Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting an area from the virtual display of a hand held device with a touch screen display and a tilt and movement sensor are provided. View navigation during regular operation is performed by touch screen commands and tilt and movement gestures. During area selection operation, all touch screen commands that perform view navigation or links activation are suspended, limiting touch commands to perform only boundary corner selections. The virtual display may be navigated using the tilt and movement sensor during area selection operation. This eliminates unintended touch commands that may inadvertently change the display during the area selection. The user may perform accurate repositioning of corners or markers placed on the touch screen display by using touch control or tilt and movement gestures. The boundary of the selected area can be automatically adjusted to reduce the affect of unwanted truncation of contents.

Abstract: System and method for view navigation and magnification of the display of hand-held devices in response to the orientation changes along only two axes of rotation as measured by sensors inside the devices. The view navigation system is engaged and controlled by a single hand which simultaneously presses two ergonomically designed switches on both sides of the hand-held device. In other embodiments, the system engaged into the view navigation mode in response to an operator command in the form of a finger tap, or a voice command, or predefined user gestures. The response curve of the view navigation to sensed changes in orientation is dynamically changing to allow coarse and fine navigation of the view. Various methods are described to terminate the view navigation mode and fix the display at the desired view. Miniature sensors like accelerometers, tilt sensors, or magneto-resistive direction sensors sense the orientation changes.

Abstract: A method and system for component identification system for electronic board tester to identify the actual defective components in a failed board is disclosed. It uses image captures of the front side and backside of the tested board to extract an outline diagram that is compared to a database of outline diagrams of known boards until a match is found. Each outline diagram in the database is associated with a connection list between the standard connector of the board and the individual components. Test results with errors relating to connections of the standard connector are linked via the associated connection list of the match's outline diagram to the individual components. The outline diagram is displayed and printed with the defective components highlighted. Use of the identification system to select the best test algorithm and test parameter setup is disclosed. Connection to and operation with automatic handler systems is also disclosed.

Abstract: System and method for view navigation and magnification of the display of hand-held devices in response to the orientation changes along only two axes of rotation as measured by sensors inside the devices. The view navigation system is engaged and controlled by a single hand which simultaneously presses two ergonomically designed switches on both sides of the hand-held device. In other embodiments, the system engaged into the view navigation mode in response to an operator command in the form of a finger tap, or a voice command, or predefined user gestures. The response curve of the view navigation to sensed changes in orientation is dynamically changing to allow coarse and fine navigation of the view. Various methods are described to terminate the view navigation mode and fix the display at the desired view. Miniature sensors like accelerometers, tilt sensors, or magneto-resistive direction sensors sense the orientation changes.

Abstract: System and method for view navigation and magnification of the display of hand-held devices in response to the orientation changes along only two axes of rotation as measured by sensors inside the devices. The view navigation system is engaged and controlled by a single hand which simultaneously presses two ergonomically designed switches on both sides of the hand-held device. In other embodiments, the system engaged into the view navigation mode in response to an operator command in the form of a finger tap, or a voice command, or predefined user gestures. The response curve of the view navigation to sensed changes in orientation is dynamically changing to allow coarse and fine navigation of the view. Various methods are described to terminate the view navigation mode and fix the display at the desired view. Miniature sensors like accelerometers, tilt sensors, or magneto-resistive direction sensors sense the orientation changes.

Abstract: An interface system, preferably made in the shape and size of a standard removable magnetic medium, and inserted inside a removable magnetic storage unit such as a floppy disk drive or a tape backup drive, is disclosed. Magnetic communication means on the interface system, placed at a close proximity to the read/write head of the magnetic storage unit, exchange data with the read/write head of the magnetic storage unit. The data protocol is similar to the one used by the magnetic storage unit so that the same standard storage unit can alternatively use both the interface system and the regular magnetic media. Several alternate embodiments of the magnetic communication means of the interface system are disclosed. Data from and to the magnetic communication means may be amplified, shaped, and possibly converted from serial format to parallel format by control circuitry which may be fully integrated inside the interface card.

Abstract: Dynamic memory heating method in which the control lines of the memory unit are excited with pulses at a rate above the maximum rate used for regular memory functions. While data retention, storage and access capabilities disappear at such rates, the memory unit main current supply exhibits higher rate of current spikes which are used for heating the memory unit. This heating effect tends to increase while increasing the rate at the control lines until a maximum point is reached. Further increase of the rate results with reduced overall current consumption which leads to a reduced heating. An automatic system for detecting this maximum rate of pulses controls the maximum heating of the dynamic memory unit.

Abstract: An electronic card which can share the same edgeboard connector with another electronic edgeboard. A hole having a shape and dimensions corresponding to the top surface of the edgeboard connectors and special contact means allow the mounting of the electronic card in a horizontal plane around the edge connector. The special contacts are inserted in an empty space between the contacts and the inner surface of the edgeboard connectors so that the edgeboard connector can still accept regular edgeboard. The electronic card may be connected to only one said of the edgeboard connector, or it can be simultaneously connected to several edgeboard connectors. A tool for fast insertion of the electronic card is also disclosed.