Patents Examined by Tam Tran
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Patent number: 9240218Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal displaying an image and a control method of the same. A mobile terminal according to an aspect of the invention may include: a display unit displaying an image; and a controller receiving data according to a user's selection, storing the data to be associated with the image, and displaying an icon on the display unit to indicate that the data is stored.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2012Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seunghee In, Silhee Sung, Yeaeun Kwon, Nayeoung Kim, Sesook Oh, Yunjueng Mhun
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Patent number: 9223458Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for identifying a media file selected for playback by a user, determining whether an alternate media file is available that includes at least some of the same content as the first media file, and transitioning between playback of the first media file and the alternate media file.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Aneeb Naveed Qureshi
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Patent number: 9189145Abstract: In a method to unlock a touch screen of an electronic device, a press operation is received from the touch screen pressed by a user. The touch screen includes an unlocking interface. The method determines whether the press operation is within a press area of the unlocking interface. When the press operation is within the press area, the method further controls an indicator of the unlocking interface to move at a default speed, and locates a stop position of the indicator on the touch screen when the indicator stops moving. The method unlocks the touch screen when the stop position is within a predefined area of the unlocking interface.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignees: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.Inventor: Ze-Biao Zhang
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Patent number: 9182901Abstract: A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes: a memory configured to store a plurality of sound sources; an output unit comprising an audio output module; and a controller configured to control the output of sound sources comprising at least another one of the plurality of sound sources, based on a specific event acquired when at least one of the plurality of sound sources is output to the audio output module or on standby for output. Accordingly, the output of a plurality of sound sources can be easily controlled.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Kisoo Bang
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Patent number: 9092198Abstract: According to an aspect, an electronic device includes a display unit, a contact detecting unit, a housing, and a control unit. The display unit displays an image. The contact detecting unit detects a contact. The housing has a first face in which the display unit is provided and a second face in which the contact detecting unit is provided. When a contact operation is detected by the contact detecting unit while a first image is displayed on the display unit, the control unit causes the display unit to display a second image.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Sato, Makiko Hoshikawa, Tomohiro Shimazu
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Patent number: 9092762Abstract: A system for maintaining medical devices includes: a computing device including memory and a processor that, when executing instructions stored on the memory, creates a user interface including: a health module providing a summary of a maintenance status of the medical devices; a location module providing a summary of a location of the medical devices; and a maintenance alert module providing a list of the medical devices needing maintenance, the list including a type of maintenance needed for each of the medical devices in the list.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.Inventors: Eric P. Jensen, Jason Paul DiFraia, Michael Allan Ehrhart
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Patent number: 9063580Abstract: Keyboardless text entry methods and systems are described. Various display tools are used in conjunction with, for example, pointing, scrolling and/or clicking actions to enter text into an interface. One display tool is a pie widget shape, another display tool uses a box like shape containing other box like shapes which are scaled according to a proportionate chance of containing the desirable selection.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: HILLCREST LABORATORIES, INC.Inventors: Frank A. Hunleth, Frank A. Wroblewski, Daniel Simpkins
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Patent number: 9003323Abstract: A method is provided for automatically displaying context information to an information fragment with no user interaction. The method includes: displaying the fragment in a first window, wherein the window and fragment each relate to a source process; pointing with a cursor to a part of the fragment displayed in the first window; generating an event object comprising coordinates of the cursor and part of the information fragment; broadcasting the event object to the source process, wherein the only information exchange between the target process and the source process is based on the event object; interpreting the event object by the target process and generating a response by the target process; and displaying the response of the target process in a second window, wherein the second window is related to the coordinates of the cursor.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thomas H. Gnech, Regina Illner, Joachim Rese
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Patent number: 8990736Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for fast mouse pointer location. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for fast mouse pointer location includes determining a contemporaneous location of a mouse pointer in a GUI of a host computer, dimensioning in memory of the host computer different shapes and arranging the shapes to proximately meet at a point of intersection, overlaying the shapes in the GUI at a position proximate to the contemporaneous location of the mouse pointer, displaying the shapes in the GUI for a brief period of time before hiding the shapes from view in the GUI and repeating the determining, dimensioning, overlaying and displaying for different movements of the mouse pointer in the GUI.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Benjamin J. Fletcher
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Patent number: 8972901Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for fast mouse pointer location. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for fast mouse pointer location includes determining a contemporaneous location of a mouse pointer in a GUI of a host computer, dimensioning in memory of the host computer different shapes and arranging the shapes to proximately meet at a point of intersection, overlaying the shapes in the GUI at a position proximate to the contemporaneous location of the mouse pointer, displaying the shapes in the GUI for a brief period of time before hiding the shapes from view in the GUI and repeating the determining, dimensioning, overlaying and displaying for different movements of the mouse pointer in the GUI.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Benjamin J. Fletcher
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Patent number: 8949740Abstract: Provided is a method applied to a computer system including a display device and a pointing device for operating a pointer displayed in a display region of the display device in accordance with an operation by a user. In the method, a position of the pointer is stored as a first position in response to receipt of a first operation performed by the user, a first menu including multiple items is displayed at a position corresponding to the first position, a position of the pointer is stored as a second position in response to receipt of a second operation performed by the user, and a second menu is displayed, being changed from the first menu based on a distance between the first position and the second position.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ryoji Kurosawa, Kimiko Mamada, Kaoru Shinkawa, Yuriko Sugisaki, Yoshinori Tahara
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Patent number: 8930821Abstract: A system generates an output identifying components for a building. Each of the components having one of a plurality of types, and is defined by a plurality of specifications. The system includes a network interface, a computer system memory, and a processing circuit. The network interface receives a selection tool from a network. The computer system memory stores the selection tool. The processing circuit executes the selection tool to: open a multi-window display that includes a schedule window, a product type select window, and a product window. A menu of graphic elements is displayed, each graphic element representative of a product type. A user input selects a graphic element from the menu, and the graphic element then appears in the product type select window. A component database is filtered to identify components having a component type corresponding to the graphic element. A list of those components is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2012Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.Inventors: Byran Blackham, Jason Briggs, Jon Glidden, Mark Halbur, Leslie Hanson, Elizabeth Jacobs, Michael Rochelle, Amy Rubio, Ken Stull
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Patent number: 8914736Abstract: A request to render a control content is intercepted by a client application as it is being served from a content source. Based on predetermined criteria, the control content is replaced with replacement content. The replacement content may be an alternative version of the control content differing from the control content in one or more alternative elements. The replacement content may be created with a graphical interface that overlays the control content. The graphical interface allows a user to select elements of the control content, edit the selected elements of the control content, and save the edited elements as part of the replacement content.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2012Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Matthew Cardasco
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Patent number: 8856653Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video display apparatus includes a selection module, a Web information analysis module, a screen generation module, a transmission module, a reception module, and an alteration module. The selection module is configured to select a partial area of a Web page. The Web information analysis module is configured to analyze first Web information which specifies the partial area. The screen generation module is configured to generate a screen for displaying page information of the partial area, based on the first Web information. The transmission module is configured to transmit the first Web information to an external apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Naoki Esaka, Mieko Onodera, Sachie Yokoyama, Munehiro Tokikura, Ayako Kanai
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Patent number: 8826191Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes identifying a bit-mapped image of a line or polygon shape; mapping the image to a texture map that is slightly large in at least one dimension than the bit-mapped image; overlaying the bit-mapped image and the texture map; computing pixel shading for pixels between an outer edge of the bit-mapped image and the texture map by measuring a distance from particular ones of the pixels to an idealized line near an edge of the bit-mapped image; and displaying the bit-mapped image with pixels at its edge shaded according to the computed pixel shading.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: James J. Shuma
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Patent number: 8701035Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus using an index image display apparatus includes: an index image display section for displaying an ROI of an index image having a predetermined shape and to be superimposed on an image displayed on a monitor; a CPU that is a display form changing section that can change a display form of the ROI by a predetermined amount by one operation; an operation portion for outputting an operation signal to the CPU; and an LCD panel that is a change information display section including a plurality of operation buttons provided in the operation portion and representing graphic information that indicates an initial state of the ROI, and change information that is changed by the CPU.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.Inventors: Yasushi Hibi, Yoshiyuki Okuno
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Patent number: 7256793Abstract: A color management user interface controller is provided for use in a color management system for assisting users to manage color settings of multiple colour entities, such as color devices and color spaces. The user interface controller has a representation controller and a relation indicator controller. The representation controller presents representation of each color entity. The relation indicator controller presents one or more relation indicators indicating color relation between the color entities represented by the representations.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2001Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Corel CorporationInventors: Russell Miller, Yahya Hasanain, Rick Fortin, Volodymyr Kyrnychnyy, Stephen Joseph Sammon, Daniel E. Franzblau
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Patent number: 7230629Abstract: A color selection and coordination system including a database of predetermined color relationships implementing a data-driven color model. A starting color is associated with a first color in the color database. One or more predefined color palettes associated with the first color are retrieved. Each palette including one or more coordinating colors, the coordinating colors being predetermined based on the first color and a color coordination algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2003Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: Behr Process CorporationInventors: Damien Reynolds, Mary Rose Rice, Marc Webb
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Patent number: 7218322Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing a fine-to-coarse look ahead in connection with parametrization in a graphics system. The use of a variety of parametrization metrics may be supplemented and improved by the fine-to-coarse look ahead techniques of the invention. First, the metric of a parametrization is minimized using a coarse-to-fine hierarchical solver, and then accelerated with a fine-to-coarse propagation. The resulting parametrizations have increased texture resolution in surface regions with greater signal detail at all levels of detail in the progressive mesh sequence.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2005Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Hugues Herve Hoppe, John Michael Snyder, Pedro Vieira Sander, Steven Jacob Gortler
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Patent number: RE40368Abstract: A data input device including an optically generated image of a data input device, the image including at least one input zone actuable by an action performed thereon by a user, a sensor operative to sense the action performed on the at least one input zone, and to generate signals in response to the action, and a processor in communication with the sensor operative to process the signals for performing an operation associated with the at least one input zone.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2004Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: VKB Inc.Inventor: Boaz Arnon