Abstract: Embodiments of computing systems, and related methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computing system may include a peripheral device (e.g., an image capture device and/or an audio output device) and control logic. The control logic may be coupled with a sensor system and the peripheral device to receive a trigger signal; receive, from the sensor system, one or more interaction signals indicative of a user interaction with the computing system; and, in response to receipt of the trigger signal and the one or more interaction signals, generate a control signal for output to the peripheral device to control operation of the peripheral device. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to computing technologies. In particular, aspects of the disclosure relate to mobile computing device technologies, such as systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for improving orientation data. In one embodiment, techniques are described for filtering data associated with a first sensor coupled to a computing device, by receiving a signal from the first sensor, detecting a change in a variability of a first signal parameter from a plurality of signal parameters from the signal, and adjusting, based at least in part on the detected change in the variability of the first signal parameter, at least one filter parameter of a filter used to filter a second signal parameter from the signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display method of a mobile device selection and a terminal device. The method includes: receiving a location movement signal sent by a mobile device; determining a location, of a cursor focus of the mobile device, on a screen according to the location movement signal; and determining that the cursor focus moves toward a target icon, and if a distance between the cursor focus and the target icon is greater than zero and is less than or equal to a first threshold, determining that the cursor focus selects the target icon, thereby improving user operation efficiency, reducing operation complexity, and ensuring desirable interaction experience of a user.

Abstract: Disclosed is an handwriting input system including: a plurality of handwriting input devices which are adjacently arranged, each handwriting input device comprising an input surface to receive a handwriting input; and an information management unit which is connected with the handwriting input devices so as to be communicate with the handwriting input devices, wherein each of the handwriting input devices transmits draw data indicating draw contents of the handwriting input received by the input surface, to the information management unit, and the information management unit obtains relative position information of the plurality of handwriting input devices which are adjacently arranged, and joins the draw data received from the plurality of handwriting input devices so as to arrange the draw data in relative positions indicated by the relative position information.

Abstract: The use of a uni-pressure and dual-pressure augmented mouse permits users to simultaneously control cursor positions as well as multiple levels of discrete action modes for common desktop application tasks. One, two or more independent pressure sensors can be mounted onto several locations on the body of the mouse. Various selection techniques are described to control many discrete levels and to simultaneously control different variable functions with pressure sensors on an input device for an electronic device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting by a digitizer an application of an electronic pen on or within a predetermined distance from a screen of an electronic device, and includes compensating coordinates of an electronic pen relative to screen. At least one magnetic field is detected that is produced by the electronic pen and that has a different central axis each other The digitizer determines whether the electronic pen is inclined based on a number of detected magnetic fields. A determination is made whether to apply a compensation value for compensating coordinates of the electronic pen based on determining inclination of the electronic pen. The present invention advantageously permits exact recognition of coordinates of the electronic pen whether then pen is inclined or not by performing the coordinate compensation taking into account the inclination of the electronic pen and the inclined direction.

Abstract: An information processing method and an electronic device are described. The information processing method is applied in a first electronic device which can perform data transmission with a second electronic device. The first electronic device includes a first detecting unit. The method includes acquiring a first rotation information through detecting the rotation of the first electronic device by the first detecting unit; determining the first control instruction corresponding to the first rotation information based on the relationship between the preset rotation information and the control instruction, wherein the first control instruction is provided to the second electronic device to be executed.

Abstract: A method may be executed by one or more active capacitive styluses and a sensor controller connected to sensor electrodes. The method includes: a discovery step, executed by the sensor controller, of repeatedly sending out a discovery packet for detecting any of the active capacitive styluses; a discovery response step, executed by a first active capacitive stylus among the one or more active capacitive styluses, by which the discovery packet is detected, of returning a response packet to the discovery packet; a configuration step, executed by the sensor controller, of transmitting a configuration packet including time slot designation information that designates a first time slot to the first active capacitive stylus; and a data transmission step, executed by the first active capacitive stylus, of transmitting operation state data indicative of an operation state of the first active capacitive stylus using the designated first time slot.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a device includes: a display unit for displaying a screen; a sensor for detecting an inclination of the display unit; an operating unit for detecting an operation; and a controller. The controller changes an orientation of the screen depending upon the inclination detected through the sensor and the operation detected through the operation unit.

Abstract: A touch panel and touch-controlled display device are provided. The touch panel includes a transparent substrate, a touch-sensitive electrode pattern, a decoration pattern and an electric-control trace. The transparent substrate includes a touch area and a surrounding area surrounding the touch area. The touch-sensitive electrode pattern is disposed on the touch area of the transparent substrate. The decoration pattern is disposed on the surrounding area of the transparent substrate to form a frame side part not surrounding the touch-sensitive electrode pattern. The electric-control trace is located in the surrounding area, stacked on the transparent substrate and the decoration pattern, and electrically connected to the touch-sensitive electrode pattern. Since the electric-control traces are with low-visibility characteristic, the electric-control traces are invisible from the transparent substrate.

Abstract: A data processing device includes a processor that executes a procedure. The procedure includes: (a) detecting contact with an operation face and outputting contact position data expressing a contact position at the operation face; (b) predicting a contact operation based on a number of contact positions identified based on the contact position data output at (a) prior to the contact operation to the operation face being identified based on a time series of the contact positions expressed by the contact position data output at (a); and (c) executing processing according to the contact operation predicted at (b).

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming a touch panel, at least comprising the following steps. Step S1: a patterned first electrode layer is formed on a cover lens. A display region and a non-display region are defined on the cover lens, and the patterned first electrode layer is formed within the display region; step S2: a shielding layer is formed on the cover lens and disposed within the non-display region; step S3: an insulating layer is then formed on the shielding layer and on the patterned first electrode layer, a plurality of via holes are formed on the insulating layer, thereby exposing parts of the patterned first electrode layer; and step S4: a patterned second electrode layer is formed on the insulating layer within the non-display region, and the patterned second electrode layer is electrically connected to the patterned first electrode layer through the via holes.

Abstract: Disclosed is a head mount display including: a user operation section configured to determine one or more coordinates based on a first operation performed by a user via the user operation section while receiving content via the head-mount device; and a controller configured to: superpose, in response to detection of the first operation by the user, upon at least one of one or more display sections of the head-mount device, a screen including one or more items, each of the one or more items of the superposed screen being selectable by the user to control the content being received by the user; and highlight, based on the one or more coordinates determined upon detection of the first operation, at least one of the one or more selectable items of the superposed screen in comparison to other selectable items of the superposed screen.

Abstract: Discussed is an LCD device including a touch screen which reduces the influence of noise applied to the touch screen by driving of a liquid crystal panel and thus leads to enhancement of the touch sensing performance. The LCD device includes a liquid crystal panel, a plurality of first touch electrodes, an insulation unit, a tempered glass, and a plurality of second touch electrodes. The liquid crystal panel includes a lower substrate and an upper substrate. The first touch electrodes are formed on the upper substrate for detecting a touch point in a first direction. The insulation unit is formed on the first touch electrodes. The tempered glass is formed on the insulation unit. The second touch electrodes are formed at a lower surface of the tempered glass for detecting a touch point in a second direction.

Abstract: A display panel includes: plural display pixels arranged in a matrix state, wherein each display pixel includes an organic EL device and a pixel circuit driving the organic EL device, the organic EL device is formed by stacking a first electrode connected to the pixel circuit, a light emitting layer and a second electrode, and the second electrode is a strip electrode shared by plural organic EL devices arranged in a row direction or in a column direction.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to an optical touch screen, comprising: a substrate; and a transparent first electrode layer, a photosensitive material layer, and a second electrode layer formed on the substrate. The photosensitive material layer is formed in a grid-like structure to isolate the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and sense light irradiated on the optical touch screen. The embodiments of the present invention also provide a method for manufacturing an optical touch screen. According to the embodiments of the present invention, the position of the light emitted from the light source on the display screen can be determined by sensing the light emitted from the outside light source, so that human-computer interaction for a large-size screen display device can be achieved.

Abstract: A touch panel (20) is attached, via a reflection-prevention layer (31) or an adhesive layer, to the polarizing plate (2) side of a display device (10) having the polarizing plate (2) laminated upon a display panel (1). The polarizing plate (2) has: a polarizer (3); and a film (4) having a film thickness of no more than 35 ?m and laminated on the touch panel (20) side of the polarizer (3). The contact angle for the surface of the touch panel (20) side in the film is less than 60°.

Abstract: A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes: a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a viewing region and a border region at an edge of the viewing region; a patterned transparent conductive layer formed on the substrate, wherein the patterned transparent conductive layer is formed on the viewing region and the border region, and the patterned transparent conductive layer has a touch sensitive function; and a patterned metal layer formed on the border region, wherein the patterned metal layer includes a contact region and a trace region connecting to the contact region, and at least a portion of the contact region overlaps with the patterned transparent conductive layer, wherein a shift range between the contact region and the patterned transparent conductive layer disposed on the border region adjacent to the contact region is smaller than about 150 ?m.

Abstract: A user input apparatus and method may measure, using a first sensor, surface input information that is applied to a surface of a user input apparatus, may measure, using a second sensor, orientation information that is input based on a physical quantity associated with a pose or a rotary motion of the user input apparatus, and may generate a content control signal, by combining the surface input information and the orientation information.

Abstract: An input system includes a touch panel, a control circuit, a stylus pen, and a connection link. The control circuit generates an electrical signal. The stylus pen is external to the control circuit. The connection link is coupled between the control circuit and the stylus pen, and transmits the electrical signal to the stylus pen, wherein the electrical signal is coupled to the touch panel via the stylus pen. The connection link may be a wired link or a wireless link.

Abstract: A combination touch and transducer input system is provided, which facilitates user input into an electronic system with a finger and/or a transducer (e.g., a stylus). The system includes a transducer configured to generate an electric field, and a sensor including an array of electrodes and a controller. The transducer is configured to transmit digital data, such as pen pressure data and switch status data, to the sensor. For example, the transducer comprises electronic circuitry configured to encode the digital data in a signal for transmission to the sensor. The sensor controller is configured to operate both in a touch sensing mode and in a transducer sensing mode. During the touch sensing mode, the controller determines a position of a proximate object (e.g., a finger) by capacitively sensing the object with the array of electrodes.

Abstract: A method and system for detecting a presence of a conductive object proximate to a capacitive sense element during an initialization process of a touch-sensing device. A capacitance sensing circuit measures a reference capacitance of a reference sense element. A sensing parameter of the capacitance sensing circuit is iteratively adjusted to obtain a target measurement output value for the reference sense element. With the sensing parameter set to the sensing parameter value, the capacitance measurement circuit measures a first capacitance of a first sense element. A first capacitance difference value is determined between the first capacitance and a first baseline capacitance value for the first sense element. A presence of a conductive object is detected proximate to the first sense element when the first capacitance difference value exceeds a threshold value.

Abstract: A coordinate input device includes: a coordinate input unit having a plurality of first detection electrodes and a plurality of second detection electrodes; an electrode drive circuit that applies a drive signal to one or more of the detection electrodes; a detection circuit that detects a signal of the first and/or second detection electrode; a selection circuit for selecting one or more of the detection electrodes to which the drive signal is not applied from among the detection electrodes which are disposed in parallel to the detection electrodes to which the drive signal is applied, as a reference electrode; a detection circuit for detecting a signal of the selected reference electrode; an input coordinate computing circuit for correcting a detection result of the detection circuit on the basis of the detected capacitance of the reference electrode and for calculating an input coordinate from the corrected detection result.

Abstract: A user interface for a vehicle is disclosed. The user interface comprises a vehicle panel having a proximity sensor, a first photoluminescent portion and a second photoluminescent portion. The user interface further includes a first light source configured to selectively activate the first photoluminescent portion and a second light source configured to selectively activate the second photoluminescent portion. The second photoluminescent portion is configured to reveal a symbol in a backlit configuration in response to the activation of the second light source.

Abstract: Touch-related information which cannot be acquired by the naked eye (dubbed here as sub-optical pattern information) has its corresponding sub-optical patterns respectively positioned within the aperture areas of respective domains such that the displayed image, as viewed from different viewing angles is not adversely affected by the embedded sub-optical patterns. One type of touch-related information which can be conveyed is that of touch location of a sub-optical pattern sensing pen positioned over one or more of the sub-optical patterns.

Abstract: A two dimensional position sensor having a touch-sensitive panel defined by a single-layer electrode pattern arranged on one side of a substrate. The electrode pattern is made up of ‘n’ electrode units extending row-wise over the panel. Each electrode unit is made up of a single drive electrode extending across the touch-sensitive area of the panel and a plurality of ‘m’ sense electrodes, which collectively laterally extend across the touch-sensitive area and individually each occupy only a portion of the lateral extent. The sense electrodes are longitudinally offset from their associated drive electrode so that one edge of each sense electrode lies adjacent to one edge of the drive electrode, these coupling edges being separated by a gap dimensioned so that in use each pair of drive and sense electrodes have efficient capacitively coupling across the gap.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first traces, a plurality of second traces, and a plurality of sensing pads. The first traces are disposed on the substrate and are parallel to each other along a first direction. The second traces are disposed on the substrate and are parallel to each other along a second direction. The first traces and the second traces interlace with each other to form a plurality of sensing pad areas. Each sensing pad is disposed in each sensing pad area, and is electrically connected to each first trace and each second trace. The present invention further provides a method of operating the same. In the present invention, the thickness of the touch panel is decreased, and the material for the electrodes is economized. Consequently, the costs of the touch panel can be reduced.

Abstract: An image display device includes: a first substrate which has a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface; a second substrate which has a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface, the first surface being arranged to face the second surface of the first substrate, and is made of a transparent material; and an image display layer which is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein a driving electrode is provided on the first surface of the second substrate, a plurality of first detection electrodes are provided on the second surface of the second substrate, a second detection electrode is provided on the first substrate, the first detection electrodes and the driving electrode constitute a capacitance-type first touch panel unit, and the second detection electrode and the driving electrode constitute a capacitance-type second touch panel unit.

Abstract: A coordinate measurement system including a coordinate indicating apparatus and a coordinate measurement apparatus for determining a position of a contact object including the coordinate indicating apparatus. The coordinate measurement apparatus includes a channel electrode unit including one or more electrodes, wherein capacitance of each of the one or more electrodes or capacitance between the one or more electrodes is changed based on a change in the position of the contact object, and a controller for applying an electrical signal to the channel electrode unit or measuring a reception signal input to the channel electrode unit. The coordinate indicating apparatus includes a conductive tip for forming capacitance with the one or more electrodes of the channel electrode unit, and a resonant circuit unit for generating identification information of the coordinate indicating apparatus, wherein the resonant circuit unit is connected to the conductive tip.

Abstract: An approach is provided for estimating and correcting parasitic responses of a touch sensor device. The input device measures a first capacitance signal generated by a first pixel that is covered at least partially by an input object. The input device measures a second capacitance signal generated by a second pixel that is covered at least partially by the input object. The input device measures a third capacitance signal generated by a third pixel. Based on at least the first capacitance signal and the second capacitance signal, the input device identifies a position of the input object within the sensing region. Based on the position of the input object, the input device identifies a trace covered by the input object and associated with the third pixel. The input device calculates an updated third capacitance signal by subtracting a correction amount from the third capacitance signal.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates, a pixel electrode, a common electrode facing the pixel electrode, a plurality of first touch electrodes, and a plurality of second touch electrodes. Each first touch electrode includes a main body portion extending in a first direction and a plurality of branching portions extending from the main body portion in a second direction. The plurality of second touch electrodes cross the main body portion of each first touch electrode.

Abstract: The formation of metal traces in the border areas of a touch sensor panel to provide improved reliability, better noise rejection, and lower manufacturing costs is disclosed. The metal traces can be coupled to rows on the touch sensor panel in an interleaved manner, so that any two successive rows can be coupled to metal traces in border areas on opposite sides of the touch sensor panel. In addition, by utilizing the full width available in the border areas in some embodiments, the metal traces can be formed from higher resistivity metal, which can reduce manufacturing costs and improve trace reliability. The wider traces can also provide better noise immunity from noise sources such as an LCD by providing a larger fixed-potential surface area and by more effectively coupling the drive lines to the fixed potential.

Abstract: The touch-sensitive apparatus includes a touch sensing area, an analog-to-digital converter and a mixer. The touch sensing area has sensing pixels for receiving a touching signal to generate inducted signals. The analog-to-digital converter converts the inducted signals into digital signals. The mixer includes an in-phase multiplier, a quadrature multiplier, an in-phase summer, a quadrature summer and a Pythagorean operator. The in-phase multiplier multiplies each digital signal with a first reference signal to generate in-phase modulated signals. The quadrature multiplier multiplies each digital signal with a second reference signal to generate quadrature modulated signals. The in-phase summer respectively sums up elements of each modulated signal to generate in-phase values. The quadrature summer respectively sums up elements of each quadrature modulated signal to generate quadrature values.

Abstract: A capacitive sensor array may include a plurality of row sensor electrodes and a column sensor electrode capacitively coupled with each of the plurality of row sensor electrodes to form a plurality of unit cells. For each row sensor electrode, a unit cell that is associated with the column sensor electrode and the row sensor electrode comprises an area where a capacitance between the column sensor electrode and the row sensor electrode is greater than any other capacitance between the column sensor electrode and a different row sensor electrode. The capacitive sensor array further includes a first plurality of dummy electrodes, where each of the first plurality of dummy electrodes is capacitively coupled with the column sensor electrode and two adjacent row sensor electrodes of the plurality of row sensor electrodes.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention discloses a capacitive touch panel, which is provided with an electrostatic protection touching layer, the electrostatic protection touching layer comprises a touching array pattern and an electrostatic protection discharging pattern, and the electrostatic protection discharging pattern is disposed in a space of the touching array pattern, complementing with the touching array pattern. The capacitive touch panel of the embodiment of the present invention, reduces the thickness of touch panel, and saves the material by forming the electrostatic protection layer and the touch sensing layer on one layer, which realizes the touching sense as well as the electrostatic protection, eliminates the capacitance between the electrostatic protection layer and the touch sensing layer, and improves the sensitivity of touching sense.

Abstract: A processing system, input device, and method are disclosed to provide active input device support for a capacitive sensing device. The method includes operating, during a first time period, a plurality of sensor electrodes to receive an input signal from an active input device at a processing system, and determining an exclusion region based on a determined position of the active input device during the first time period. The method further includes operating, during a different second time period, the plurality of sensor electrodes to receive capacitive sensing data corresponding to a passive input device. A portion of the plurality of sensor electrodes corresponding to the exclusion region is excluded from use in determining input to the processing system during the second time period.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a touch screen panel and a display device, the touch screen panel comprises an array substrate and an assembling substrate which are arranged opposite to each other, and a touch detection chip for detecting a touch, wherein the array substrate comprises: a first predetermined number of first self capacitive electrodes and first leads; the assembling substrate comprises: a second predetermined number of second self capacitive electrodes and second leads; projections of the first self capacitive electrodes on the assembling substrate fall within a region on the assembling substrate without the second self capacitive electrodes. In solutions of the present invention, width of the frame region of the array substrate or the assembling substrate can be reduced accordingly, and narrow frame of the touch screen panel can be realized.

Abstract: A touch control system includes first and second sensing regions. At least one sensor monitors the first sensing region to generate a first sensing amount. At least one second sensor monitors the second sensing region to generate a second sensing amount. An initial coordinate generating module generates an initial coordinate according to the first and second sensing amounts, and determines whether a touch point is in an intersection region. When the determination result of the initial coordinate generating module is affirmative, a correction value generating module generates a correction value according to the first and second sensing amounts. A corrected coordinate generating module multiplies the initial coordinate by a first weight to generate a first weighted result, multiplies the correction value by a second weight to generate a second weighted result, and adds the first and the second weighted results to generate a corrected coordinate.

Abstract: One variation of a method for controlling a dynamic tactile user interface includes: sensing a capacitance value across a portion of a cavity, a tactile layer defining a deformable region and a peripheral region, the peripheral region adjacent the deformable region, and the deformable region cooperating with the substrate to define the cavity; estimating a vertical position of the tactile surface at the deformable region according to the sensed capacitance value across the portion of the cavity; manipulating a fluid pressure within the cavity to modify a vertical position of the tactile surface at the deformable region according to a difference between the estimated vertical position of the tactile surface at the deformable region and a target vertical position of the tactile surface at the deformable region; and sensing an input on the tactile surface according to a change in capacitance value across the portion of the cavity.

Abstract: In a touch panel system (1) of the present invention, a stylus pen (3) produces output that indicates that a quantitative characteristic value is increased from the characteristic value of a previous output by using a waveform that corresponds to an (L+1)-th drive line (DLL+1) other than L numbers of drive lines (DL1 to DLL) and, meanwhile, produces output that indicates that the quantitative characteristic value is decreased from the characteristic value of the previous output by using a waveform that corresponds to an (L+2)-th drive line (DLL+2) other than the L numbers of drive lines (DL1 to DLL).

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for accessing multiple data-protection applications from a single interface. The method may include providing, in a portion of a web browser, a graphical toolbar interface for interfacing with a plurality of data-protection applications. The graphical toolbar interface may comprise at least one user input region for receiving input from a user and at least one data-display region for displaying representations of data received from the plurality of data-protection applications. The method may also include receiving, at the user input region, a request directed to at least one data-protection application of the plurality of data-protection applications and sending the request to the at least one data-protection application.

Abstract: A mobile terminal and display controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a different function may be executed in accordance with whether a means for touching a touchscreen is a user finger or a touch pen.

Abstract: A system for controlling a treatment device generates a graphical interface that visually prompts a user in a step-wise fashion to use the treatment device to perform a process of forming a pattern of lesions that extends both circumferentially and axially in different levels in a body region. The graphical interface displays for the user a visual record of the progress of the process from start to finish and guides the user so that so that individual lesions desired within a given level are all formed, and that a given level of lesions is not skipped.

Abstract: A mechanism for displaying a single focus on a device is provided. A piece of content is displayed in a first application on a display of the device. The piece of content is enlarged to create a single focus on the piece of content on the display. Parameters of the piece of content are passed to a second application. The piece of content is duplicated as an identical piece of content in the second application, and the identical piece of content is visually exactly positioned behind the piece of content on the display. The piece of content is seamlessly swapped with the identical piece of content of the second application, so that the identical piece of content is visually positioned to be viewable by the user. Tools of the second application are visually presented in an incremental transition until the tools are viewable and available to the user.

Abstract: An information processing terminal is provided with a first display and a second display and a control means that, when start-up of a first application has been instructed, displays the windows of each of the first application and a second application on the first display or the second display. The control means determines displays on which the windows of each of the first application and the second application are to be displayed based on the relation between the first application and the second application.

Abstract: A perspective management system configured for providing a perspective editor through which users in the IT environment can build perspectives. A perspective specifies a set of IT objects representing a portion of the IT environment that a user or a group of users care about. The perspective management system implements a social networking paradigm. As such, each IT object has an activity stream configured for capturing communications, notifications, and knowledge related to the IT object. Perspectives are themselves IT objects. Therefore, each perspective also has an activity stream. In response to a request from a client device such as for an impact analysis on a change, an incident, or a problem, the system constructs a graphical view for display on the client device showing a potential impact on objects in one or more of the perspectives involved.

Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure facilitates display of tooltips to users of touch screens. In an embodiment, a user selects an element to cause a message to be displayed as a tooltip associated with the selected element. The display of the tooltip message is persisted (continued) without requiring the user to continue to touch the selected element. According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a user drags (i.e., does not lift finger) a tool-tip element displaying the message. The tool-tip element is updated with message associated with a next display element selected based on the drag operation. The next element can be selected based on any of characteristics of the drag operation (e.g., direction, distance, speed of drag) according to any suitable heuristics suitable in the corresponding environment.

Abstract: An information processing method is performed using an electronic device, which includes a touch-sensitive display unit and is capable of executing at least one application. The touch-sensitive display unit is capable of displaying at least one window, which includes a full-screen window and/or a non-full-screen window smaller than the full-screen window. In the method, a first window is displayed on the touch-sensitive display unit according to a first operation, and a first application is started and executed in the first window; a second window is displayed on the touch-sensitive display unit according to a second operation, and a second application is started and executed in the second window; in response to detecting that the first window and the second window are in a predetermined relationship and/or that the first application and the second application are in a predetermined relationship, interaction between the first window and the second window is enabled.

Abstract: Described herein are implementations of various technologies for a method and apparatus for providing marine electronic data. In one implementation, a screen may display marine electronic data. A cursor may be provided that is movable by placement of a finger over the cursor. A request to display the cursor at a position such that the cursor is not obstructed from view by the finger may be received. The requested cursor may be displayed at the position on the screen.

Abstract: A method for providing a Graphic User Interface (GUI) and a display apparatus applying the same are provided. According to the method, a screen on a specific face is displayed on a Three Dimensional (3D) GUI, and if a user's manipulation is inputted when the screen of the specific face is displayed, a screen of at least one of adjoining face that corresponds to a direction of the user's manipulation, is displayed. As a result, a user is able to select a desired menu with increased ease and convenience.