Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120150972 | INTERACTIVE SEARCH RESULTS PAGE - Described herein are various technologies pertaining to presenting search results to a user, wherein the search results are messages generated by way of social networking applications. An interactive graphical object is presented together with retrieved messages, and messages are filtered responsive to interactions with the interactive graphical object. Additionally, a graphical object that is indicative of credibility of a message is presented together with the message. | 06-14-2012 |
20120296918 | Credibility Information in Returned Web Results - The subject disclosure is directed towards using credibility-related data in conjunction with servicing a web request such as a search query or a request for page content. The credibility-related data may be used to convey information to a user indicative of a level of credibility, such as to view credibility information with each search result, or in association with returned web page content. The credibility-related data may be used to rank, re-rank and/or filter search results. Also described is extracting credibility-related feature data from search-related data and web pages, and using the feature data with a dataset of credibility-rated pages to learn/train relative feature weights in a credibility model used by the search engine. | 11-22-2012 |
20140173524 | TARGET AND PRESS NATURAL USER INPUT - A cursor is moved in a user interface based on a position of a joint of a virtual skeleton modeling a human subject. If a cursor position engages an object in the user interface, and all immediately-previous cursor positions within a mode-testing period are located within a timing boundary centered around the cursor position, operation in a pressing mode commences. If a cursor position remains within a constraining shape and exceeds a threshold z-distance while in the pressing mode, the object is activated. | 06-19-2014 |
20140210788 | Method and Apparatus for Classifying Touch Events on a Touch Sensitive Surface - An apparatus classifies touch events. The apparatus includes a touch sensitive surface configured to generate a touch event when an object touches the touch sensitive surface. The touch event entails a mechanical vibration upon contact with the surface. The apparatus includes a touch event detector configured to detect the onset of a touch, and a touch event classifier configured to classify the touch event to identify the object used for the touch event. The mechanical vibration is created via any one of finger parts including a tip, a pad, a fingernail, and a knuckle, each of which has a unique feature different from each other. | 07-31-2014 |
20140310631 | Virtual Tools for Use with Touch-Sensitive Surfaces - An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive surface, for example a touch pad or touch screen. The user interacts with the touch-sensitive surface, producing touch interactions. Some of these touch interactions may be detected as indicative of a grasp for manipulating a physical tool (e.g., the grasp for holding a pen). When these touch interactions are encountered, a corresponding virtual tool is instantiated. The virtual tool controls an action on the electronic device that is similar to an action that can be performed by the physical tool. For example, the virtual pen can be used to draw on the display, whereas the physical pen draws on paper. A representation of the virtual tool is also displayed on a display for the electronic device, possibly providing additional affordances, at a location that corresponds to a location of the detected touch interaction. | 10-16-2014 |
20140327626 | Using Finger Touch Types to Interact with Electronic Devices - An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive surface, for example a touch pad or touch screen. The user interacts with the touch-sensitive surface, producing touch interactions. The resulting actions taken depend at least in part on the touch type. For example, the same touch interactions performed by three different touch types of a finger pad, a finger nail and a knuckle, may result in the execution of different actions. | 11-06-2014 |
20150035759 | Capture of Vibro-Acoustic Data Used to Determine Touch Types - An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive surface, for example a touch pad or touch screen. The user physically interacts with the touch-sensitive surface, producing touch events. The resulting interface actions taken depend at least in part on the touch type. The type of touch is determined in part based on vibro-acoustic data and touch data produced by the touch event. | 02-05-2015 |
20150242009 | Using Capacitive Images for Touch Type Classification - An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive surface, for example a touch pad or touch screen. The user physically interacts with the touch-sensitive surface, producing touch events. The resulting interface actions taken depend at least in part on the touch type. The type of touch is determined in part based on capacitive image data produced by the touch event. | 08-27-2015 |