Scaling Patents (Class 345/660)
  • Patent number: 9576049
    Abstract: Computer storage media, computerized methods, and systems for semantically navigating between content using zoom operations, as well as other user-initiated operations, are provided. The zoom operations include an open-pinch gesture (zoom in) and a closed-pinch gesture (zoom out) physically applied to a touch-screen display of a client device, where the touch-screen display presents a document with original content. When one or more of the zoom operations have been detected as being performed upon a targeted portion of the original content, new content that is relevant to the targeted content is retrieved, as opposed to simply expanding or contracting the original content within a display area of the touch-screen display. The document is transitioned to a view with representations of the new content organized according to a format, where the format is dictated by a type of the one or more zoom operations being performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Steve Macbeth
  • Patent number: 9578113
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods are provided for communication and for forwarding display data and cursor type related to a remote session between a client device and a remote server. The system may facilitate establishing the remote session with the remote server. After the client device is connected to a remote session, it is determined if the style of the client device's cursor should be changed. The RDP client of the remote server creates the changed cursor based on bitmap details. The change cursor may be a 1-bit or 32-bit cursor. When the remote session is disconnected, the default cursor for the client device is re-instated at the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Wyse Technology L.L.C.
    Inventors: Roshan Sullad, Bach H. Le, Curtis J. Schwebke, Stevan Kominac
  • Patent number: 9565398
    Abstract: A system and a method for attaining a selectable image sequence are provided. The system includes a viewer display component configured to transmit a request from a user's interface component for the selectable image sequence. The request obtains a handle which corresponds to the selectable image sequence, a display description in which the handle is embedded and a reply response containing the handle that corresponds to the selectable image. The viewer display component is also configured to receive the reply response and to render the selectable image sequence on a display screen of the user's interface component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: ARROWSIGHT, INC.
    Inventors: Lambert Wixson, Mark Wayman, Alex Gulyansky, Jeff Roberts, Adam Aronson, Kassim Chaudry, Kate Rafferty, Julie Shimshack
  • Patent number: 9552149
    Abstract: A two-dimensional canvas contains objects of various types. The two-dimensional canvas is fixed in one dimension, but extensible in a second dimension. The canvas is displayed in miniaturized form at the same time at least a portion of the canvas is displayed in another view, such as an edit view. Selection or modification of an object in the miniaturized version of the canvas will also result in a modification or selection of the corresponding object in the other view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Danton, Florian Voss, Siddharth Jayadevan
  • Patent number: 9552015
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface stores a document having primary content, supplementary content, and user-generated content. The device displays a representation of the document in a segmented user interface on the display. Primary content of the document is displayed in a first segment of the segmented user interface and supplementary content of the document is concurrently displayed in a second segment of the segmented user interface distinct from the first segment. The device receives a request to view user-generated content of the document. In response to the request, the device maintains display of the previously displayed primary content, ceases to display at least a portion of the previously displayed supplementary content, and displays user-generated content of the document in a third segment of the segmented user interface distinct from the first segment and the second segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Charles J. Migos, Jay Christopher Capela
  • Patent number: 9547895
    Abstract: A system 100 for processing medical images, the system being arranged for obtaining a first medical image 102 and a second medical image 104, the first medical image and the second medical image being rigidly registered medical images of an anatomical structure, and the system comprising a displacement estimator 120 for establishing displacement vectors 122 for at least a first portion of the first medical image, the displacement vectors matching the first portion of the first medical image to a second portion of the second medical image, a deformation estimator 140 for, in dependence on the displacement vectors, establishing deformation values 142 for the first portion, the deformation values representing a deformation of the first portion with respect to the second portion, and a visualization generator 160 for generating visualization data 162 for, when being displayed on a display 180, establishing a multi-dimensional graph 182 comprising magnitudes of the displacement vectors as first variables 184 and t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Jan Augustinus Cornelis Veerman, Radu Serban Jasinschi, Octavian Soldea
  • Patent number: 9544774
    Abstract: There is provided a mobile terminal, including: a display unit; a taste providing unit providing a plurality of taste stimulations to a user through an electrical signal; and a control unit displaying a plurality of objects corresponding to the plurality of taste stimulations on the display unit, receiving an input selecting at least one of the objects from the user, and setting an arrangement of the taste stimulations corresponding to the selected object as an unlocking pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ja Eun Lee, Seung Bae Lee, Byeong Hwa Choi
  • Patent number: 9530187
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for displaying an electronic publication. The method receives a selection of a cover page displayed for an electronic publication. The method animates an opening of the cover page to a first content page of the electronic publication that appears as an opposite side of the cover page during the opening animation. While displaying a second content page of the electronic publication, the method receives input to close the electronic publication. The method animates a closing of the electronic publication in order to display the cover page. The second content page appears as an opposite side of the cover page during the closing animation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Michel Elings
  • Patent number: 9519369
    Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to touch screen selection. A device displays a plurality of touch elements on a touch-enabled display. The device receives a touch input via the touch-enabled display. Further, the device determines an ambiguity based on the touch selection input. The device magnifies an area associated with the touch selection input based on the ambiguity determination. Moreover, the area includes a set of the touch elements associated with the ambiguity termination. The device receives another touch input at the area via the touch-enabled display. Then, the device determines one of the touch elements based on the other touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Jerome Huck
  • Patent number: 9489066
    Abstract: A computer system includes a host and a mouse device. The host is configured to output a screen size signal. The mouse device adjusts a DPI value thereof according to the screen size signal from the host. The present disclosure further provides an operating method of the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Pixart Imaging Inc.
    Inventor: Willie Song
  • Patent number: 9489715
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: a display screen; an image output unit configured to output an image to the display screen; a region setting unit configured to extract one or more objects included in the image and to set a first region, which is a region corresponding to each of the objects; an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire a coordinate on the display screen that has been designated by a user; and an image zooming unit configured to zoom in the image, which is being displayed, on the basis of the designated coordinate. The image zooming unit zooms in the object included in the first region when the designated coordinate is within the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Murakami, Atsushi Irie, Masahiro Senga, Mizuki Furuta
  • Patent number: 9473734
    Abstract: To enable a presence/absence of a modification of a source video to be readily assessed in a derived video created by utilizing the source video. Relationship information including information indicating a segment corresponding relationship between at least one source video and a derived video created by utilizing at least a part of segments of the at least one source video and information indicating a presence/absence of a modification of the source video in a segment of the derived video in which the corresponding relationship exists is stored in a relationship information storing unit, and based on the relationship information stored in the relationship information storing unit, the segment corresponding relationship between the derived video and the at least one source video is displayed in a display mode in accordance with the presence/absence of a modification of the source video in the segment of the derived video in which the corresponding relationship exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nomura, Takami Sato, Kota Iwamoto, Ryota Mase, Naotake Fujita, Kouichi Ueda, Takato Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9457518
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and apparatus for controlling printability of a 3D model. The method comprises modifying a 3D model according to a plurality of transformation details, wherein the transformation details modify the 3D model so as to break one or more printability rules, and wherein modifying does not alter an appearance of the 3D model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hemant Badhani, Ashish Chopra, Naveen Prakash Goel, Ardhendu Sekhar Panda
  • Patent number: 9449368
    Abstract: A method, system and mobile terminal for information displaying are provided. The method is applied to a system that includes a cloud server and at least one mobile terminal, the method including: reporting, by the mobile terminal, its attribute information to the cloud server, the attribute information includes screen density of the mobile terminal and screen width of the mobile terminal; typesetting, by the cloud server, information to be displayed of the mobile terminal, based on the screen density and the screen width, and returning the typeset information to the mobile terminal to display. Since typesetting information of the cloud server is typeset according to the attribute information reported by the mobile terminal, displaying information of the mobile terminal may be adapted to the screen density of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Yongxia Liu, Xuebin Liu, Jiejun Zhang, Kaixiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9442686
    Abstract: A method of controlling display of information arranged in tiles on a display includes arranging the tiles in rows by setting a height of each row to a largest minimum height of the tiles of that row, receiving selections of a first group of tiles in a first row and a second group of tiles in a second row. In response to determining that the first group width is equal to the second group width, the groups are exchanged by moving the first group of tiles to the second row and the second group of tiles to the first row. A new height of the first row and a new height of the second row are set. In response to determining that the first group width differs from the second group width, an adjacent tile is added to the one of the first group and the second group that has a smaller width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Alan James Alpert
  • Patent number: 9437245
    Abstract: An external terminal having a communication unit capable of communicating with a video recording apparatus, the external terminal includes an input unit operable to input additional information from a user, an input start detecting unit operable to detect start of the input of the additional information to the input unit, and a recording state inquiring unit operable to inquire of the video recording apparatus and acquire information representing a recording position in video data currently being recorded by the video recording apparatus via the communication unit, when the input start detecting unit detects the start of the input of the additional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seiji Horita
  • Patent number: 9426386
    Abstract: A method for performing preview control in an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method may include the steps of: obtaining a specific preview image from a camera module of the electronic device, and obtaining a specific focus-related parameter corresponding to the specific preview image, wherein the specific focus-related parameter is related to focus control of the camera module; determining a specific resize parameter corresponding to the specific preview image according to a predetermined relationship between the specific resize parameter and the specific focus-related parameter; and performing a resize operation on the specific preview image according to the specific resize parameter, to control the specific preview image to be displayed in a quasi-scale-invariant manner with respect to a plurality of preview images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Ming Cheng, Po-Hao Huang, Yuan-Chung Lee
  • Patent number: 9420120
    Abstract: A monitoring camera can make communication with a client apparatus through an IP network. The monitoring camera includes an image capturing unit that captures an image of an object, a compressing and encoding unit that overlays overlay information on the captured image, and a communication unit that transmits transparency information indicative of whether or not a transparency can be set for each of a first portion and a second portion of the overlay information, which is overlaid by the compressing and encoding unit, to the client apparatus via the IP network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryuuji Nagaike
  • Patent number: 9418324
    Abstract: A control device functions as a print data acquisition unit which acquires print data including first page data, second page data, and third page data, and a print control unit which executes a print control using the print data to control a print execution section. The print control unit cancels the printing in response to a user instruction while the printing is performed. The print control includes a period control of controlling a first period from a start of printing using the first page data to a start of printing using the second page data and a second period from the start of printing using the second page data to a start of printing using the third page data, wherein the first period is determined by using a first delay period and longer than the second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kuniki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9405960
    Abstract: Face hallucination using a bi-channel deep convolutional neural network (BCNN), which can adaptively fuse two channels of information. In one example, the BCNN is implemented to extract high level features from an input image. The extracted high level features are combined with low level details in the input image to produce the higher resolution image. Preferably, a proper coefficient is obtained to adaptively combine the high level features and the low level details.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Beijing Kuangshi Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qi Yin, Zhimin Cao, Erjin Zhou
  • Patent number: 9404765
    Abstract: An on-vehicle display apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire a first display image to be displayed on a display of a navigation apparatus, extract a portion of the first display image based on a layout information relevant to a layout of the first display image, and generate a second display image by use of the extracted part of the image, and displays on a head-up display the second display image generated by the controller. The display apparatus displays on the head-up display a guide image generated by the controller. It is possible to display an image of the navigation apparatus on the head-up display, without a connection between the navigation apparatus and the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Motoya Jiyama, Tomohisa Koseki
  • Patent number: 9395812
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a method for presenting at least one image of at least one application on a display device, comprising the following steps: a) (140) provision of at least one first image of the application to a processing device; b) capture of at least one second image of at least one body part of at least one user (22) using at least one capturing device (20); c) coupling of the at least one second image to the processing device; d) presentation of the at least one first image provided in step a) (140) on the display device, wherein the presentation in step d) uses at least one presentation parameter, the at least one value of the at least one presentation parameter depending on at least one position value correlated with the position of the at least one body part in the at least one second image captured in step b) (110). The invention further relates to a corresponding system for presenting at least one image of an application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: SENSOMOTORIC INSTRUMENTS GESELLSCHAFT FUR INNOVATIVE SENSORIK MBH
    Inventor: Eberhard Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9392230
    Abstract: An endoscopic apparatus includes an image generation unit generates an image including subject images, a display unit displays the image and a control unit controls measurement of a size of a subject based on the image, the control unit performs first processing of displaying a moving image including one subject image on the display unit, second processing of, after the first processing, displaying all of subject images used for the measurement or all of images based on one subject image used for the measurement on the display unit as still images, and third processing of, after the second processing, designating a measurement point based on an instruction of a user, and measuring the size of the subject at the designated measurement point based on either an image based on all of subject images used for the measurement or all of the plurality of images based on the one subject image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masayoshi Yokota
  • Patent number: 9374508
    Abstract: An image is sharpened without generating, in frequency domain exceeding frequency component in horizontal and vertical direction, frequency component caused by sharpening carried out in horizontal and vertical direction in overlapping manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: KEISOU GIKEN Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Gohshi, Jin Ogasawara, Shinichiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9354799
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adaptive streaming systems configured to generate interactive video timelines in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for selecting video to stream and playback using an interactive video timeline includes selecting a plurality of frames of video from a first stream of video data using a network client, displaying the plurality of frames of video in an interactive video timeline using the network client, selecting a playback frame of video data from the plurality of frames of video in the interactive video timeline using the network client, receiving a second stream of video data beginning from the playback frame of video data using the network client, and playing the second stream of video data using the network client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: SONIC IP, INC.
    Inventors: Abhishek Shivadas, Kourosh Soroushian
  • Patent number: 9342859
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a computing device that includes: a processor; a graphic processing unit having N graphic processing cores, N being an integer greater than 1; a random access memory (RAM); a video port; a non-volatile memory, and a display processing unit. The non-volatile memory stores a virtual desktop client (VDC). The VDC can communicate with a first virtual machine (VM) of a hypervisor running on a remote computing device and receive an encoded image frame from the first VM; instruct the plurality of graphic processing cores to decode the encoded image frame in parallel; and generate a decoded image frame of the encoded image frame. The display processing unit can generate display signals representing the decoded image frame and transmit the display signals to the video port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC.
    Inventors: Varadachari Sudan Ayanam, Samvinesh Christopher, Yugender P. Subramanian
  • Patent number: 9342848
    Abstract: The present invention includes acquiring a search word related to a product (S2), and referring to a memory means (12b) which stores position information of a store which provides a product and stock information of a product which the store has and searching for position information of a store which has a predetermined number of stocks of a product which is searched for by the acquired search word (S3 and S4). Further, the present invention includes generating map data (webpage 40) of a map on which information M1 indicating the stores is mapped in accordance with the position information of the searched store (S8), and outputting the map data (S13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventor: Seiichi Takeda
  • Patent number: 9329759
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing customized content display and interaction to a user on a user device display are disclosed. The customized display and interaction may be based at least in part on user related information and information related to the displayed content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter F. Hill
  • Patent number: 9298351
    Abstract: A display switch section switches a display mode at a time of displaying inspection images stored in a storage device in which folders including a hierarchical structure are created by selecting the display mode from a predetermined display mode and a list display mode. A folder selecting section selects one folder to be an origin of list display when the list display mode is selected and a control section causes, in a list display region, each inspection image stored in each folder belonging to a folder group with the one folder as the origin to be list-displayed and causes to be displayed, in addition in the list display region, information which makes a folder in which a file of the inspection image is present and a folder in which the file of the inspection image is not present visually identifiable, in each folder belonging to the folder group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Saichi Sato
  • Patent number: 9285918
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a processor, a touch panel, and a display, wherein the processor moves a part or all of a display screen by a predetermined vector and displays the part or all of the display screen on the display when a touch on the touch panel is detected, determines whether or not there are touches that follow the movement of the part or all of the display screen before and after the movement when a touch on the touch panel is detected after the movement, and detects the touches that follow the movement of the part or all of the display screen to be of a user operation, and does not detect touches that do not follow the movement of the part or all of the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsue Nakano, Katsuaki Akama
  • Patent number: 9280790
    Abstract: A trading interface is provided for displaying market data related to a tradeable object being traded at an electronic exchange. According to one example embodiment, market data related to a tradeable object is displayed in relation to a value axis, such as a price axis. As new market data is received, the displayed market data is updated and may be repositioned so that a trader can view current market conditions in a viewable portion of the interface. The interface also includes a number of market movement indicators that assist a trader in tracking market movement. These viewable references allow a trader to navigate and immediately understand the “real” direction of the market activity despite any underlying adjustment of the viewable area of the trading interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas R. Duquette
  • Patent number: 9282290
    Abstract: An interactive mosaic channel video stream with indicators as to the action on a given video stream. The interactive mosaic channel is displayed on a video monitor, with a plurality of individual video feeds being presented at a given time, comprising a plurality of video cells presenting at least video information, each video cell associated with one of the plurality of individual video feeds, each video cell further comprising an area within the video cell reporting data related to the video feed, and a cursor, which can be moved between the plurality of video cells, for selecting at least one characteristic associated with a selected video cell, such that the user can then directly select a video program associated with the selected video cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: David Eric Shanks, Matthew J. Thompson, Mark A. Shurgot, David E. Feldstein, Edgar C. Camacho, Craig Le, Ilan Tirer
  • Patent number: 9277079
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus into which applications are installable includes an operation panel and a resolution comparing circuit. The operation panel has a display resolution. The resolution comparing circuit compares the display resolution with resolution of an application screen that an installed application displays. If the resolution comparing circuit determines that the display resolution is higher than the application screen resolution, the image forming apparatus displays the application screen as a screen provided with a frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Takanao Kawai
  • Patent number: 9274740
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus which enables a user to recognize positions and boundaries of light source blocks, a method for controlling the same, and an image display system are provided. The apparatus comprises a liquid crystal panel; a backlight which has a plurality of light source blocks and which radiates light onto the liquid crystal panel; a generating unit which generates boundary image data which indicates a light source block area as an area corresponding to each of the light source blocks on the liquid crystal panel; a combining unit which combines image data to be inputted and the boundary image data; and a display control unit which displays composite image data combined by the combining unit on the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoya Asanuma, Satoshi Hanamitsu
  • Patent number: 9256355
    Abstract: A computer-implemented user interface method includes displaying on a touch screen a portion of a large scale graphical space that is at least multiples larger than the device display, receiving from a user of the device an input to pan within the graphical space, automatically generating a pop up graphical panning control in response to receiving the user input, and receiving a user input to the panning control and providing panning in the graphical space, wherein movement of the panning control in a single selection is able to pan the display across a substantial portion of the large scale graphical space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Erick Tseng, Amith Yamasani, Michael A. Cleron, Paul A. Dickinson
  • Patent number: 9250730
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned is a target acquisition system for use in touch screen graphical user interface for selecting a desired target from a plurality of potential selectable targets, comprising means for defining a local region of interest (ROI) of predefined shape and area; means for, on contact of a finger of a user on the touch screen, allowing activation of the ROI; means for ordering the potential selectable targets within the ROI into a one-dimensional (1-D) ordered list; means for mapping movement of the finger on the touch screen; and means for selection of the desired target from the plurality of potential selectable targets. The system is configured to allow operation of the defining in step a), the activation in step b), the ordering in step c), the mapping in step d) and the selection in step e) in a single touch action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Kin Chung Au, Xiaojun Su, Wing Hung Rynson Lau
  • Patent number: 9230485
    Abstract: A global dimming control method of a liquid crystal display for controlling a luminance of backlight depending on a displayed image includes calculating an average picture level (APL) of the displayed image, calculating the number of pixels of a chromatic region belonging to the displayed image when the APL is equal to or less than a previously determined first threshold value, comparing the number of pixels of the chromatic region with a previously determined second threshold value, calculating a gain value of the chromatic region when the number of pixels of the chromatic region is greater than the second threshold value, and multiplying the gain value by the APL to calculate an adjustment dimming control signal, and controlling the luminance of the backlight using a dimming value obtained based on the adjustment dimming control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minchul Byun, Heumeil Baek
  • Patent number: 9229679
    Abstract: An image distribution apparatus which is connected to multiple display apparatuses and which includes a distribution unit which distributes an image displayed in the display apparatuses is disclosed. The image distribution apparatus includes a specifying unit which designates an area of the image, wherein the distribution unit distributes information indicating an area designated by the specifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Fujita, Takeshi Fujita, Yasuharu Yanamura, Tetsuro Kutsuwada, Akira Masuda, Kohichi Nishide
  • Patent number: 9223486
    Abstract: An image processing method based on zooming for a mobile terminal permits touch zooming on touch screens of a plurality of devices. The image processing method preferably includes: displaying, in response to entering a touch on a touch screen displaying an image, a zooming GUI indicator for image zooming operation; performing image zooming on the touch screen in response to entering a touch point move while retaining the touch; and hiding the zooming GUI indicator from the touch screen in response to entering a touch release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Woo Shin, In Won Jong, Sang Ki Lee
  • Patent number: 9218792
    Abstract: A mechanism for enabling a user to vary the scale or zoom of image data for aspect ratio conversion using a graphical user interface is disclosed. A user may move a selector of the graphical user interface to one end for selecting a linear scaling, to the other end for selecting a parabolic scaling or in between for selecting a scaling associated with another function, thereby enabling a user to vary the magnitude of the scaling across the image data. A parametric function with a single parameter may be used to scale the image data, where the movement of the selector may change the parameter and consequently vary the scaling of the image data. In this manner, a user may efficiently vary or select the scaling of the image data using a graphical user interface to reduce objectionable distortion associated with changing the aspect ratio of the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Santanu Dutta, Donglei Yuan
  • Patent number: 9196227
    Abstract: In a computer system having a display screen configured to display visual content, a plurality of techniques may be identified to be considered for enhancing visual accessibility of a particular collection of visual content to be displayed to an end user on the display screen. For each technique, an algorithm may be applied to compute one or more measures of health of the display of the particular collection of visual content resulting from applying the respective technique to enhance the visual accessibility of the particular collection of visual content. Based at least in part on the computed measures of health, one or more best techniques may be selected and applied to enhance the visual accessibility of the particular collection of visual content. The enhanced particular collection of visual content may be displayed to the end user on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: AI Squared
    Inventors: Aaron M. Leventhal, Jeffrey P. Bigham
  • Patent number: 9183813
    Abstract: A method includes triggering, through an interface of a data processing device, cropping of a display screen area of a display unit of the data processing device. The method also includes initiating, through a driver component associated a processor of the data processing device, an operating system executing on the data processing device and/or an application executing on the data processing device, the processor to process pixel data to be displayed on the display screen area based on the triggering. Further, the method includes rendering, through the processor, the processed pixel data on a cropped portion of the display screen area of the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventor: Rupesh Deorao Chirde
  • Patent number: 9143764
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a size acquisition section that acquires a first display size of an output target display device that performs 3D display; a storage section that stores respective parallax amounts adjusted by a user during performing 3D display of 3D display image data respectively on display devices of different types, and stores respective second display sizes of the display devices; a parallax amount computation section that computes a parallax amount for the first display size based on a relationship between the parallax amounts and the second display sizes stored in the storage section; and an output section that outputs to the output target display device the computed parallax amount and the 3D display image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Izawa, Tomokazu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9113198
    Abstract: The present description relates to a computer-implemented method, a computer program product and an embedded system for displaying data more efficiently, wherein the embedded system comprises an integrated circuit and a convertor, and the integrated circuit includes an image codec. The method comprises receiving a string at the embedded system; generating a converted image using the string; producing, by means of the image codec, a decoded image by decoding the converted image; and sending the decoded image to a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Orlando Onorato, Flavio Console, Claudia Caldera, Giovanni Gagliardi, Aurelio Nocerino
  • Patent number: 9098168
    Abstract: Particular embodiments display an object at a first position on a screen of an electronic device; and in response to a user selecting the object with one or more fingers and moving the fingers around the screen, display an animated sequence depicting the object moving around the screen tracking movements of the user's fingers, movements of the object in the first animated sequence simulating a visual effect of the object being tethered to the user's fingers by one or more springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Matas, Kimon Tsinteris, Austin Sarner, Charles Melcher
  • Patent number: 9092240
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for displaying one or more versions of an image. The method provides a display area and provides a scaling tool that can select a first portion of a first version of an image to scale and can display a scaled second portion of a second version of the image in place of the selected first portion of the first version of the image. Some embodiments provide a method that can display a master image that has a first resolution and an associated preview image with a second resolution. The method displays the preview image at a third resolution that is less than the second resolution. The method receives a request to zoom the displayed preview image. The method displays the preview image at the second resolution. The method receives a request to display the master image and displays the master image at the first resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Nikhil Bhatt, Alex Wallace, Curt Bianchi, Mark Kawano, Greg Gilley
  • Patent number: 9069426
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed that allow measurement of a user's interaction with the housing of an electronic device. Some embodiments may measure the electrical characteristics of a housing of an electrical device, where the housing is capable of being temporarily deformed by the user's interaction. By measuring the electrical characteristics of the housing, such as the housing's capacitance, the user's interaction with the housing can be measured in a manner that is independent of the user's electrical characteristics and/or in a manner that may allow the pressure applied to the housing to be quantified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandar Pance, Nicholas Vincent King, Duncan Kerr, Brett Bilbrey
  • Patent number: 9064189
    Abstract: A method of classifying the shot type of a video frame, comprising loading a frame, dividing the frame into field pixels and non-field pixels based on a first playfield detection criteria, determining an initial shot type classification using the number of the field pixels and the number of the non-field pixels, partitioning the frame into one or more regions based on the initial classification, determining the status of each of the one or more regions based upon the number of the field pixels and the non-field pixels located within each the region, and determining a shot type classification for the frame based upon the status of each the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: ARRIS Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Renxiang Li, Kevin L Baum, Faisal Ishtiaq
  • Patent number: 9058312
    Abstract: Systems and methods for represent and manipulate (i.e., processing) the underlying structure of a structured document (e.g., a mark-up language document), while maintaining a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) environment. The traditional WYSIWYG editor view is paired with a Visual Document Structure Indicator (VDSI) pane to allow for both WYSIWYG and structure editing within a single interface. The VDSI pane includes left pane and upper pane, which are configured along the left and top borders, respectively. The document editor allows document content to be created, edited, and maintained in the WYSIWYG environment while keeping document structure information available to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Madcap Software, Inc.
    Inventor: Bjorn Eric Pekka Backlund
  • Publication number: 20150145883
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for providing content on a computing device. Content is provided, from execution of an application, in a defined portion of a display area that is provided by a display device of the computing device. The defined portion includes a first set of attributes. One or more attributes of the first set of attributes is altered based on one or more inputs detected by one or more sensors. The one or more attributes are altered independent of a set of settings used by the display device to provide the display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Stefan Marti