38th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 230 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140282205 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC BOOK READING - An electronic book reader and a method and computer program product for displaying an electronic hook provide the display of dynamic text. An electronic book reader may comprise a visual display, a processor configured to execute program instructions, a memory storing the program instructions to be executed by the processor, program instructions to be executed by the processor, and at least one content piece comprising a plurality of text, the text including at least one item of information for controlling dynamic display of text, wherein the program instructions are configured to perform, when executed by the processor, evaluating the at least one item of information for controlling dynamic display of text, and displaying, on the visual display, text based on the evaluation of the at least one item of information for controlling dynamic display of text. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282206 | PARTIAL-HEIGHT PANES AS A METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING PALETTE LAYOUT AND SCREEN REAL ESTATE USAGE - A tool panel docking application is described that manages the docking of tool panels and palettes on an edge of an IDE workspace. As the user selects to dock various tool panels, the IDE monitors the positioning of each panel so as not to overlap the content of any of the individual panels making up the combined docked palettes and that allow the user to select how much of the underlying workspace is obscured by the combined docked palettes. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282207 | INTEGRATION FOR APPLICATIONS AND CONTAINERS - A computing device for combining one or more containers of one or more applications is provided that includes a processor, a memory, and a dashboard module configured to access a first application that includes a plurality of first containers, access a second application that includes a plurality of second containers, and generate a dashboard based, at least in part, on the first application and the second application. A container mapping module can also be provided and configured to map a particular one of the plurality of first containers to a first functionality, and map a particular one of the plurality of second containers to a second functionality. The dashboard can include the particular one of the plurality of first containers and the particular one of the plurality of second containers, where the dashboard is provided at an assigned display location of the computing device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282208 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing Concurrently Open Software Applications - An electronic device displays a first row in a multitasking user interface that includes a plurality of representations of open applications. The device concurrently displays a second row that is spaced apart from the first row and includes application icons for the open applications. While concurrently displaying the first row and the second row, the device detects a first input that corresponds to movement in a second direction. In response, the device moves the respective representation out of the first row in the second direction in accordance with a progression of the first input without moving the application icon for the respective application in the second direction. When application-close criteria have been met for the respective application by the first input, the device closes the respective application, ceases to display the respective representation in the first row and ceases to display the application icon in the second row. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282209 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING AN APPLICATION BAR - Embodiments of the present invention provide an input device comprising a processor, a displacement sensor coupled to the processor and a control button coupled to the processor. The displacement sensor is controlled by the processor and configured to detect movement of the input device relative to a surface. The control button is configured to open a first side panel and a second side panel on a virtual desktop of an operating system. The first and second side panel are configured to be opened when the control button is pressed and the input device is moved in a direction of the particular side panel. The first side panel is populated with a first set of one or more selectable icons for launching executable files, and the second side panel is populated with a second set of one or more selectable icons for moving currently running applications to a virtual desktop foreground. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282210 | USER INTERFACE FACILITATING SPECIFICATION OF A DESIRED DATA FORMAT FOR AN INDICIA READING APPARATUS - Aspects describe herein facilitate specification of a desired data format for bar code data to be presented by an indicia reading apparatus. Bar code data decoded from an image of a bar code is obtained and displayed. A user input field is provided and based on input by the user to the user input field, the user input field is populated with a representation of the desired data format for the bar code data. Based on the representation of the desired data format populated in the user input field, configuration settings are determined for configuring the indicia reading apparatus to present bar code data in the desired data format. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282211 | Systems and Methods for Predictive Text Entry for Small-Screen Devices with Touch-Based Two-Stage Text Input - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for predictive text entry for small touch-screen devices. A two-state input interface ( | 2014-09-18 |
20140282212 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS THAT FACILITATES MODIFYING A TEXTUAL INPUT - Aspects are disclosed for editing a textual input. In an aspect, a series of strings and an edit command are received such that the strings are parsed based on the edit command. A candidate modification of the strings is inferred from a correlation between the edit command and a parsing of the strings, and the candidate modification is then implemented. In another aspect, a textual input comprising a series of strings is displayed and an edit command is received. The edit command is associated with a portion of the strings, and the portion is then edited based on the edit command. In yet another aspect, a series of strings and an edit command are received, and a candidate modification of the series of strings is inferred based on a combination of a trigger portion and an edit portion of the edit command. The candidate modification is then disseminated. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282213 | MANAGEMENT OF MULTIPLE SYNCHRONIZED WINDOWS - A system and method for facilitating user interaction with a software application. An example method includes displaying a first primary window of an application; providing a user option to select a sub-window of the first primary window, resulting in generation of a detached window corresponding to the sub-window in response thereto; leaving a first user interface control in the first primary window in place of the sub-window, wherein the first user interface control provides a first user option to implement a first action pertaining to the detached window; and including a second user interface control in proximity to the detached window, wherein the second user interface control provides a first user option to implement a second action applicable to the detached window and primary window. The user interface controls may be implemented via headers in the primary window and detached window. Data is automatically synchronized between windows. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282214 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A GESTURE - A method includes displaying information on a display of an electronic device and detecting a gesture requesting display of information associated with an application. In response to detecting the gesture and while the gesture continues, displaying the requested information and, when a touch location of the gesture is associated with the first selection option, performing a function associated with the first selection option. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282215 | SEMANTIC ZOOM IN INDUSTRIAL HMI SYSTEMS - A system includes a processor configured to cause a display to display a graphical visualization of an industrial system, detect a user input corresponding to an area of the display, perform a semantic zoom of the area of the display, and to display a first level of information based on the semantic zoom. The first level of information includes a data that was not previously displayed on the area of the display. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282216 | PATHWAY PLANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for planning a pathway through an anatomical luminal network of a patient including a computing device having at least one processor; a display device in communication with the computing device; and a user interface configured for display on the display device and configured to guide a user through a pathway planning procedure. The user interface includes a patient selection window configured to receive a user input to select a patient having CT image data on which to perform pathway planning; a target selection window configured to receive a user input to select at least one target from the CT image data; and an airway finder window configured to generate at least one pathway from the at least one target to an entry point of the anatomical luminal network in response to a user input. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282217 | WINDOW GROUPING AND MANAGEMENT ACROSS APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES - A system and method for facilitating user access to data and software functionality. An example method includes identifying open windows of plural software applications; accessing rules pertaining to one or more behaviors of one or more of the open windows; and using the rules to adjust the one or more behaviors in accordance with a context of each of the open windows. In a more specific embodiment, the one or more behaviors are adjusted via window groupings in accordance with window context, which includes one or more keywords associated with open windows. The example method further includes displaying a search window with a user option to enter a query using keywords. Search results may identify documents that are associated with window groups associated with keywords of the query. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282218 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF WEBSITE BUILDING BY UTILIZING DATA LISTS - A website building system (WBS) comprises: a pool of content items to be displayed on a website being built; a set of views which can be used to display the items, each view being a template for a section of a web page of said website; a dynamic matching and adaptation module to dynamically provide an appropriate view for each content item for displaying the content item on the website. The dynamic matching and adaptation module performs at least one of: locating a matching view from the set of views; constructing a matching view on-the-fly; locating a matching view from the set of views and then modifying the located view. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282219 | INTELLIGENT INTERNET SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE USER INTERFACE PROVIDING ONE-STEP ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE - An Intelligent Internet system having the capacity to discover, acquire, organize, store, and make accessible knowledge about things of interest to users and to help users more efficiently interact with these things in a rich variety of ways. The Intelligent Internet system provides users with a personalized interface that dynamically adapts to each user's interests and context. This interface provides users with direct access to “knowledge” about things that humans or machines can uniquely sense, recognize, name, understand and interact with, whether real or imagined. Users can access the knowledge stored in the Intelligent Internet system to find, learn about and select products and services; communicate with family, friends, colleagues, classmates, customers and suppliers; learn about things they encounter in their environment, make decisions about them, consume and share content related to them and perform transactions. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282220 | PRESENTING OBJECT MODELS IN AUGMENTED REALITY IMAGES - Embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to displaying information from search results and other sets of information as augmented reality images. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of presenting information via a computing device comprising a camera and a display. The method includes displaying a representation of each of one or more items of information of a set of electronically accessible items of information. The method further comprises receiving a user input requesting display of a selected item of the set of electronically accessible items of information, obtaining an image of a physical scene, and displaying the image of the physical scene and the selected item together on the display as an augmented reality image. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282221 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WINDOW DISPLAYING - An apparatus may include one or more memories and one or more processors. The one or more memories may include instructions. The one or more processors may be configured to execute the instructions to facilitate providing a window of an application for display from a perspective in front of the window, receiving a touch input, and in response to the touch input, providing multiple windows for display on the apparatus from a perspective vertically above the multiple windows. The multiple windows may include the window. A display of one window may be switched to a display of multiple windows based on a single touch input. Methods for displaying windows and machine-readable storage medium are also disclosed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282222 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a touch screen display configured to display a plurality of items included in a list; and a controller configured to: sense a predetermined-type first touch input with respect to the touch screen display, partition the touch screen display into at least first and second regions in response to the first touch input, display at least some of the items that have been displayed on the touch screen display prior to the sensing of the first touch input, as they are, to the first region, display at least one other item including a first item or a last item in the list to the second region, sense a predetermined-type second touch input different from the first touch input with respect to the touch screen display, and move together the items displayed on the first and second regions in response to the sensing of the second touch input. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282223 | NATURAL USER INTERFACE SCROLLING AND TARGETING - A user interface is output to a display device. If an element of a human subject is in a first conformation, the user interface scrolls responsive to movement of the element. If the element is in a second conformation, different than the first conformation, objects of the user interface are targeted responsive to movement of the element without scrolling the user interface. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282224 | DETECTION OF A SCROLLING GESTURE - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for implementation of a scrolling gesture are disclosed. In some embodiments, a control object is detected by a detection device, and movement of content on a display is matched to movement of the control object. In further embodiments, a speed of the control object is detected, and a free scrolling mode is entered when the speed exceeds a speed threshold. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282225 | OFF-SCREEN WINDOW CONTROLS - A window detector may detect that an off-screen portion of a window is not visible within a display that is providing the window, the off-screen portion including at least one window control element. A control identifier may determine at least one supplemental control element corresponding to, and providing analogous functionality of, the at least one window control element. A control view generator may provide the at least one supplemental control element visibly within the display. A supplemental window controller may execute the analogous functionality with respect to the window, based on receipt of user input by way of the at least one supplemental control element. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282226 | Electronic Apparatus, Display Control Method and Storage Medium - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display processor and a controller. The display processor is configured to display a first area corresponding to at least part of a display object on a screen in accordance with a display magnification. The first area is movable in accordance with a scroll operation within an area of the display object. The controller is configured to enlarge a display magnification if a scrolling speed of the first area exceeds a first value beyond a first period, and not to enlarge a display magnification if a period in which the scrolling speed of the first area exceeds the first value is shorter than the first period. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282227 | DATA MODELING STUDIO - A data modeling studio provides a structured environment for graphically creating and executing models which may be configured for diagnosis, prognosis, analysis, identifying relationships, etc., within a process plant. The data modeling studio includes a configuration engine for generating user interface elements to facilitate graphical construction of a model and a runtime engine for executing data models in, for example, an offline or an on-line environment. The configuration engine includes an interface routine that generates user interface elements, a plurality of templates stored in memory that serve as the building blocks of the model and a model compiler that converts the graphical model into a data format executable by the run-time engine. The run time engine executes the model to produce the desired output and may include a retrieval routine for retrieving data corresponding to the templates from memory and a modeling routine for executing the executable model. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282228 | Dynamically Enable, Variable Border Area for Touch Solution with a Bezel - A method and system for managing the active area of a touch-sensitive display is disclosed. A request to resize the active area of a touch-sensitive display is received from a user in the form of a user gesture. The relationship of the current dimensions of the active area to the inside dimensions of a bezel associated with the touch-sensitive display is determined. The request is then processed to initiate active area resizing operations. If the dimensions of the active area are coincident with the inside dimensions of the bezel, then the dimensions of the active area can be reduced. If the dimensions of the active area are not coincident with the inside dimensions of the bezel, then the dimensions of the active area can be increased. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282229 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOPERATIVE SHARING OF RESOURCES OF AN ENVIRONMENT - A computer program product for providing a graphical user interface for displaying of and enabling cooperative use of resources on a display of a computing device includes computer readable code means, the computer readable code means when executed by a processor device, being configured to provide an environment, the environment being configured to represent the resources on the display of the computing device, provide a first viewport to at least a portion of the environment on the display of the computing device, enable a resource to be added to the environment and be viewed within the first viewport and enable the resource to be acted upon within the first viewport. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282230 | USER INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATON - A user interface for providing supplemental information is disclosed. Working content may be caused to be displayed in a display zone of a graphical user interface of a device. The working content may comprise a plurality of graphical objects. A data overlay may be caused to be displayed in the display zone. The data overlay may overlay and at least partially obscure a corresponding portion of the working content. The data overlay may include unchanged graphical objects and at least one additional graphical object. The unchanged graphical objects in the data overlay may be aligned with and overlay corresponding graphical objects of the plurality of graphical objects in the corresponding portion of the working content. The additional graphical object(s) may represent a modification to the corresponding portion of the working content. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282231 | DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE MULTIFRAME USER INTERFACE FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE - A user interface for a computing device includes a user interface form configured to fill a computing display. The user interface form is selectively and dynamically partitionable to define a plurality of non-overlapping frames, including a first frame and a second frame. Each of the plurality of non-overlapping frames includes an application window configured to display an instance of a software application being run by the computing device. A dynamic partition is disposed between the first frame and the second frame, and is configured to translate in a direction that is transverse to a longitudinal axis of the dynamic partition. The translation of the dynamic partition resizes each of the first frame and the second frame. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282232 | AUTOMATICALLY EXPANDING PANES - A portable electronic device and a method for automatically resizing a plurality of dynamically sizable panes displaying information on a screen of a portable electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying the information in the plurality of dynamically sizable panes on the screen of the portable electronic device, interacting with one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes, and automatically resizing all of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes according to the interaction with the one of the plurality of dynamically sizable panes. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282233 | GRAPHICAL ELEMENT EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION - A computing device (CD) outputs a graphical user interface (GUI) for display at a display device (DD). The GUI includes a grouping of elements that includes an expandable element (EE) having a first size. While the DD displays a first or a last element of the grouping, the CD receives an indication of a gesture including a linear movement of an input point away from the first or last element, e.g., in a direction in which the EE is expandable, and outputs a modified GUI that includes the EE having a second size. Alternatively, the GUI includes multiple EEs having respective sizes. The CD receives an indication of a gesture including a linear movement of multiple input points across the DD, and, while the input points are located within a region of the DD that displays an EE, outputs a modified GUI that includes the EE having a different size. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282234 | APPLICATIONS PRESENTATION METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MOBILE TERMINAL - An applications presentation method and system is provided, the method and system including displaying, a map on a display when a map application is executed, the map scaled to a location range, searching via a processor for installed applications having location information corresponding to the location range among a plurality of applications stored in the mobile terminal, transmitting information identifying at least the location range and the installed applications to an application provision server, receiving information on non-installed applications having the location information corresponding to the location range from the application provision server, and displaying icons including icons of the installed applications and icons of the non-installed applications on the map. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282235 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device includes a processor that executes a procedure. The procedure includes: (a) acquiring concentration level information relating to a degree of concentration of a user on the device; (b) acquiring action information that directly or indirectly represents an action of the user; (c) setting a first threshold that is for determining, in accordance with the concentration level information acquired in (a), whether or not the action information acquired in (b) is an operational instruction; and (d) determining, using the first threshold set in (c), whether or not the action of the user represented by the action information acquired in (b) is intended as an operational instruction by the user. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282236 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION METHOD - An electronic device includes an input/output (I/O) port and an instruction receiver located adjacent to the I/O port. When an external storage device is connected to the I/O port and the instruction receiver receives a predefined instruction input by a user, the electronic device generates a graphical user interface (GUI) to display a folder associated with the external storage device. A human-computer interaction method is also provided. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282237 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ASSIGNING MOODS TO CONTENT AND SEARCHING FOR MOODS TO SELECT CONTENT - Systems and methods for content identification and search are described. Content is identified or represented by one or more moods conveyed by the content to viewers. Identified moods are assigned range areas corresponding to each mood. Range areas are assigned spans corresponding to the range areas. Assigned spans are digitized and stored for searching. Searches are initiated by users through the identification of one or more moods and corresponding identification spans within ranges corresponding to the ranges. Once a user has selected at least one search span, a search is performed by looking for content having identification spans that at least partially correspond to the selected search spans, with content being ordered or ranked based on the degree of overlap between the identification spans and the search spans. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282238 | Enhanced Electronic Health Record Graphical User Interface System - An enhanced electronic health record system. A user device having a display accesses electronic health records and clinic note templates stored on digital storage segments. A template selection screen is presented on the display of the user device. The template selection screen has at least two view modes. One view mode is a grid view, in which icon representations of various clinic note templates are displayed, each icon representation having a number of secondary icons providing additional functionality and information to the user. Also available is a list view, which also contains a vertical listing of available clinic note templates, each list element also having secondary icons. Upon selection of a template, the user is presented with a formatted clinic note. Additional functionality is available to the user to aid in the efficient capture of information. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282239 | SELECTING A TOUCH SCREEN HOT SPOT - For selecting a touch screen hot spot, an indication module sequentially indicates each hot spot within a specified selection area about a projection of the selection object onto a touch screen. The sequential indication may be in response to the selection object hovering within a hover range of the touch screen. A selection module selects a hot spot in response to detecting movement of the selection object towards the touch screen concurrent with the indication of the selected hot spot. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282240 | Interactive Elements for Launching from a User Interface - In particular embodiments, a computing device provides for presentation to a user a first user interface associated with a first application. The first user interface includes one or more interactive elements arranged along an edge of the first user interface. The computing device receives user input selecting one of the interactive elements, and, in response to the user input, provides for presentation to the user a second user interface associated with a second application. The second application may be associated with the selected interactive element. The presentation of the second user interface includes, at least in part, the second user interface moving into view starting from the edge. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282241 | Handheld Measurement System With Selectable Options - In at least one embodiment, a handheld measurement system for receiving measurement data. The handheld measurement system generates a measurement image derived from the received measurement data. The handheld measurement system also generates a plurality of option images that each correspond to a particular option. A touch screen is coupled to the measurement device, and the touch screen displays the measurement image and the option images. The displayed option images are selectable, and the measurement device is configured to modify the measurement image in response to a selection. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282242 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTENT-AWARE SELECTION - Systems and methods detect simple user gestures to enable selection of portions of segmented content, such as text, displayed on a display. Gestures may include finger (such as thumb) flicks or swipes as well as flicks of the handheld device itself. The used finger does not occlude the selected text, allowing users to easily see what the selection is at any time during the content selection process. In addition, the swipe or flick gestures can be performed by a non-dominant finger such as a thumb, allowing users to hold the device and make the selection using only one hand. After making the initial selection of a target portion of the content, to extend the selection, for example to the right, the user simply swipes or flicks the finger over the touchscreen to the right. The user could also flick the entire device in a move gesture with one hand. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282243 | Gesture-based Workflow Progression - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for displaying, by the one or more processors, at least one graphical representation associated with an electronic document on a touchscreen display; and receiving, by the one or more processors, user input to the at least one graphical representation, the user input indicating a touchscreen gesture to the touchscreen display, and in response: determining a type of the touchscreen gesture; determining a degree of the touchscreen gesture; identifying one or more actions based on the type and the degree, each action of the one or more actions being executable to progress through a workflow; and displaying one or more action elements on the touchscreen display, each action element representing an action of the one or more actions. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282244 | Word cloud rotatable through N dimensions via user interface - A system and related method are disclosed for rendering a set of words linked to an n-dimensional vector space in a word cloud rendered from a two-dimensional projection of the vector space, where the user can click and drag a word, and the subspace and projection thereon will shift to place the word where the user has dragged it in a new projection, and the other words in the cloud will shift correspondingly, offering the user new insights. The importance of words in a document set is represented by word size, and relatedness between words demonstrated by color similarity. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282245 | DYNAMIC ICONS - A portable electronic device that includes a memory for storing a plurality of applications and information relating to a plurality of icons, a display for displaying at least one of the icons, a user interface for allowing the user to select the at least one icon displayed on the display, and a processor for determining which of the plurality of icons to be displayed on the display according to a predetermined criterion, among other things. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282246 | LIST FOR TOUCH SCREENS - Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for increasing the accuracy with which list items may be selected on a touch screen. A machine-readable storage medium includes instructions that when executed cause a computing device to present a list of multiple list items on a touch screen, each associated with a touch area and including a wide area marking a location of the touch area and a narrow area narrower than the wide area, the wide and narrow areas defining a presentation area wherein the wide areas of adjacent first and second list items are positioned at different first and second widthwise positions, respectively, and wherein the touch areas of the first and second list items coincide with the wide areas of the first and second list items, respectively. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282247 | CONTROL OF SEARCH RESULTS WITH MULTIPOINT PINCH GESTURES - A device displays a listing of items in an item data display area on a display. The device receives an indication of a pinch gesture from a touch-enabled screen and scales a facet of the item data to produce a scaled-facet listing responsive to the pinch gesture. The device scales by modifying a degree of a characteristic corresponding with a facet of the item data displayed in the scaled-data display area in an increasing amount responsive to the pinch-in gesture. The modifying further comprises producing a scaled-out listing implemented as an updated portion of item data having a temporal indicator that is later than an initial display of item data by an amount proportional to a magnitude of a pinch gesture characteristic corresponding to the pinch-in gesture. Finally, the device displays the scaled-facet listing as an updated set of item data. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282248 | ENHANCED VIEWS WITH DYNAMIC MENUS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for facilitating enhanced views of information management applications. In an implementation, a suitable computing system or systems presents a link to a dynamic menu within a perspective of an active module of various modules in an information management application. In response to an indication of interest generated with respect to the link, the computing system presents the dynamic menu which includes various dynamic icons. Each of the icons provides update information and a link associated with a corresponding module of the various modules in the information management application. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282249 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC UNIT AND/OR OTHER APPLICATIONS - A method for the operator control of at least one electronic device and/or application on a display device | 2014-09-18 |
20140282250 | MENU INTERFACE WITH SCROLLABLE ARRANGEMENTS OF SELECTABLE ELEMENTS - In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media are described that are associated with menu interfaces for media source and content navigation. In embodiments, a menu interface may be selectively rendered. In various embodiments, the selective rendering may include selectively rendering a first scrollable arrangement of selectable elements disposed along a first axis to represent sources of media content; and selectively rendering a second scrollable arrangement of selectable elements to represent media contents available from only a selected one of the sources of media content and not unselected ones of the sources of media content, wherein the second scrollable arrangement of selectable elements is disposed along a second axis that extends from the first axis. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282251 | INTERACTIVE SLIDING TOUCHBAR FOR AUTOMOTIVE DISPLAY - A console includes a console surface, an interactive touch bar disposed within the console, the touch bar configured to move from a position recessed within the console surface to a position raised above the console surface and the touch bar being configured to receive user touch input, and a proximity sensor disposed on the console surface, the proximity sensor configured to detect a user gesture. The touch bar is configured to rise above the console surface when the proximity sensor detects the user gesture. The interactive surface comprising a capacitive surface zone configured to detect user touch input. The interactive touch surface is configured to receive sliding user input across the interactive touch surface to navigate through content options and is configured to receive pressing user input for selecting the content options. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282252 | TOUCH OPTIMIZATIONS FOR RANGE SLIDER CONTROLS - Operating a range slider. A method includes displaying a range slider in a graphical user interface. The method further includes detecting a minimum selecting user interaction on a graphical user interface. The method further includes placing the minimum slider thumb at value on the slider track by placing the inside edge of the minimum slider thumb on the value to select the minimum endpoint of the selected range at the inside edge of the minimum slider thumb. The method further includes detecting a maximum selecting user interaction on the graphical user interface. The method further includes placing the maximum slider thumb at a value on the slider track by placing the inside edge of the maximum slider thumb on the value to select the maximum endpoint of the selected range at the inside edge of the maximum slider thumb. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282253 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BATCH SELECTION OF MULTIPLE IMAGES - The present invention relates to the technology field of touch screen device, and provides a method and apparatus for multi-image batch selection. The method comprise: detecting slide touching event under an image editing mode; acquiring a slide track of the slide touching event; and setting unselected images within image display areas that the slide track passes through as being selected. The invention achieves the flexible batch selection of multi-image that are displayed continuously or uncontinuously. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282254 | IN-PLACE CONTEXTUAL MENU FOR HANDLING ACTIONS FOR A LISTING OF ITEMS - Techniques for providing an in-place contextual menu and user interface for email and other information management system triage are provided in which a contextual menu can be overlaid or replace an item on a view screen. The contextual menu can provide action commands specific to the type and state of the items selected in the feature view of the email or other information management system. A single recognized selection input, such as a swipe gesture, selects an item and invokes an in-place contextual menu presenting actions that can be asserted on the selected item. Multiple item selection is available through the same invocation of presenting the in-place contextual menu. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282255 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE WITH SEARCH FUNCTION - A graphical user interface is provided that can be used on a diagnostic tool. The graphical user interface allows a technician to operate various functions of the diagnostic tool including searching for additional information on the Internet, receiving weather information that is relevant to certain diagnostic tests, and displaying in certain formats the retrieved vehicle data and when certain vehicles were last scanned or diagnosed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282256 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE WITH VEHICLE SCANNED FUNCTION - A graphical user interface is provided that can be used on a diagnostic tool. The graphical user interface allows a technician to operate various functions of the diagnostic tool including searching for additional information on the Internet, receiving weather information that is relevant to certain diagnostic tests, and displaying in certain formats the retrieved vehicle data and when certain vehicles were last scanned or diagnosed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282257 | GENERATING CHECKLISTS IN A PROCESS CONTROL ENVIRONMENT - A method executed in a process control environment automatically generates, displays, and tracks check lists according to assigned work items. The work items include information such as required equipment, required safety equipment, required tools, target function, and target equipment. The target function and/or target equipment information can be associated, together or separately, with the required equipment, required safety equipment, and required tools if the required equipment and tools are not specifically included in the work items. The check lists indicate the required equipment, tools, devices, parts, maintenance materials, manuals, and/or documents, that are necessary to perform the target function on the target equipment. A check list is displayed on a user interface device, which tracks, internally or in cooperation with a supervisor engine, whether a user of the user interface device has checked off the items on the check list. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282258 | User Interface Navigation - In one embodiment, an interface navigation system including a display unit and a control unit that is coupled to the display unit is described. The control unit is configured to detect a first movement of an interface navigation control input in a particular direction, and cause a corresponding second movement and a corresponding change in shape of a visual effect displayed on the display unit in response to the first movement in the particular direction. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282259 | INFORMATION QUERY BY POINTING - Navigating through objects or items in a display device using a first input device to detect pointing of a user's finger to an object or item and using a second input device to receive the user's indication on the selection of the object or the item. An image of the hand is captured by the first input device and is processed to determine a location on the display device corresponding to the location of the fingertip of the pointing finger. The object or the item corresponding to the location of the fingertip is selected after the second input device receives predetermined user input from the second input device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282260 | GENERATING AN IMAGE STREAM - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for augmenting an interactive session with images. In one aspect, a method includes generating a first linear arrangement of images captured during an interactive session. The images of the first linear arrangement of images can be arranged in order based on a sequence in which the images were captured. The first linear arrangement of images is provided for display. Selection data specifying a selection of an image of the first linear arrangement of images are received. In response to receiving the selection data, a branch point is created at the selected image. The branch point can define a branch from the selected image to a second linear arrangement of images. Additional images captured during the interactive session are received. The second linear arrangement of images is generated that includes the additional images. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282261 | BUSINESS SOLUTION USER INTERFACE ENABLING INTERACTION WITH REPORTS - Technologies are generally described for providing an interactive user interface for enabling users to interact with reports and other documents associated with an entity on various client devices and to effectively manage business activities from their client device. The business application user interface may enable a user to access work documents on a client device over a network, and to interact with the documents on the client device. The user interface may display reduced thumbnail versions of available reports, select and view them based on one or more roles. The user interface may adapt how a report is displayed in a full size based on the type of device on which the user views the report. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282262 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING NAVIGATION IMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH ADAPTIVE BIT RATE VIDEO CONTENT - Systems and methods that improve navigation within video content in an adaptive streaming environment are provided herein. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282263 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT - Various aspects and embodiments are directed to a streamlined computer device and a graphical user interface that organizes interface elements into views of computer content for presentation to a user. Various views of digital media content permits users to easily and efficiently access various digital media content. Different views are used to provide an interface that is responsive to configurations of the device and responsive to activity being performed by the user. Aspects include permitting the user to maintain and manage digital media content libraries. According to some embodiments, the libraries comprise user digital media content and references digital media content. Functionality provided to a user can be tailored to the type of content displayed, accessed and/or managed. According to various aspects, methods and systems are provided for accessing and managing digital media libraries on a streamlined computing device with a plurality selectable I/O profiles. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282264 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING THUMBNAIL IMAGE - Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for displaying a thumbnail image. A plurality of thumbnail images that corresponds to a plurality of files stored in a storage unit is displayed. The plurality of files comprises at least one of a video file or an image file. A thumbnail image is selected from the plurality of thumbnail images. A selected effect is applied to the selected thumbnail image to generate a modified thumbnail image. The modified thumbnail image to which the selected effect has been applied is displayed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282265 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATION OF FOOD ORDERS - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques which aid in correctly capturing what a restaurant customer intends to order, and may enhance the customer's satisfaction with the ordering and dining process overall. For example, an interface may be provided through which a customer may specify an order, and the interface may clearly convey such information as each ordered item's ingredients and nutritional content. The interface may enable the customer to customize ordered items, and may clearly convey any changes that the customer has made, allowing the customer to make informed choices about the items included in an order. The interface may embody a design which enables the customer to quickly and easily customize items, and/or to re-order previously customized items. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282266 | PROVIDING INFORMATION REGARDING CONSUMABLE ITEMS TO USERS - Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for characterizing consumable items. A computer system receives a plurality of characteristics describing a first consumable item. The computer system derives first, second and third dimension values from respective first, second and third sets of the plurality of characteristics. The computer system generates a user interface, where the user interface depicts a three-dimensional space and comprises an icon representing the first consumable item. Generating the user interface comprises positioning the icon in the depicted three-dimensional space at a position corresponding to the first, second and third dimension values. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282267 | Interaction with a Three-Dimensional Virtual Scenario - A display device for a three-dimensional virtual scenario for selecting objects in the virtual scenario provides feedback upon successful selection of an object. The display device is designed to output a haptic or tactile, optical or acoustic feedback upon selection of a virtual object. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282268 | USER INTERFACE NAVIGATION ELEMENTS FOR NAVIGATING DATASETS - One embodiment of the invention sets forth a data navigation engine that generates user interface navigation elements for navigation large and expanding datasets. The user interface navigation elements may include a pivot control zoom slider for adjusting the data resolution with respect to different zoom pivot locations, an interactive ruler for consistent visual feedback and navigation of intervals of data within the dataset, a context bar for viewing the data proximate to a current view, and a multi-scale slider for repositioning the dataset within the current view. These user interface navigation elements provide the end-user with consistent control and visual feedback while navigating the dataset, independent of the size of the dataset or the portion of the dataset displayed within the current view. Therefore, large and expanding datasets can be navigated more effectively relative to prior art approaches. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282269 | NON-OCCLUDED DISPLAY FOR HOVER INTERACTIONS - A computing device can be configured to recognize when a user hovers over or is within a determined distance of an element displayed on the computing device to perform certain tasks. Information associated with the element can be displayed when such a hover input is detected. This information may comprise a description of what tasks are performed by selection of the element. This information could also be an enlarged version of the element to help the user disambiguate selection of multiple elements. The information can be displayed in a manner such that at least substantive portions of the information would not be obscured or occluded by the user. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282270 | Method and System for Gesture Recognition - A method and system for recognizing gestures on an electronic device, such as a mobile device (e.g., watch), are disclosed. In one example embodiment, the method includes obtaining a gesture template, determining a first mean value based upon the gesture template, obtaining gesture data by way of a motion sensing component of the electronic device, and calculating (by way of a processing device) a correlation metric based at least indirectly upon the gesture data and the gesture template, where the correlation metric is calculated based at least in part upon the first mean value. The method also includes determining based at least in part upon the correlation metric that a first of the gestures has occurred, and taking at least one additional action based at least in part upon the determining. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282271 | USER INTERFACE RESPONSIVE TO OPERATOR POSITION AND GESTURES - Various embodiments are generally directed to the provision of multiple modes of a user interface that are automatically selected in response to the position and gestures of its operator. An apparatus includes an image sensor to capture at least one image of an operator, and a position component communicatively coupled to the image sensor to determine a proximate distance of the operator to a manually-operable control and to provide the determination of the distance to a user interface component to enable dynamic selection of one of multiple views of a visual portion of a user interface. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282272 | Interactive Inputs for a Background Task - Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure provide improved multitasking on user devices. In an embodiment, a method for multitasking comprises detecting a non-touch gesture input received by a user device. The method also comprises associating the non-touch gesture input with an application running in a background, wherein a different focused application is running in a foreground. And the method also comprises controlling the background application with the associated non-touch gesture input without affecting the foreground application. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282273 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING VOICE AND GESTURE COMMAND AREAS - A system and method for assigning user input command areas for receiving user voice and air-gesture commands and allowing user interaction and control of multiple applications of a computing device. The system includes a voice and air-gesture capturing system configured to allow a user to assign three-dimensional user input command areas within the computing environment for each of the multiple applications. The voice and air-gesture capturing system is configured to receive data captured by one or more sensors in the computing environment and identify user input based on the data, including user speech and/or air-gesture commands within one or more user input command areas. The voice and air-gesture capturing system is further configured to identify an application corresponding to the user input based on the identified user input command area and allow user interaction with the identified application based on the user input. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282274 | DETECTION OF A GESTURE PERFORMED WITH AT LEAST TWO CONTROL OBJECTS - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for implementation of a contactless panning gesture are disclosed. In some embodiments, a remote detection device detects synchronized motion of at least two control objects across a control plane. An attached computing device may then adjust a current position of a displayed content in response to detection of the synchronized motion. In certain embodiments, a threshold for variation in the movement of the control objects may be established to determine when to terminate a panning mode. The threshold may vary based on the velocity of the control objects. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282275 | DETECTION OF A ZOOMING GESTURE - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for implementation of a contactless zooming gesture are disclosed. In some embodiments, a remote detection device detects a control object associated with a user. An attached computing device may use the detection information to estimate a maximum and minimum extension for the control object, and may match this with the maximum and minimum zoom amount available for a content displayed on a content surface. Remotely detected movement of the control object may then be used to adjust a current zoom of the content. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282276 | GESTURES INVOLVING DIRECT INTERACTION WITH A DATA VISUALIZATION - Functionality is described herein for directly interacting with parts of a data visualization. For instance, the functionality allows a user to directly interact with data items to filter them out from the data visualization, and later restore them to the data visualization. The functionality also allows a user to directly interact with an axis to sort the data items in the data visualization. The functionality also allows a user to directly interact with a label of the data visualization to choose a new label, and to reorganize the information represented by the data visualization in response thereto. Further, before finalizing any update to the data visualization, the functionality may provide a preview of the updated data visualization. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282277 | ADAPTIVE SEARCHING AND RANKING BASED ON GESTURES SIGNIFYING USER PREFERENCES - A system and method for incrementally optimizing the selection or ranking of elements or items from a collection for a user, and providing for immediate modification of criteria used for selection of a next element of item based on simple user feedback on features or characteristics of a previously reviewed selection, as indicated by user gestures. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282278 | DEPTH-BASED USER INTERFACE GESTURE CONTROL - Technologies for depth-based gesture control include a computing device having a display and a depth sensor. The computing device is configured to recognize an input gesture performed by a user, determine a depth relative to the display of the input gesture based on data from the depth sensor, assign a depth plane to the input gesture as a function of the depth, and execute a user interface command based on the input gesture and the assigned depth plane. The user interface command may control a virtual object selected by depth plane, including a player character in a game. The computing device may recognize primary and secondary virtual touch planes and execute a secondary user interface command for input gestures on the secondary virtual touch plane, such as magnifying or selecting user interface elements or enabling additional functionality based on the input gesture. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282279 | INPUT INTERACTION ON A TOUCH SENSOR COMBINING TOUCH AND HOVER ACTIONS - A system and method for defining a gesture to be any combination of touch and hover actions, the touch and hover actions being combined in any order and any number of discrete touch and hover actions that define a single gesture or a series of gestures. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282280 | GESTURE DETECTION BASED ON TIME DIFFERENCE OF MOVEMENTS - Disclosed herein are a method and electronic device for detecting or identifying a gesture. A first and second movement are detected. A gesture is identified or detected based at least partially on a time difference between the first and second gesture. A function associated with the gesture is performed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282281 | SEAMLESS MEDIA NAVIGATION - Disclosed are the technology for seamless media navigation. A computing device according to the technology includes a processor, a network interface, a input device (e.g. touch screen) and a media navigation module. The network interface communicates with multiple media servers. The input device generates user input signals of swipe motions. The media navigation module configured, when executed by the processor, to perform a process. The process includes playing a first media object, gradually switching from playing the first media object to playing multiple media objects including the first media object based on a first swipe motion; and gradually switching from playing the multiple media objects to playing one individual media object of the media objects based on a second swipe motion subsequent to the first swipe motion. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282282 | DYNAMIC USER INTERACTIONS FOR DISPLAY CONTROL - The technology disclosed relates to using gestures to supplant or augment use of a standard input device coupled to a system. It also relates to controlling a display using gestures. It further relates to controlling a system using more than one input device. In particular, it relates to detecting a standard input device that causes on-screen actions on a display in response to control manipulations performed using the standard input device. Further, a library of analogous gestures is identified, which includes gestures that are analogous to the control manipulations and also cause the on-screen actions responsive to the control manipulations. Thus, when a gesture from the library of analogous gestures is detected, a signal is generated that mimics a standard signal from the standard input device and causes at least one on-screen action. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282283 | Semantic Gesture Processing Device and Method Providing Novel User Interface Experience - A method for semantic processing of gestures on a user interface, a method for semantic processing of gestures on a user interface using remote resources, and a device incorporating the method as a novel user interface paradigm. User gestural input is sampled, analyzed, and interpreted while input is still occurring, and a change in user intent effects an action. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282284 | PORTABLE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PORTABLE REPRODUCTION DEVICE - To provide a portable reproduction device for facilitating change by a user of a reproduction position of content data reproduced in a portable reproduction device. An inclination detection unit ( | 2014-09-18 |
20140282285 | MODIFYING A USER INTERFACE SETTING BASED ON A VISION ABILITY OF A USER - A user interface setting of a computing device is automatically adjusted, based on a vision ability of a user of the device. In some examples, visual information output for a user of a computing device is presented via at least one user input/output element of the computing device. Responsive user input is received via the at least one user input/output element. The received responsive user input is analyzed to automatically determine a vision ability of the user. A setting of a user interface of the at least one user input/output element of the computing device is automatically adjusted based on the determined vision ability of the user. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282286 | ETCH FAILURE PREDICTION BASED ON WAFER RESIST TOP LOSS - An approach for methodology, and an associated apparatus, enabling a simulation process to check integrity of the design and predict a manufacturability of a resulting circuit that accounts for process latitude without a long turnaround time and/or a highly skilled engineer is disclosed. Embodiments include: determining first and second features of an IC design; determining a thickness of a resist layer of the IC design based on an aerial image of the IC design; determining a threshold value according to the thickness; and comparing the threshold value to a separation distance between the first and second features. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282287 | REUSABLE CUT MASK FOR MULTIPLE LAYERS - The present disclosure relates to a method of forming a reusable cut mask or trim mask that can be used for multiple design levels, and an associated apparatus. In some embodiments, the method is performed by determining positions of a plurality of mask cuts for a reusable cut mask or a reusable trim mask. Shapes are then routed along a routing path having a plurality of design levels. The routing path intersects one or more of the plurality of mask cuts at positions that form distinct shapes that connect nodes of an integrated chip sharing a same electric network. By routing shapes on a plurality of design levels to intersect one or more of the plurality of mask cuts, the cut masks can be reused between the plurality of levels, therefore decreasing mask costs during fabrication. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282288 | DESIGN-FOR-MANUFACTURING - DESIGN-ENABLED-MANUFACTURING (DFM-DEM) PROACTIVE INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING FLOW - System and methods for design-for-manufacturing and design-enabled-manufacturing (DFM-DEM) proactive integrated manufacturing flow are presented. A method includes receiving design data related to layout of an integrated circuit (IC); extracting information from the design data; and performing analysis on the extracted information. The method also enables DFM-DEM aware manufacturing applications using information stored in a knowledge database. The method further updates the knowledge database with new information learned from at least the extracted information and the analysis. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282289 | CELL BOUNDARIES FOR SELF ALIGNED MULTIPLE PATTERNING ABUTMENTS - A system and method of determining a cell layout are disclosed. The method includes receiving a circuit design corresponding to a predetermined circuit design, the circuit design having a first set of cells and abutting adjacent cells in the first set of cells, the abutted cells having a first boundary pattern therebetween. The first boundary pattern is exchanged with a second boundary pattern based on a number or positions of signal wires in the first boundary pattern. A cell layout for use in a patterning process can then be determined, the cell layout including the second boundary pattern. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282290 | SUB-RESOLUTION ASSIST FEATURE IMPLEMENTATION USING SHOT OPTIMIZATION - A design layout for a semiconductor chip includes information on shapes desired to be fabricated. Clusters of photolithographic exposure “shots” are generated and subject to a measure of shot density to approximate a mask shape that generates the desired fabricated shapes when exposed during wafer fabrication. A simulation is run on the clusters of shots to estimate the resulting fabrication shapes that the clusters of shots create. The clusters of shots are modified to align the estimated fabrication shapes more closely with desired fabrication shapes. The process of simulating and modifying the shots is iterative, repeating until the estimated fabrication shapes are within a desired error difference of the planned fabrication shape. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282291 | SOURCE-MASK OPTIMIZATION FOR A LITHOGRAPHY PROCESS - Systems and methods for optimizing a source shape and a mask shape for a lithography process are disclosed. One such method includes performing a mask optimization for the lithography process in accordance with a set of parameters including at least one variable representation, at least one objective and problem constraints. Further, a light source optimization for the lithography process is performed in accordance with the set of parameters. In addition, a joint light source-mask optimization is performed in accordance with the set of parameters. The method further includes iterating at least one of the mask optimization or the light source optimization by changing at least one of the variable representation, the objective or the problem constraints to maximize a common process window for the lithography process. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282292 | SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY ENHANCED PATTERN (STEP) MATCHING - A design or lithographic enhancement process, a method for forming a device based on the lithographic enhancement process and a system for pattern enhancement are presented. The process includes processing a design data file. The design data file includes information of design layers in an integrated circuit (IC). Processing the design data file includes analyzing the design data file and patterns in the design data file are enhanced taken into consideration topography information of design layers corresponding to masks of the IC. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282293 | EDA TOOL AND METHOD FOR CONFLICT DETECTION DURING MULTI-PATTERNING LITHOGRAPHY - A method includes accessing data representing a layout of a layer of an integrated circuit (IC) having a plurality of polygons defining circuit patterns to be divided among a number (N) of photomasks over a single layer of a semiconductor substrate, where N is greater than two. The method further includes inputting a conflict graph having a plurality of vertices, identifying a first and second vertex, each of which is connected to a third and fourth vertex where the third and fourth vertices are connected to a same edge of a conflict graph, and merging the first and second vertices to form a reduced graph. The method further includes detecting at least one or more vertex in the reduced having a conflict. In one aspect, the method resolves the detected conflict by performing one of pattern shifting, stitch inserting, or re-routing. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282294 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE FOR ACCESSING DESIGN RULES AND LIBRARY OF DESIGN FEATURES WHILE DESIGNING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE LAYOUT - Provided is a system and method for designing the layout of integrated circuits or other semiconductor devices while directly accessing design rules and a library of design features by interfacing with a GUI upon which the design layout is displayed. The design rules may be directly linked to the design features of the pattern library and imported into the device layout. The design rules may be directly accessed while designing the layout or while conducting a design rule check and the design features from the pattern library may be used in creating the layout. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282295 | Method for Forming Photo-masks and OPC Method - The present invention provides a method for forming at least a photo mask. A first photo-mask pattern relating to a first structure is provides. A second photo-mask pattern relating to a second structure is provides. A third photo-mask pattern relating to a third structure is provides. The first structure, the second structure and the third structure are disposed in a semiconductor structure in sequence. An optical proximity process including a comparison step is provided, wherein the comparison step includes comparing the first photo-mask pattern and the third photo-mask pattern. Last, the first photo-mask pattern is import to form a first mask, the second photo-mask pattern is import to form a second mask, and the third photo-mask pattern is import to form a third mask. The present invention further provides an OPC method. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282296 | HYBRID METHOD FOR PERFORMING FULL FIELD OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION FOR FINFET MANDREL LAYER - A hybrid OPC process and a resulting reticle are disclosed. Embodiments include generating a finfet fin reticle including a first portion having regular pitches and a second portion having irregular pitches, performing rule based OPC on at least the first portion, and performing OPC repair locally at the second portion. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282297 | METHOD FOR GENERATING POST-OPC LAYOUT IN CONSIDERATION OF TOP LOSS OF ETCH MASK LAYER - A method of forming a semiconductor circuit includes receiving target layout. An optical proximity correction process is performed on the target layout data to generate a post-OPC layout. A patterning process is performed using the post-OPC layout. The post-OPC layout may be adjusted to compensate for a top loss of an etch mask layer. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282298 | PERFORMING IMAGE CALCULATION BASED ON SPATIAL COHERENCE - Computer-implemented techniques for pixel source optics calculations using spatial coherence are disclosed. Pixelated sources are used for source-mask co-optimization to enhance semiconductor lithography. Calculation of a partially coherent imaging system is used for optical-lithography simulation. The spatial coherence property of neighboring source points is used to reduce imaging calculation complexity. Two or more neighboring points are treated as one pseudo-spatially coherent area element. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282299 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING OPTICAL PROXIMITY AND PHOTOMASK CORRECTION - An approach is provided for enabling simulation of photomask contour shapes, performing verification on the simulated photomask shapes, and correcting errors in OPC correction or bad fracturing methods to perform photomask proximity correction in real time before physically writing of the photomask. Embodiments include performing optical proximity correction of a photomask of a semiconductor layout to generate a corrected photomask, simulating the corrected photomask to generate one or more simulated contour shapes within a simulated photomask, verifying the simulated contour shapes to determine errors associated with the simulated photomask, and correcting the errors in the simulated contour shapes of the simulated photomask to generate a final photomask. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282300 | TOPOGRAPHY DRIVEN OPC AND LITHOGRAPHY FLOW - Enhancements in lithography for forming an integrated circuit are disclosed. The enhancements include a topography analysis of a design data file to obtain accumulative topography information for different mask levels. The topography information facilitates topography driven optical proximity correction and topography driven lithography. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282301 | STITCH INSERTION FOR REDUCING COLOR DENSITY DIFFERENCES IN DOUBLE PATTERNING TECHNOLOGY (DPT) - Methodology enabling a reduction in a density difference between two complementary exposure masks and/or windows of a layout and an apparatus for performing the method are disclosed. Embodiments include: determining a layer of an IC design having features to be resolved by first and second masks; determining a difference of density by comparing a first density of a first set of the features with a second density of a second set of the features; determining a region on the layer of a first feature to be resolved by the first mask; and inserting, within the region, a polygon to be resolved by the second mask based on the difference of density. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282302 | Multi-etch process using material-specific behavioral parameters in 3-D virtual fabrication environment - A virtual fabrication environment for semiconductor device structure development is discussed. The insertion of a multi-etch process step using material-specific behavioral parameters into a process sequence enables a multi-physics, multi-material etching process to be simulated using a suitable numerical technique. The multi-etch process step accurately and realistically captures a wide range of etch behavior and geometry to provide in a virtual fabrication system a semi-physical approach to modeling multi-material etches based on a small set of input parameters that characterize the etch behavior. | 2014-09-18 |
20140282303 | PATTERN-INDEPENDENT AND HYBRID MATCHING/TUNING INCLUDING LIGHT MANIPULATION BY PROJECTION OPTICS - Described herein are methods for matching the characteristics of a lithographic projection apparatus to a reference lithographic projection apparatus, where the matching includes optimizing illumination source and projection optics characteristics. The projection optics can be used to shape wavefront in the lithographic projection apparatus. According to the embodiments herein, the methods can be accelerated by using linear fitting algorithm or using Taylor series expansion using partial derivatives of transmission cross coefficients (TCCs). | 2014-09-18 |
20140282304 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING A DIAGONAL PATTERN USING CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM LITHOGRAPHY - A method and system for fracturing or mask data preparation is disclosed in which the central core portion of a diagonal pattern is fractured using overlapping variable shaped beam (VSB) shots, and an outer portion of the diagonal pattern is fractured using non-overlapping VSB shots. A transition region is interposed between the central core and outer pattern portions, and transition region shots are generated so as to produce in the transferred pattern a smooth transition in pattern characteristics such as line edge roughness or period of waviness, from the central core portion of the pattern to the outer portion of the pattern. A pattern determined by the transition region shots is then compared to a reticle pattern created using conventional non-overlapping VSB shots. Methods for forming a semiconductor device layout pattern on a reticle or substrate are also disclosed. | 2014-09-18 |