Abstract: In some examples, an electronic device can use machine learning techniques, such as convolutional neural networks, to estimate the distance between a stylus tip and a touch sensitive surface (e.g., stylus z-height). A subset of stylus data sensed at electrodes closest to the location of the stylus at the touch sensitive surface including data having multiple phases and frequencies can be provided to the machine learning algorithm. The estimated stylus z-height can be compared to one or more thresholds to determine whether or not the stylus is in contact with the touch sensitive surface. In some examples, the electronic device can use machine learning techniques to estimate the (x, y) position and/or tilt and/or azimuth angles of the stylus tip at the touch sensitive surface based on a subset of stylus data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a touch display device and a touch sensing circuit that apply a load-free driving signal having a phase difference or amplitude difference from the touch driving signal to a touch display panel. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, electromagnetic noise immunity may be improved and touch accuracy may be increased. The touch sensing circuit comprises: a touch driving circuit configured to output a pulse type touch driving signal to at least one of a plurality of touch electrodes disposed on a touch display panel; and a load-free driving signal output circuit configured to output at least one load-free driving signal having a frequency equal to a frequency of the touch driving signal and having a phase difference or amplitude difference from the touch driving signal.

Abstract: In a display system, a display device includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of source lines, and a plurality of common electrodes used for both image display and touch detection. A control device controls the display device. The control device includes a drive circuit that generates a gate signal as a sine wave, and outputs the gate signal to the plurality of gate lines.

Abstract: Disclosed is a touch control method for a display. The method includes: after a reflection signal is received by means of a receiving component of a laser sensor, generating an image according to a laser signal and the reflection signal; acquiring gesture information of a user according to the image; and executing a control operation corresponding to the gesture information. Further disclosed are a terminal device and a computer-readable storage medium.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs), a proximity sensor disposed under the display and including a plurality of light emitting units, and at least one processor operatively coupled to the display and the proximity sensor. The light generated from the proximity sensor may have a lower energy than the work function of silicon included in the plurality of TFTs of the display.

Abstract: An assembly for holding and controlling curvature of a glass plate for an optical touch sensitive system is described. The assembly comprising a first frame element extending in a first plane and configured to extend at least partially around a panel; at least one second frame element extending in a second plane and forming a support portion for the plate, and at least one spacing element positioned at least partially between the support portion and the first frame element. The spacing element us configured to control a curvature of the first frame element and wherein the at least one second frame element is configured to engage the plate at the support portion, is attached to the first frame element, and is tiltable, by controlling the curvature of the first frame element with said spacing element, to control a curvature of the plate.

Abstract: The invention provides a touch display panel, a method for preparing the same, and a display device. The touch display panel includes a display module and a touch module that are arranged in a stack, the display module including two conductive layers, an intermediate insulation layer arranged between the two conductive layers and a planarization layer, and the touch module including at least two touch electrodes and a touch insulation layer between the at least two touch electrodes, in which the intermediate insulation layer, the touch insulation layer and the planarization layer are all made of an organic material.

Abstract: A pen detection system is provided that detects a pen signal transmitted from a pen to detect a position of the pen. The system includes a sensor pattern in which an electrode group including first and second partial electrode groups is disposed; a first integrated circuit that is connected to the first partial electrode group to acquire a level distribution of the pen signal in the first partial electrode group; and a second integrated circuit that is connected to the second partial electrode group to acquire a level distribution of the pen signal in the second partial electrode group. A predetermined number of boundary electrodes positioned near a boundary of the first partial electrode group and the second partial electrode group among a plurality of electrodes included in the electrode group are connected to both of the first and second integrated circuits, wherein the predetermined number is an even number.

Abstract: A wearing detection apparatus and method, and an earphone are provided. The wearing detection apparatus is configured to be mounted on an earphone and includes: at least one first capacitive sensor and at least one second capacitive sensor, where the first capacitive sensor is disposed at an inner side of the second capacitive sensor; and a detection module configured to detect a first coupling capacitance between a touch object touching the earphone and the first capacitive sensor and a second coupling capacitance between the touch object and the second capacitive sensor when the earphone is touched, and to determine whether the earphone is worn by a human ear according to a difference between the first coupling capacitance and the second coupling capacitance.

Abstract: A touch sensor device (TSD) includes TSD electrodes associated with a surface of the TSD. Also, an overlay that includes marker electrode(s) is also associated with at least a portion of the surface of the TSD. The TSD also includes drive-sense circuits (DSCs) operably coupled to the plurality of TSD electrodes. A DSC is configured to provide a TSD electrode signal to a TSD electrode and simultaneously to sense a change of the TSD electrode signal based on a change of impedance of the TSD electrode caused by capacitive coupling between the TSD electrode and the marker electrode(s) of the overlay. Processing module(s) is configured to process a digital signal generated by the DSC to determine characteristic(s) of the overlay that is associated with the at least a portion of the surface of the TSD.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device having a touch sensor for reducing the size of a bezel area. The display device having a touch sensor is configured such that touch electrodes and touch lines are disposed in a mesh shape on an encapsulation layer encapsulating light-emitting elements and such that some of the touch lines are connected to a touch-driving circuit via an upper bezel area, thereby reducing the size of left and right bezel areas.

Abstract: A touch structure, a touch display panel and an electronic device are provided. The touch structure includes a first metal mesh layer and a second metal mesh layer, the first metal mesh layer includes a first touch electrode and second touch sub-electrodes, the second metal mesh layer includes second connection electrodes spaced apart from each other, and each of the second connection electrodes is electrically connected with an adjacent second touch sub-electrode through via holes in the insulation layer. At least two first metal meshes of the second touch sub-electrodes include multiple vertices overlapping with at least two second metal meshes of the second connection electrodes, the multiple vertices include connection vertices, and the via holes are respectively disposed at the connection vertices; at most one of vertices adjacent to each connection vertex is a connection vertex. The touch structure can effectively reduce capacitance load on the touch electrodes.

Abstract: A touch panel includes odd-numbered touch sensor rows, even-numbered touch sensor rows, odd-numbered sensing signal transmission lines extending respectively connected to the odd-numbered touch sensor rows, and even-numbered sensing signal transmission lines respectively connected to the even-numbered touch sensor rows. First sub-scan signal transmission lines are connected only to the odd-numbered touch sensor rows, and second sub-scan signal transmission lines are connected only to the even-numbered touch sensor rows. Main scan signal transmission lines are connected to a demultiplexing circuit to selectively connect the main scan signal transmission lines to the first sub-scan signal transmission lines or the second sub-scan signal transmission lines.

Abstract: A touch structure, a touch display panel, and a display device are provided. The touch structure includes a substrate and a first metal grid electrode layer, an insulating layer, a second metal grid electrode layer on the substrate. The first metal grid electrode layer is on a side of the second metal grid electrode layer away from the substrate; the first metal grid electrode layer includes a plurality of first metal grids formed by a plurality of first metal lines, the second metal grid electrode layer includes a plurality of second metal grids formed by a plurality of second metal lines, first portions of the plurality of the first metal lines and second portions of the plurality of the second metal lines have same line extension directions, respectively, and overlap with each other in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A sensor module includes: a plurality of sensor electrodes arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; a plurality of terminals respectively corresponding to the plurality of sensor electrodes; and a plurality of sensor wirings respectively corresponding to the plurality of sensor electrodes. Each of the plurality of sensor wirings electrically connects the respective sensor electrode to the respective terminal without passing through any other sensor electrode. Each of the plurality of sensor electrodes does not overlap at least the plurality of sensor wirings other than the corresponding sensor wiring.

Abstract: A display device is disclosed that includes a pixel layer, a touch sensing layer, and a sensing pattern. The pixel layer includes first pixel units, each including first sub-light emitting regions, and second pixel units, each including second sub-light emitting regions. The touch sensing layer includes sensing electrodes, and driving electrodes electrically insulated from the sensing electrodes, at least some of the sensing electrodes and the driving electrodes each includes a dummy pattern defining dummy openings overlapping the first sub-light emitting regions when viewed in a plan view, and a sensing pattern electrically insulated from the dummy pattern and spaced apart from the first sub-light emitting regions and the second sub-light emitting regions when viewed in a plan view.

Abstract: A sensing unit and a sensing device are provided. The sensing unit includes a substrate; a plurality of thin-film transistors and a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed on a side of the substrate; and a ring electrode disposed on a first electrode layer. The first electrode layer is located on a side of a thin-film transistor of the plurality of thin-film transistors away from the substrate. The plurality of sensing electrodes are disposed on the first electrode layer, and the ring electrode is disposed around the plurality of sensing electrodes.

Abstract: A control circuit controls an input apparatus to be used underwater. A sense pin is coupled to a sensor electrode arranged so as to allow the user wearing equipment to touch the sensor electrode. A capacitance sensor is coupled to the sense pin, and detects the electrostatic capacitance formed by the sensor electrode. When the electrostatic capacitance Cs detected by the capacitance sensor becomes lower than a predetermined threshold value, the processing unit judges that a touch input by the user has occurred.

Abstract: An interactive demonstration application can be used to test and experience the use of overlay elements (e.g., application add-ons, such as an interactive chat overlay) on a graphical interface (e.g., of a website or a computer application) before fully integrating the overlay elements into the graphical interface. The interactive demonstration application can also be used to demonstrate and update the live settings of a live overlay element used on a live webpage.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a main display area and at least one expansion display area expandable from the main display area, a communication module, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute an application of the electronic device in a first state in which the display is not expanded or in a second state in which the display is expanded, display first content on the display, establish a connection with an external device, receive a context generated from the external device, when the context is received, determine a position to display second content related to the context, from among the main display area or the at least one expansion display area, based on a type of the first content and whether the display is in the first state or the second state, and display the second content at the determined position.

Abstract: One or more processors of an electronic device detect a communication device electronically in communication with a content presentation companion device operating as a primary display for the electronic device and including a first ultra-wideband component. The one or more processors determine, with a second ultra-wide component carried by the electronic device, a distance between the electronic device and the content presentation companion device using an ultra-wideband ranging process. The one or more processors then dynamically enhance a user interface of the content presentation companion device as a function of the distance between the electronic device and the content presentation companion device. The enhancing adjusts a user interface feature being presented on the content presentation companion device.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing multiple software applications. A browser-based application interface portal provides users a single, unified portal for accessing software applications running on different operating systems, hosted servers, and third party servers, as well as web applications. The executed applications may then be integrated into the portal. The data retrieved from external web applications may be filtered, reformatted, and restyled to provide only the information of interest to the user and to provide a more consistent interface for the information.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is disclosed that includes receiving on a mobile device a search query associated with a geographic location, providing one or more search results in response to the search query, the search results each being associated with a geographic location, and presenting on a graphical display of the computing device icons corresponding to each search result and also corresponding to a key on the computing device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a human-computer interaction method, apparatus, and system, and a computer-readable storage medium. The human-computer interaction method includes: displaying an eraser icon on a touch display screen according to a first touch operation of a user; adjusting at least one of a direction, a size or a shape of the eraser icon according to a second touch operation of the user, wherein the second touch operation includes at least one of a rotation operation or a deformation operation on the eraser icon; and performing an erase operation on an area to be erased according to the adjusted eraser icon.

Abstract: A method of composing an email message at an electronic device and an electronic device operable to carry out the method are provided. The method includes receiving an email command from a user input of the electronic device through a calendar user interface, the email command relating to at least one of a plurality of intended attendees of a calendared meeting, and providing an email composition interface in response to receiving the email command. The email composition interface includes a user-editable portion of an address field. The user-editable portion of the address field is automatically populated with email address information for the at least one of the plurality of intended attendees.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods that automatically classify, segment, and parse content data using artificial intelligence and natural language processing technology, and generate graphical user interfaces that allow end users to dynamically filter content data for display. The systems processes volumes of content data to identify interrogative data, content sources that generated the interrogative data, and subject identifiers relating to the content data. The system generates graphical user interfaces that allow end users to effectively filter the data by choosing between layouts that display one or more of the various categories of data, including the interrogative data, content source identifiers, and/or subject identifiers.

Abstract: An information processing device including: an operation display; a storage section configured to store transaction content information including a transaction content that has been previously executed and date/time information of the executed transaction content; a processor configured to, based on an operation date/time information of a user operating the operation display, search in the storage section as to whether there is a recursive transaction that has been repeatedly executed with a same transaction content in a same time band as a time band of the operation date/time information; and in a case in which there is the recursive transaction, display a first screen including a selection button for selecting the recursive transaction on the operation display, and, after the selection button is selected, automatically switch displays of plural screens showing a transaction content of the recursive transaction.

Abstract: A system includes least one processor to display a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising at least one user interface element that when selected captures at least one image by an imaging device, display a carousel GUI that shows a first contact card from a list of contact cards, the first contact card comprising a name of a first contact, the phone number of the first contact, and the email address of the first contact displayed as a first layer that displays on top of a second layer comprising the at least one image and simultaneously display a first map GUI that shows a map of where the at least one image of the imaging device is captured.

Abstract: An interface display method and apparatus, a computer readable storage medium and an electronic device. The above method includes: responding to a first triggering operation for a first target page in a window of a graphical user interface, acquiring a first parent layout of the first target page; removing a root layout of the first target page from the first parent layout; creating a child window displayed independently of the window; and switching the first target page to be displayed in the child window by adding the root layout of the first target page to the child window.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to modifying and navigating building plans. In particular, one or more embodiments relate to a system that improves the ease and efficiency in which a user, through a client device, may view and use building plans comprised of a plurality of content items. The system may receive a plurality of content items associated with a building plan, combine sets of two or more content items representing a substructure, form locational links between the plurality of content items, and provide a navigational interface for display on a client device associated with a user through which the client device may navigate through the plurality of content items of the building plan. Further, alternate content items may be received and overlayed on corresponding content items. Any differences between the corresponding content items may be highlighted.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device including a memory, a display device and a controller. The controller is programmed to provide to a first server a request for User Interface (UI) device configurations, provide to the first server configuration criteria associated with the request, receive configuration data associated with target UI device configurations from the first server, present a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on the display device based on the configuration data where the GUI displays selections for each of the target UI device configurations, provide a selection from among the selections of the target UI device configurations, and receive provisioning information from the first server that allows for implementing the selection of the target UI device configuration. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: An illustrative virtual meeting management system associates a user device of a participant of a virtual meeting with a physical location from which the participant and one or more additional participants participate in the virtual meeting. The virtual meeting management system determines that the participant provides a user input via the user device during the virtual meeting. The user input indicates that the participant will speak. Based on the user input and the associating, the virtual meeting management system provides an active speaker indicator for presentation in a virtual meeting interface provided to one or more participants of the virtual meeting. The active speaker indicator specifies a participant identifier representative of the participant and a place identifier representative of the physical location from which the participant participates in the virtual meeting. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control specification visualization program and a control specification visualization method for improving work efficiency when designing a plurality of processes to be executed in controlled devices. The control specification visualization program causes a computer to execute an input process for inputting processing contents of a plurality of processes to be executed in controlled devices, and a visualization process for visualizing a control specification by analyzing the processing contents of the plurality of processes. The visualization process visualizes the control specification by analyzing the processing contents of the plurality of processes based on at least any of operation control modes, a control operation range, input/output items, or meanings/purposes. The operation control modes, the control operation range, the input/output items, and the meanings/purposes are written in the processing contents of the plurality of processes.

Abstract: Content creation techniques are described that leverage content analytics to provide insight and guidance as part of content creation. To do so, content features are extracted by a content analytics system from a plurality of content and used by the content analytics system as a basis to generate a content dataset. Event data is also collected by the content analytics system from an event data source. Event data describes user interaction with respective items of content, including subsequent activities in both online and physical environments. The event data is then used to generate an event dataset. An analytics user interface is then generated by the content analytics system using the content dataset and the event dataset and is usable to guide subsequent content creation and editing.

Abstract: A DiskLink system is provided in the present disclosure. The DiskLink system is established on a cloud-based network, and is formed by cloud-based disks connecting to each other in a way similar to that of a neural network system. The DiskLink system includes information webpages that each display virtual reality scenes. When any movement option of one information webpage is selected, an information webpage program of the information webpage stores a movement record data in a browser. When each of the information webpages is executed, the information webpage program loads the movement record data from the browser and displays a previous webpage option. When the previous webpage option is selected, the browser displays a previous webpage address in the previous webpage option, and the information webpage program uses the movement record data to simulate a user selecting the movement options to change the virtual reality scenes.

Abstract: A method for rendering context based information on a user interface includes receiving a user request to extract the context based information from a database. The database includes a plurality of documents and the request includes at least one search criteria required to determine a context of the user request. The method includes generating a list of documents corresponding to the context of the user request and rendering on a viewing portion of the user interface the list of documents corresponding to the context of the user request.

Abstract: A method for rendering context based information on a user interface includes receiving a user request to extract the context based information from a database. The database includes a plurality of documents and the request includes at least one search criteria required to determine a context of the user request. The method includes generating a list of documents corresponding to the context of the user request and rendering on a viewing portion of the user interface the list of documents corresponding to the context of the user request.

Abstract: An electronic mail (email) system generates an email user interface display, with a timeslot actuator, for composing an email message. Actuation of the timeslot actuator is detected and the email system accesses available timeslots from a calendar system corresponding to the user. User selectable display elements, corresponding to each available timeslot, are displayed on the email user interface display, along with message content. When a user selectable display element corresponding to an available timeslot is selected, the email message content is populated with a selectable timeslot element, corresponding to the available timeslot, that can be sent to recipients in the email message.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for collaborative information analysis via electronic communications. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided for analyzing electronic communications. The method includes, for example, receiving a selection of one of a plurality of electronic communication systems. Moreover, the method includes receiving, from the selected electronic communication system, an electronic communication comprising a plurality of terms and identifying at least one term of interest from the plurality of terms. The method further includes searching for information pertaining to the at least one term of interest and receiving information responsive to the search. The method also includes creating an object corresponding to the at least one term of interest and sharing a representation of the object with one or more users.

Abstract: Digital image object anchor point techniques are described that increase user efficiency in interacting with a user interface to create digital images. This is achieved through use of anchor points by the digital image editing system that are defined with respect to an actual geometry of the object. Further, filtering and prioritization techniques are also leveraged to promote real world utility and efficiency of these techniques as a balance between having too many and two few anchor points.

Abstract: An electronic device include a housing, a flexible display capable of being slid into the housing and being slid out of the housing, a memory configured to store instructions, and a processor operably coupled with the flexible display. The processor is configured to, when the instructions are executed, display a user interface including sets of information in a display area of the flexible display exposed out of the housing. The processor is configured to, when the instructions are executed, receive a user input for changing size of the display area from first size to second size smaller than the first size, while displaying the user interface including the sets of the information.

Abstract: A database system associated with a plurality of source databases in a virtual computing system includes a dashboard having a main menu for providing a plurality of control functions and a body that dynamically changes based upon the plurality of control functions that are selected. The dashboard includes a homepage for displaying a plurality of cells in the body, including a first cell for displaying a list of the plurality of source databases. The main menu includes a first control function, the selection of which triggers a database provisioning service by presenting options to either create a new source database or register an existing database within the body and a second control function, the selection of which triggers a copy data management service by presenting an option to create a new cloned database.

Abstract: A cooking-recipe display system (51) according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes, an information terminal (200) having a display screen and a controller (210), a data management part (110), and a determination part (120). The data management part (110) includes a recipe group master containing a plurality of cooking recipes, each of which contains both a plurality of procedures indicating a way of cooking a dish and a plurality of ingredients of the dish. The determination part (120) determines an allocation display format indicating an arrangement, on the display screen, of the plurality of procedures contained one cooking recipe selected from the plurality of cooking recipes. The controller (210) causes the cooking recipe to be displayed on the display screen in the allocation display format.

Abstract: A method is performed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying a progress icon that indicates a current position within a first piece of content; displaying a multi-purpose content navigation icon; while providing the first piece of content: detecting a first contact at a first location that corresponds to the multi-purpose content navigation icon; while continuing to detect the contact at the first location, moving the current position within the first piece of content at a predefined scrubbing rate; and, in response to detecting movement of the contact that includes a first component of movement in a direction that corresponds to movement on the display parallel to the first predefined direction, moving the current position within the first piece of content at a variable scrubbing rate that varies monotonically as the first component of movement increases.

Abstract: Provided is a method for configuring at least one rule, e.g., using a graphical user interface. The method may include displaying a graphical user interface including a polygon having at least three edges and an icon at a first position within the polygon. Each edge of the polygon may be associated with a potential outcome of at least one rule. An input to move the icon to a second position within the polygon may be received. The graphical user interface may be displayed with the icon at the second position within the polygon. A distance from the second position of the icon to each edge of the polygon may be determined. The rule(s) may be adjusted based on the distance from the second position of the icon to each edge of the polygon. A system and computer program product are also disclosed.

Abstract: A calling method can include determining, with a device, a position of a nearby device in response to detecting a signal transmitted from the nearby device and capturing, with a camera of the device, an image of an area near the device. Responsive to identifying an image of a call candidate appearing within the image of the area, a position of the call candidate can be determined from the image. The position of the call candidate can be correlated with the position of the nearby device based on proximity. Information associated with the call candidate can be retrieved based on the correlating. Based on the information retrieved, a visual identifier token corresponding to the call candidate can be generated. The visual identifier token can be presented on a display of the device and can be used by the user to initiate a call between the device and the nearby device.

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for dynamic allocation of navigation tools based on learned user interaction. The present invention is configured to generate a training dataset based on at least the information associated with the interaction of the user with the one or more GUI grids, information associated with the one or more interactions of the one or more peers with the one or more GUI grids, information associated with the user, and information associated with the one or more peers; initiate one or more machine learning algorithms on the training dataset; receive, via the user computing device, a user selection of an unseen navigation tool for placement on the GUI; and classify the unseen navigation tool using the first set of parameters to predict a placement of the unseen navigation tool in at least one of one or more GUI grids associated with the GUI.

Abstract: A method for responding to an operation trajectory is disclosed. The method is applied to a monitor configured to monitor and display physiological data of a patient. The method includes displaying at least one physiological data of a first patient on a display interface. The at least one physiological data comprises at least one of electrocardiogram, blood oxygen, blood pressure, respiration rate, body temperature and heart rate. The method further includes detecting a screen-touching operation triggered by a user on the display interface and acquiring an operation trajectory corresponding to the screen-touching operation according to the screen-touching operation. The operation trajectory includes a start point and an end point, the start point corresponding to a first time point, the end point corresponding to a second time point, and the second time point being later than the first time point.

Abstract: A digital ink processing system, method, and program are provided that are capable of presenting, to a user, useful and highly relevant information as a search result when a search is performed using digital ink. A processor included in a tablet enables a pointing operation of an electronic pen relative to a stroke or strokes. The processor, after enabling the pointing operation of the electronic pen, performs a search for content related to a semantic attribute of the stroke or strokes pointed at, or requests an external server to perform the search. The processor performs control so as to display the related content retrieved by the search on a display with the stroke or strokes.

Abstract: A system for controlling the screen of a device comprising a device having a screen for displaying output and a virtual window displayed on an edge of said device. Said window functions independently from any other application running within said device and is always available on the screen. Providing a swiping action from said window towards inside the screen blocks said screen to some type of interaction.