Abstract: A mobile office storage assembly includes a housing including a top wall, a lower-most bottom wall and a pair of sidewalls that cooperate to define an interior storage space, a first horizontal surface movable between a retracted position where a majority of the first horizontal surface is positioned below the bottom wall and an extended position where the first horizontal surface is positioned outwardly with respect to the retracted position, and a second horizontal surface movable between a retracted position where a majority of the second horizontal surface is positioned below the bottom wall and an extended position where the second horizontal surface is positioned outwardly with respect to the retracted position of the second horizontal work surface.

Abstract: A mobile office storage assembly includes a housing including a top wall, a lower-most bottom wall and a pair of sidewalls that cooperate to define an interior storage space, a first horizontal surface movable between a retracted position where a majority of the first horizontal surface is positioned below the bottom wall and an extended position where the first horizontal surface is positioned outwardly with respect to the retracted position, and a second horizontal surface movable between a retracted position where a majority of the second horizontal surface is positioned below the bottom wall and an extended position where the second horizontal surface is positioned outwardly with respect to the retracted position of the second horizontal work surface.

Abstract: There are provided methods and a system for visually representing a rate of writing a plurality of identical Chinese characters for at least one user on a first portion of a display, with the visual representation having both a discrete movement component and a rate of activity component.

Abstract: There is provided a method for fanning pages of an electronic book on a touch panel display of an electronic apparatus for consuming electronic books. The method replicates a user experience similar to fanning pages of a physical book.

Abstract: There is provided an image capturing apparatus able to be draped onto a stand. The apparatus includes an image capture module for capturing at least one image; and a flexible cable originating from the image capture module for connection of the image capture module to a host. The flexible cable may be for supporting the image capture module at a desired position when the image capturing apparatus is draped onto the stand. Advantageously, locating the image capture module at the desired position enables a user to look at a lens of the image capture module in a manner where a recipient of an image of the user views the user looking directly at the recipient during a video conference session. There are also provided methods for enabling a user to appear to be looking directly at a recipient of an image of the user during a video conferencing session.

Abstract: A device and method for scanning an object on a working surface, the device comprising: a body located adjacent to the working surface; two or more cameras mounted on the body at a location elevated adjacently above the working surface for capturing images of the object on the working surface, the two or more cameras being angled such that their range of image captures overlap and the common overlapping region of the range of image captures of the two or more cameras corresponds with the size of the working surface, the two or more cameras being spaced apart such that each of the two or more cameras captures a different angle of the common overlapping region; and a processing unit capable of correcting skewed images of the working surface captured by the two or more cameras and capable of converting the images captured by the two or more cameras into a three dimensional image.

Abstract: An electronic book reader, the electronic book reader comprising: a reading interface for accessing an electronic book; a display for displaying the electronic book; a network interface for forming a communication connection between the electronic book reader and a device through a server, the server being connected to data storage comprising data of one or more user accounts associated with the electronic book; and a communication interface for facilitating exchange of multimedia messages between the electronic book reader and the device across the communication connection, wherein the communication connection being formed upon activation of the communication interface and upon both the electronic book and the device being logged in to the server via one of the one or more user accounts associated with the electronic book.

Abstract: There is provided a method for managing a plurality of electronic books on a computing device. The electronic books may be stored in a plurality of storage sources, the plurality of storage sources being selected from, for example, local storage on the computing device, network-linked storage, network-linked electronic book retailers, and so forth.

Abstract: There are provided methods and a system for visually representing a rate of writing a plurality of identical Chinese characters for at least one user on a first portion of a display, with the visual representation having both a discrete movement component and a rate of activity component.

Abstract: There is provided a method for fanning pages of an electronic book on a touch panel display of an electronic apparatus for consuming electronic books. The method replicates a user experience similar to fanning pages of a physical book.

Abstract: A hinge having a base with a planar surface; a sliding plate having a planar surface; a revolving member located adjacent to a longitudinal edge of the base, the revolving member being capable of revolving and projecting from the base; a dampener located in the base for restraining movement of the revolving member to retain the revolving member in its revolved and projected position; a first joint for coupling the revolving member to the sliding plate, and a plurality of guides arranged longitudinally and transversely in the sliding plate, wherein in a first mode of operation, the sliding plate is slidable over the base in the longitudinal or transverse directions of the base, wherein in a second mode of operation, the sliding plate is substantially slid over the base to a position in the transverse direction of the base, the sliding plate is pivotable about the longitudinal edge of the base to a configuration such that the planar surface of the sliding plate forms an oblique angle relative to the planar surf

Abstract: A device and method for scanning an object on a working surface, the device comprising: a body located adjacent to the working surface; two or more cameras mounted on the body at a location elevated adjacently above the working surface for capturing images of the object on the working surface, the two or more cameras being angled such that their range of image captures overlap and the common overlapping region of the range of image captures of the two or more cameras corresponds with the size of the working surface, the two or more cameras being spaced apart such that each of the two or more cameras captures a different angle of the common overlapping region; and a processing unit capable of correcting skewed images of the working surface captured by the two or more cameras and capable of converting the images captured by the two or more cameras into a three dimensional image.