Patents Issued in April 13, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170102816
    Abstract: A touch substrate and a touch device are disclosed. The touch substrate includes a substrate and a touch electrode structure, which has a first transparent conductive layer and a second transparent conductive layer. The first transparent conductive layer is disposed on the substrate and the second transparent conductive layer is disposed on the first transparent conductive layer. The first transparent conductive layer has a first side surface located at a first side of the first transparent conductive layer, and the second transparent conductive layer has a second side surface located above the first side. The first side surface has a first slope, and the second side surface has a second slope. The absolute value of the first slope is greater than that of the second slope. The light reflection amount of the touch sensing structure is reduced to improve the visibility of the touch substrate and touch device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Huei-Ying CHEN, Jian-Cheng CHEN, Shun-Fu CHIU, Shih-Che CHEN, Chung-Chun CHENG
  • Publication number: 20170102817
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display area with pixels, and a detection electrode which includes first conductive lines overlapping the display area. Each of the pixels includes a first subpixel, a second subpixel adjacent to the first subpixel in a first direction, a third subpixel adjacent to the first subpixel in a second direction, and a fourth subpixel adjacent to the third subpixel in the first direction and to the second subpixel in the second direction. The pixels are arranged in the first direction with a first pitch, and the first conductive lines are arranged in the first direction with a second pitch which falls within a range of 2.2 times the first pitch or more and 3.2 times the first pitch or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takeyuki TSURUMA, Masaru UCHIYAMA, Michiaki SAKAMOTO, Koji ISHIZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170102818
    Abstract: A touch screen panel disposed at the visible side of a display panel includes a sensing pattern formed on one visible side surface of a substrate, and a metal wiring disposed on a top side of a region corresponding to a boundary between pixels in the display panel on the above surface, which connects the sensing pattern with a pad part, thus exhibiting improved touch sensitivity and excellent transmittance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Gi Hwan AHN, Sung Ho BAEK, Jung Ku LIM
  • Publication number: 20170102819
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, and an electrostatic capacitive type touch panel which is formed in an overlapping manner with the display panel. A plurality of X electrodes and a plurality of Y electrodes intersecting with the X electrodes. A first signal line supplies signals to the X electrodes, a second signal line supplies signals to the Y electrodes, and the first signal line and the second signal line are formed on a flexible printed circuit board. A dummy electrode is formed adjacent to an electrode portion of each X electrode and electrode portion of each Y electrode, the dummy electrode does not overlap the X electrode and the Y electrode, and the dummy electrode does not electrically connect with the first and second signal lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Shinya HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170102820
    Abstract: A touch control display panel and a display device are provided. The touch control display panel may comprise a first touch control electrode array including a plurality of first sub-electrodes arranged in an M1×N1 array and a plurality of first connectors, and a second touch control electrode array including a plurality of second sub-electrodes arranged in an M2×N2 array and a plurality of second connectors, where M1, M2, N1, and N2 is a positive integer, respectively. The first control electrode array and the second control electrode array are configured to satisfy at least one of: in the first direction, a width of the first sub-electrode being larger than a width of the first connector, and in the second direction, a width of the second sub-electrode being larger than a width of the second connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Renhui YU, Wenyuan XI, Jiancai HUANG, Yumin XU
  • Publication number: 20170102821
    Abstract: A touch-control display panel, a driving method thereof, and a touch-control display device are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate and a plurality of touch-control driving electrodes extending along a second direction. The first substrate includes a first touch-control display region and a second touch-control display region arranged along a first direction. The plurality of touch-control driving electrodes include first touch-control driving electrodes distributed in the first touch-control display region and second touch-control driving electrodes distributed in the second touch-control display region. The number of the first touch-control driving electrodes is equal to the number of the second touch-control driving electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Qingjun LAI, Zhaokeng CAO, Poping SHEN, Xiufeng ZHOU, Yihua ZHU, Zhaodong ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170102822
    Abstract: A panel of an input terminal that includes a base substrate having a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposing each other; a piezoelectric film having a third principal surface and a fourth principal surface opposing each other and made of a uniaxially stretched polylactic acid; and rigid bodies disposed at end portions of the first principal surface and the second principal surface of the base substrate so as to oppose each other across the base substrate and partially prevent a deformation caused by a twist of the base substrate. First displacement detection electrodes are formed on the first principal surface of the piezoelectric film and divide the first principal surface into four. Second displacement detection electrodes are formed on the second principal surface of the piezoelectric film and oppose the first displacement detection electrodes on the first principal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: MASAMICHI ANDO
  • Publication number: 20170102823
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a touch input device capable of detecting a pressure of a touch on a touch surface includes a display panel and an electrode disposed under the display panel. An electrical characteristic detected at the electrode is changed by the bending of the display panel. A magnitude of the pressure applied to the touch surface is detected according to the change amount of the electrical characteristic. The display panel includes a first area and a second area. A pressure detection sensitivity of the first area is higher than a pressure detection sensitivity of the second area. When the first area and the second are bens to the same degree, a change amount of the electrical characteristic detected when a pressure is applied to the second area is greater than a change amount of the electrical characteristic detected when a pressure is applied to the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Hojun Moon, Bonkee Kim, Seyeob Kim, Sangsic Yoon, Sunyoung Kwon, Taehoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20170102824
    Abstract: A touch circuit, a display driver circuit, a touch display device, and a method of driving the same. After display driving is ended and before touch driving begins to be performed, touch driving and touch sensing are accurately performed through pre-setting driving without the influence of display driving that was ended already. An accurate touch sensing result without touch sensing noise is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Seongkyu KANG, SungChul KIM
  • Publication number: 20170102825
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a touch technology, and more specifically, to a signal control circuit, a power control circuit, a drive circuit, a timing controller, a touch system, and a touch sensitive display device and a driving method thereof that can simply swing various voltages in a display device for a touch mode period by using a modulated ground voltage obtained by swinging a ground voltage, thereby effectively providing touch driving and preventing unnecessary parasitic capacitance from being generated not only in an active area but also in all other areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: SungChul Kim, HyungUk Jang, SangHyuck Bae, Sungsu Han, Suyun Ju, DoYoung Jung
  • Publication number: 20170102826
    Abstract: The influence of noise which changes over time in touch detection is suppressed in a timely manner. A touch panel system (1b) is provided with a touch panel (2), a driving circuit (4), a reading unit (40), a period definition unit (41) which defines a noise reading period for reading a noise signal while the driving circuit (4) does not drive capacitors, and a driving definition unit (42) which defines a driving pattern based on a noise signal read in the noise reading period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mutsumi HAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170102827
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive apparatus comprises a panel configured to conduct signals from a plurality of peripheral incoupling points to a plurality of peripheral outcoupling points. Actual detection lines are defined between pairs of incoupling and outcoupling points to extend across a surface portion of the panel. The signals may be in the form of light, and objects touching the surface portion may affect the light via frustrated total internal reflection (FTIR). A signal generator is coupled to the incoupling points to generate the signals, and a signal detector is coupled to the outcoupling points to generate an output signal. A data processor operates on the output signal to enable identification of touching objects. The output signal is processed (40) to generate a set of data samples, which are indicative of detected energy for at least a subset of the actual detection lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: FlatFrog Laboratories AB
    Inventors: Thomas CHRISTIANSSON, Peter Juhlin
  • Publication number: 20170102828
    Abstract: This projector includes a laser beam generation portion emitting a laser beam on the basis of an input image signal, a projection portion scanning the laser beam, a light detection portion detecting the laser beam reflected by a detection object, and a control portion controlling the laser beam generation portion to project a detection guide beam, different from the laser beam corresponding to the input image signal, for detection by the light detection portion when determining that detection of the laser beam corresponding to the input image signal by the light detection portion is unexpectable on the basis of color information of the input image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nishigaki
  • Publication number: 20170102829
    Abstract: An input device (Ip) includes a position detector (43) that determine a first position based on a fact that a distance between a pointer (Fg) and a position detection plane (Iv) has become a predetermined length or smaller and to detect a position based on a fact that a movement speed of the pointer (Fg) has become a predetermined value or lower, and a position corrector (44) that determine a first position in the position detection plane (Iv) based on the position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Atsuhiko CHIKAOKA
  • Publication number: 20170102830
    Abstract: Inter-context coordination to facilitate synchronized presentation of image content is described. In example embodiments, an application includes multiple execution contexts that coordinate handling user interaction with a coordination policy established using an inter-context communication mechanism. The application produces first and second execution contexts that are responsible for user interaction with first and second image content, respectively. Generally, the second execution context provides a stipulation for the coordination policy to indicate which execution context is to handle a response to a given user input event. With an event routing policy, an event routing rule informs the first execution context if a user input event should be routed to the second execution context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Ian A. Wehrman, John N. Fitzgerald, Joel R. Brandt, Jesper Storm Bache, David A. Tristram, Barkin Aygun
  • Publication number: 20170102831
    Abstract: A system and method may be provided for displaying a content object to a user. A difference between a real time and an origination time of the content object may be calculated. When the difference exceeds a predetermined time frame in which the user may desire a content object to be available for display, an application or a website may be prompted to remove the content object from content objects available for display in the application or on the website. Additionally, the method and the system may provide calculating a social score for each content object that may be displayed. An unfavorable social score may prompt the application or the website to warn the user before the user may be permitted to share the displayed content object with other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Jesse Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20170102832
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for use in displaying content, in response to a selection of an unlinked object such as text. An exemplary method includes causing an interface to be displayed at a communication device. The interface includes an object, such as a text segment, that is unlinked. The exemplary method further includes receiving, at the communication device, a selection from a user to the interface of the unlinked object, and causing content based on the selected unlinked object to be displayed to the user at the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Piruthiviraj Sivaraj
  • Publication number: 20170102833
    Abstract: A computer system facilitates the collaborative design and presentation of graphical dashboard displays or the like by initiating the presentation of dashboard imagery on each of the collaborating system displays. When a user of a client system identifies an object of the dashboard display for editing, instructions are sent to each of the other collaborating systems to identify the editing party and to prevent simultaneous edits of the same object by multiple parties. Edited objects may be shaded, colored or otherwise highlighted to provide additional information about the editor, the changes being made or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Mrudula Kodali, Eli Brumbaugh
  • Publication number: 20170102834
    Abstract: Survey data collection using a mobile device over an asynchronous messaging system is provided. According to one embodiment, a question descriptor is received via a network. The question descriptor includes a user prompt and a response specification. At least one user interface element is selected. The user interface element is adapted to receive a response complying with the response specification. The user prompt is displayed on a display. The at least one user interface element is displayed on the display. A response is received from a user via the user interface element. The response complies with the response specification. A response descriptor is sent via the network. The response descriptor includes the response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Moszczynski
  • Publication number: 20170102835
    Abstract: User's connection operation is facilitated using a user interface screen. A user interface screen is displayed on which a combination of an arbitrary source apparatus and a destination apparatus is designated from a predetermined number of source apparatuses and destination apparatuses, to operate a connection. Based on operation on the user interface screen, the connection between the source apparatus and the destination apparatus is controlled. On the user interface screen, a button is disposed in which a combination of a source apparatus and a destination apparatus is registered. When the button is operated, control is executed such that the source apparatus and the destination apparatus of the registered combination are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: MITSUO OKUMURA, HIROFUMI HIBI
  • Publication number: 20170102836
    Abstract: Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal includes: a display unit configured to output a web page received from an arbitrary web server; a generation unit configured to extract one or more links included in the web page, and to generate a link tree composed of nodes having path information corresponding to the extracted links; a controller configured to select a predetermined range of nodes based on a node corresponding to the output web page, among the nodes included in the link tree, and to simultaneously capture web pages corresponding to the selected nodes with the output web page, if a preset input is detected after the web page has been output; and a storage unit configured to store images of the captured web pages in a single group. With such a configuration, a web page currently-output to the display unit may be captured to be stored simultaneously with an upper page and/or a sub page related to the currently-output web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sunghye YOON, Sujin KIM
  • Publication number: 20170102837
    Abstract: A second electronic device performs a method of controlling the manipulation of a playlist hosted by the second electronic device. In the method, geographic information that is indicative of a geographic location of a first electronic device is accessed. Based on the geographic information, the second electronic device determines whether the first and second electronic devices are located within a defined geographic proximity. In response to a determination that the first and second electronic devices are located within the defined geographic proximity, the first electronic device is authorized to manipulate the playlist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Nikolaos Toumpelis
  • Publication number: 20170102838
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method of displaying one or more items are provided. The electronic device includes a display, and at least one processor configured to control for displaying at least one of a first menu and a second menu on the display, receiving a touch gesture connecting a first point and a second point, wherein the first point is a location corresponding to a first parameter that is one of a plurality of parameters included in the first menu and the second point is a location corresponding to a second parameter that is one of a plurality of parameters included in the second menu related to the first menu, and controlling a first input of selecting the first parameter and a second input of selecting the second parameter to be performed based on the touch gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Tanusri ROY, Ravi Prasad RK, Syam SIDHARDHAN
  • Publication number: 20170102839
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed for interfacing with systems and networks, and the data stored thereon, including navigation of same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Trinadh K. Nadella, Kavitha Devineni
  • Publication number: 20170102840
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a Web User Interface that facilitates an intuitive, improved, better organized and faster user interface to world wide web without first going to someone else's home page such as Google, Yahoo and ATT is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Tara Chand Singhal
  • Publication number: 20170102841
    Abstract: Provided are a display method and device for a menu key of a touchscreen mobile terminal, which relate to the technical field of mobile terminals. The method comprises: obtaining relative states of the left side and the right side of the screen of a touchscreen mobile terminal; and when the left side of the screen is higher than the right side thereof, displaying a menu key at the higher side of the screen. The present invention determines relative states of the left side and the right side of the screen of a touchscreen mobile terminal through a gravity sensor, thereby being able to judge the current operating state such as holding the touchscreen mobile terminal by the left hand, holding the touchscreen mobile terminal by the right hand of a user according to the relative states, and then setting the menu key in the position where the user can easily operate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Xiaoou WANG, Lu WAN, Wei ZHANG, Hongwei YUWEN
  • Publication number: 20170102842
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to systems and methods that facilitate querying a content publisher for their goal(s) in employing a content sharing site and providing customized suggestions, such as recommendations, site tools, site dashboards, and site displays to assist in achieving the goal(s). Additionally, the specified goals are employed in conjunction with monitoring publisher interactions with the content sharing site to learn behaviors that that predict a publisher goal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: David Kosslyn, Joshua Abraham Tabak, Eric Brandon Mayers
  • Publication number: 20170102843
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for color selection in a desktop publishing application. A color selection technique includes receiving a selection of an image, automatically sampling a color from a pixel of the selected image, and adding the sampled color to a color swatch in a graphical user interface. The sampled color may be the predominant color in the image (e.g., the color that appears in the greatest number of pixels), or the sampled color may be the darkest or lightest color in the image. In another embodiment, several colors (e.g., two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine or ten) are sampled from different pixels of the selected image, and some or all of the sampled colors are added to the color swatch. A designer can then select the sampled color(s) from the color swatch and apply the selected color(s) to one or more elements of a layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Sameer Manuja, Ashish Duggal
  • Publication number: 20170102844
    Abstract: A graphical user interface is provided for navigating and/or manipulating content simply via touch of a touch-sensitive surface. The content may include discrete content items (e.g., songs, video clips, documents, web pages) and/or actions (e.g., place a call, read a message, play a game), and may or may not be hierarchical in nature. The interface may be presented on a touch-screen display, such that a user may navigate to a content item or action via a single touch on the display (e.g., with a finger or other tool), followed by gliding through any number of levels or clusters of nodes (representing content items, content compilations/categories and/or actions). The desired content item or action may be initiated automatically (e.g., opened, performed) simply by touching it, by lifting the gliding finger or by performing some other input (e.g., tapping a node, speaking a command, touching with a second finger).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Wendell D. Brown, Daniel E. Vaughan
  • Publication number: 20170102845
    Abstract: In a general aspect, a computer-implemented method can include executing, on a computing device, a non-browser application; displaying, by the non-browser application on a display of the computing device, a link to web content; and receiving an indication that the link has been selected. In response to the indication that the link has been selected, the method can include, allocating a tab of a browser application to the non-browser application; displaying the allocated browser tab within a user interface of the non-browser application; and displaying, by the allocated browser tab, the web content within the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Yusuf Ozuysal
  • Publication number: 20170102846
    Abstract: A customizable and intuitive user interface for medical systems and devices, such as cardiopulmonary bypass systems, perfusion systems, extracorporeal circulation apparatuses, and heart-lung machines, is provided, which allows for ease of access to critical patient data to facilitate blood perfusion and to monitor and regulate various physiological parameters of a patient and an extracorporeal blood flow circuit during surgical procedures, such as cardiopulmonary bypass and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: MAQUET Cardiopulmonary GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph J. EBLER, Daniel MEDART, Aidan HYDE, Dwayne Kenneth JONES, Wesley Scott ASHTON
  • Publication number: 20170102847
    Abstract: A computing device comprising a computer program executed on a processor of the computing device, including: a rendering module configured to read stored instructions to display a graphical user interface, the stored instructions including code for a plurality of focusable GUI elements, each focusable GUI element having an associated identifier, a focus map module configured to store a precomputed focus map including a focus map entry for each focusable GUI element indicating, for that focusable GUI element, for a plurality of predetermined navigation directions, a target identifier of a target focusable GUI element for that navigation direction, a user input module configured to receive a user input of a predetermined navigation direction, a focus module configured to query the precomputed focus map with an identifier of a currently focused GUI element and the predetermined navigation direction to retrieve and move focus to the target focusable GUI element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Gersh Payzer, MinJie Tong, Christopher Ian Pick
  • Publication number: 20170102848
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic system including a web page authoring environment configured to generate web pages comprised of scrollable tiles. In one scenario, the web pages are accessible by mobile devices by registered customers who have obtained access to a QR code which links the mobile device to the web page. Each viewable web page tile represents a different item of information which a content sourcer wishes to present to customers who obtain a QR code linking them via a mobile device to the web page. The authoring environment allows for editing the web page by selectively updating the content of existing tiles on the web page, deleting old tiles, and/or adding new tiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: STAMATIOS SAMARAS, KONSTANTINOS MAVROEIDIS
  • Publication number: 20170102849
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of implementing a user interface for effectively providing information, and a method for controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes a display unit capable of outputting partial information of a plurality of information, and a controller capable of scrolling the partial information, in response to a user's control command. The controller categorizes at least one of the partial information into a specific category according to a preset condition when the at least one information disappears from the display unit due to being scrolled, and outputs a graphic object corresponding to the categorized specific category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Yusol HA, Yoonshinn YANG, Juha HYUN
  • Publication number: 20170102850
    Abstract: At least certain embodiments of the present disclosure include an environment with user interface software interacting with a software application. A method for operating through an application programming interface (API) in this environment includes transferring a set bounce call. The method further includes setting at least one of maximum and minimum bounce values. The set bounce call causes a bounce of a scrolled region in an opposite direction of a scroll based on a region past an edge of the scrolled region being visible in a display region at the end of the scroll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew PLATZER, Scott HERZ
  • Publication number: 20170102851
    Abstract: A method of displaying data items on handheld devices. The device displays data items in a scrollable viewport of vertically arranged fields. Date separators included in the vertically arranged fields to enable a user to associate the data items with a date. The date separators have “sticky” operation, meaning that the device ensures a date separator always appears within the viewport, even when the viewport has been scrolled to the middle of a long list of fields all associated with the same date. The device may ensure that the top field of the viewport always contains a date separator associated with the data item immediately below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Ronald Scotte Zinn, David Paul Yach
  • Publication number: 20170102852
    Abstract: A content management system rendering a file sharing GUI on a first device which is communicatively coupled to a content management system and associated with a first user having an account with the content management system. A file to be shared with a second user is identified in response to the file being selected and dragged. In response to the file being identified, a contact section displaying contact icons is rendered. The selected file is released on a displayed contact icon and a user identifier, e.g., an email address or account, associated with the displayed contact icon is identified. In response to the user identifier being identified, the selected file is shared with a second user associated with the user identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Abhishek Agrawal, Rasmus Andersson, Nikhil Bhargava
  • Publication number: 20170102853
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an arrangement for determining the pupil center of an eye of a person in an image. The arrangement includes a touch-sensitive display device for displaying the image with the eye of the person and a gesture recognition unit for recognizing a first predetermined gesture in response to a touching of the touch-sensitive display device by a user. The gesture recognition unit is configured to recognize, as a first predetermined gesture, a movement of two fingers at a distance (D) to each other touching the touch-sensitive display and carrying out an orbital rotational movement about a common rotation center. A contrast changing unit changes the contrast of the image displayed on the touch-sensitive display device in response to the user touching the touch-sensitive display device in a manner recognized as the first predetermined gesture by the gesture recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Konrad Saur, Alexander Wohlfahrt, Subhashini Mani
  • Publication number: 20170102854
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ultrasound apparatus and method for controlling the same, whereby once a feature point for re-registration is selected on one of registered ultrasound image and external image, a cursor is displayed on the other image at a point corresponding to the selected feature point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Sung-Jin CHOI, Bong Koo SEO, Dong Kuk SHIN
  • Publication number: 20170102855
    Abstract: A watch-type terminal includes a display and a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with an external terminal. The watch-type terminal also includes a controller that is configured to receive information related to an event that occurs in the external terminal, and determine, based on the received information, a priority level of the event that occurs in the external terminal. The controller is also configured to determine, based on the received information, a notification icon regarding the event that occurs in the external terminal, and adjust, based on the priority level of the event, a size of the notification icon. The controller is further configured to display, on the display of the watch-type terminal, the notification icon with the adjusted size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Yunmi KWON, Seoyeon LEE
  • Publication number: 20170102856
    Abstract: An electronic device to provide a fluid user interface (UI) and a method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a display configured to display at least one first icon, an inputter configured to receive a user command to select the at least one first icon and move the at least one first icon to another area of the display, and at least one processor configured to control the display to determine a duration to receive the user command and determine a moving distance of the user command, and display at least one second icon located around the at least one first icon based on the duration and the moving distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Tuhin CHAKRABORTY, Saumitri CHOUDHURY, Sanjay GHOSH, Kiran Prasanth RAJAN, Rahul LAISHRAM, Swati KUJUR
  • Publication number: 20170102857
    Abstract: A multiple video viewer with dynamic resizing and scaling upon user interaction or other applicable automated non-human event triggers. The invention provides the ability for a user to focus on any one or more video feeds by dynamically resizing the video windows. When in ‘Play’ mode all the videos are still playing and scale dynamically as required by user interaction. Since they are synchronized in time the user will be able to view other videos by moving the controls back and forth in the timeline and focusing on other views.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Raghav Badiger
  • Publication number: 20170102858
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for generating an arced path of travel for a user interface element. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided that includes operations performed by at least one processor. The operations of the method include determining coordinates for a start point and an end point of the user interface element corresponding to locations on a user interface. The method may also include determining a minimum arc angle and a maximum arc angle for an arc. Additionally, the method may generate an arced path based on the start point coordinates, the end point coordinates, the minimum arc angle, and the maximum arc angle. The method may also generate commands that move the user interface element along the arced path in the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ariel Sachter-Zeltzer, Peter Ng, Gustavo Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20170102859
    Abstract: A system includes a three dimensional display device configured to project computer generated controls and a target image in a three dimensional target volume; and an actuator configured to be worn by an operator. The system further includes one or more sensors configured to sense a movement of the actuator, wherein the controls are configured to be manipulated corresponding with the movement of the actuator within the target volume to alter an appearance of the target image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: F. POSZAT HU, LLC
    Inventors: Paul ANDERSON, Saquib Ibrahim
  • Publication number: 20170102860
    Abstract: Techniques and systems are disclosed for receiving user input related to three co-optimized objectives, factors, or parameters, and translating the user input into weight factors for a tri-variable weighting function. In various embodiments, a triangular user interface element is displayed that allows a user to assign importance weights to three interrelated decision optimization objectives using a single user input selection gesture. Each side of the triangular user interface element presents a factor of the weight function. When the user selects a single position on the perimeter or within the field of the triangular figure in the user interface, weight factors for each of the three interrelated optimization objectives are determined that can be used as weight factors in the tri-variable weighting function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: The Florida International University Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Oliver ULLRICH, Naphtali David RISHE, Daniel LUCKERATH
  • Publication number: 20170102861
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for creating a custom user interface for an enterprise portal. Natural language statements are created and then corresponding client-side code is sourced from a code library. The client-side code is then executed in a browser session against the target API(s) resulting in an updated user interface for the enterprise portal. Further, a method, computer program product, and system to create custom information architectures for enterprise portal web sites is provided. The structure or hierarchy of the enterprise portal is displayed and a user can add sites or subsites or modify existing sites or subsites. Corresponding scripts to the additions or modifications are retrieved and executed resulting in an updated portal structure or hierarchy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Karl Redenbach, Simon Tyrrell
  • Publication number: 20170102862
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to provide a plurality of control modes to selectively control display of content items in a news feed of a user. One or more content items associated with a predetermined entity selected by the user or a predetermined event are identified based on at least one control mode of the plurality of control modes. Display of at least one content item of the one or more content items is provided in the news feed of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory Matthew Marra, Jason Jiawei Liao, Sikai Zhu, Jiesi Luo, Robin Maxime Clediere, Cemre Güngör
  • Publication number: 20170102863
    Abstract: The systems and methods described herein provide highly dynamic and interactive data analysis user interfaces which enable data analysts to quickly and efficiently explore large volume data sources. In particular, a data analysis system, such as described herein, may provide features to enable the data analyst to investigate large volumes of data over many different paths of analysis while maintaining detailed and retraceable steps taken by the data analyst over the course of an investigation, as captured via the data analyst's queries and user interaction with the user interfaces provided by the data analysis system. Data analysis paths may involve exploration of high volume data sets, such as Internet proxy data, which may include trillions of rows of data. The data analyst may pursue a data analysis path that involves, among other things, applying filters, joining to other tables in a database, viewing interactive data visualizations, and so on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Elliot, Benjamin Duffield, Adam Borochoff
  • Publication number: 20170102864
    Abstract: A device may receive information associated with a collection including a set of uniform resource locators (URLs). The information associated with the collection may include a set of titles and a set of images corresponding to the set of URLs, and attribute information associated with the collection. The device may provide, for display to a user and based on the information associated with the collection, a collection user interface that includes the set of titles and the set of images, the attribute information, and one or more input elements associated with editing the information associated with the collection. The device may determine, based on user input via the one or more input elements, updated information associated with the collection, and may provide the updated information associated with the collection to allow the updated information associated with the collection to be provided for display to another user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Steven BERZINS, Thomas A. HSU
  • Publication number: 20170102865
    Abstract: A device includes a device control unit that controls the device to execute a process based on setting information received via a first interface for accepting a process execution request, and an application unit that displays a first screen for accepting a specific setting relating to the process from a user and sends to the device control unit, via the first interface, the setting information that is based on the specific setting accepted via the first screen. The application unit accepts from an application program installed in the device, via a second interface, a display request for displaying the first screen, and sends information indicating the specific setting accepted via the first screen to the application program as a response to the display request. The information indicating the specific setting sent to the application program has the same configuration as the setting information sent to the device control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuo ANDO