given period is applied to a row wiring Xi+1, which is the row wiring next to the row wiring Xi. The width of each of the rectangular waves applied to the row wirings corresponds to a frame period. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098121 | KEYBOARD FILLING ONE SCREEN OR SPANNING MULTIPLE SCREENS OF A MULTIPLE SCREEN DEVICE - Methods and devices for presenting a virtual keyboard are provided. More particularly, in connection with a multiple screen device, a virtual keyboard can be presented in a first mode using all of one of the screens. In a second mode, the virtual keyboard can be presented using portions of both of the screens. More particularly, with the screens of the device in a landscape orientation, one screen can be devoted to present the virtual keyboard while the other screen remains available to present other information. In a portrait orientation, the virtual keyboard can span the two screens, such that a first portion of the first screen and a first portion of the second screen operate cooperatively to present the virtual keyboard. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098122 | DIGITIZER SENSOR - A sensor includes a sensing area confined by a plurality of edges and a plurality of antennas spread across the sensing area. The plurality of antennas cross each other to form a grid of junctions. The grid of junctions includes H*V junctions and wherein the plurality of antennas includes less than H+V antennas, wherein H is an integer number and V is an integer number. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098123 | Capacitive Measurement Circuit for a Touch Sensor Drive - In one embodiment, a method for determining the location of a touch on a touch sensor includes receiving input signals in response to a touch proximate to a location on the touch sensor. Each input signal may have a total capacitance that includes a first capacitance associated with the touch and a second capacitance that is parasitic capacitance. The parasitic capacitance of one or more of the input signals may be adjusted to result in the second capacitance of each of the input signals being substantially equal. An average capacitance of the adjusted input signals may be calculated. The location of the touch on the touch sensor may then be determined based on a comparison of the total capacitance of each of the input signals and the average capacitance of the input signals. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098124 | TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a touch panel system ( | 2016-04-07 |
20160098125 | Determining User Handedness and Orientation Using a Touchscreen Device - The present disclosure provides techniques for determining the position and/or orientation of a pointing device relative to the screen on a touchscreen device. A method may include receiving first orientation data from a first device that may include a capacitive touch surface. A touch point may be received indicating a location of a touch by a user on the capacitive touch surface. Second orientation data may be received from a second device. The first and second orientation data may be correlated to determine a relative orientation of the first device to the second device. A position of a pointing device may be determined based on the touch point and the relative orientation of the first and second devices. Additionally, multiple distances relative to a capacitive touch surface may be received, and based on the multiple distances, a position of a user's finger, hand, and/or arm may be determined. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098126 | Display Device with Integrated Touch Screen and Method for Driving the Same - Discussed are a display device with an integrated touch screen and a method of operating the same. The display device according to an embodiment includes a display panel including a plurality of pixel electrodes; a touch screen including m number of electrodes which are formed to overlap with the plurality of pixel electrodes, wherein m is a multiple of n, and n is an integer equal to or greater than two, and wherein the m electrodes are divided into n number of electrode groups; a touch driver configured to generate a touch scan signal and to supply the generated touch scan signal to a display driver; and the display driver configured to apply a common voltage or the touch scan signal to one or more of the m electrodes depending on a driving mode of the display device. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098127 | Peak Detection Schemes for Touch Position Detection - Apparatuses and methods of peak detection are described. One method measures touch data on a sense array, the touch data represented as multiple cells. The method performs multiple different peak-detection schemes on each of the cells to generate a list of one or more possible peaks in the touch data. The method selects one or more actual peaks from the list. The actual peaks are used to determine locations of touches proximate to the sense array. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098128 | INPUT DEVICES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Input devices for sensing and transmitting digital information imparted by human touch are generally described. The input devices may be one-dimensional or two-dimensional input devices for entering data from a flat surface. Associated systems and methods are also described. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098129 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel and a display touch panel comprising the same are disclosed. The touch panel includes a sensing electrode containing a plurality of hexagonal units disposed beside each other; wherein one of the hexagonal units comprises a plurality of interconnect lines and these interconnect lines form a plurality of polygons in one of the hexagonal units, wherein each of the polygons includes three or more interior angles and one of the interior angles of one polygon is different from one of the interior angles of another polygon. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098130 | TOUCH SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A touch substrate includes a base substrate, a common electrode and a wire electrode. The base substrate has a plurality of common electrode areas. A common electrode is disposed in each of the common electrode areas. The common electrode has a plurality of first electrode lines extended in a first direction and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction and a plurality of second electrode lines arranged in the first direction. The wire electrode is connected to an end of the common electrode to apply a voltage to the common electrode. The common electrode and the wire electrode are simultaneously formed through a same process using a printing substrate. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098131 | Force Sensor Incorporated into Display - A force-sensitive device for electronic device. The force inputs may be detected by measuring changes in capacitance, as measured by surface flex of a device having a flexible touchable surface, causing flex at a compressible gap within the device. A capacitive sensor responsive to changes in distance across the compressible gap. The sensor can be positioned above or below, or within, a display element, and above or below, or within, a backlight unit. The device can respond to bending, twisting, or other deformation, to adjust those zero force measurements. The device can use measure of surface flux that appear at positions on the surface not directly the subject of applied force, such as when the user presses on a part of the frame or a surface without capacitive sensors. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098132 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - An electronic device including a flexible display and a method capable of determining a bending direction of the flexible display by using at least one bending confirmation touch recognition pattern are provided. The electronic device includes a flexible display unit including a display panel and a support structure configured to support the display panel; a sensor unit configured to sensing bending of the flexible display unit; and a control unit configured to determine a bending extent and a bending direction of the flexible display unit based on a sensing result of the sensor unit, wherein a plurality of touch recognition patterns are arranged on the display panel and the support structure, and the arranged touch recognition patterns include a bending confirmation pattern. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098133 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A method includes detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display, determining a time of a display update of the touch-sensitive display, and adjusting a scanning rate of scanning electrodes of the touch-sensitive display based on the time of the display update. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098134 | Display Device Having Touch Panel - A touch display device comprises a controller to generate a touch sync signal for controlling timing of a touch sensing period and a display period. A touch panel has a plurality of touch electrodes in a display area of the touch display device. The touch panel generates touch sensing signals indicating whether or not a touch occurs during the touch sensing period. A gate driver supplies gate pulses to gate lines of the touch panel during the display period and supplies a gate line auxiliary drive signal from the first transfer line onto the gate lines during the touch sensing period that mimics the touch drive signal. One or more auxiliary lines supply a supplemental auxiliary drive signal during the touch sensing period that mimics the touch drive signal. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098135 | TOUCH DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A touch display includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of first conducting layers, and a plurality of third conducting layers. The plurality of scan lines are coupled to the plurality of pixels. The plurality of data lines are coupled to the plurality of pixels and the plurality of first conducting layers to provide a touch driving signal. Each first conducting layer of the plurality of first conducting layers is configured to receive the touch driving signal. The plurality of third conducting layers is configured to output a touch sensing signal according to the touch driving signals outputted by the plurality of first conducting layers. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098136 | KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM - A keyless entry system having a single entry point display coupled to a processor that generates one or more characters to be displayed. The processor accepts an entry at the single entry point and initiates a task associated with the entry. An indicator at the display provides feedback to a user that the entry has been selected and accepted by the processor. An input mechanism at the display may also encompass a control point to control the character displayed at the single entry point display. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098137 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a touchscreen; a motion sensor configured to detect a motion of the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to receive a touch input through the touchscreen in combination with a rotation of the mobile terminal detected through the motion sensor, and execute a specific function on the mobile terminal corresponding to the combination of the touch input and the rotation of the mobile terminal. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098138 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a wearable device including a first wireless communication device, a sound output unit, and at least one camera; a second wireless communication device configured to perform wireless communication with the wearable device via the first wireless communication device; a touch screen configured to display information; and a control unit configured to display an icon on the touch screen for controlling the wearable device, and display a control screen including both a first control area including at least one sound control object for controlling sound output by the mobile terminal and a second control area including at least one camera control object for controlling the at least one camera of the wearable device, in response to a selection of the displayed icon. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098139 | TOUCH SYSTEM, TOUCH APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A touch system, a stylus, a touch apparatus, and a control method of the touch apparatus are provided. The control method includes following steps. At least one characteristic data of at least one input tool is obtained. An identifier of the input tool is generated according to the characteristic data. If a touch operation on the touch panel is performed with the input tool, a specific function of the touch apparatus is determined according to the identifier of the input tool. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098140 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION AND TOUCH DETECTION - A display device with fingerprint identification and touch detection includes a first substrate, a second substrate parallel to the first substrate, a display material layer configured between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a thin film transistor and sensing electrode layer. The thin film transistor and sensing electrode layer is disposed at one surface of the first substrate facing the display material layer. The thin film transistor and sensing electrode layer has a plurality of sensing electrodes for performing fingerprint identification sensing and touch sensing at the same time. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098141 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SENSOR AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device that comprises a plurality of touch electrodes and a touchscreen driving circuit coupled to the plurality of touch electrodes. In a normal display mode of the display device, the touchscreen driving circuit senses touch via the plurality of touch electrodes using self capacitance touch sensing. In a sleep mode of the display device, the touchscreen driving circuit senses touch via the plurality of touch electrodes using mutual capacitance touch sensing. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098142 | PALM GESTURE DETECTION - A device includes an electronic display configured to display an object, a digitizer sensor and a circuit. The digitizer sensor is integrated with the display and senses touch input from a palm. The circuit detects coordinates of the touch input, detects a contour of the touch input and selects the object based on the object being at least partially surrounded by the contour. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098143 | TOUCH PANEL SUBSTRATE - The present invention provides a touch panel substrate capable of preventing a detection circuit from being broken down due to application of electrostatic voltage. The touch panel substrate includes a flexible substrate ( | 2016-04-07 |
20160098144 | Display Having Vertical Gate Line Extensions and Touch Sensor - A display may have an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Each pixel may have a transistor for controlling the amount of output light associated with that pixel. The transistors may be thin-film transistors having active areas, first and second source-drain terminals, and gates. Gate lines may be used to distribute gate control signals to the gates of the transistors in each row. Data lines that run perpendicular to the gate lines may be used to distribute image data along columns of pixels. The gate lines may be connected to gate line extensions that run parallel to the data lines. The data lines may each overlap a respective one of the gate line extensions. Vias may be used to connect the gate line extensions to the gate lines. The gate line extensions may all have the same length. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098145 | DUAL STIFFNESS SUSPENSION SYSTEM - Devices disclosed herein include a housing component, a touch screen, a haptic actuator for moving the touch screen relative to the housing component, and at least one dual stiffness suspension system that couples the touch screen and housing component together such that the touch screen is movable relative to the housing component. The dual stiffness suspension system has a first element of a first stiffness and a second element of a second stiffness which is stiffer than the first stiffness. The dual stiffness suspension system is configured to limit movement between the touch screen and the housing component in a first direction due to the first element of the dual stiffness suspension system while also being configured to allow movement of the touch screen relative to the housing component in a second opposing direction due to the second element of the dual stiffness suspension system. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098146 | OPERATING A TOUCH SCREEN CONTROL SYSTEM ACCORDING TO A PLURALITY OF RULE SETS - A touch screen control system communicates with a host processing system (HPS). The touch screen control system includes a memory and control circuitry. The control circuitry operates a touch screen according to rules stored in the memory by: during a first time period and in response to detecting a first type of user input with a touch sensor of the touch screen, updating a display screen of the touch screen autonomously without requiring intervention from the HPS following the detection of the first type of user input; during the first time period and in response to detecting a second type of user input with the touch sensor, updating the display screen according to directions provided by the HPS; and during a second time period and in response to detecting the first type of user input with the touch sensor, updating the display screen according to directions provided by the HPS. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098147 | Hover Position Calculation in a Touchscreen Device - A method calculates the position of a conductive object hovering above a plurality of mutual capacitance sensors, where each mutual capacitance sensor is represented as a unit cell in an array of unit cells. The method measures the capacitance of each sensor. The method identifies a peak unit cell based on the measured capacitances and calculates an edge cutoff value. A plurality of unit cells with measured capacitances within a range defined by the edge cutoff value are selected and the position of the hovering object is calculated. In some embodiments, the array comprises a first plurality of capacitance sensing electrodes disposed along a first axis and a second plurality of capacitance sensing electrodes disposed along a second axis. In some embodiments, the array and a controller form a user interface device, and the controller is configured to calculate the position of the conductive object using the method described above. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098148 | PARALLEL TOUCH POINT DETECTION USING PROCESSOR GRAPHICS - Technologies for touch point detection include a computing device configured to receive input frames from a touch screen, identify touch point centroids and cluster boundaries, and track touch points. The computing device may group cells of the input frame into blocks. Using a processor graphics, the computing device may dispatch one thread per block to identify local maxima of the input frame and merge centroids within a touch distance threshold. The computing device may dispatch one thread per centroid to detect cluster boundaries. The computing device may dispatch one thread per previously identified touch point to assign an identifier of a previously tracked touch point to a touch point within a tracking distance threshold, remove duplicate identifiers, and assign unassigned identifiers to closest touch points. The computing device may dispatch one thread per block to assign unique identifiers to each unassigned touch point. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098149 | Intuitive Touch Screen Calibration Device And Method - In the present invention a touch screen display optionally connected to a piece of monitoring equipment is configured with a calibration procedure that can be initiated directly through the screen of the touch screen display by the operator performing a predetermined pattern of points of contact with the screen. The calibration procedure uses the pattern of points of contact with the screen to calibrate the touch screen display, as well as to initiate the procedure. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098150 | TOUCH ANALOG FRONT END AND TOUCH SENSOR CONTROLLER HAVING THE SAME - A touch analog front-end (AFE) and a touch sensor controller (TSC) are provided. The touch AFE includes a transmitter configured to charge a touch panel and a receiver configured to sense the touch panel. The receiver includes a charge-to-voltage (C2V) converter configured to convert an amount of change of capacitance received from the touch panel into a voltage signal, a filter configured to filter a noise from the voltage signal, resulting in a filtered voltage signal, an integrator configured to accumulate the filtered voltage signal, and a polarity detection circuit configured to monitor the filtered voltage signal and to control the integrator to invert a polarity of the filtered voltage signal when it is negative. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098151 | Touch Sensing System - A touch sensing system includes a charge distributor, a pre-amplifier, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and a temperature compensating device. The temperature compensating device varies one or more of a first reference voltage supplied to the charge distributor, a second reference voltage supplied to the pre-amplifier, and the capacitance of the charge distributor, in response to temperature data from a temperature sensor. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098152 | Instrument Detection with an Optical Touch Sensitive Device - An optical touch-sensitive device detects touch events caused by instruments (e.g., pens, styluses) and distinguishes these events from touch events caused by fingers. In some embodiments, different instruments can also be distinguished. The optical touch-sensitive device includes multiple emitters and detectors. Each emitter produces optical beams which are received by the detectors. The optical beams preferably are multiplexed in a manner so that many optical beams can be received by a detector simultaneously. Touch events disturb the optical beams, for example due to frustrated total internal reflection. Information indicating which optical beams have been disturbed is analyzed to detect one or more touch events. The analysis also distinguishes instrument touch events from finger touch events. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098153 | CARD INTERFACE FOR MANAGING DOMAIN NAME PROJECTS - Methods are provided to sort a plurality of domain names associated with a user account to provide a sorted plurality of domain names in one or more projects. The projects are subsequently stored as part of the user account. In certain embodiments, a computing device performs all or most of the sorting of the plurality of domain names. A user interface displays the domain names of the user account on cards that can be moved around the screen, flipped over to display more information, and engaged with other cards to change the properties of one or more of the domain names. Project arrangements can thus be visualized using stacks of manipulable cards. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098154 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes: an inputter configured to receive a touch input of a user; a display configured to display a screen of a plurality of screens, wherein each screen corresponds to a depth according to a hierarchical structure; and a controller configured to, in response to a pinch gesture being received through the inputter, control the display to convert a currently displayed screen into a screen corresponding to a higher depth or a lower depth according to the pinch gesture. Accordingly, the display apparatus converts into a specific screen from among a plurality of screens having a hierarchical structure more intuitively, so that conversion to a specific screen can be achieved more easily and more rapidly. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098155 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING OILFIELD OBJECTS - A method. The method may include obtaining, from a graphical user interface (GUI), a selection of a first oilfield object. The first oilfield object may define a portion of a first wellbore design. The method may further include determining a target context of a second wellbore design. The method may further include obtaining, from the first oilfield object, source oilfield data describing the portion of the first wellbore design. The method may further include adjusting the source oilfield data, according to the target context of the second wellbore design, to obtain target oilfield data for the second wellbore design. The method may further include generating, using the target oilfield data, a second oilfield object within the target context. The method may further include presenting, within the GUI, the second oilfield object. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098156 | DYNAMIC ARRAY PRESENTATION AND MULTIPLE SELECTION OF DIGITALLY STORED OBJECTS AND CORRESPONDING LINK TOKENS FOR SIMULTANEOUS PRESENTATION - A system and method for the multiple selection of digitally stored objects and the link-tokens of each selected object for simultaneous presentation and examination of the selected objects with their associated linked objects and information, including organized array presentation for graphical thumbnails that represent the selected objects, as well as sub-framing, which allows intelligent partitioning of information associated with an object. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098157 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a mobile terminal of which a process of selecting a search engine for web search and a process of inputting a keyword are simplified. The mobile terminal according to this application may include a microphone, a wireless communication unit, a display unit and a controller configured to select a search engine usable for the web search set a keyword based on a voice inputted via the microphone perform a web search using the text. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098158 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE CRAWLER - A method is disclosed of providing at least one shortcut for accessing a function of a first communication device. The method comprises providing at least one predefined keyword, analyzing a data structure of the first communication device based on the predefined keyword, identifying a data path to a function of the first communication device based on the analysis of the data structure of the first communication device, and automatically proposing a shortcut to be presented to a user of the first communication device. The shortcut points to the function of the first communication device, with function being related to the predefined keyword. The method and corresponding hardware components can be provided as part of a communication device and network components enabling the creation of shortcut on user interfaces of communication device without any knowledge of the data structure of the respective communication device. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098159 | ACTIVITY MANAGEMENT TOOL - A method for providing an activity management tool includes receiving a user request for an activity overview, and identifying installed applications and open windows of the installed applications. The method further includes presenting an activity overview graphical user interface (GUI) having a first area and a second area. The first area includes visual indicators of the installed applications. The second area includes the open windows of the installed applications, where the open windows are resized and positioned in such a way as to be simultaneously viewable by the user. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098160 | SENSOR-BASED INPUT SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A graphical user interface is displayed on a device display of a mobile device, by at least one data processor executing a display engine. The graphical user interface includes a first set of user-input elements capable of receiving user input defining a command to be performed by the mobile device. The display engine, executed by a data processor, receives sensor data from a sensor operatively connected to the mobile device. The sensor data corresponds to a user motion that is detected by the at least one sensor. The display engine, executed by a data processor, determines, based on the received sensor data, a second set of user-input elements to display on the graphical user interface. The second set of user-input elements is displayed on the graphical user interface by the display engine. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098161 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPLENISHMENT OF VIRTUAL OBJECTS BASED ON DEVICE ORIENTATION - A system, a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method are described herein for a System Tuner for updating user interfaces. The System Tuner receives a selection of at least one target tile for removal from display of a plurality tile according to a first physical orientation. The System Tuner detects a change to a second physical orientation. While in the second physical orientation, the System Tuner identifies a proximate tile(s) placed above a tile position of the at least one removed target tile due to the change to the second physical orientation. The System Tuner shifts the proximate tile(s) downward towards the tile position of the at least one removed target tile. The System Tuner inserts a replacement tile in an open tile position resulting from shifting the at least one proximate tile. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098162 | PEN BASED LOCKING MECHANISM - A method includes tracking pointing device interaction with a multi-user page via a pointing device, identifying a portion of the multi-user page via the interaction, and establishing an exclusive access zone corresponding to the identified portion for the user as a function of the tracked pointing device interaction. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098163 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING PREVIEWS - A method and an apparatus for providing a content preview in a server are provided. An electronic device includes a display; a communication interface configured to send and receive signals to and from a server; and a processor configured to display a preview image of content received from the server on the display, and in response to an input, switch from the displayed preview image to a different preview image of the content or switch from the displayed preview image to a preview image of a different content. Thus, the electronic device may consecutively display the content preview screens without having to switch the screen. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098164 | INTERACTIVE ANSWER BOXES FOR USER SEARCH QUERIES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting data are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes presenting, by a user device, an answer box as a search result in a search result location of a search results page. The answer box can include first content responsive to a query that submitted with a first resource request over a network. The user device determines that a user interaction with the answer box has occurred. In response to determining that the user interaction has occurred, the user device can presents second content in the answer box. The second content is selected from available content that has not been presented prior to the user interaction. The second content is presented independent of submission of a second resource request over the network subsequent to submission of the first resource request. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098165 | Geometric Assembly - A drawing system has a computerized appliance having a processor coupled to a data repository, software (SW) executing on the processor, the software providing tools to enable a user to join objects in a display, creating an assembled object, Upon the user selecting to drag a first object in the display in a first direction, the SW monitors geometric features of the first object and of a second object in the display positioned in the first direction, determines compatible join features of the first and second objects, and upon the first and second objects being moved within a preprogrammed threshold distance (TD) greater than zero in the display, provides a join operation, bringing the compatible join features of the first and the second object together, creating an assembled new object. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098166 | Method of Performing One or More Actions on an Electronic Device - User interface technologies of an electronic device, including a method of performing one or more actions on an electronic device, are presented. The method comprises selecting at least one item from one or more items displayed on a user interface of the electronic device. The at least one item is selected by touching the at least one item for a predetermined time. After selecting the at least one item, the at least one item is dragged towards one of one or more context based utilities on the user interface. Each of the one or more context based utilities corresponds to a preconfigured action. Then, the at least one item is dropped on the one of the one or more context based utilities to perform corresponding preconfigured action. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098167 | Remote Touch-Based Control for Distributed Antenna System Interface - Devices, systems, and methods for controlling a distributed antenna system interface (DAS-I) device are described. An example method may provide for control and/or monitoring of a DAS-I system via a GUI that includes a plurality of point-of-interface (POI) slot icons, with each POI slot icon corresponding to at least one of a plurality of POI modules of the DAS-interface device. A POI slot icon may be selected via the GUI in order to bring up graphical control and/or monitoring features for the corresponding POI module. A user may then interact with these features to control and/or monitor the POI module. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098168 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AND MANAGING INTERACTION SYMBOLS AND ASSOCIATED VIEWING DEVICE WITH A TOUCH SURFACE - The general field of the invention is that of methods for managing interaction symbols in a viewing system including an associated viewing device comprising a touch surface and displaying, managing and controlling means. The method according to the invention is implemented so as to manage graphical interactors allowing the functions of a discrete or continuous-state rotary control knob to be carried out. It comprises the following steps:
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20160098169 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL CONTENT - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for providing social content and/or interaction. A content tracking module is configured to present content on an electronic display of an electronic device. An individual tracking module is configured to track one or more users in a plurality of video feeds of observing areas at a plurality of location. An interaction module is configured to detect an action gesture by a first user directed at a video feed of a second user presented on the electronic display. The action gesture is intended to trigger one or more sensors associated with the second user. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098170 | DISCOVERABILITY AND NAVIGATION OF HYPERLINKS - A user may discover and navigate among hyperlinks through the use of a keyboard. For example, a user may press a tab key to discover and navigate to a first hyperlink that is part of a hypertext document. The first hyperlink is, in response, given focus and a focus shape is drawn around the text or graphics for the hot region of the hyperlink. If the user again presses the tab key, the next hyperlink is given focus and a focus shape (i.e., an outline that surrounds the next hyperlink) is drawn around the next hyperlink. A user may also tab to a placeholder for an image in order to make a decision whether the image should be downloaded or not. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098171 | Graphical Depiction of Wrap Profile for Load Wrapping Apparatus - A method, apparatus and program product utilize a graphical interface to facilitate operator interaction with a load wrapping apparatus, particularly in connection with setting up a wrap profile. The graphical interface may incorporate a graphical depiction of a load, along with graphical depictions of both the number of layers of packaging material and the wrap force associated with a given wrap profile, with the graphical depictions of each of the number of layers of packaging material and the wrap force being capable of being dynamically updated in response to changes made by an operator to a wrap profile. The graphical depictions therefore provide a visual interface to assist an operator who may have limited expertise in setting up a load wrapping apparatus. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098172 | USER-DRIVEN EVOLVING USER INTERFACES - The described technologies can be used for customizing and evolving user interfaces. In one embodiment, a method can comprise storing a default graphical user interface template. A user-customized graphical user interface template can be stored in a repository of user-customized graphical user interface templates. A popularity of the user-customized graphical user interface template can be measured. The popularity of the user-customized graphical user interface template can be incorporated into a graphical user interface selection process. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098173 | PRESENTATION OF MULTIVARIATE DATA ON A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE OF A COMPUTING SYSTEM - Various systems, methods, and media allow for graphical display of multivariate data in parallel coordinate plots and similar plots for visualizing data for a plurality of variables simultaneously. These systems, methods, and media can aggregate individual data points into curves between axes, significantly improving functioning of computer systems by decreasing the rendering time for such plots. Certain implementations can allow a user to examine the relationship between two or more variables, by displaying the data on non-parallel or other transformed axes. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098174 | Systems and Methods For Displaying Wells and Their Respective Status on an Electronic Map - Systems and methods for displaying wells and their respective status on an electronic map based on a geographical area, a time frame and a preferred well activity. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098175 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING A COCKTAIL RECIPE PRESENTATON - Method of generating presentation starts by receiving user input indicating activation of presentation generator and generating and transmitting content selection display to the electronic device that includes search button, first table including list of selected cocktails, and second table including spirit type and number count. When the user input indicates selection of search button, processor generates and transmits cocktail lookup page display that includes pop-up window that includes drop-down lists or search fields including cocktail criterions and third table that includes entries matching selected cocktail criterion selected. When user input indicates activation of selection box included in the third table and subsequent user input indicates no other entries are desired, processor generates and transmits content selection display that includes updated first table that comprises the entry associated with the activated selection box. Processor then generates and transmits the presentation in a first format to the electronic device. Other embodiments are also described. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098176 | TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS SYSTEM - Various systems and methods are provided that display various graphs in an interactive user interface in substantially real-time in response to input from a user in order to determine information related to measured data points and provide the determined information to the user in the interactive user interface. For example, a computing device may be configured to retrieve data from one or more databases and generate one or more interactive user interfaces. The one or more interactive user interfaces may display the retrieved data in one or more graphs, such as time-series or scatterplots. The user interface may be interactive in that a user may manipulate one graph, which causes an identical or nearly identical manipulation of another displayed graph in real-time. The manipulations may occur even if the displayed graphs include data across different time ranges. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098177 | User Interface for Data Comparison - Systems and methods perform comparison of data represented as charts, for example, bar graphs, pie charts, line charts or stacked bar charts. The charts present visual representations mapping source values to target values. A user can select charts associated with a data records for comparison from an index of data records. The user selects a chart and a particular source value from the reference chart. The target values corresponding to the source value from other charts are compared against the target value from the reference chart. An aggregate of the target values associated with the source value from each chart may be presented to the user. The user can also use multi-touch input to select object representing data and drag them to perform actions associated with the objects. The actions performed on the objects depend on the locations of the objects as the user drags them. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098178 | IDENTIFYING SELECTED DYNAMIC CONTENT REGIONS - Selected regions in dynamic content may be identified. Analytics data may be received that may include a region identifier corresponding to a region from which a selectable element was selected from the content. It may be determined that the analytics data corresponds to a current region of a current version of the network content. Analytics data, which may include a region identifier, may be generated in response to a selection of a selectable element of content located within a region of network content. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098179 | Computer Readable Medium and Apparatus - Various areas of a displayed document (e.g., text, image, etc.) may be selected and clipped as a separate document. In some arrangements, a user may wish to change the area of the clipped area without having to retrieve the displayed document again. Accordingly, the area of the clipped region may be modified by retrieving and storing the displayed document when the region is initially clipped. When the selected region is to be modified at a later time, the stored document may be used instead of having to retrieve the document from a source location. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098180 | PRESENTATION OF ENLARGED CONTENT ON COMPANION DISPLAY DEVICE - Content from an audio video display device is communicated to a nearby companion device on whose screen a user-selected portion of the content is presented, magnified from its presentation on the AVDD. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098181 | METHODS FOR OPERATING INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS AND APPARATUSES USING THE SAME - The invention introduces a method for operating interactive whiteboards, performed by a processing unit of a control node, which contains at least the following steps. A connected-device display region, a multi-screen layout region and a whiteboard display region are provided on an interactive display device. After detecting that an icon of the connected-device display region is dragged and dropped into a block of the multi-screen layout region, a network address associated with the icon is obtained. A TCP port number associated with the block of the connected-device display region, which contains the dropped icon, is obtained. A ready notification containing the TCP port number is transmitted to the network address. Screen data with the TCP port number is received. The screen data is displayed on a block of the whiteboard display region, which is associated with the block of the connected-device display region. | 2016-04-07 |
20160098182 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING A TOOLBAR - Disclosed herein is a method of updating toolbar data on an Internet device with toolbar update data received from the Internet. Data comprising a reference to a network location is received and assessed, then the network location is accessed. The toolbar update data is received in response to access of the network location and includes a content type identifier. The toolbar update data is provided in response to the content type identifier being associated with the toolbar. Update of the toolbar data with the toolbar update data is initiated. The updating includes writing at least one new attribute to the toolbar data, with the writing including at least one of changing the one or more buttons of the toolbar by adding a button, and updating at least one attribute of the toolbar data. The toolbar as defined by the updated toolbar data is then displayed. | 2016-04-07 |