Abstract: A coordinate indicating apparatus includes a channel electrode which includes a first plurality of electrodes arranged in a first direction and a second plurality of electrodes arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and which has capacitance between the first plurality of electrodes and the second plurality of electrodes, the capacitance being changed by an approaching contact object; a driver configured to apply driving signals to the first plurality of electrodes simultaneously; a receiver configured to receive response signals from the second plurality of electrodes; and a controller configured to determine a location of the contact object based on the driving signals transmitted to the first plurality of electrodes and the response signals received from the second plurality of electrodes, wherein the driver is configured to simultaneously apply, to the first plurality of electrodes, continuous driving signals according to a matrix corresponding to a Hadamard matrix, and where

Abstract: An in-cell touch screen and a display device are provided. In the in-cell touch screens, an insulation layer, in an area that each self-capacitance electrode overlap a wire, is provided with at least a first hole that runs through the insulation layer and each self-capacitance electrode is electrically connected with a corresponding wire via a corresponding first via hole; each self-capacitance electrode, within an area overlapping other wire than the corresponding wire and at a position corresponding to the first via hole, is disposed with a second via hole that runs through the self-capacitance electrode. An orthogonal projection of a second via hole on a lower substrate covers an orthogonal projection of a first via hole on the lower substrate. The in-cell touch screen can solve a problem of uneven image display due to nonuniform distribution of via holes in an insulation layer.

Abstract: A portable device is provided. The device comprises a controller, a touch sensing element, a capacitance measurement element integrated in the touch sensing element and coupled to the controller, and at least one mechanical pressing region coupled to the capacitance measurement element. The capacitance measurement element is configured to measure change in capacitance of at least one mechanical pressing region caused by proximity or physical interaction between the at least one mechanical pressing region and an external object. A system and method are also presented.

Abstract: An electronic device with touch control circuit powered by dedicated power source includes a functional circuit, a plurality of touch sensing electrodes, and a touch sensing control circuit. The functional circuit is powered by a first power source. The touch sensing electrodes are provided for sensing a touch from an external object. The touch sensing control circuit is powered by a second power source which is different from the first power source. The touch sensing control circuit is connected to the touch sensing electrodes for driving the touch sensing electrodes to sense the touch, wherein there is no common current loop between the first power source and the second power source during an operation of touch sensing.

Abstract: A capacitive input device having a curved surface shape includes: an external body molded with a synthetic resin, the external body having an external curved surface facing a user; a film base, which is integrally provided so as to conform to the internal curved surface of the external body; a conductive layer made of conductive macromolecules, the conductive layer being formed on an opposite surface of the film base, the opposite surface being opposite to a bonded surface, of the film base, that is bonded to the external body; and wiring layers that are electrically connected to the conductive layer.

Abstract: An information processing device, including: an operation input unit that allows input operations by two types of operating bodies, including an input operation performed via proximity or contact of a part of a human body, and an input operation performed via proximity or contact of a stylus-like input device; and an input control unit that controls switching between the input operation performed via proximity or contact of the part of the human body and the input operation performed via proximity or contact of the stylus-like input device, based on a separation distance between the part of the human body and/or the stylus-like input device and an operation input surface of the operation input unit, and also based on an angle between a central axis of the stylus-like input device and the operation input surface.

Abstract: A sensing device is provided with functions of force measurement, touch control and fingerprint identification. A first electrode layer has plural first electrodes. A switch and wire layer includes plural switch circuits, plural switch control lines and plural sensing signal lines. Each switch circuit is corresponding to an adjacent first electrode and electrically connected to the corresponding first electrode through a contact. Each switch control line includes two control wires and is electrically connected to two switch circuits. Each sensing signal line includes one sensing wire and is electrically connected to the two switch circuits. A force electrode layer has a force electrode. A compressible dielectric layer is arranged between the first electrode layer and the force electrode layer. The compressible dielectric layer is deformed when a force is applied, and restored to the original shape after the force is removed.

Abstract: An embodiment of this disclosure discloses a touch panel. The touch panel comprises a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate. The touch panel further comprises a plurality of magnetic protrusions arranged on the first substrate and protruding towards the second substrate. The touch panel further comprises a first coil group and a second coil group, the first coil group comprises a plurality of coils extending in a first direction, and the second coil group comprises a plurality of coils extending in a second direction. The first coil group and the second coil group are stacked on the second substrate and insulated from each other. The coils of the first and second coil group and corresponding magnetic protrusions constitute a plurality of inductive sensors.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal material sandwiched between the first and second substrate. The second substrate has a touch screen electrode directly on a front-side surface of the second substrate. The first substrate has a wiring line for supplying a position detection voltage. A conductive tape electrically connects between the touch screen electrode and a driver circuit. A polarization plate is disposed above the touch screen electrode.

Abstract: A user-configurable modular audio control surface comprises master modules for controlling global surface properties and channel modules for controlling one or more individual audio channels. The modules are disposed in a two-dimensional spatial arrangement such that any module can occupy a location within the control surface not occupied by another module. The modules are connected to each other and to external platforms hosting media applications and plug-ins via a network. Control surface users can interact with external applications via remote graphical user interfaces displayed on modules within the surface, and can automate multiple external applications using an automation system built into the surface. Automation line graphs and metadata for both internal and external applications are displayed over the corresponding waveform displays that can include audio ahead of a current playback location.

Abstract: A method for editing a message in an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying transmitted and received messages in a chat window; detecting selection of a message to be edited among the displayed transmitted and received messages, and performing an editing operation according to an editing method for the selected message.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of providing a user with a customized user interface is disclosed. One example may include generating a window display area based on at least one predefined user preference, and displaying the window display area in a specified location of the user. The method may also include prompting the user to select at least one particular application that may be associated with the window display area, and prompting the user to customize the window attributes by modifying the window display area. Other operations may include saving the customized window display area in a memory of a computing device once the user has completed the customizing of the window attributes.

Abstract: Focus indication is implemented for components displayed on a display device. A first signal is accepted from a first user input device to change focus to a first selected component on the display device. A focus indicator is provided in association with the first selected component in response to the first signal. A second signal is accepted from a mouse or touch user input device to change focus to a second selected component. A determination is made that focus has changed in response to an input from the mouse or touch user input device. Display of the focus indicator is suppressed for the second selected component in response to the determining.

Abstract: A graphical user interface (“GUI”) defined cursor displacement tool is provided for use on a touch-sensitive display or screen of a computing system. The GUI defined cursor displacement tool includes a first portion defining a cursor control handle, a second portion defining a cursor tip, and an offset visibly separating the cursor control handle and the cursor tip. The control handle is operable to synchronously move about the touch-sensitive screen with the cursor tip, at the offset from the cursor tip, to interact with screen graphics displayed on the touch-sensitive screen.

Abstract: Three-dimensional virtualization may include receiving captured images of an entity and/or a scene, and/or capturing the images of the entity and/or the scene. The images may be connected in a predetermined sequence to generate a virtual environment. A virtual reality application may be generated to implement controls for manipulation of the virtual environment. Gestures related to a view generated by the virtual reality application may be received. The gestures may be translated to manipulate the view generated by the virtual reality application.

Abstract: A method of an electronic device is provided. The method comprising: displaying a first function execution screen corresponding to a first function; loading a second function; generating a layer that is at least partially transparent onto the first function execution screen; generating a second function execution screen corresponding to the second function; and displaying the second function execution screen on the layer.

Abstract: A panel displaying method for an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display module and has a plurality of first icons corresponding to a plurality of objects. The panel displaying method includes: determining an environment of the electronic device; automatically choosing an operation mode based on the environment of the electronic device. The operation mode is displayed in a widget area of a first panel and includes at least one widget icon. A portion of the first icons is chosen and updated as the widget icon based on numbers of clicks of the first icons in the chosen operation mode. Moreover, a portable electronic device and a recording medium using the method are also provided.

Abstract: A system and method for a procedure that can be performed on an appropriate subject. Procedures can include assembling any appropriate work piece or installing members into a work piece, such as an airframe, autoframe, etc. Regardless of the subject, generally the procedure can have a selected result that is efficacious. The efficacious result may be the desired placement of a device. The system and method can be used in confirming an efficacious result.

Abstract: A method, a system, an apparatus, and a computer readable medium storing instructions for tagging information about an object included in an image to the image. The tagging information is used for searching for the image. The method includes detecting one or more objects included in a displayed image. The method also includes receiving, from a user, information about the detected object, and tagging the received information to the displayed image.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for transferring digital content from a computing cloud to a computing device and generating recommendations for the user of the computing device.

Abstract: A hand-held electronic apparatus having a function of activating an application program of an electronic apparatus is provided, including: a storage apparatus, configured to store an operating system and a thumbnail cache file received from the electronic apparatus, where the thumbnail cache file includes a thumb corresponding to an application program in the electronic apparatus; a touch screen, configured to display the thumbnail; and a processor, configured to display the thumbnail on the touch screen by using a thumbnail layout manner specified by the operating system. The present invention further provides a method for activating an application program of an electronic apparatus, and a computer program product, where an application program installed in an electronic apparatus is activated by a hand-held electronic apparatus, so as to avoid difficulty in an operation of simulated mouse movement or keyboard input by using a hand-held electronic apparatus.

Abstract: Display apparatus and method of an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display, and a processor. The processor fetches a display region for displaying a screen when an application is executed, and fetches and displays a plurality of screens in the fetched display region.

Abstract: In a sample-analyzing system including an analyzer (10) for analyzing a sample, an auto-sampler (20) for sequentially introducing a plurality of samples into the analyzer (10), and a controller (40) for controlling operations of the analyzer (10) and the auto-sampler (20), the auto-sampler (20) is provided with a sample rack holder (24) for holding a sample rack (21) having a plurality of wells (22) in which sample containers (23) are to be set and a sample rack imager (27) for taking, directly from above or obliquely from above, an image of the sample rack (21) held in the sample rack holder (24), whereby an incorrect input of the position information of the sample container (e.g. the well number or rack number) into an analysis schedule table is prevented.

Abstract: Presenting a list of personalized strings to a user in response to the user's interaction with a single key of a keyboard. Interaction of a user with a single key of a keyboard is detected. Responsive to detecting the user interaction at the single keyboard key, a string type associated with the user interaction is identified. One or more personalized strings that are associated with the user and that are of the identified string type are also identified. A list of strings with the one or more personalized strings of the string type associated with the user interaction is then populated. The populated list of strings is then presented, wherein each string of the list of strings comprises a user-selectable element.

Abstract: A system and method for dynamically generating a web page is disclosed. The web page includes a frame having content cells. Content for the content cells is provided based in part on business rules. A business rules engine processes, in real-time, an online interaction and determines appropriate content for the content cells. The business rules engine outputs a pointer to the content which is used to populate the content cell.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums for managing contacts on a telecommunications device are provided. In one embodiment, a software application executed by a processor of a telecommunications device identifies a first subset of contacts selected at least in part by a user of the telecommunications device and a second subset of contacts. Each of the first and second subsets includes a portion of the user's contacts accessible by the telecommunications device. The software application causes display of a graphical identifier associated with each contact of the first subset of contacts in a first arrangement on a display of the telecommunications device about a first axis positioned external to the display. The software application further causes display of a graphical identifier associated with each contact of the second subset of contacts in a second arrangement on a display of the telecommunications device about a second axis positioned external to the display.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for creating social media videos based on media assets. A computing device displays a graphical user interface (“GUI”) for creating the social media video. The GUI includes a first region for selecting a media asset and a second region for displaying selected media assets. The device receives a user selection of the first media asset for use in a social media video. The device obtains a first metadata information associated with the first media asset, obtains a second media asset based at least in part on the first metadata information, and displays, in the first region, a thumbnail image of the second media asset. The second media asset is obtained based on first metadata information. In this way, related media assets are retrieved and display to optimize the creation of social media videos.

Abstract: A mobile media device user interface is described. In one or more implementations, output of a plurality of audio content is monitored by a mobile media device. Each of the audio content was received via a respective one of a plurality of broadcast channels by the mobile media device. A user interface is displayed on a display device of the mobile media device, the user interface describing each of the plurality of audio content and the respective broadcast channel from which the audio content was received.

Abstract: A system for managing and processing data in a medical facility is specified. The system includes at least one browser application for running on a user device. The browser application is set up to display data record lists containing a respective list entry for a number of medical data records of at least one particular data type and individual list entries for inspection and processing. The browser application has a multilayer component architecture having a frame layer, a view layer, a view model layer, a model layer and a driver layer. In this case, the components of the view model layer are generic, that is to say independent of the data type.

Abstract: An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays a graphical object inside of a frame on the display, and detects a gesture. Detecting the gesture includes: detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive surface while a focus selector is over the graphical object, and detecting movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface. In response to detecting the gesture: in accordance with a determination that the contact meets predefined intensity criteria, the device removes the graphical object from the frame; and in accordance with a determination that the contact does not meet the predefined intensity criteria, the device adjusts an appearance of the graphical object inside of the frame.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, when authoring an IMP, a designer may utilize an authoring tool to edit the visual and audio content associated with particular nodes. Further, in an embodiment, a designer may utilize an authoring tool to manipulate blocks corresponding to nodes of the IMP. For example, the authoring tool may include a library of stencils that the designer can utilize to create blocks corresponding to nodes of the IMP. In an embodiment, a designer may link the blocks to create a flow or tree establishing an ordered relationship between the blocks. A set of rules and/or facts may be generated based on the blocks and the designed flow. During IMP presentation, a rules engine may operate to activate nodes of the IMP based on the generated rules and/or facts.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for processing of visual content and data based on user inputs associated with affordances on a touch screen computer. Visual content may be obtained from one or more sources and presented to the user, either as still images or as a continual stream of images. As visual content is presented, the user can contact the touchscreen in any of a plurality of affordances. Depending on which affordance or affordances are contacted, the direction of motion across an affordance, or the like, the computer may perform a selected action to the instance of the visual content or invoke a change such that similar or related visual content is processed in a similar manner.

Abstract: A touch interface includes a display screen. The interface detects an approach and a position of a finger of a user with respect to the screen. The interface displays on the screen at least one graphical element associated with a touch-selection zone, surrounding an anchor point of the graphical element on the screen. The interface estimates a trajectory of a point of the finger and an impact point of the trajectory on the screen, and moves the graphical element in the direction of the impact point, when a distance between the anchor point and the impact point falls below a first threshold.

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products to create multiple, independent crop areas on a single document. For instance, one embodiment allows a user to create multiple, even overlapping, crop areas. Each of the crop areas is independently actionable for cropping. Thus, in one example, a user can select and manipulate each of the crop areas independently and also perform crop operations on a given area without affecting the other crop areas of the document. In various embodiments, the different crop areas are independent in nearly aspect, with differing positions, sizes, aspect ratios, and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an input apparatus and a medical imaging apparatus having the same, an apparatus configured to adjust specular characteristics of 3D medical images, more particularly, an input apparatus configured to allow specular characteristics of 3D medical images to be changed easily and quickly. The input apparatus includes an input unit configured to receive a command related to operations of a medical imaging apparatus, and a touch screen configured to display a plurality of objects in which a combination of at least one variables related to specular characteristics is applied.

Abstract: Application closing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a computing device recognizes an input as involving selection of an application displayed in a display environment by the computing device and subsequent movement of a point of the selection toward an edge of the display environment. Responsive to the recognizing of the input, the selected application is closed by the computing device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for displaying a document on a touch screen display, which belongs to the field of human computer interaction. The method for displaying a document on a touch screen display includes: displaying an edge region of an electronic document on the touch screen display where the edge region contains an edge of the electronic document and one or more display elements, detecting a movement of an object acting on the touch screen display, and in response to the movement of the object, stretching, for display, the one or more display elements in a direction away from the edge. Thereby, it reminds the user that the display has reached the edge of the electronic document, prevents the user from repeating move operation which is practically inapplicable, and thus improves efficiency of user operation.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for manually finding a view for a geographic object in a street level image and associating the view with the geographic object. Information related to a geographic object and a first image related to the geographic object is displayed. User inputs indicating a presence of the geographic object in the image and user input indicating a viewpoint within the image are received and processed. An association of the viewpoint, the image and the geographic object is made and the association is stored in a database. A second image is determined, based on the association, as a default initial image to be displayed for the geographic object in a mapping application.

Abstract: This disclosure pertains to systems, methods, and computer readable medium for mapping particular user interactions, e.g., gestures, to the input parameters of various image processing routines, e.g., image filters, in a way that provides a seamless, dynamic, and intuitive experience for both the user and the software developer. Such techniques may handle the processing of both “relative” gestures, i.e., those gestures having values dependent on how much an input to the device has changed relative to a previous value of the input, and “absolute” gestures, i.e., those gestures having values dependent only on the instant value of the input to the device. Additionally, inputs to the device beyond user-input gestures may be utilized as input parameters to one or more image processing routines. For example, the device's orientation, acceleration, and/or position in three-dimensional space may be used as inputs to particular image processing routines.

Abstract: Examples of workspace metadata management are disclosed. One example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure may include a computing system to display a workspace on a display. The computing system is further to project an image having metadata onto a multi-touch surface to receive a touch input, the image being an asset associated with a project of the workspace. The computing system is also to manage the workspace.

Abstract: Described are methods for the parameter change of parameterized functions for technical devices by means of a data processing device comprising pointing means and a display on which a sliding bar with corresponding sliding element is shown for the parameter change.

Abstract: Methods and systems for identifying attributes included in a drawing. One method includes automatically, with a processing unit, identifying a plurality of attributes associated with a drawing and automatically, with the processing unit, assigning a unique identifier to each of the plurality of attributes. The method also includes automatically, with the processing unit, creating a symbol representing the assigned unique identifier for each of the plurality of attributes and displaying the symbol for each of the plurality of attributes on the drawing.

Abstract: Provided is a control parameter setting method for use in an illumination system including: luminaires; an illumination controller that controls lighting of the luminaires; and an operation terminal that communicates with the illumination controller. The control parameter setting method includes: capturing, by a camera of the operation terminal, at least one luminaire in an image, and displaying, by a touch panel of the operation terminal, the image including the at least one luminaire; obtaining identification information of the at least one luminaire based on the image; determining whether a control parameter of the at least one luminaire captured by the camera is settable by the operation terminal; displaying, by the touch panel, information relating to the identification information, in association with the at least one luminaire; displaying, by the touch panel, a control parameter of a luminaire; and setting, by the touch panel, the control parameter of the luminaire.

Abstract: A device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface: displays a geographic map in a first mode of an application, the geographic map including a plurality of landmarks, the geographic map being displayed at a first magnification level; detects a first input, the first input including a first finger contact at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a first landmark on the display; in response to detecting the first input: when the first input does not satisfy one or more predefined mode-change conditions, changes the magnification level in accordance with the first input and remains in the first mode; and when the first input satisfies the mode-change conditions, selects the first landmark and enters a second mode of the application; while in the second mode, detects a second input; and, in response to detecting the second input, displays information about the first landmark.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a novel user interface capable of switching a number of images for display on a screen. The information processing apparatus displays a menu image representing one or more menu item images on a screen, displays, when any one of the one or more menu item images is selected, a selection target image associated with the selected menu item image on the screen, stores a selected order of already-selected ones of the one or more menu item images, displays, when one direction along one side of the screen is specified, another selection target image, which is selected in accordance with the stored selected order and the one direction, and redisplays the menu image when an opposite direction to the one direction is specified in a state in which the selection target image associated with the menu image selected most recently is displayed.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes providing for display to a user content including multiple content objects that each has a boundary defining a two-dimensional area. A two-dimensional scroll region for user scrolling within the content is determined. The two-dimensional scroll region is independent of the two-dimensional areas of the content objects. User input to scroll within the content in one or both of the two dimensions across one or more of the boundaries is received. The method includes scrolling within the content according to the user input, the scrolling being continuous across the boundaries.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an operation detection unit configured to detect a user's operation, and a display control unit configured to display content in a part including a middle of a display screen and display thumbnails corresponding to content belonging to one category in one direction along one side of the display screen in a region located separately from the middle of the display screen. The display control unit moves the displayed thumbnails in a vertical direction with respect to the one direction according to an operation which is detected by the operation detection unit and is an operation of switching the one category to which the content corresponding to the displayed thumbnails belongs.

Abstract: A mobile phone includes a display, a touch detector configured to detect an operation at least including a flick operation and a tap operation, and a processor configured to execute the control program to execute processing in accordance with the operation. The processor can cause a screen displayed on the display to be scrolled based on the flick operation on a display region R included in the display. If the screen includes an object to be subjected to the tap operation and while the screen is being scrolled, the processor can disable the tap operation on the object.

Abstract: An electronic device with a display concurrently displays a device status region, and an application user interface that includes a content region and an application input field. While concurrently displaying the device status region and the application user interface, the device receives first input in the application input field. In response, the device concurrently displays respective content in the content region in accordance with the first input, and first text that corresponds to the first input in the application input field. While concurrently displaying the respective content and the first text, the device detects a second input that corresponds to a request to scroll the respective content in a first direction. In response, the device scrolls the respective content in the first direction, ceases to display the application input field, and displays, adjacent to the device status region, the first text.

Abstract: Generally, a computer implemented group distance learning system including one more servers which serve a group distance learning computer code executable to provide a graphical user interface which by user interaction allows a plurality of client users to be allocated into a plurality of client user groups each user group having access to a common graphic user interface to collaborate in performance of group assignments. Specifically, a group distance learning computer code which implements a graphical user interface accessed in common by a plurality of client users from remote locations to facilitate collaborative group video production.