Patents Issued in April 19, 2018
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Publication number: 20180107321Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel and a pressure sensing method for the same, which belongs to the field of pressure sensing technology for display panel, and can solve the problem that the existing pressure sensing technology for the display panel needs to change the overall structure of the display device and has poor accuracy. The display panel of the present disclosure includes a first substrate and a second substrate, which are opposed to each other; a constant voltage electrode, which is applied with a constant voltage, and disposed on one of the first substrate and the second substrate; and a pressure sensing electrode, which is disposed to be opposite to the constant voltage electrode, configured to sense a pressure applied on the display panel in accordance with a distance thereof from the constant voltage electrode, and disposed on the other one of the first substrate and the second substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicants: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yingming Liu, Xue Dong, Hailin Xue, Xiaochuan Chen, Haisheng Wang, Xiaoliang Ding, Shengji Yang, Weijie Zhao, Lei Wang, Ming Yang, Changfeng Li, Wei Liu, Pengpeng Wang
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Publication number: 20180107322Abstract: An in-cell touch screen includes a pressure sensing structure. The pressure sensing structure includes a plurality of pressure sensitive electrodes arranged in an array and being independent from each other, each pressure sensitive electrode configured for generating a potential difference in response to a pressure caused by pressing; an input electrode electrically connected to the plurality of pressure sensitive electrodes for receiving a fixed potential in a pressure detection phase; and a plurality of output electrodes each electrically connected to a respective one of the plurality of pressure sensitive electrodes for outputting a signal indicative of a change in a potential of the respective pressure sensitive electrode with respect to the fixed potential in the pressure detection phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Yingming LIU, Xue DONG, Hailin XUE, Haisheng WANG, Xiaochuan CHEN, Xiaoliang DING, Shengji YANG, Rui XU, Changfeng LI, Wei LIU, Pengpeng WANG
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Publication number: 20180107323Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display panel and a display device for improving touch sensitivity of the display device, improving structural stability of the display device, and extending service life of the display device. The display panel provided by the disclosure comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other; a plurality of force sensitive touch units located between the first substrate and the second substrate, each of said plurality of force sensitive touch units being electrically connected to a touch circuit of the display panel; wherein each of said force sensitive touch units includes: a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer arranged in parallel to each other, and a compressible insulating layer filled between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Quanhua HE, Lingyun SHI, Hao ZHANG, Tiankuo SHI, Xiaobo XIE, Jian BAI, Chao YU
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Publication number: 20180107324Abstract: A touch display substrate includes: a transparent base; a transparent back electrode layer positioned on a front side of the transparent base; a plurality of piezoelectric detection units positioned on a front side of the transparent back electrode layer and arranged in an array; wherein each of the piezoelectric detection units includes a pressure sensitive material layer and a transparent detecting electrode layer sequentially disposed on the front side of the transparent back electrode layer. The touch display substrate further includes a plurality of signal leads, and the respective transparent detecting electrode layer connected with a corresponding one of the plurality of signal leads. A touch display panel and a method of manufacturing the touch display substrate are further disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicants: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiaoliang Ding, Xue Dong, Haisheng Wang, Xiaochuan Chen, Yingming Liu, Shengji Yang, Wei Liu, Pengpeng Wang, Changfeng Li
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Publication number: 20180107325Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a touch sensor, and a conductive layer. The touch sensor is disposed on the display panel, and is configured to detect a pressure of a touch and calculate a position and an intensity of the touch. The conductive layer is disposed on the touch sensor. The touch sensor includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes spaced apart from the plurality of first electrodes, and a plurality of elastic members disposed between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes. The display device is configured to calculate a variation a of capacitance between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes that is caused by a transformation of the elastic member in response to the pressure of the touch.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: WON KI HONG, JONG IN BAEK, EUN JIN SUNG
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Publication number: 20180107326Abstract: A driving method to a touch sensitive display panel is disclosed. The touch sensitive display panel includes a display panel for image display and a touch sensitive panel for contact detection. The driving method performs image display by the display panel while conducting contact detection by the touch sensitive panel. The driving method is capable of enhancing the display and touch sensitive performances.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yao-li HUANG, Xinglong HE
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Publication number: 20180107327Abstract: An electronic assembly includes an expandable input device having a display, different touch sensitive surfaces, and one or more processors. The input device transitions from a collapsed state having a first touch sensitive surface to an expanded state having a larger, second touch sensitive surface. The one or more processors detect touch of the touch sensitive surfaces of the input device and performing an operation based on the touch that is detected and display a result of the operation on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Thomas Perelli, Ali Kathryn Ent
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Publication number: 20180107328Abstract: A touch input device includes at least one touch sensor receiving a touch command input, a hot wire electrode disposed in the at least one touch sensor to generate heat, a high frequency generator applying a high frequency to the hot wire electrode, and a controller allowing the high frequency to be applied to the hot wire electrode based on at least one of a predetermined heat generation order or a predetermined heat generation pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Donghee SEOK, Gideok KWON, Jong Bok LEE
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Publication number: 20180107329Abstract: The present invention discloses a shift register for a touch display panel and a driving method thereof, a driving circuit and a display apparatus. The shift register includes a pull-up unit, a pull-down unit and an output unit, the pull-up unit controls a potential of the pull-up node according to input signals of the input terminal, the second signal terminal and the reset terminal and a potential of the pull-down node, the pull-down unit controls the potential of the pull-down node according to an input signal of the first signal terminal and the potential of the pull-up node, and the output unit controls an output signal of the output terminal according to the input signals of the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal and the potentials of the pull-down node and the pull-up node.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Honggang GU, Xianjie SHAO, Jie SONG
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Publication number: 20180107330Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a touch screen and a touch positioning method thereof, and a display device. The touch screen comprises: a plurality of mutually insulated fan-shaped first touch sensing electrodes and a plurality of mutually insulated and non-overlapped second touch sensing electrodes mutually insulated from the first touch sensing electrodes. The fan-shaped first touch sensing electrodes are arranged in a circle, and each of the second touch sensing electrodes is shaped like a non-closed ring concentrically arranged with the circle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventor: Zhaohui Meng
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Publication number: 20180107331Abstract: A touch screen panel comprising a first electrode substrate equipped with a first electrode and a second electrode formed on a first transparent conductive film of the first electrode substrate, a second electrode substrate equipped with a third electrode and a fourth electrode formed on a second transparent conductive film of the second electrode substrate, an interface circuit that receives electrical signals from the first to the fourth electrodes and process the signals, and connecting portions that connect to the interface circuit, the interface circuit includes a member configured to make an impedance of a wiring path formed on the side where the connecting portion is provided and connected to one of the first to the fourth electrodes higher than an impedance of wiring paths connected to remaining electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventor: Yoshikazu Sato
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Publication number: 20180107332Abstract: An electronic device with touchscreen control includes a display, a touch sensor, and a processor. The display displays applications and files. The touch sensor receives an input operation from a user and detects an operating mode therein. The operating mode includes operation parameters of the input operations or combinations thereof. The operation parameters include at least one of a biometric pattern characteristic, a pressure characteristic, and a region characteristic. The processor receives the operating mode detected by the touch sensor and compares the detected operating mode to operating modes stored in the electronic device to determine, whether the detected operating mode matches any stored operating mode, and if it does, the processor activates an application or a file corresponding to the detected operating mode. A touch control method of the electronic device is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: CHIH-MIN CHAN, SUNG-CHIEH CHANG
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Publication number: 20180107333Abstract: An apparatus classifies touch events. The apparatus includes a touch sensitive surface configured to generate a touch event when an object touches the touch sensitive surface. The touch event entails a mechanical vibration upon contact with the surface. The apparatus includes a touch event detector configured to detect the onset of a touch, and a touch event classifier configured to classify the touch event to identify the object used for the touch event. The mechanical vibration is created via any one of finger parts including a tip, a pad, a fingernail, and a knuckle, each of which has a unique feature different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Christopher Harrison, Julia Schwarz, Scott E. Hudson
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Publication number: 20180107334Abstract: There is provided a capacitive touch device including a controlling and processing circuit and a touch panel. The touch panel has a plurality of detection cells arranged in matrix. The controlling and processing circuit is configured to input a drive signal to the detection cells of the touch panel and read measurement data from the detection cells for post-processing, wherein the controlling and processing circuit reads a first sampling number of the measurement data of the detection cells in a normal mode and a second sampling number of the measurement data of the detection cells in a sleep mode, and the second sampling number is lower than the first sampling number.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Fu-Chen CHEN, Ming-Tsan KAO, Yu-Han CHEN
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Publication number: 20180107335Abstract: An input device is configured to detect signals from of an input object. Examples include acquiring a first signal on a first sensor electrode of the input device; acquiring a second signal on a second sensor electrode of the input device; combining the first signal and the second signal to produce a combined signal; demodulating the combined signal to determine an in-phase component of the combined signal and a quadrature component of the combined signal; and combining the in-phase component and the quadrature component to determine signal magnitude information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Vladan PETROVIC, David SOBEL
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Publication number: 20180107336Abstract: A thermostat for a building space includes a touch screen user interface, a selector, a single-touch controller, and a multi-touch controller. The touch screen user interface is configured to present display data to a user and receive touch-based input from the user. The selector is configured to select an operating mode for the touch screen user interface based on one or more environmental conditions of the building space. The single-touch controller is configured to operate the touch screen user interface in a single-touch operating mode when the single-touch operating mode is selected by the selector. The multi-touch controller is configured to operate the touch screen user interface in a multi-touch operating mode when the multi-touch operating mode is selected by the selector.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventor: William P. Alberth, JR.
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Publication number: 20180107337Abstract: A color filter substrate and an in-cell touch display device are disclosed. The color filter substrate including a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region, wherein the color filter substrate further includes a conductive antistatic layer, and the antistatic layer is only disposed in the non-display region. The in-cell touch display device can eliminate static electricity under the premise of having no influence on touch function, and the in-cell touch display device is provided with an enhanced anti-electrostatic capability.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicants: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd., Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Le SUN, Yezhou FANG, Zhengwen PAN, Wei ZHANG, Kunpeng ZHANG
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Publication number: 20180107338Abstract: Disclosed are a touch display device, a touch system, a touch master, and a communication method and, more particularly, are a touch display device, a touch system, a touch master, and a communication method which can provide a communication protocol and a communication interface based on a master-slave system in which a touch driving device operates as a touch slave and a touch controller operates as a touch master. Communication between the touch driving device and the touch controller can be accurately and rapidly performed and data transmission efficiency can increase.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: JuneGun CHUNG
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Publication number: 20180107339Abstract: A method and a device for restraining edge touches are provided. The device acquires locations of one or more touch points sensed by a terminal at two edges of a screen of the terminal. The device determines a holding manner indicating how the terminal is held according to the locations of the one or more touch points. When the holding manner is a single-hand holding manner indicating that the terminal is held by a single hand, the device determines to trigger a touch restraining detection in a restraining region at one edge of the screen corresponding to the single-hand holding manner, such that touch points sensed within the restraining region do not trigger the terminal to respond to operations input by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lin DAI, Peng ZHANG, Dawei XIONG
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Publication number: 20180107340Abstract: A method of compensated touch data values disclosed herein includes acquiring touch data values about a dead sensing zone of a touch screen, and determining a peak value of those touch data values. Then, a new peak value is calculated as a function of an average of the peak value and another value of the touch data value, and a sharpness value for the dead sensing zone is generated if a second highest value of the touch data values is less than the new peak value. Thereafter, compensated touch data values are generated for the dead sensing zone if the second highest value is greater than the new peak value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte LtdInventors: Rooney Kim, Lokesh Kumar Korapati
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Publication number: 20180107341Abstract: Systems and methods for providing volumetric tracing for orthogonal displays in an electronic collaboration setting. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory including program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: identify a first characteristic associated with a given one of a plurality of participants of an electronic collaboration session, at least in part, using an image sensing device; identify a second characteristic associated with the given participant, at least in part, using a proximity sensing device; identify a volumetric space for the given participant based upon a combination of the first and second characteristics; and provide a user interface to the given participant. The user interface may have a set or one or more features selected, at least in part, based upon a characteristic of the volumetric space.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert
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Publication number: 20180107342Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for providing and dynamically adjusting message composition indicators. The disclosed systems and methods provide users of electronic messaging systems, such as electronic messaging systems, with information regarding the message composition activities of other users.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventor: Charles Donald Deets, JR.
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Publication number: 20180107343Abstract: Techniques are provided for encapsulating a user experience design for user interfaces of an application, where the user experience design comprises a look and feel of the application and a plurality of functional elements of the application. A plurality of rules for implementing the one or more user interfaces may be defined, and the rules may be based at least in part on the user experience design. Additionally, a pattern may be generated based at least in part on the plurality of rules. The pattern may be deployed to a distributed network of computing devices, and reused in the design of multiple other applications. The new user interfaces for those applications may be generated based at least in part on the pattern, where the additional applications comply with the look and feel and the plurality of functional elements of the other applications that share the pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Oracle International CorporationInventors: Duncan Richard Mills, Kenichi Mizuta
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Publication number: 20180107344Abstract: The invention provides methods and devices that address problems encountered when attempting to accurately reconstruct visual stimuli being displayed to a user as they interact with online-content, typically through a browser interface. In one embodiment, the invention provides for the browser to maintain a record of selected technical parameters and relevant data that may impact the manner in which online-content is being displayed to the user, taking into consideration the current context in which the browser is being operated. In another embodiment, the invention is a device for recording events as reported from a browser interface. The events are recorded in a selected format and syntax to form a primary index of events and related outcomes which comprise the user's interface experience. In operation, the devices detect events as detected at the browser interface. Next, the devices identify, categorize, and filter detected events as to their relevance to the visual stimuli being presented to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Kenneth H. Crain, William K. Vanover
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Publication number: 20180107345Abstract: A virtual environment may be provided to facilitate education and knowledge gathering by users. The users may include children, youth, and/or other users. The users may be enabled to form connections between themselves and/or experts, and to communicate between themselves and/or with experts. Users may be provided with a different interface than experts.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Rocket21 Enterprises, LLC.Inventors: Jodell SEAGRAVE, Steve SNYDER, Allen GOLDBLATT, Marshall RASKIND, Bob DAY, Lisa LITSEY, Mark W. GRAYSON
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Publication number: 20180107346Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and devices for presenting map labels. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving map data and location data; retrieving a user profile, the user profile containing a list of locations; generating a plurality of labels, wherein the plurality of labels comprise labels associated with a subset of locations within the list of locations; identifying one or more conflicting labels, wherein the one or more conflicting labels comprise one or more overlapping labels; ranking the one or more labels based on the user profile to generate a ranked label subset, wherein labels in the ranked label subset comprise non-overlapping labels; and displaying the map data and the ranked label subset.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Westfield Retail Solutions, Inc.Inventor: James Arthur Wilson
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Publication number: 20180107347Abstract: System, method, and computer program product embodiments describe back navigation features of a page. In an embodiment, a display device displays the page in a first layout, selected from a set of layouts associated with the page, for displaying a first content. The display device navigates from the first layout to one or more subsequent layouts, each subsequent layout selected from the set of layouts. The subsequent layouts include a second layout that concurrently displays the first content and a second related content in separate panels of the second layout. The display device stores a navigation sequence from the first layout through each of the subsequent layouts. Responsive to receiving a command to return to the first layout, the display device selects the first layout, from the stored navigation sequence, to navigate from the second layout to the first layout. Then, the page is rendered using the selected first layout.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Jan-Michel Blinn, Annette Jann, Carlos Martinez Gomez, Carolin Seel, Denis Timur, Janos Varadi, Kai Richter, Roman Rommel, Tina Rauschenbach, Jamila Schon
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Publication number: 20180107348Abstract: The present invention provides an information display, an information display system, an information display method, a program, and a recording medium that allow information of a target item refined under a desired condition to be displayed easily. The information display of the present invention includes: an information set display unit configured to display at least one item and information corresponding to each of the items; a condition display unit configured to display, in response to selection of the item, a menu showing at least one of refining conditions of the selected item; and a refining information set display unit configured to display, in response to selection of the refining condition, at least one refining item corresponding to the selected refining condition and refining information corresponding to each of the refining items with reference to the displayed items and information corresponding to each of the items.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2015Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.Inventor: Yusuke NAKAO
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Publication number: 20180107349Abstract: Examples associated with calculator media presentation are disclosed. One example includes a calculator including a display. The calculator also includes a memory storing media content associated with a calculator functionality. The calculator also includes a media presentation module to cause the media content to be presented to a user via the display in response to an interaction from the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2015Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Syed S. Azam, Raymond S. Banks
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Publication number: 20180107350Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable information processing program stored thereon. The executable information processing program causes a computer of an information processing apparatus having a storage that stores a plurality of contents to perform designating an amount of data, displaying on a display a plurality of pieces of content information representing contents as being aligned in accordance with a priority for each content, selecting at least one of the plurality of pieces of content information in response to an operation by a user, and performing a calculation based on the designated amount of data and an amount of data of a content corresponding to the selected content information. The step of displaying a plurality of pieces of content information includes showing a result of the calculation on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventor: Masaaki SUGINO
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Publication number: 20180107351Abstract: A method and a device for the quick navigation of users through the user interface of a plant for manufacturing a product from thermoplastic, an extruder being operated for plastification of a thermoplastic, and a method and a plant for manufacturing a product from thermoplastic allow quick changing between user views of a machine or plant control. An input device for entering representative signals from a customized input library is used, which signals are linked to actions in a relational database, wherein the actions cause a rapid change between user views of a machine or plant control. The rapid change between user views makes the machine or plant control faster, and the customized input library makes the control more intuitive.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventor: Lang LANG
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Publication number: 20180107352Abstract: A system and method for document coding via coding patterns is provided. Document codes are maintained and coding patterns are identified from the document codes. Each coding pattern includes a grouping of two or more of the document codes. A selection of at least one of the document codes is received for a document. The coding pattern that includes the selected document code is determined. Those document codes associated with the selected document code are identified based on the determined coding pattern. The selected document code and the associated document codes are assigned to the document.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Joe Milan, David Stromberg, John Gayman
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Publication number: 20180107353Abstract: An electronic device for playing multimedia content, and a method thereof are provided. The method may include a storing playback information about content through each of a plurality of applications, displaying a list including a plurality of objects associated with the playback information about the content through each of the plurality of applications, and upon receiving an input for selecting a first object from among the plurality of objects, playing a first content item of a first application corresponding to the first object based on playback information associated with the first object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventor: Hwa-Jun LEE
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Publication number: 20180107354Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for navigating a user interface are provided. In some embodiments, methods for navigating a user interface is provided, the method comprising: causing a user interface to be presented including media identifiers that correspond media assets; causing the media identifiers to be arranged along a first direction; causing a first media identifier at a first position to be highlighted; causing a menu element to be presented at a first menu position associated with the first media identifier; receiving an instruction from a user input device to navigate to a next element along the first direction; causing a second media identifier next to the first position to be highlighted in response to receiving the instruction; causing the menu element to be presented at a second menu position associated with the second media identifier; and inhibiting presentation of the menu element at the first menu position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Aaron Joseph Wheeler, Chris Lauritzen
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Publication number: 20180107355Abstract: It is disclosed a method including obtaining, via a user interface, information being associated with a location of a map, the location of the map being considered to be associated with a problem.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Muhammad Irshan Khan, Lauri Aarne Wirola, Jari Tapani Syrjärinne, Pavel Ivanov
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Publication number: 20180107356Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a plurality of devices with loudspeaker located in various rooms of a dwelling. The apparatus comprises a panel (1) with first user interface (2) and a second user interface (3) arranged side by side. The first user interface (2) comprises an interactive touch screen display with an indicator (11) for each room that contains an electronic device. The second user interface (3) comprises an adjustment element, for example a rotating wheel or a finger track indicator (8), for adjusting the audio level in a room in response to a correspondingly finger moving action on the second user interface (3). The audio level in a room is adjusted by the user holding one finger tip on the indicator (11) for that room while another finger is simultaneously moved on the second user interface (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2015Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventor: Lyle Bruce Clarke
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Publication number: 20180107357Abstract: A controller for controlling the display of secondary digital content displayed in an overlay above a primary video stream. The controller includes a touch interface device, a processor, and a memory storing non-transitory instructions. These instructions, when executed, can include (i) detecting a first input gesture by a user on the touch interface device, (ii) in response to detecting the first input gesture, selecting an application for display, (iii) detecting a second input gesture by the user on the touch interface device, (iv) in response to detecting the second input gesture, scrolling through a currently-displayed layer of the selected application displayed, (v) detecting a third input gesture by the user on the touch interface device, and (vi) in response to detecting the third input gesture, scrolling between layers of the selected application in a simulated Z-space.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Dale Alan HERIGSTAD, Nam Hoai DO, Nhan Minh DANG, Hieu Trung TRAN, Quang Sy DINH, Thang Viet NGUYEN, Long Hai NGUYEN, Linh Chi NGUYEN
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Publication number: 20180107358Abstract: A method for providing a cohesive user experience when using multiple displays includes displaying a first graphical element on a first display screen, and a second graphical element on a second display screen. The method enables a user to move at least one of the first and second graphical elements until the first and second graphical elements are substantially aligned with one another across the first and second display screens. The method further enables the user to resize at least one of the first and second graphical elements until the first and second graphical elements are scaled similarly on the first and second display screens. The method automatically adjusts a relative understood position of the first and second display screens and scales graphical objects displayed across the first and second display screens. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sebastian M. Chodakowski, David A. Chynoweth, Joshua E. Vines
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Publication number: 20180107359Abstract: A text processing method is provided, including: acquiring position information of an external touch in response to the external touch sensed by a touch terminal; acquiring a character image based on the position information of the external touch; acquiring a first text by recognizing characters in the character image; acquiring a word segmentation result by performing word segmentation on characters in the first text; and displaying the word segmentation result. The text processing method combines technologies of touch sensing, image recognition and word segmentation, so as to acquire efficiently and quickly a character, a word, a named entity, and the like in the region indicated by the external touch for various systems, which is convenient for a user to select a keyword directly in the text instead of inputting the keyword in the follow-up operation, thus improving the efficiency of operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Yonghao Luo, Zuohui Tian
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Publication number: 20180107360Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal including a camera interface that provides an image to which an effect of a level preferred by a user is applied as a preview image and a method of controlling therefor. In order to achieve the aforementioned object and other object, according to one embodiment of the present invention, a mobile terminal includes a display unit, a sensing unit, and a controller, the controller, if a camera application is executed, configured to output a first camera preview and a general capturing button on the display unit, the controller configured to determine at least one or more capturing options based on information on a subject included in the first camera preview, the controller configured to control a variable capturing button to be outputted in a manner of being changed from the general capturing button based on the at least one or more determined capturing options.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Yung KIM, Arim KWON, Taehoon CHO, Changmok KIM
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Publication number: 20180107361Abstract: An electronic device, while displaying a user interface that includes a first region corresponding to a first software application and a second region corresponding to a second software application, receives a first touch input, on a touch-sensitive display, that originates from the first region and extends to the second region. The device sends a touch began event to the first software application in response to detecting the first touch input at a first location corresponding to the first region, sends a touch cancel event to the first software application in response to detecting that the first touch input has left the first region of the user interface, and sends to the second software application information corresponding indicating that the first touch input has entered the second region of the user interface in response to detecting that the first touch input has entered the second region of the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Brittany D. Paine, Jonathan E. Drummond, Benjamin E. Nielsen
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Publication number: 20180107362Abstract: A computer-implemented method modifies a graphical user interface (GUI) for an application to improve GUI usability. One or more processors identify a current GUI that is utilized by a current software application. The processor(s) match the current GUI to other GUIs that have a same function, semantics, and context of the current GUI. The processor(s) identify a top-k active field used by the other GUIs, and match a function of a current active field from the current GUI to a function of the top-k active field used by the other GUIs. In response to a visual appearance of the current active field from the current GUI not matching a visual appearance of the top-k active field used by the other GUIs, the processor(s) replace the current active field with the top-k active field in the current GUI in order to improve usability of the current GUI.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Sarath C. Anbil Parthipan, Vijay Ekambaram, Nitendra Rajput, Giriprasad Sridhara
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Publication number: 20180107363Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for displaying an icon. The method includes: displaying a first icon and at least one display orbit on an interface, the first icon being a user icon of a user that currently logs in to an application program, and each of the at least one display orbit being a path that uses the first icon as a center and surrounds a periphery of the first icon; obtaining a first application function activated in the application program; obtaining a first function icon of the first application function; and displaying the first function icon of the first application function on a first display orbit, the first display orbit being one of the at least one display orbit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventor: Shimeng REN
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Publication number: 20180107364Abstract: An apparatus and a method of displaying a notification in an electronic device are provided. The apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a status bar including one or more notification icons, and a controller configured to display notification information including an icon and a number of notifications of an application program for each application program when the status bar is selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Kue-Hwan Sihn, Beyong-Ho Yuu
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Publication number: 20180107365Abstract: Method and apparatus for generating screen design are provided, in some embodiments, one of methods comprises, determining at least one user-preferred watch screen design from previously-registered watch screen designs based on at least s one of a watch screen design evaluation history and a watch screen design generation history of a user, acquiring tag information previously-matched to each element included in the at least one user-preferred watch screen design, determining elements to be included in a random watch screen design based on the acquired tag information, and generating the random watch screen design by combining the determined elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventor: Sung Hyun KYUNG
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Publication number: 20180107366Abstract: A method for zooming-in a picture on a mobile terminal may comprise: partitioning, by a picture partitioning module, a picture into an array formed by M×N rectangles; acquiring rectangles of two touch points when a touch detection module detects that there are two touch points on the picture; and zooming-in, by a display and zoom-in module, a rectangular array between rows and columns of the rectangles of the two touch points.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Huizhoutcl Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bin Yu, Weiqin Yang
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Publication number: 20180107367Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for specifying a desired range of values. An embodiment operates by displaying a range slider bar on a graphical user interface, and iteratively performing several steps. The steps include receiving a new position for a handle on the range slider bar, wherein the new position specifies a first range of values within a second range of values, partitioning the second range of values into a plurality of sub-ranges, wherein each sub-range comprises two boundary values. The steps further include determining a mapping between a set of accessible positions on the range slider bar and a plurality of values within the second range, wherein, for each sub-range, the difference of values assigned to consecutive accessible positions corresponding to the sub-range increases exponentially when moving from a boundary value of the sub-range to another boundary value of the sub-range.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Thomas Rinneberg, Markus Ulke, Jens Henniger, Hans-Peter Schaerges
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Publication number: 20180107368Abstract: A development support system includes: a first information processing apparatus including a storage that stores identification information of a plurality of screens according to a display application type; and a second information processing apparatus including an input interface that accepts registration of screen design information including designation of identification information of any screen, as a transition source screen or a transition destination screen, among the identification information of the plurality of screens, and a communication circuit that transmits the accepted screen design information to the first information processing apparatus, wherein the first information processing apparatus includes a communication circuit that refers to the storage when providing screen data to a first display application according to the screen design information, and the communication circuit performs a transmission, to the first display application, including a command to display a screen by a second displaType: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Kenji Nakai, Kazuo Yamakawa
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Publication number: 20180107369Abstract: Systems and methods for instantiating collaboration interfaces via object recognition are disclosed. An object recognition engine communicatively coupled to a database and an electronic device receives sensor data related to an object and identifies an object characteristic. A component is selected having criteria satisfied by the object characteristic and a collaboration interface is instantiated on the electronic device. This can allow a user to edit content related to an object. A substantially identical collaboration interface can be instantiated on a second electronic device to allow collaboration among user with respect to content related to the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventor: Patrick Soon-Shiong
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Publication number: 20180107370Abstract: This invention provides a signal processing and signal synthesis technique from a family of signal processing and signal synthesis techniques designed to readily interwork or be used individually in creating new forms of rich musical timbres. A real-time controllable mix of a plurality of multiple output frequency-reduced signals and the cross-products of these signals provides rich animated harmonically partitioned spectra. Mixing parameters may be recalled from stored program control or modulated in real-time by arbitrary control signals, including envelope generators, low-frequency oscillators, and those derived from an original input signal, and specifically including the amplitude of an original input signal. The real-time controllable mix may have multiple outputs and be subjected to further signal processing and multiple-channel amplification.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventor: Lester F. Ludwig