28th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150193029 | WIRELESS TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE FOR DESKTOP COMPUTER - A wireless touchscreen device for use with a desktop computer comprising a housing, where the housing includes an edging; a touchscreen on a front face the housing, where the touchscreen is surrounded by the edging; a base connected to the desktop computer, where the base is connected to the desktop computer with a video cable, and where the base wirelessly relays a video signal from the desktop computer to the housing; a platform at a bottom portion of the base, where the platform includes a plurality of ports to enable connection to a plurality of accessories; and a stand extending from the base, where the stand provides a rest for the housing, and where the housing is detachable from the stand for use as a tablet device. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193030 | IN-VEHICLE CONFIGURABLE SOFT SWITCHES - A computer-implemented method may include receiving input to a vehicle-associated computing system (VACS) touch-sensitive display, requesting adjustment to a powered state of an accessory device connected to a switch module; providing, responsive to the input, a command from a vehicle computing system to the switch module, running on the VACS, to adjust a controlled output of the switch module; and updating the user interface to reflect a result of the command. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193031 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXT-BASED TOUCH PROCESSING - Systems and methods for context-based touch-sensing and processing are disclosed. The energy-efficiency of a touch sensitive device may be improved by dynamically adjusting the function of the touch sensitive surface in real-time based on contextual information such as expected QoS, expected user input in defined regions-of-interest of the touch sensitive surface, and usage modalities of the touch sensitive device. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193032 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS APPLYING THE METHOD - A method for controlling an electronic apparatus with a display and an input device, which comprises: sensing a tilt angle of the electronic apparatus in a sleep mode, wherein the display is off and the input device is non-active in the sleep mode; activating the input device without turning on the display based on the tilt angle of the electronic apparatus; receiving a user input from the input device while the display is off; and performing a predetermined function based on the user input. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193033 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH ELECTROSTATIC AND RADIO LINKS - Systems and methods for transmitting information in interactive display systems are provided. In one example, an interactive display system comprises an interactive display including an electrode matrix having row and column electrodes, the row electrodes being sequentially driven, a display-side radio transceiver, and an input device including an electrode tip and an input device-side radio transceiver. The interactive display is configured to transmit a channel identifier in an electrostatic link formed between the electrode matrix of the display and the electrode tip of the input device, and the input device is configured to detect a position signal indicating a nearest row electrode in the electrode matrix adjacent which the electrode tip is positioned, and to transmit data indicating the nearest row electrode to the interactive display via a radio link between the input device side transceiver and the display side transceiver on a channel identified by the channel identifier. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193034 | TOUCH SENSOR - Embodiments of the invention provide a touch sensor, which includes a base substrate, and an electrode pattern, which is formed on the base substrate and is formed in a mesh pattern formed by intersecting at least one metal wire. Dot patterns are formed on a region between the metal wires. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193035 | Multi-Layer Body - In a multi-layer body with a carrier and at least one conduction layer first areas and second areas are galvanically isolated from each other by third areas. In the third area sections are omitted from conductor traces and replaced by replacement pieces. The multi-layer body thereby has an optically homogeneous effect (e.g. is uniformly transparent or uniformly reflective). | 2015-07-09 |
20150193036 | USER TERMINAL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A user terminal apparatus includes a user interface that generates a sliding interaction status based on a sliding interaction of layered panels that can perform physical sliding, and a controller that transmits signals corresponding to the sliding interaction status to an external device, in which the signals corresponding to the sliding interaction status are control signals corresponding to one or more functions based on context of the external device. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193037 | Input Apparatus - An input apparatus includes a touch panel and a control portion acquiring at least one of a touch area and the shape of a touched portion and determining whether or not to allow a plurality of touch operations performed simultaneously on the basis of at least one of the touch area which has been acquired, the amount of change of the touch area, and the shape of the touched portion which has been acquired. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193038 | MOVABLE TRACK PAD WITH ADDED FUNCTIONALITY - An input device is disclosed. The input device includes a movable touch-sensitive track pad capable of detecting an object in close proximity thereto so as to generate a tracking control signal. The input device also includes a movement indicator capable of detecting the movements of the movable track pad so as to generate one or more other control signals (e.g., button signals). The control signals can be used to perform actions in an electronic device operatively coupled to the input device. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193039 | PROXIMITY AND MULTI-TOUCH SENSOR DETECTION AND DEMODULATION - The use of one or more proximity sensors in combination with one or more touch sensors in a multi-touch panel to detect the presence of a finger, body part or other object and control or trigger one or more functions in accordance with an “image” of touch provided by the sensor outputs is disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more infrared (IR) proximity sensors can be driven with a specific stimulation frequency and emit IR light from one or more areas, which can in some embodiments correspond to one or more multi-touch sensor “pixel” locations. The reflected IR signal, if any, can be demodulated using synchronous demodulation. In some embodiments, both physical interfaces (touch and proximity sensors) can be connected to analog channels in the same electrical core. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193040 | Hover Angle - Example apparatus and methods concern detecting an angle at which an object is interacting with a hover-sensitive input/output interface. An example apparatus may include a proximity detector configured to detect an object in a hover-space associated with the hover-sensitive input/output interface. The proximity detector may provide three dimensional position information for the object (e.g., x,y,z). The angle may be determined from a first (x,y,z) measurement associated with a first portion (e.g., tip) of the object and a second (x,y,z) measurement associated with a second portion (e.g., end) of the object. The position of the object may determine a hover point on the interface while the position and angle may determine an intersection point on the interface. User interface elements or other information displayed on the interface may be manipulated based, at least in part, on the intersection point. Multiple objects interacting at multiple angles may be detected and responded to. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193041 | MITIGATING ELECTRODE INTERFERENCE IN AN INTEGRATED INPUT DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention generally provide an integrated input device. The integrated input device includes a plurality of sensor electrode sets including a plurality of common electrode sets, a plurality of gate electrodes, and a gate selector. A processing system is configured to drive the sensor electrode sets for capacitive sensing during a plurality of sensing periods and update display lines by driving the common electrode sets during display update periods. A sensor electrode of a first sensor electrode set that is driven last during a first sensing period and a sensor electrode of a second sensor electrode set that is driven first during a second sensing period are spatially non-sequential sensor electrodes. The first display update period, second display update period, and third display update period are non-consecutive and non-overlapping with the first sensing period, the second sensing period, and the third display update period, respectively. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193042 | TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A touchscreen device may include: a panel unit, a driving circuit unit, a sensing circuit unit and a control unit. The control unit may apply a driving signal to a first node capacitor formed at an intersection between a first and a first one of the plurality of sensing electrodes and calibrate gains of the plurality of converter circuit units. Each of the plurality of panel deviation calibration units may calibrate an output signal from the respective one of the plurality of converter circuit units by using a capacitance value of a first capacitor included in the respective one of the plurality of panel deviation calibration units when a driving signal is applied to the first one of the driving electrodes. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193043 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND TOUCH DETECTING METHOD - A touch input device including a carrying board, a plurality of first electrode pads, and a plurality of conductive lines is provided. The carrying board includes a plurality of cantilever portions and a plurality of connecting portions. The connecting portions are respectively connected to the cantilever portions. The first electrode pads are respectively disposed on the cantilever portions and configured to sense capacitance variation due to an object approaching or touching the carrying board. The conductive lines extend on the connecting portions and are respectively connected to the first electrode pads. A manufacturing method of a touch input device and a touch sensing method are also provided. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193044 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel and a method for fabricating the touch panel are provided. The touch panel includes a window substrate, a first conductive layer provided on a top surface of the window substrate, a metal electrode layer provided on a top surface of the first conductive layer and patterned into a first pattern, and a second conductive layer provided on top surfaces of the first conductive layer and the metal electrode layer and patterned into a second pattern, and surrounding the metal electrode layer. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193045 | Touch Display Driving Circuit, Driving Method and Display Device - The present invention provides a touch display driving circuit, a driving method and a display device. The touch display driving circuit comprises a data writing control unit, a storage unit, a touch sensing unit, a driving compensation control unit, a driving unit, a light-emitting control unit and a light-emitting unit. The data writing control unit is used for controlling a voltage signal of a data line, the storage unit is used for providing a voltage for the driving unit, the light-emitting, control unit is used for controlling the light-emitting unit, the driving unit is used for providing a touch detecting current and a driving current, the driving compensation control unit is used for compensating a voltage value of the storage unit, and the touch sensing unit is used for outputting the touch detecting current and changing the voltage value of the storage unit. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193046 | CAPACITIVE TRANSPARENT TOUCH SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT VISIBILITY AND DURABILITY - A capacitive transparent touch sheet has excellent visibility and durability without changing the sensitivity, size, or the like of a touch panel. A capacitive transparent touch sheet is a capacitive transparent touch sheet that comprises: a substrate; strip shaped first electrodes comprising a transparent metal oxide and formed separately on a first surface of the substrate; strip shaped second electrodes formed on a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface and to cross the first electrodes; and at least one insulation part formed continuously with the second electrodes and having a thickness the same as that of the second electrodes. The second electrodes comprise conductive nanofibers conductively connected with each other, and a binder resin for holding the conductive nanofibers on the substrate; and the at least one insulation part comprises the binder resin that constitutes the second electrodes without the conductive nanofibers. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193047 | INTERLEAVING SENSE ELEMENTS OF A CAPACITIVE-SENSE ARRAY - Apparatuses and methods of sense arrays with interleaving sense elements are described. One capacitive-sense array includes a repeating pattern of conductive elements disposed along a first axis. The repeating pattern includes a first conductive element comprising a first polygon shape with a first width defined along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis and a second conductive element that is electrically coupled to and co-planar with the first conductive element. The second conductive element includes a second polygon shape with a second width defined along a third axis that is perpendicular to the first axis and parallel to the second axis. The repeating pattern also includes third and fourth conductive elements that are electrically coupled to and co-planar with the first and second conductive elements. The third conductive element includes the first shape and the fourth conductive element includes the second shape. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193048 | NOISE-SHIELDED CAPACITIVE TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention discloses a noise-shielded capacitive touch display apparatus, which includes a display panel and a capacitive touch sensor on the capacitive touch panel. The capacitive touch sensor includes plural sensing lines, driving lines and signal lines. The sensing lines are parallel with each other and extend along a first direction. The driving lines are parallel with each other and extend along a second direction, wherein the second direction is orthogonal to the first direction. There is one signal line between every two neighboring driving lines. An electric field wall is formed between each signal line and its neighboring driving line to block a noise generated from the display panel. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193049 | ACCURACY IN A CAPACITIVE SENSE ARRAY - A sense array having at least 3 sets of sense elements disposed substantially parallel with each other, with one of the sense elements of the first set extends between two of the sense elements of the second set and another one of the sense elements of the first set extends between two of the sense elements of the third set. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193050 | Lattice Structure for Capacitance Sensing Electrodes - A sensor array includes a first sensor element of a unit cell and a second sensor element of the unit cell. The unit cell includes core traces of the first sensor element, where the core traces are the widest portion of the first sensor element. The unit cell includes main traces of the second sensor element and subtraces of the second sensor element, where each main trace crosses the first sensor element at a corresponding bridge to form an intersection of the unit cell. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193051 | TOUCH SYSTEM AND TOUCH-DETECTING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a touch system including a touch interface, a touch module and a calculation unit. The touch module is arranged to detect a plurality of touch events on the touch interface, and accordingly produce a plurality of sensing signals, wherein the touch events are triggered by a plurality of touch objects with different electrical conductivities, and the sensing signals corresponding to the different touch objects have different voltages. The calculation unit is arranged to determine which of the touch objects the touch event is triggered by according to the voltages of the sensing signals produced by the touch module. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193052 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION VIA CAPACITANCE SENSING DEVICE - A system made up of a first device which includes a communication interface and a processing device and a second device which includes a touch sensor assembly and a controller, where the controller uses the touch sensor assembly to communicate with the processing device through a capacitor that is jointly formed by the touch sensor assembly and a conductive portion of the communications interface. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193053 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device according to the present disclosure is an input device arranged in a display device that sequentially applies a scanning signal to a plurality of scanning signal lines in one frame period to perform update of display, the input device comprising driving electrodes in quantity of N provided corresponding to the plurality of scanning signal lines, and a plurality of sensing electrodes arranged so as to intersect with the driving electrodes in quantity of N to form capacitive elements at intersection portions. In a touch detection period, a driving signal is sequentially applied to the driving electrodes in quantity of N, and a touch detection is performed based on a detection signal output from each of the plurality of sensing electrodes. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193054 | TOUCH SENSOR MECHANISM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch sensor mechanism for a touch display device, includes a cover lens made by a transparent material having a dielectric constant greater than 4.5 and a compression strength greater than 700 MPa for generating a finger's touching capacitance (C | 2015-07-09 |
20150193055 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel that includes a dielectric film and a piezoelectric film. A first capacitance detection electrode is disposed on an upper main surface of the dielectric film, a second capacitance detection electrode and a first piezoelectric voltage detection electrode are disposed between a lower main surface of the dielectric film and an upper main surface of the piezoelectric film, and a second piezoelectric voltage detection electrode is disposed on a lower main surface of the piezoelectric film. The first capacitance detection electrode includes plural sub-electrodes extending in a first direction, the second capacitance detection electrode includes plural sub-electrodes extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the first piezoelectric voltage detection electrode includes plural sub-electrodes disposed between the plural sub-electrodes. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193056 | INPUT DEVICE WITH CAPACITIVE FORCE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING THE SAME - Input devices which include a capacitive force sensor, along with methods of making and using such, are provided. The input device includes a structural component having first and second substantially opposing sides, a plurality of sensor electrodes located on the first side of the structural component, the plurality of sensor electrodes configured to capacitively sense positional information associated with user input in a sensing region, a first capacitive electrode located on the second side of the structural component, the first capacitive electrode being configured to capacitively couple to a second capacitive electrode that is separated from the first capacitive electrode by a gas and moveable relative to the first capacitive electrode, and a biasing member configured to be physically coupled to the structural component such that a force associated with the user input causes a change in a separation distance between the first and second capacitive electrodes based on the force. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193057 | DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the present technology is to provide a display device that includes a capacitance coupling type input device capable of easily being incorporated into a display device. The display device includes an input device in which capacitive elements are formed between driving electrodes | 2015-07-09 |
20150193058 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel provided in an image display device. The touch screen panel includes: a transparent substrate; a plurality of first sensing patterns on the transparent substrate and coupled to each other along a first direction; a first insulating film on the first sensing patterns; a plurality of second sensing patterns on the first insulating film and coupled to each other along a second direction, the first and second sensing patterns being alternately arranged not to overlap with each other; and a second insulating film on the second sensing patterns, wherein the first insulating film and the second insulating film are composed of materials having different optical refractive indexes. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193059 | TRACE SHIELDING FOR INPUT DEVICES - Embodiments of the present invention generally provide shield electrodes for shielding one or more conductive routing traces from one or more receiver electrodes in an input device comprising a display device integrated with a sensing device to reduce the capacitive coupling between the conductive routing traces and the receiver electrodes. The shield electrode may be configured to reduce the effect of an input object on the capacitive coupling between the conductive routing traces and the receiver electrodes. In other embodiments, end portions of common electrodes shield the receiver electrodes from the conductive routing traces, thereby reducing the capacitive coupling between the receiver electrodes and the conductive routing traces. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193060 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAYS - Methods and apparatus provide for a touch sensitive display, which may include: a display layer; a cover glass layer formed from ion exchanged glass; and an optional touch glass layer, where, either on a first side of the touch glass or on a first side of the cover glass, a grid of electrode traces is disposed, which is sensitive to distortions of a local electrostatic field caused by a touching event, and the grid may be positioned between the display layer and the cover glass layer. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193061 | USER'S COMPUTING EXPERIENCE BASED ON THE USER'S COMPUTING ACTIVITY - Systems and methods for improving a user's computing experience based on the user's computing activity are provided. In some aspects, a method includes receiving an indication of a first computing activity by a user on a computing device and receiving an indication of a second computing activity by the user on the computing device. The method also includes determining a point with respect to the first computing activity that corresponds to a change in an attention of the user from the first computing activity to the second computing activity. The method also includes storing a marker in a memory based on the determined point. The marker is configured to be accessed to resume the first computing activity at the point corresponding to the change in the user's attention from the first computing activity to the second computing activity. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193062 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BUFFERING SENSOR INPUT IN A LOW POWER SYSTEM STATE - A solution is proposed for processing input in a lower power user interface of touch-sensitive display panels. According to an embodiment, a mobile computing device is placed in the low power mode. During this mode, the sensor controller produces a raw event/interrupts on a detected touch. Upon detecting a touch, the sensor controller also automatically increases the scan rate of the touch sensor, while the triggered event or interrupt proceeds to wake the system into a higher power state. Subsequent touch data received while the system is booting into the higher power state is buffered by the timing controller, or by a bridge chipset, while the processor(s) in the power up. When awake, the processor(s) collect the touch samples from the buffer, and processes the touch samples, generating updated displays where necessary. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193063 | TOUCH PANEL CIRCUIT AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel circuit and an operation method thereof are disclosed herein. The touch panel circuit includes first scan lines, second scan lines, and a first scan sensing module. The first scan sensing module includes first scan-sensing units corresponding to the first scan lines, respectively. Each first scan sensing unit includes a first logic gate and a second logic gate. The first logic gate includes a first input terminal, a first output terminal, and a first control terminal. The second logic gate includes a second input terminal, a second output terminal, and a second control terminal. The first logic gate and second logic gate enable the first input terminal to connect to the first output terminal and one of the first scan lines, or enable the second input terminal and one of the first scan lines to connect to the second output terminal. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193064 | TOUCH ELECTRODE AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF, CAPACITIVE TOUCH DEVICE AND TOUCH DISLAY DEVICE - The present invention disclose a touch electrode structure and a fabricating method thereof, a capacitive touch device and a touch display device to improve the touch linearity and the report rate of the capacitive touch device. The touch electrode structure provided by the embodiments of the present invention comprises a plurality of electrode assemblies and a plurality of electrode pins for connecting a touch circuit. Wherein, each electrode assembly comprises two electrodes which are disposed at the same layer, insulated from each other and cross with each other complementarily, and each electrode comprises at least two sub-electrodes which are in mutual electrical connection with each other. The sub-electrodes of different electrodes of each electrode assembly are spaced apart from each other one by one, and each electrode is connected with an electrode pin. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193065 | TOUCH PANEL MODULE AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A touch panel module includes a support body, first touch electrodes, plural second touch electrodes, first conductive wires, second conductive wires, and conductive through holes. The support body has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first touch electrodes are located on the first surface. The second touch electrodes are located on the second surface, and the orthogonal projections of which on the first surface intersect the first touch electrodes. The first conductive wires are located on the first surface and respectively electrically connected to the first touch electrodes. The second conductive wires are located on the first surface, and the second conductive wires and the second touch electrodes are disposed in an intersection arrangement. The conductive through holes are located in the support body and respectively electrically interconnect the second touch electrodes and the second conductive wires. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193066 | TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel includes a substrate, at least a connecting pad and at least a strengthening sheet. The substrate has a display area and a periphery area around the display area. The connecting pad is disposed in the periphery area. The strengthening sheet is disposed in the periphery area and at an edge of the connecting pad. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193067 | TERMINAL DEVICE WITH DISPLAY FUNCTION - A terminal device with a display function enables only an operation of a desired operation key valid, and easily perform the invalidation operation. In response to switching to a predetermined function mode by manipulating a jog dial, an image in the switched function mode is displayed in a display surface, based on an image signal from a display control section. A bar is located on a borderline between a contents area and an operation area in an initial state of displaying an image. When the jog dial is manipulated by the user to thereby move the bar from the borderline to a predetermined position within the operation area, a CPU determines that the position of the bar has been moved. Then, the CPU detects a new position of the bar, and makes an operation with respect to the operation key located between the bar and the borderline invalid. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193068 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING TOUCH PRESSURE OF TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a method for sensing a touch pressure of a touch panel, including: sensing a bending time of a touch panel based on touch sensing signals; and determining a touch pressure based on the touch sensing signals at the bending time and a current touch sensing signal, thereby extracting information on the touch pressure without using a pressure sensor and applying the extracted pressure information to determine a gesture and to be used in various user applications. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193069 | SEAMLESS CONTENT TRANSFER - One embodiment provides a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer program code that, when executed by a processor, performs an operation. The operation includes detecting a gesture performed by a user and identifying a first device. A direction in which a second device is positioned, relative to the first device, is then determined, based on at least one of 1) the detected gesture and 2) an orientation of the first device. In response to identifying the second device, content to transmit between the first device and the second device is determined. Additionally, the operation includes transmitting the content between the first device and the second device. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193070 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOST-AUGMENTED TOUCH PROCESSING - Systems and methods for host-augmented touch-sensing are disclosed. The energy-efficiency of a touch sensitive device may be improved by dynamically adjusting the scanning sensitivity of the touch sensor based on host-augmented environmental information such as temperature, pressure, position, orientation, humidity, force, or battery charging mode. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193071 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING GESTURE USING MULTI-TOUCH INFORMATION - The present invention discloses a device and a method for recognizing a gesture by use of multi-touch information. The method for recognizing a gesture by use of multi-touch information in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: obtaining one or more first critical nodes, each having a greater node value than a first critical value, from points touched; configuring a task box including all of the one or more first critical nodes; obtaining one or more second critical nodes, each having a greater node value than a second critical value, from the one or more first critical nodes included in the task box; obtaining a peak node having a highest node value compared to surrounding nodes from the second critical nodes; and counting the number of the peak nodes. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193072 | TOUCH EMULATOR - A touch emulator is provided. The touch emulator, for example, includes a substrate, a plurality of conductors, a plurality of switches, a plurality of capacitors, and a control unit. The conductors are disposed on the substrate. Each of the switches is coupled to one of the conductors, respectively. One end of each of the capacitors is respectively coupled to one of the switches, while the other end of each of the capacitors is grounded. The control unit is coupled to each of the switches. The control unit controls at least one of the switches to turn on or turn off according to a control timing sequence, so as to generate a multi-point touch input operation with a preset distribution pattern. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193073 | VIRTUAL TOUCH KNOB ASSEMBLY - A virtual touch knob assembly is provided that translates sensed movement of a user's fingers around a knob into control signals for operation of an appliance. A knob is provided on a user control panel of an appliance. The knob is fixed, i.e., does not turn or rotate. A system is provided that can sense the user's fingers moving around the fixed knob and translate the sensed input to control signals for setting the operation of the appliance or device. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193074 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALTERING INTERACTIVE ELEMENT PLACEMENT BASED AROUND DAMAGED REGIONS ON A TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE - An apparatus for avoiding a damaged region on a touchscreen is disclosed. A method and a computer program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a damage location module that determines a location of an area of damage on a touchscreen of a computing device. The area of damage includes damage to the touchscreen. The apparatus, in one embodiment, includes a display location module that determines a location of one or more display items commanded to be displayed on the touchscreen. Each display item includes a location to be displayed on the touchscreen. The apparatus includes, in one embodiment, a rearrangement module that alters a location of a display item to be displayed in the area of damage where the display item is moved to a location on the touchscreen outside the area of damage on the touchscreen. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193075 | TOUCH APPARATUS AND TOUCH METHOD THEREOF - A touch apparatus and a touch method thereof are provided. At first, whether the touch apparatus is under the influence of the noise interference is determined according to a plurality of differences between a plurality of sensing values of adjacent touch sensing periods within a recent predetermined period. Then, a touch detection operating frequency of the touch apparatus is adjusted when the touch apparatus is under the influence of noise interference. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193076 | Touch Sensing Method and Device - The present invention relates to a touch sensing method including: determining whether a touch input is performed through a touch pen, if a touch sensing device has received the touch input; setting the input mode of the touch sensing device to a pen mode if it is determined that the touch input has been performed through the touch pen; setting a touch input threshold range according to the pen mode; and calculating input coordinates provided as a result of performing the touch input. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193077 | Method and Device for Displaying Character on Touchscreen - Disclosed are a method and device for displaying a character on a touchscreen. The method comprises: when it is detected that a time period during which the user touches an area, where a character is displayed, on the touchscreen exceeds a preset time threshold, a shaded area formed when the user touches the touchscreen is determined; at least one shaded character in the shaded area is acquired, and independently displayed and enlarged on a preset enlargement area excluding the shaded area on the touchscreen; and the touch of the user on the preset enlargement area is detected, and locating and selecting is performed on the at least one character in the shaded area according to the detected touch. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193078 | DETECTION OF A CONDUCTIVE OBJECT DURING AN INITIALIZATION PROCESS OF A TOUCH-SENSING DEVICE - A method and system for detecting a presence of a conductive object proximate to a capacitive sense element during an initialization process of a touch-sensing device. A capacitance sensing circuit measures a reference capacitance of a reference sense element. A sensing parameter of the capacitance sensing circuit is iteratively adjusted to obtain a target measurement output value for the reference sense element. With the sensing parameter set to the sensing parameter value, the capacitance measurement circuit measures a first capacitance of a first sense element, A first capacitance difference value is determined between the first capacitance and a first baseline capacitance value for the first sense element. A presence of a conductive object is detected proximate to the first sense element when the first capacitance difference value exceeds a threshold value. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193079 | PATTERN ADJUSTING METHOD FOR TOUCH SENSOR AND ELETRONIC DEVICE - A pattern adjusting method of a touch panel and an electronic device are provided. The pattern adjusting method is used for determining a sensor pattern of a plurality of touch sensors on a touch panel and includes the following steps. Panel information of the touch panel is collected. An original layout result of the touch sensors is generated according to the panel information and a predefined sensor information, wherein the predefined sensor information includes an original sensor pattern. A non-covering area of the touch sensors on the touch panel is obtained by analyzing the original layout result. At least one extending area is generated by extending a covering area of the original sensor pattern to the non-covering area in order to obtain a final sensor pattern having at least one extending area. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193080 | TOUCH PAD WITH ANTENNA - A touch pad with an antenna includes a substrate on an upper side of which an operation surface having a predetermined operation region is set, an electrode group for detecting capacitance configured to be arranged in a region of the substrate corresponding to the operation region, and an antenna for wireless communication configured to be arranged in a region located on a lower side of the substrate, the region overlapping with an electrode forming region in which the electrode group for detecting capacitance is formed, as viewed from above. The electrode group for detecting capacitance includes a first electrode group extended in a predetermined first direction and a second electrode group extended in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the antenna is extended in a direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193081 | SENSING ELECTRODE AND SENSING ELECTRODE UNIT - A sensing electrode unit is provided. The sensing electrode, repeatedly arranged to form a part of a sensing electrode, includes a first electrode, a second electrode having a planar contour corresponding to that of the first electrode, and a third electrode. At least one part of the third electrode is parallel to one side of the first electrode and one side of the second electrode. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193082 | DISPLAY GUARDING TECHNIQUES - Embodiments described herein mitigate the effect of a coupling capacitance between a sensor electrode in a touch sensor and a display electrode in a display screen. An input device, which includes the touch sensor and display screen, may transmit a guarding signal on the display electrodes when performing capacitive sensing. In one embodiment, the guarding signal may have similar characteristics as a modulated signal (e.g., similar amplitude and/or phase) driven on the sensor electrode to detect interaction between the input device and an input object. By driving a guarding signal that is similar to the modulated signal onto the display electrodes, the voltage difference between the sensor electrode and display electrode remains the same. Accordingly, the coupling capacitance between the sensor electrode and the display electrode does not affect a capacitance measurement used to detect the user interaction. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193083 | Probabilistic Latency Modeling - Touchscreen testing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a piece of conductor (e.g., metal) is positioned as proximal to a touchscreen device and the touchscreen device is tested by simulating a touch of a user. This technique may be utilized to perform a variety of different testing of a touchscreen device, such as to test latency and probabilistic latency. Additional techniques are also described including contact geometry testing techniques. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193084 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE - In a display input device, a panel-shaped image-forming optical element in an upper portion of a case having an open upper surface is disposed at a predetermined position in the opening of the upper surface of the case, and a mounting stand for a flat panel display in a lower portion of the case corresponding to the image-forming optical element is disposed in an attitude inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the image-forming optical element. An image displayed on the flat panel display is image-formed as a spatial image at a position spaced apart from the image-forming optical element. A touch input device which converts an operator's instruction input into an instruction signal to transmit to a control means for the flat panel display and which allows the manipulation of the spatial image projected in space is disposed outside the case. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193085 | OBJECT TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - User interface apparatus for a computer system, comprises: a touch surface having an internal face and a touch face; cameras placed about said touch face and arranged to image the touch face including the surface itself and a volume extending outwardly from the surface on the touch face; and an illumination unit that illuminates the touch side. The illumination unit illuminates separately a) a relatively thin first volume close to the touch surface for touch control—the touch volume, and b) a relatively deep second volume extending away from the first volume for three-dimensional hand or body gesture control— the depth volume, the separate illuminating providing for separate imaging by the cameras of the touch and depth volumes. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193086 | DISPLAYING AND OPERATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAYING AND OPERATING DEVICE - A displaying and operating device having a display unit and at least one proximity sensor, wherein a penetration of an object into at least one monitoring space can be detected by the proximity sensor, wherein at least one representation on the display unit is changed as a function of a penetrating object, wherein the displaying and operating device has a unit wherein a chronological sequence of receive signals from the proximity sensor is evaluated by the unit, wherein a constant receive signal is detected and stored within a predetermined time interval and, for subsequent operating, is ignored as a static receive signal of the display unit, wherein a change in the representation is carried out only if a subsequent receive signal exceeds the static receive signal by a predetermined value. Also disclosed is a method for operating a displaying and operating device. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193087 | LIGHT VIBRATION TOUCH APPARATUS - A light vibration touch apparatus comprises a guide light plate, at least a light sensitive unit, at least an optical signal emitting unit, a microprocessor, and an optical signal processor; the optical signal emitting unit emits light signal to propagate in the guide light plate; the stability of the signal influenced with vibration caused by the guide light plate being touched is utilized; the optical signal processor outputs vibration signals corresponding to a touch point; the microprocessor detects the vibration signals sequentially output by the optical signal processor in a period to obtain position information of the touch point in accordance with timings of at least two of the vibration signals appearing in the period and output a corresponding touch signal. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193088 | HANDS-FREE ASSISTANCE - Apparatuses, systems, media and/or methods may involve providing work assistance. One or more user actions may be recognized, which may be observed by an image capture device, wherein the user actions may be directed to a work surface incapable of electronically processing one or more of the user actions. One or more regions of interest may be identified from the work surface and/or content may be extracted from the regions of interest, wherein the regions of interest may be determined based at least on one or more of the user actions. Additionally, one or more support operations associated with the content may be implemented. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193089 | DYNAMIC PRESENTATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Modifying or selecting among a plurality of ordered sets of presentation content, or display paths, allows a presentation to be adjusted while a presentation is being given. Collecting and identifying audience feedback determines what presentation content does and does not interest an audience. By modifying or selecting among a plurality of display paths based on audience feedback collected and identified during a presentation, a presentation may be adapted to its audience while the presentation is being given. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193090 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLICATION CATEGORY USER INTERFACE TEMPLATES - A computer-implemented method includes matching application-identifying information of an application to one of a plurality of available user interface templates, each user interface template defining a presentation of common user interface elements included in each of the templates; and providing content from the application in the user interface formatted according to the presentation of the matching user interface template. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193091 | EVALUATING ACCESSIBILITY COMPLIANCE OF A USER INTERFACE DESIGN - A method, system, and computer program product for evaluating compliance of a user interface design are provided in the illustrative embodiments. a hierarchy of elements of a user interface is received from a first application executing in a client data processing system. A second application presents the user interface including a set of user interface elements at the client data processing system. A compliance rule is selected from a set of compliance rules. An evaluation is made whether an attribute associated with a user interface element meets a condition specified in the compliance rule. Responsive to the evaluating being negative, the user interface element is reported as being non-compliant with the compliance rule. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193092 | INTELLIGENT EMBEDDED EXPERIENCE GADGET SELECTION - A method for selecting an embedded experience gadget may include displaying an activity stream of a user on a social network, the activity stream comprising a plurality of events and detecting selection of an event from the plurality of events by the user. The method may also include determining a level of intersection between the selected event and each of a plurality of known gadgets and finding an optimal embedded experience gadget from the plurality of known gadgets based on the level of intersection between the selected event and each known gadget. The method may additionally include associating the optimal embedded experience gadget with the selected event and displaying the optimal embedded experience gadget in association with the selected event. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193093 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A HEAD UNIT APPLICATION HOST - One embodiment includes a system having a user interface display and at least one controller in communication with one or more transceivers. The one or more transceivers are capable of communication with one or more devices. The at least one controller is configured to receive a request to communicate with the one or more devices. The controller is further configured to establish communication with the one or more devices. The controller is further configured to transmit a request for an application list compatible with the head unit from the one or more devices based on the head unit system. The controller is further configured to receive the application list from the one or more devices and output the application list at the user interface display. The output of the application list at the user interface display includes at least one icon. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193094 | Space Constrained Ordered List Previews - Systems and methods for generating previews of list data in space constrained user interfaces are disclosed. In the available display area of a particular display device or user interface, a segment of a list of items are displayed. Values in the on-screen and off-screen portions of the list are analyzed and processed to generate previews of the list. One preview includes generating a box plot of the distribution of values in the list. An adaptively sized slider can then be generated relative to the box plot to indicate which part of the distribution is displayed in the list items that fit in the available display area. Another preview includes generating a composite row in the available display area that summarizes the data in one or more of the off-screen portions of the list. Such previews can include the sum or average of the values in the off-screen list items. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193095 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH APPLICATION IN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a method for interacting with an application and an electronic apparatus. When an electronic apparatus detects that a to-be-operated object in an application is selected, the electronic apparatus may display a selection identifier. The electronic apparatus may detect whether an input track is generated. The electronic apparatus may determine an operation type corresponding to the input track when the electronic apparatus detects the input track and detects that the input track ends. The electronic apparatus may operate the to-be-operated object according to the operation type. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193096 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying at least a first application and a second application on a screen of the electronic device, detecting a user input for the second application, generating a first virtual input for the first application based on the user input for the second application, generating a second virtual input, which is different from the first virtual input, based on additional information related to the user input for the second application, and performing a function corresponding to at least one of the first virtual input and the second virtual input using the first application. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193097 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) FOR DISPLAYING - Methods and devices for generating Graphical User Interface (GUI) for displaying are provided, wherein the GUI is generated based on a plurality of windows. The method for generating GUI includes the step of: separately drawing a plurality of pictures into the plurality of windows, separately composing each of the plurality of windows with pictures into a corresponding one of a plurality of buffers, and mixing the plurality of pictures in the plurality of buffers to obtain the GUI for displaying on a screen. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193098 | Yes or No User-Interface - Methods and systems disclosed herein relate to an action that could proceed or be dismissed in response to an affirmative or negative input, respectively. An example method could include displaying, using a head-mountable device, a graphical interface that presents a graphical representation of an action. The action could relate to at least one of a contact, a contact's avatar, a media file, a digital file, a notification, and an incoming communication. The example method could further include receiving a binary selection from among an affirmative input and a negative input. The example method may additionally include proceeding with the action in response to the binary selection being the affirmative input and dismissing the action in response to the binary selection being the negative input. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193099 | TAB SCRUBBING USING NAVIGATION GESTURES - The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method for tab switching. The method includes a step for receiving a multi-finger swipe gesture event for a computing device in a direction corresponding to a list of tabs of a user interface displayed on a screen of the computing device. The method also includes a step for determining a distance of movement corresponding to the received multi-finger swipe gesture. The method also includes a step for determining a next tab for selection from the list of tabs, wherein where a distance from a current tab to the next tab is proportional to the determined distance of movement. The method also includes a step for providing instructions for a graphical update of the user interface, wherein where the graphical update displays contents of a user interface associated with the determined next tab. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193100 | Intuitive Workspace Management - A method performed by a computer processing system includes associating a first workspace with a first graphical object of a workspace widget, the workspace widget being provided to a user through a graphical user interface (GUI). The method further includes receiving an input from a user to switch to a second workspace, providing the second workspace to the user through the GUI, moving the first graphical object from a first position in the workspace widget to a second position in the workspace widget, adding a second graphical object to the workspace widget at the first position, the second graphical object being associated with the second workspace. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193101 | ENHANCED AWARENESS OF OBSTACLE PROXIMITY - In some examples, a ground obstacle detection system of an aircraft is configured to generate and display a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes a graphical representation of a detected obstacle with which the aircraft may collide during a ground operation and an indication of an area of unknown associated with the detected obstacle. Instead of, in addition to, a GUI that includes an indication of an area of unknown associated with an obstacle, in some examples, a ground obstacle detection system to generate a GUI that includes at least two windows that present different views of an aircraft. At least one of the windows may include a graphical representation of an obstacle that may not be visible in the view of another window. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193102 | MULTI-MODE DISPLAY SYSTEM - Embodiments relating to a wearable multi-mode display system actuatable by a wrist or hand are disclosed. For example, in one disclosed embodiment a first compact image is displayed in a first display mode via a display device, with the first compact image having a display resolution corresponding to a first application. While in the first display mode, a principal user input is received from the user's wrist or hand. In response, a second, different compact image is displayed. When the device is less than a predetermined distance from the user, an application image is displayed in a second display mode, with the application image having a greater display resolution. While in the second display mode, a secondary user input is received from the user's wrist or hand. In response, a graphical user interface element is controlled within the application image. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193103 | USER TERMINAL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A user terminal apparatus includes a user interface (UI) including a physical guide to guide a user interaction regarding the UI, and a controller configured to provide a UI screen which corresponds to a modified context based on the physical guide in response to a context of an external apparatus being modified, and transmit a signal to the external apparatus to control the external apparatus in response to a touch interaction being input through the physical guide. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193104 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes a display unit configured to display an image including at least one object on a screen and a controller searching for at least one associated information on the object using a partial image corresponding to the object in the image, the controller displaying the searched associated information. Accordingly, when a user searches for an information on a specific object in an image using an image search function, it is unnecessary for the user to crop a partial image corresponding to the specific object in the image one by one. Instead, a mobile terminal automatically recognizes the specific object in the image and is then able to search for at least one associated information on the specific object using a partial image of the automatically recognized specific object. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193105 | Interaction Protocol for Interacting Computer Systems - In one embodiment, a method generates interaction skeletons for a plurality of participating computers to inter-operate based on a multi-party interaction protocol. The method includes creating an Interaction Protocol based on an interaction process of how the plurality of participating computers interact with each other. The Interaction Protocol uses multiple Interaction Activities and multiple Transition Relations to describe the interaction process among the plurality of participating computers. The method then determines an interaction skeleton by generating multiple Participating Activities and their Transition Relations for each participating computer in the plurality of participating computers based on corresponding Interaction Activities and their Transition Relations in the Interaction Protocol. The interaction skeleton is converted into executable interaction modules. One of the interaction modules is loaded into each participating computer in the plurality of participating computers, and the plurality of participating computers use the interaction module to communicate messages. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193106 | DYNAMIC REPRESENTATION OF COMPONENT CONFIGURATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A technique is provided for configuring an interface device. Individual device elements are stored on the interface device and each element includes a functionality and a visual representation. A general purpose engine resident on the interface device enumerates properties of the device elements in response to a query in a design-time environment. Design-time environment may be served to a general purpose computer working as a configuration station. The general purpose engine is independent of the device elements enumerated. A user viewable screen is then generated for viewing in the design-time environment, with the potential for altering properties of the enumerated device elements. The viewable screen and design-time environment may be displayed in a general purpose viewer or browser by collecting the visual representations associated with the device elements. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193107 | GESTURE LIBRARY FOR NATURAL USER INPUT - A method to decode natural user input from a human subject. The method includes detection of a gesture and concurrent grip state of the subject. If the grip state is closed during the gesture, then a user-interface (UI) canvas of the computer system is transformed based on the gesture. If the grip state is open during the gesture, then a UI object arranged on the UI canvas is activated based on the gesture. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193108 | Drag and Drop Downloading of Content Referenced by Displayed Elements - In a system and method for drag and drop downloading of content referenced by displayed elements, a browser application user interface that includes a web page rendered by the browser application is displayed. The displayed web page includes a displayed element that references content stored at a host external to the computer system. In response to a drag and drop of the displayed web page element to a displayed drop location that corresponds to a target application which is distinct from the browser application, content downloading instructions of the browser application are executed. As a result the referenced content is downloaded from the host to the target application. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193109 | OBJECT STOP POSITION CONTROL METHOD, ACTION INDICATING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - An object stop position control method includes: when a movement instruction as to an object displayed on a display unit is received by a first operation method, moving the object in accordance with the movement instruction, stopping the movement of the object based on the movement instruction when the object moves past a predetermined stop position, and causing the object to automatically stop at the stop position; and, when the movement instruction is received by a second operation method, not causing the object to automatically stop, but moving the object in accordance with the movement instruction. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193110 | OBJECT STOP POSITION CONTROL METHOD, OPERATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is an object stop position control method, including: moving an object displayed on a display unit in accordance with a movement instruction for moving the object, in case that the movement instruction is received from a user; and stopping a movement of the object, which is carried out in accordance with the movement instruction, to stop the object at a predetermined stop position, in case that it is judged that the object passes the predetermined stop position in the movement of the object. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193111 | Providing Intent-Based Feedback Information On A Gesture Interface - Described is a technique for providing intent-based feedback on a display screen capable of receiving gesture inputs. The intent-based approach may be based on detecting uncertainty from the user, and in response, providing gesture information. The uncertainty may be based on determining a pause from the user and the gesture information may include instructions that inform the user of the set of available input gestures. The gesture information may be displayed in one or menu tiers using a delay-based approach. Accordingly, the gesture information may be displayed in an informative and efficient manner without burdening the display screen. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193112 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE, USER INTERFACE METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Display device is able to detect a proximity operation in which finger F is brought close to display surface without making contact and a contact operation in which the finger makes contact with display surface. Display device specifies a position of a finger of a user while in a stationary state above display screen as reference position BP | 2015-07-09 |
20150193113 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CALIBRATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display device for displaying an application in an execution area according to a user input is disclosed. The display device includes a user interface configured to receive a user input corresponding to a shape, a display, and a controller configured to determine an application corresponding to the shape and determine an execution area for the application on a screen of the display in response to the user interface receiving the user input, and control the display of the application in the execution area. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193114 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A controlling method of a display apparatus includes: receiving an image displayed on an external terminal apparatus from the external terminal apparatus; displaying the received image in an entire region of a display screen; displaying at least one screen converting icon on the display screen; and displaying an image provided from the display apparatus on the display screen when a touch manipulation is input to the screen converting icon. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193115 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING RETAIL PROCESSES BASED ON MACHINE-READABLE IMAGES AND USER GESTURES - Systems and methods for implementing retail processes based on machine-readable images and user gestures are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes capturing one or more images including a machine-readable image and a user hand gesture. The method also includes identifying the machine-readable image as being associated with a product. Further, the method includes determining whether the user hand gesture interacts with the machine-readable image in accordance with a predetermined gesture. The method also includes implementing a predetermined retail process in association with the product in response to determining that the user hand gesture interacts with the machine-readable image in accordance with the predetermined gesture. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193116 | EMBEDDED AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMS IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Described are methods, devices and computer-readable media for displaying, on a touch screen display, a user interface that includes an unlocked element, detecting user inputs that include movement of a finger contact on the unlocked element toward the first location, wherein the first location is in respective direction from the unlocked element. Fingerprint data is obtained based on the finger movement, and based on the obtained fingerprint data, it is determined whether the user inputs meet unlock criteria or not. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193117 | Changing Icons for a Web Page - In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for changing a reference to a bookmark icon. The method includes receiving resources that include an HTML document and computer program script code. The HTML document does not include a reference to a bookmark icon. The method includes determining that the computing device has loaded the web page and, in response, adding, in a representation of the HTML document, a reference to a first bookmark icon. The method includes receiving a request to change a display of the web page from a first screen to a second screen, without requesting additional resources over the network. The method includes removing the reference to the first bookmark icon in the representation of the web page, and adding a reference to a second bookmark icon in the representation of the web page. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193118 | PROVIDING TEMPORAL INFORMATION TO USERS - Systems and methods for generating and providing an user interface for providing temporal information to users. The user interface may comprise a center portion and a three-dimensional shape comprising an upper portion that lies about the center portion and a lower portion that lies below the center portion. The center portion may correspond to a first time period. The upper portion may correspond to a second time period in the future relative to the first time period. The lower portion may correspond to a third time period in the past relative to the first time period. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193119 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DISPLAYING AND NAVIGATING PROGRAM CONTENT BASED ON A HELICAL ARRANGEMENT OF ICONS - A device for enabling content selection is configured to display icons representing items of content. The icons may be displayed using a helical structure. A device may enable a user to select icons with a helical structure. A device may enable a user to navigate icons presented in the foreground of a helical structure. A user navigating icons in the foreground of a helical structure may cause new icons to be presented in the background of the helical structure. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193120 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFORMING A USER INTERFACE ICON INTO AN ENLARGED VIEW - A system is provided, comprising at least one processor and at least one storage having encoded thereon executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: visually render a first view of at least one user interface element; and in response to detecting a trigger event, cause the first view of the at least one user interface element to be replaced visually by a second view of the at least one user interface element, the second view being larger than the first view, wherein the trigger event comprises an event selected from a group consisting of: a user moving a pointer over the first view, a user clicking the first view, and a user touching the first view. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193121 | Discovering and Displaying Media Content Related to an Electronic Document - Systems, computer-readable storage mediums, and methods for discovering and displaying media content related to an electronic document. At a first computing device, document identifying information—which is one of: at least a portion of a network identifier or source code for the electronic document—for the electronic document is obtained. One or more media entities associated with the electronic document are then obtained from a server. The media entities correspond to media content including scheduled TV programming, steaming media or locally stored media. A representation of a subset of the media entities is displayed, and a user selection from the representation of a respective media entity from the subset is obtained. In response, selection information identifying the respective media entity is sent to a second computing device, which is configured to access and display respective media content corresponding to the respective media entity based on the selection information. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193122 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING TASK-ORIENTED CONTENT - Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for delivering various types of content (such as news articles) to users. Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure help provide users with concise articles containing the best content from a variety of sources, and present such content in a task-oriented manner that is finite and incentivizes the user to review the content. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193123 | TRANSFER OF DATA BETWEEN APPLICATIONS USING INTERMEDIATE USER INTERFACE - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for transfer of customer information between a first user interface and a third user interface by way of a second user interface are provided. In some embodiments, customer information may be imported into an intermediate user interface from a text-based user interface based on a first mapping associating portions of the text-based user interface with portions of an intermediate user interface. In some embodiments, the intermediate user interface is associated with a spreadsheet. The imported customer information may be reviewed by a user and accepted. The accepted customer information is used to populate a graphical user interface according to a second mapping associating one or more fields of the graphical user interface with portions of the intermediate user interface. In some embodiments, the graphical user interface is a browser-based user interface. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193124 | VISUAL FEEDBACK FOR LEVEL OF GESTURE COMPLETION - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to providing feedback for a level of completion of a user gesture via a cursor displayed on a user interface. One disclosed embodiment provides a method comprising displaying a cursor having a visual property and moving a screen-space position of the cursor responsive to the user gesture. The method further comprises changing the visual property of the cursor in proportion to a level of completion of the user gesture. In this way, the level of completion of the user gesture may be presented to the user in a location to which the attention of the user is directed during performance of the gesture. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193125 | Manipulating Parameters - Positioning of a cursor over a component in a system schematic displayed on a graphical user interface is detected and the component is highlighted. Selection of the component is detected and a translucent heads up display (“HUD”) is drawn over the highlighted component. A portion of the highlighted component under the HUD is un-highlighted. Positioning of the cursor over a HUD parameter-adjustment control is detected and the HUD parameter-adjustment control is highlighted. Selection of the HUD parameter-adjustment control is detected and a HUD display of an original value of the parameter for the component is replaced with a display of an adjusted value computed by adjusting the original value by the amount associated with the selected HUD adjustment button. Positioning of the cursor away from the component is detected and the drawing of the HUD is removed and the component is un-highlighted. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193126 | Navigating to Failures in Drilling System Displays - A plurality of data records is stored in a memory. The data records include data about a drill string in a well. Each data record includes a depth zone, wherein the depth zone includes a range of depths in the well, a description of a component in the drill string in the depth zone for this data record, and a failure flag that, when set, represents a failure in the drill string at the depth zone for this data record. A processor with access to the memory generates and transmits for display on a graphical user interface a schematic of a portion of the drill string. The processor emphasizes on the schematic of the portion of the drill string on the graphical user interface a representation of an emphasized depth zone, wherein a failure flag in a data record for the emphasized depth zone is set. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193127 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DISPLAYING INTEGRATED HOME AUTOMATION MODULES - A device for enabling a user to control a home device is described. The device may present graphical user interfaces to a user. The graphical user interfaces may include icons associated with each of a plurality of home devices. The icons may include a status associated with a home device. The icons may be selected by a user and enable a user to control a home device. The graphical user interface may be displayed in conjunction with digital media originating from one or more of a television service or a multimedia service. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193128 | VIRTUAL DATA CENTER GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A data center graphical user interface. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a plurality of objects selectable and editable by an end user; a virtual device controller layer comprising a plurality of virtual device controllers, each virtual device controller representing a physical data center resource and its associated configuration, the combined plurality of virtual device controllers forming a virtual data center; wherein each of a plurality of the objects of the GUI represent and map to a particular virtual device controller within a virtual device controller layer; and wherein a user may edit data center resources and the associated configuration of the data center resources by selecting the objects associated with the virtual device controllers of those resources. | 2015-07-09 |