Abstract: A terminal is provided with an input unit configured to detect contact of an object and a position of the object, and a controller configured to generate a control signal corresponding to a recognition of a gesture of the object, which is detected at a position spaced apart from the input unit when touched by the object. The terminal may allow an operation command desired by the user to be completed since a gesture is initiated at a surface of the terminal, and terminated at the surface of the terminal again after being performed in a space on the surface of the terminal. By specifying a start or an end of the gesture, the intention of the user may be clearly presented and may improve the recognition rate. Therefore, the user may easily manipulate mobile phones and various equipments while driving.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to piezoelectric film structures and sensors, and display assemblies using same. The piezoelectric film structure is transparent and includes: a substrate; a bottom optical layer disposed on or above the substrate; a bottom conducting layer disposed on or above the bottom optical layer; at least one piezoelectric layer disposed on or above the bottom conducting layer; a top conducting layer disposed on or above the at least one piezoelectric layer; and a top optical layer disposed on or above the top conducting layer. The sensor includes the piezoelectric film structure electrically connected to a signal processing system. The display assembly includes the sensor operably arranged relative to a display device. The piezoelectric film structures and sensors can be configured to determine one or more touch-sensing features associated with a touch event.

Abstract: A touch apparatus, an electronic device, and a method for preparing the touch apparatus are provided. The touch apparatus includes: a substrate and a cover plate arranged opposite to each other, a first touch sensor, and a second touch sensor. The substrate includes a display region including a first display region and a second display region arranged in a first direction. The first touch sensor is arranged on the side of the cover plate towards the substrate. The second touch sensor is arranged on the side of the substrate towards the cover plate. The second touch sensor is arranged in a different layer from the first touch sensor. The first touch sensor has a first projection on the substrate in a second direction, which covers the first display region. The second touch sensor has a second projection on the substrate in the second direction, which covers the second display region.

Abstract: The transfer film includes a temporary support and a photosensitive transparent resin layer formed on the temporary support, in which the photosensitive transparent resin layer includes a binder polymer, a photopolymerizable compound having an ethylenic unsaturated group, a photopolymerization initiator, and a blocked isocyanate, the binder polymer is a carboxyl group-containing acrylic resin having an acid value of 60 mgKOH/g or more, and the transfer film is to protect electrodes in electrostatic capacitance-type input devices.

Abstract: A touch controller includes a touch data generator that is connected to a plurality of sensing lines, the touch data generator sensing a change in capacitance of a sensing unit connected to each of the sensing lines and generating touch data by processing the sensing signal corresponding to the result of sensing; and a signal processor that controls a timing of generating the touch data by receiving at least one piece of timing information for driving a display panel from a timing controller, and then providing either the timing information or a signal generated from the timing information as a control signal to the touch data generator.

Abstract: A laminated substrate is provided that includes a transparent base material, and a laminated body formed at least one surface of the transparent base material. The laminated body includes a blackened layer containing oxygen, copper, and nickel, and a copper layer. A ratio of the nickel is 11 mass % or more and 60 mass % or less, among the copper and the nickel contained in the blackened layer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a hand holding state detection method, a capacitive touch apparatus and an electronic device. The method includes: acquiring feature data output by each coupling capacitor in a capacitor array network when the coupling capacitor is touched, and reference feature data corresponding to each coupling capacitor; and determining a feature region formed by touch on the capacitor array according to the feature data output by each coupling capacitor and the corresponding reference feature data, to determine a hand holding state according to the feature region. In this way, a man-machine interaction interface may be adjusted according to the hand holding state, such that a user may conveniently or accurately touch all the virtual keys in the man-machine interaction interface.

Abstract: First and second substrates are disposed to face each other and allowed to approach each other. A plurality of first electrodes are formed on the first substrate. A plurality of second electrodes are formed on the second substrate and face the respective first electrodes. A facing electrode pair is constituted by each of the first electrodes and a corresponding one of the second electrodes. A switching unit causes each of the first electrodes and each of the second electrodes to be connected to a driving unit or a detecting unit and switches between a first detection state in which a distance change between each of the first electrodes and a corresponding one of the second electrodes is detected and a second detection state in which the coordinates of a position that an operating body approaches or touches are determined in accordance with detection outputs from the facing electrode pairs.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a touch screen device includes a controller, a force sensing layer, a cushion layer, and a reference layer. The controller includes a processor to determine a distance between the force sensing layer and the reference layer. The cushion layer is between the force sensing layer and the reference layer. The cushion layer may include a plurality of holes at selected locations devoid of material of which the cushion layer is made. The reference layer may include a plurality of raised areas at selected locations.

Abstract: A touch panel and a touch method thereof, and an electronic device are provided. The touch panel includes a first touch detection line, a touch electrode, a second touch detection line and a first switch element. The first touch detection line is connected with the touch electrode and is insulated from the second detection line, and the second detection line is connected with the touch electrode through the first switch element.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a touch sensor, an adhesive layer, a first flexible printed circuit board, and a second flexible printed circuit board. The touch sensor is disposed on the display panel. The adhesive layer is disposed between the display panel and the touch sensor. The first flexible printed circuit board and the second flexible printed circuit board are disposed between the display panel and the touch sensor. The first flexible printed circuit board is connected to the display panel, and the second flexible printed circuit board is connected to the touch sensor. The adhesive layer overlaps with the first flexible printed circuit board and is in contact with the first flexible printed circuit board and the touch sensor.

Abstract: A touch electrode, a driving method and a touch panel are provided. The touch electrode includes a plurality of stripe electrodes arranged in sequence at intervals, and each of the stripe electrodes includes a separation part for positioning a touch point as well as a first segment electrode and a segment separated by the separation part.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an electronic device for using an amplifier to detect whether a user body is close to the electronic device and an operation method thereof. An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: an antenna configured to be at least a part of an exterior of the electronic device; a variable element that has a capacitance in a designated range; and an amplifier connected to the variable element and configured to amplify a voltage of the variable element by a designated ratio and output an amplified voltage, wherein the capacitance of the variable element and the designated ratio may be configured so that a difference between a voltage of the antenna and the amplified voltage of the amplifier is smaller than a designated threshold value.

Abstract: A method of performing a scan of a sensor array is disclosed, as well as an associated processing system and input device. The sensor array comprises a plurality of sensor electrodes in a single layer. A plurality of routing traces is arranged in the single layer. The method comprises, for each sensor electrode of the plurality of sensor electrodes, acquiring, during a first period, an absolute capacitive measurement for the sensor electrode. The method further comprises, for each bordering sensor electrode of one or more bordering sensor electrodes of the plurality of sensor electrodes, acquiring, during a second period, a transcapacitive measurement between the sensor electrode and the bordering sensor electrode.

Abstract: A method for improving touch performance of a capacitive touch screen with a non-rectangular shape is provided. The capacitive touch screen includes plural complete cells and at least one incomplete cell for sensing. The method includes: determining whether an active area of the incomplete cell is different from an active area of each of the complete cells; and performing a mutual capacitance compensation on the incomplete cell to compensate a mutual capacitance of the incomplete cell when the active area of the incomplete cell is different from the active area of each of the complete cells.

Abstract: A touch device including an array substrate, at least one gate driving circuit, an opposite substrate and a shielding pattern is provided. The array substrate has a display region and a peripheral region connecting to the display region. The gate driving circuit is disposed on the array substrate and located in the peripheral region. The opposite substrate is disposed opposite to the array substrate. The shielding pattern is disposed between the array substrate and the opposite substrate. The shielding pattern projected on the array substrate is formed a first projection, the gate driving circuit projected on the array substrate is formed a second projection, the first projection at least partially overlaps with the second projection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of providing input to an electronic unit comprising a touch-sensitive surface that is configured for registering application of touch by a flexible unit and a toy comprising an electronic unit comprising a touch-sensitive surface and a structure; the structure configured from a material that cannot be registered by the touch-sensitive surface, and it comprises, either at the periphery or within the periphery, at least one marked position. One or more flexible units that comprise(s) material that can be registered by the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the one or more flexible units extend(s) past the top side of the structure and to the bottom side of the structure, to the effect that the registration of a flexible unit is conditioned by the configuration of the at least one marked position.

Abstract: An input device manufacturing method includes: a first process in which, in a state in which a sensor film is inserted into a die, the sensor film having a detection area and a non-detection area other than the detection area, the detection area and the non-detection area constituting the sensor, as well as a first surface formed into a curved surface and a second surface positioned opposite to the first surface, a material that includes a synthetic resin having a translucent property is poured into the die to form a resin layer on the same side as the second surface; and a second process in which a decorative film having a decorative area that covers the non-detection area is pasted to the first surface with an adhesive layer intervening between the decorative film and the first surface.

Abstract: A conductive film includes a wiring pattern having the following characteristics. For each spectrum in which spectrum peaks obtained by performing two-dimensional Fourier transform on transmittance image data of the entire image has normalized spectrum intensities equal to or greater than a specified value, an angle is set to oscillate by each unit of a specific angle. Intensity differences, each of which is obtained from a maximum value and a minimum value of the normalized spectrum intensity for each angle, are calculated. One or more clusters of bars, which indicate frequencies of a histogram at an average value or more of the intensity difference in a case where the histogram is a histogram of the intensity differences, are isolated from the other cluster.

Abstract: A first electrode on a first surface of a transparent insulating member has a first detection electrode portion having a first mesh pattern and a dummy pattern portion in the first electrode arranged so as to be insulated from the first detection electrode portion in a first mesh cell constituting the first mesh pattern, a second electrode on a second surface of the transparent insulating member has a second detection electrode portion having a second mesh pattern and a dummy pattern portion in the second electrode arranged so as to be insulated from a second detection electrode portion in a second mesh cell constituting the second mesh pattern, and a third mesh pattern is formed by combining the first detection electrode portion, the dummy pattern portion in the first electrode, the second detection electrode portion, and the dummy pattern portion in the second electrode.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a cover feed interaction history from a device associated with a user of a social-networking system. An order for a plurality of content boards may be determined based on the cover feed interaction history (e.g., viewing history, download status, the current order of content boards in the cover feed, user interaction history, whether the user bookmarked or pinned a particular content board), user information related to the user, and device information about device-based events and device status. Finally, the order for the content boards may be sent to the device. The determination of the order for the content boards may be based on the cover feed interaction history, recency of content included in the content boards, popularity of the content, relevance of content to the user, or device-based events.

Abstract: A non-interactive screen sharing session executing within a computing device can be identified. The device can be communicatively linked to different computing devices of the screen sharing session. The contents of the remote screen buffer can be analyzed to determine a graphical representation of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) within the contents prior to presenting the contents of the buffer within the device. A visible information item can be extracted and a non-visible reference can be established from the representation. An area surrounding the representation including a position and dimensions of the representation within the contents can be determined. The representation of the URL can be replaced with an interactive element in real-time. The element can include the visible and non-visible reference. The contents of the buffer can be presented within an interface associated with the session of the device, responsive to the replacing.

Abstract: Inventive embodiments described herein relate to a universal approach for handling user interface notifications. A notification pipeline on a device acts as an intermediary between applications on the device and notification surfaces on the device. Notification surfaces register themselves with the notification pipeline to become active subscribers. Applications or other processes submit notifications complying with a same format, schema, structure, etc. to the notification pipeline. The notification pipeline broadcasts the notification to the subscribed notification surfaces, which in turn determine whether or how to handle and perhaps display the notification based on the content of the notification.

Abstract: A computing device may include at least one processor configured to obtain a display frame, determine at least one modified region of the display frame, determine at least one application having an application window corresponding to the at least one modified region of the display frame, and determine a difference between the application window and the at least one modified region to define a difference region. The processor may be further configured to identify a content type of the difference region of the display frame from among a plurality of different content types, select a given encoding type for at least a portion of the display frame based on the identified content type of the difference region, and encode the at least one portion of the display frame using the given encoding type.

Abstract: A system for presenting a common user interface (UI) of multiple applications on diverse client computing devices as a web page that includes a set of UI elements leading to the multiple applications. The diverse client computing devices have display screens of diverse sizes. In the system, backend servers host a UI infrastructure including the common UI and one or more object page floorplans of respective UI object pages representing the multiple applications and representing application information and data on the diverse client computing devices. Design tools are available to process the object page floorplans to display, create, or edit the UI object pages. The object page floorplans include a first object page layout including a title bar, a header, an expanded default state, a navigation control, a content area, and a footer toolbar containing actions that are performed upon a corresponding first UI object page.

Abstract: A computer program that plays a user's textual content in an animated format to increase reading speed via reconditioning reading behavior.

Abstract: A remote experience system is presented. The system can include a feed aggregation engine configured to obtain a plurality of feeds from feed acquiring devices associated with an event. The feed aggregation engine can obtain an experience policy related to the event and construct an experience feed having an arrangement of the plurality of feeds according to the experience policy. The experience feed can be presented to a user via an experience feed interface, and can include an indication of a focal or other cluster.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes delineating a region in a two-dimensional (2D) image in a virtual reality environment, generating a mask based on an object detected in the delineated region, wherein the mask is defined by a perimeter, and generating a virtual object in the virtual reality environment, where the virtual object incorporates the detected object, and the virtual object is generated by applying the mask to a three-dimensional (3D) object. Delineating a region may include receiving user input that delineates the region, and the input may trace a perimeter of the region. Delineating a region may include detecting an object and determining a perimeter of the detected object. The detected object may be classified as corresponding to a specified object type. The 2D image may include a camera perspective view of an object in the virtual reality environment.

Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein provide a control interface for manipulating a 3-D graphical object within a virtual drawing space. The control can be activated by selecting a graphical object or objects. When multiple objects are selected, the manipulations can occur as a group. In one aspect, the manipulations occur around the centroid of the 3-D graphical object, or groups of objects. The manipulations can include rotation, size adjustment, and positional adjustment within the virtual drawing space. The control interface comprises controls that rotate the object around an x-axis, an y-axis, or an z-axis.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a volumetric multi-selection interface for selecting multiple entities in three-dimensional (3D) space are provided. An example method includes generating a selection region within a three-dimensional space and receiving a selection path user input to define a selection path. The method also includes defining a selection volume based on the selection region and the selection path and selecting entities within the 3D space based on the selection volume. In some implementations, an alter selection region user input is received while the selection path is being defined. The size or shape of the selection region may be altered in response thereto.

Abstract: A method for generating a multidimensional graphical user interface for navigating through a set of elements, in a device having a controller operable by an input interface and generating the multidimensional graphical user interface via a display interface. The method includes generating a three-dimensional structure having a top base, a bottom base and a side surface, wherein on the bottom base there are located objects to be analyzed, and on the top base there are located current status information related to the objects and a global element. The method also includes dividing the side surface into sectors presenting the elements related to the objects, wherein the elements are automatically scaled correspondingly to the global element, wherein the global element is adjustable by a user, wherein a number of the sectors is dynamically adapted to the number of the objects currently present on the bottom base.

Abstract: A method and system for creating a visual representation of data is provided. The method may include receiving a user input to be represented by a glyph, generating, by a neural network, the glyph based on a vector extracted based on the received user input, linking an aspect of the generated glyph with an attribute of the data to be visually represented; and displaying the visual representation of the data created using the generated glyph to represent that linked aspect of the data.

Abstract: A system, method and architecture of using context in determining a response to user interaction with a device, such context may be context of content being output by the device, the device's context, the user's content, or some combination of contexts. In accordance with one or more embodiments, a response may comprise a menu the content of which, e.g., one or more user-selectable actions or options, can be determined based on a determined context, or contexts, or a determination may be made to provide a response other than an option menu, which determination may be made based on a determined context or combination of contexts. As yet another alternative, a determination may be made to provide a response that includes a menu, the content of which is determined based on one or more determined contexts, and another response, such as an answer identified based on one or more determined contexts.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including a processing unit that performs a predetermined process for forming an image, a display unit that displays a first screen for displaying Q setting items out of P setting items for setting conditions in which the processing unit performs the process to set the Q setting items or a second screen for displaying R setting items out of the P setting items to set the R setting items, and a switching unit that switches a display screen to be displayed on the display unit between the first screen and the second screen based on a user's instruction, wherein all of the P setting items are capable to be set using the Q setting items displayed on the first screen and the R setting items displayed on the second screen.

Abstract: Techniques include receiving a search query from a searching device and one or more of first data corresponding to the searching device or second data corresponding to a performing device. The searching device is configured to transmit search queries to a search system and receive search results from the search system in response to the search queries. Each search result indicates a function for a computing device to perform. The searching device is configured to display the search results, detect user selections of the search results, and transmit indications of the user selections to the performing device. The performing device is configured to perform functions indicated by the search results associated with the user selections in response to receiving the indications. The techniques further include generating search results based on the search query and based on the first and/or second data, and transmitting the search results to the searching device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to electronic message user interfaces. A device, including a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and a rotatable input mechanism, is described in relation to accessing, composing, and manipulating electronic messages. In some examples, a user can provide input through the rotatable input mechanism to access a landing screen of an electronic messages application. The landing screen concurrently displays an affordance for accessing an electronic messages inbox and an affordance for accessing an interface for composing electronic message.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for creating a file activity feed for display on a user interface of a client computing device. In one aspect, data comprising a plurality of activities associated with a file may be obtained. Two or more activities from the plurality of activities may be grouped into a single module of work for display within the file activity feed. The file activity feed may be displayed on the user interface of the client computing device. In some cases, the file activity feed includes one or more file activity elements including at least the single module of work. In some cases, the file activity feed includes a filter icon and a query feature. The filter icon may provide one or more filter preferences for filtering the file activity feed. The query feature may facilitate querying the file activity feed.

Abstract: An interactive media management server that facilitates management of interactive media and delivery of such interactive media. It comprises a first interface to an interactive media distribution server communicatively coupled to a plurality of mobile devices, and a second interface to a service provider system or a content provider system. It comprises a manager module for managing creation, distribution and tracking of a plurality of interactive media. The manager module, via the second interface, manages the delivery of the plurality of interactive media from the service provider system or the content provider system, and the communication of user responses to the plurality of interactive media to the corresponding service provider system or content provider system.

Abstract: A device and method for adapting the content of a status bar to a screen. The method includes activation of an input element with respect to the status bar, reception of user input, and adaptation of the contents of the status bar in which additional information is displayed.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for displaying, by the one or more processors, at least one graphical representation associated with an electronic document on a touchscreen display; and receiving, by the one or more processors, user input to the at least one graphical representation, the user input indicating a touchscreen gesture to the touchscreen display, and in response: determining a type of the touchscreen gesture; determining a degree of the touchscreen gesture; identifying one or more actions based on the type and the degree, each action of the one or more actions being executable to progress through a workflow; and displaying one or more action elements on the touchscreen display, each action element representing an action of the one or more actions.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device that includes a display that outputs execution screens of a plurality of applications, a memory that stores the plurality of applications, and a processor electrically connected with the display and the memory. The processor retrieves a history of one or more applications among the plurality of applications that were previously executed in the electronic device, in response to a user input detected by the electronic device and outputs the history on the display based on information about the one or more applications and information about layouts of execution screens of the one or more applications. If at least one of the one or more applications is selected from the history, the processor outputs an execution screen of the selected application on the display according to the corresponding layout.

Abstract: A computer program product for providing a graphical user interface for displaying of and enabling cooperative use of resources on a display of a computing device includes computer readable code means, the computer readable code means when executed by a processor device, being configured to provide an environment, the environment being configured to represent the resources on the display of the computing device, provide a first viewport to at least a portion of the environment on the display of the computing device, enable a resource to be added to the environment and be viewed within the first viewport and enable the resource to be acted upon within the first viewport.

Abstract: A computing device is configured with a multifunctional backlit display. The backlighting can be operated in at least a first mode and a second mode. In a first mode, the backlighting provides luminance to the display so that images on the display can be easily seen. In a second mode, the backlighting provides visual stimulus for relaying information to a user or a user's surroundings.

Abstract: A computational instance of a remote network management platform may be associated with a managed network and include a database containing: (i) indications of software applications installed on computing devices of the managed network, and (ii) indications of software models that respectively define publisher, product, and licensing information related to the software applications. The computational instance may include a server device configured to (i) generate a representation of a first graphical user interface, (ii) transmit, to a client device associated with the managed network, the representation of the first graphical user interface, (iii) receive, from the client device, a selection, (iv) based on the particular set of the software applications and the particular set of the software models, generate a representation of a second graphical user interface, and (v) transmit, to the client device, the representation of the second graphical user interface.

Abstract: A method for adding an icon to an interface of an Android system, where the Android system has N interfaces, includes: a. obtaining add command information; b. obtaining, according to the add command information, space information of an icon to be added; c. obtaining remaining space information of an Mth interface according to the add command information; d. judging whether the space information of the icon to be added is greater than the remaining space information of the Mth interface; if yes, executing step e; if no, executing step f; e. judging whether the Mth interface is a last interface to be judged; if yes, executing step g; if no, assigning M+1 to M and returning to step c; f adding the icon to the interface; and g. establishing another interface, and adding the icon to the newly established interface; where M and N are natural numbers, and 1?M?N.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for differentially presenting a page are provided, and the method includes: acquiring a page new-old parameter of a page to be presented, and presenting the page based on the page new-old parameter, collecting operation information of the page, and updating the page new-old parameter based on the operation information.

Abstract: An image processing method includes performing an object identification process on a plurality of image data, generating layout data on the basis of at least some of the plurality of image data subjected to the identification process and template data, controlling displaying of a layout image on a display on the basis of the layout data, acquiring setting information relating to a priority of a particular object, and extracting a replacement candidate image in response to a request for replacing an image in the displayed layout image. In extracting a replacement candidate image, the replacement candidate image is extracted on the basis of the setting information relating to a priority.

Abstract: A method for indexing a user interface test recording includes capturing, during a session, a recording of a plurality of interactions with the user interface, capturing, during the session, an event stream including a plurality of user interface events, synchronizing, in time, the plurality of interactions and the plurality of user interface events, identifying a point of interest in the event stream, wherein the point of interest is correlated to a time in the recording by the synchronization, and annotating the recording at a time correlated to when the point of interest occurred.

Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, at an electronic device, a command input using a first modality; detecting, at the electronic device, a selecting input using a different modality; combining, using a processor, the command input and the selecting input into an application formatted command; and providing the application formatted command to an application running on the electronic device for execution. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods that enable low-vision users to interact with touch-sensitive secondary displays. An example method includes: displaying, on a primary display, a first user interface for an application and displaying, on a touch-sensitive secondary display, a second user interface that includes a plurality of application-specific affordances that control functions of the application. Each respective affordance is displayed with a first display size. The method also includes: detecting, via the secondary display, an input that contacts at least one application-specific affordance. In response to detecting the input and while it remains in contact with the secondary display, the method includes: (i) continuing to display the first user interface on the primary display and (ii) displaying, on the primary display, a zoomed-in representation of the at least one application-specific affordance.