Abstract: A system is disclosed, comprising an array of sensors disposed on a plurality of aerial vehicles, a sensor array controller for controlling the plurality of aerial vehicles, a physical feedback mechanism for providing physical feedback to a user, the physical feedback mechanism being configured to be worn on the user's body, and a feedback controller. The sensor array controller is configured to reposition the plurality of aerial vehicles so as to provide a line of sight between each one of the plurality of sensors and a respective part of the user's body monitored by said one of the plurality of sensors. The feedback controller is configured to determine a current position of the user's body based on information obtained using the plurality of sensors, and to control the physical feedback mechanism to provide physical feedback to the user in dependence on the determined position of the user's body.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen including a core body, a pressure detector which, in operation, detects a pressure applied to the core body, and a transmitting component which is located between the core body and the pressure detector and which, in operation, transmits the pressure applied to the core body to the pressure detector, in which the transmitting component includes two separate components including a core body holding component which holds the core body and a pressing component which, in operation, presses the pressure detector, and a rear end surface of the core body holding component and a front end surface of the pressing component are opposed to each other.

Abstract: A capacitive track pad using force sensing to determine the approximate position of touch on the track pad and to use this position as a check against a capacitive touch determined position in order to disqualify potential noise generated signals. The position resolved from the inductive force sensing measurements can also be used to assist in generating a uniform haptic experience for the user. The force sensing measurements are also used to determine if the threshold for a “click” has been met.

Abstract: A control unit of an operation detection device detects an operation on a ring-shaped guide member is started on the basis of a detection result of a sensor panel, excludes a resting region corresponding to a region where the finger rested on an upright portion can be positioned from a region where a touch is enabled before the start of the operation on the ring-shaped guide member is detected, and includes the resting region in the region where the touch is enabled after the start of the operation on the ring-shaped guide member is detected.

Abstract: A touch panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a display material layer and a cover layer. A plurality of thin-film transistors (TFTs) of a plurality of pixels are deployed on the first substrate, wherein the plurality of pixels have a plurality of source lines and a plurality of gate lines. A common electrode is deployed on a second substrate. The display material layer is deployed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The cover layer is capable of being contacted by a touch object. The first substrate is located between the cover layer and the second substrate. At least one line of the plurality of source lines and the plurality of gate lines forms at least one touch sensing electrode.

Abstract: An OLED device includes a substrate having a display region including a pixel region and first and second peripheral regions surrounding the pixel region. A bending region is between the display region and the second peripheral region. A buffer layer has a first opening exposing an upper surface of the substrate. A plurality of pixel structures is disposed in the pixel region on the buffer layer. An insulation layer structure is disposed on the buffer layer. The insulation layer structure has a second opening exposing an upper surface of the substrate that is disposed in the bending region and a first portion of the buffer layer that is disposed adjacent to the bending region. A fan-out wiring is disposed between two adjacent insulation layers of the plurality of insulation layers. The fan-out wiring is disposed in the first peripheral region and/or the second peripheral region.

Abstract: Provided is a method of obtaining a control signal by identifying a shear stress pattern in a region where two inputters contact each other. The method includes obtaining, through a sensor, an input according to an interaction between a first inputter and a second inputter, identifying a shear stress pattern in a region in which the first inputter and the second inputter contact each other, and identifying, based on the identified shear stress pattern, a control signal corresponding to the input.

Abstract: A touch panel includes a first plurality of electrodes and a second plurality of electrodes. A plurality of transmitters generate a plurality of transmit signals by modulating a common sine wave signal with a set of orthogonal modulation signals, and drive each transmit signal onto a corresponding electrode of the first plurality of electrodes. Each transmit signal is generated by modulating the common sine wave signal with a unique orthogonal modulation signal of the set of orthogonal modulation signals. At least two of the plurality of transmit signals are not orthogonal. Each receiver of a plurality of receivers senses a receive signal on a corresponding electrode of the second plurality of electrodes and generates a set of correlation signals by correlating the receive signal with each transmit signal of the plurality of transmit signals. The sets of correlation signals are used to detect a touch event on the touch panel.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described herein related to online tuning of pen characterizations. Online tuning may be performed during use of a pen with a touch device. A digitizer may detect signals associated with the pen and noise. A touch controller may execute a signal characterization model that characterizes the detected signals and an online tuner that processes the detected signals to perform online tuning of the signal characterization model. Online testing may validate an online-tuned signal characterization model for online use. Tuning may be based on signal statistics, such as mean or average signal gradients in the detected signals. Signal characterization models may include positioning, signal locating, noise reduction, communication decoding, etc.

Abstract: A touch panel, the touch panel includes a control substrate, a touch layer and a piezoelectric layer that are stacked; the control substrate includes a first substrate and a control circuit layer arranged on the first substrate, and the touch layer and the piezoelectric layer are located on the control substrate, the control circuit layer comprises a control circuit, and the control circuit is electrically connected with the touch layer and the piezo electric layer respectively, and is configured to apply electrical signals to the touch layer and the piezoelectric layer and/or receive electrical signals from the touch layer and the piezoelectric layer respectively. The touch panel can realize the global tactile feedback function, and has a simple structure and has the advantages of thinner, lighter, lower driving voltage, and lower power consumption.

Abstract: A touch panel system that includes drivers for providing detection signals on a first plurality of electrodes of a touch panel where each detection signal includes one or more frequency signal components with each frequency signal component having a frequency and a phase offset. The detection signals includes at least three phase offsets for at least one frequency of the frequency signal components. Each detection signal has a unique frequency-phase offset combination of the one or more frequency signal components. The unique combinations allow for the determination of a touch at specific locations on the panel by sensing signals on a second set of electrodes.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for compensating the effect of a contact by a hand or other body part of a user with a touch screen while holding an input device on the strength of a capacitively coupled uplink signal provided to the input device by a host device, by detecting and/or discriminating the body touch and modifying at least one uplink channel parameter.

Abstract: A touch detecting method includes determining a kind of a detected indicator based on a first area on a touch surface, obtaining a plurality of second capacitances formed by emphasizing a peak in comparison with a plurality of first capacitances by processing the plurality of first capacitances by a first filter in a case where the determining determines that the detected indicator is a stylus, deriving coordinates indicating a position of the stylus on the touch surface based on a second area on the touch surface, and deriving coordinates indicating a position of a finger on the touch surface based on a third area on the touch surface.

Abstract: A touch display module includes a touch display panel and an acquisition processing module. Touch sensing electrodes and first touch signal lines are disposed in the touch function layer, a conductive portion is disposed in the target conductive layer, and the touch sensing electrodes are coupled to the conductive portion. The touch display panel includes a detection signal line that is coupled to the conductive portion. The acquisition processing module is electrically connected to the detection signal line, further electrically connected to each touch sensing electrode through a respective one of the first touch signal lines and configured to acquire first touch signals of the touch sensing electrodes and a first noise signal transmitted by the detection signal line and remove a second noise signal from a first touch signal of a target touch sensing electrode based on the first noise signal.

Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a substrate; light-emitting devices on a side of the substrate; photosensitive devices on the side of the substrate same as the light-emitting devices; and touch electrodes on a side of the photosensitive devices away from the substrate. The display panel includes a light-emitting region and a non-light-emitting region. The light-emitting devices correspond to the light-emitting region; and the photosensitive devices are disposed in the non-light-emitting region.

Abstract: Provided is a touch panel system including a touch panel and a controller. The controller includes a signal acquisition unit that acquires a signal value from a position detection electrode and acquires a signal value from a pressing force detection electrode, a position detection unit that detects a position of a pointer, based on a position signal value acquired by the signal acquisition unit, and a pressing force determination unit that determines a presence or absence of a pressing operation at a pointed position. The pressing force determination unit acquires a second derivative value of a pressing force value and determines the presence or absence of the pressing operation at the pointed position, based on the second derivative value.

Abstract: A capacitance measurement circuit module has: a sensor electrode, for input detection, disposed on a wiring board; a sensor-side shield electrode shielding the sensor electrode; board-side measurement terminals connected to the sensor electrode; a board-side shield terminal connected to the sensor-side shield electrode; a measurement integrated circuit having circuit-side measurement terminals connected to the board-side measurement terminals and a circuit-side shield terminal connected to the board-side shield terminal, the circuit outputting measurement signals from the circuit-side measurement terminals and outputting, from the circuit-side shield terminal, a shield signal having the same frequency and phase as the measurement signals, the circuit being disposed on the wiring board and measuring capacitance of the sensor electrode; and a circuit-side shield electrode that is positioned on the wiring board so as to face the measurement integrated circuit and to be adjacent to the board-side measurement term

Abstract: A capacitance sensing device includes a transmit (TX) generator for generating a sequence of receive (RX) signals by applying each TX signal pattern in a sequence of TX signal patterns to a set of sensor electrodes. For each TX signal pattern in the sequence of TX signal patterns, and for each subset of three or more contiguous sensor electrodes of the set of sensor electrodes, the TX generator applies to the subset one of a first excitation signal and a second excitation signal. The plurality of subsets includes at least half of the sensor electrodes in the set of sensor electrodes. The capacitance sensing device also includes a sequencer circuit coupled with the TX generator. For each TX signal pattern in the sequence of TX signal patterns, the sequencer circuit determines a next subsequent TX signal pattern in the sequence based on a circular rotation of the TX signal pattern. The capacitance sensing device also includes a processing block coupled with the TX generator.

Abstract: Disclosed are a touch display panel, a manufacturing method therefor. The touch display panel includes: a substrate, a light-emitting layer, a plurality of isolation structures, and a time-sharing control module. The light-emitting layer is provided on a side of the substrate and includes a plurality of light-emitting units. The light-emitting unit includes a first electrode. The plurality of isolation structures are configured to define a plurality of isolation opening. The light-emitting unit is provided in the isolation opening, and adjacent light-emitting units are isolated by the isolation structure. The first electrode is electrically connected to the isolation structure. The time-sharing control module is configured to control a corresponding isolation structure to receive a touch signal or a power signal in a time division mode. Thus, there is no need to add an additional touch electrode film layer to achieve touch function of the touch display panel.

Abstract: A stylus, in accordance with one embodiment, includes an elongated body having an input mechanism for receiving user selection of a color to be output upon interaction of the stylus with a computing device. The stylus also includes a nib functional as a transmitting unit to publish the selected color to a receiver of the computing device when the nib is in contact and/or near contact with the receiver. A computer-implemented method for synchronizing a stylus having color selection to a computing device, in accordance with one embodiment, includes outputting a request to a user to select a color on the stylus and touch the stylus to a receiver of the computing device. Touch of the stylus to the receiver of the computing device is detected. A capacitance of the stylus is calculated. The capacitance of the stylus is stored in association with the color.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate comprising emission and non-emission areas. A light-emitting element overlaps the emission area and is on the substrate. A thin-film encapsulation layer overlaps with the emission and non-emission areas and is on the light-emitting element. A touch sensor layer is on the thin-film encapsulation layer. The touch sensor layer comprises a first conductive layer on the thin-film encapsulation layer. A touch insulating layer is on the first conductive layer. A second conductive layer is on the touch insulating layer. The touch insulating layer overlaps with the non-emission area and comprises a first surface facing the thin-film encapsulation layer. A second surface is opposite to the first surface and has a width in a first direction greater than that of the first surface. An inclined surface connects the first and second surfaces. The second conductive layer covers the second surface and the inclined surface.

Abstract: A touch sensor according to an embodiment includes a transparent substrate layer having an active region and an inactive region, and a conductive pattern formed on the active region and including a stacked structure of a metal layer and a blackened layer. A color difference defined by Equation 1 is 10 or less.

Abstract: A touch-control display panel is provided, which includes a touch-control layer and a display functional layer, where the touch-control layer includes a plurality of first touch-control electrodes and a plurality of second touch-control electrodes; the first touch-control electrode includes a plurality of first touch-control electrode blocks, each of the first touch-control electrode blocks includes at least one first hollowed-out region and at least one second hollowed-out region, an area of the first hollowed-out region is larger than an area of the second hollowed-out region; and the touch-control layer further includes at least one first dummy electrode and at least one second dummy electrode, where the first dummy electrode is located in the corresponding first hollowed-out region, and the second dummy electrode is located in the corresponding second hollowed-out region.

Abstract: Disclosed are an input sensing unit and a display device including the input sensing unit. The input sensing unit includes a first sensing electrode extending in a first direction, a second sensing electrode extending in a second direction and insulated from the first sensing electrode, a first pen sensing electrode extending in the first direction and including a 1-1st pen sensing electrodes and a 1-2nd pen sensing electrode disposed on different layers and overlapping each other, and a second pen sensing electrode extending in the second direction and including a 2-1st pen sensing electrodes and a 2-2nd pen sensing electrode disposed on different layers and overlapping each other. The 1-1st pen sensing electrode is disposed adjacent to the first sensing electrode on the same layer, and the 2-1st pen sensing electrode is disposed adjacent to the second sensing electrode on the same layer.

Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) device is interfaced to an Internet of Things (IoT) device by receiving IoT device information in a standardized schema from the IoT device. The IoT device information includes device inputs and available output information for the IoT device. A predetermined AR user interface widget to render for the IoT device is determined from the received IoT device information. The predetermined AR user interface widget converts user inputs to the AR device into the device inputs for the IoT device. Upon selection of the IoT device by the AR device, the predetermined AR user interface widget for the selected IoT device is provided to the AR device as an overlay on a display of the AR device. Device input received in response to user interaction with the AR user interface widget is provided to the IoT device in an input type expected by the IoT device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for using dynamic actionable notifications are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, at a client device, a dynamic actionable notification associated with an event at a remote server, the dynamic actionable notification including one or more action items associated with the event; detecting user interaction with the dynamic actionable notification; retrieving current status of the one or more action items from the remote server; displaying one or more actionable graphical elements in a user interface of the dynamic actionable notification based on the retrieved current status of the one or more action items.

Abstract: Apparatus transmits an identifier for association with a virtual area by an administering network service, generates output data from human perceptible stimulus in a physical space, transmits the output data in connection with the virtual area, receives input data associated with the virtual area, and generates human perceptible stimulus in the physical space from the input data. A persistent association is created between the apparatus and a virtual area. A respective presence is established in the virtual area for a communicant operating a client network node connected to the virtual area. A respective connection between each active pair of complementary sources and sinks of the client network node and the apparatus are administered in association with the virtual area. A client network node displays a graphical user interface, establishes the administered connections, and presents interaction controls associated with the object for interacting with communicants in the physical space.

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: A social media platform provides a map-based graphical user interface (GUI) for accessing social media content submitted for public accessibility via the social media platform supported by the map-based GUI. The GUI includes a map providing interactive location-based searching functionality in that selection of a target location by the user in the GUI, such as by tapping or clicking at the target location, triggers a search for social media content having geo-tag data indicating geographic locations within a geographical search area centered on the target location.

Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method. The method includes: receiving an install command for installing a target third party application in the display apparatus from a user; in response to the install command for installing the target third party application, storing application data of the target third application in a first storage space in a memory in the display apparatus; receiving a display command for displaying an icon of the target third party application on a second application display page; in response to the display command, moving the application data of the target party application from the first storage space to a second storage space in the memory and display the icon of the target third party application on the second application display page.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine at least one graphical overlay created by a content creator. The at least one graphical overlay can be distributed to at least one user through a social networking system. A determination can be made of a user selection of the at least one graphical overlay. The graphical overlay can be applied to at least one content item.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for visually presenting a hierarchical organization for an entity. A tree structure that represents the hierarchical organization for the entity is displayed by a computer system in a graphical user interface on a display system. A sequence of user inputs is received by a computer system through the graphical user interface. A plurality of levels of the tree structure in the graphical user interface is transformed, by the computer system, based on the sequence of user inputs such that a series of direct linkages from a topmost level of the plurality of levels to a bottommost level of the plurality of levels is aligned with a vertical alignment axis.

Abstract: A control unit is provided for an appliance. The appliance includes a local user interface located at the appliance, the appliance includes a control menu with one or more submenus for selecting an operation program and/or for setting an operation parameter of the appliance, and the appliance is configured to be controlled by using a remote user interface on a user device. The control unit is configured to detect a user input at the local user interface for selecting a submenu of the control menu and, in reaction to the detected user input, to cause the remote user interface to provide the selected submenu on the user device. A household appliance and a method for controlling a user interface of an appliance are also provided.

Abstract: A method for allowing a user to respond to a pop-up message sent by an online banking application. The method includes displaying a task message on a user device, providing a selection in the task message for performing a task, providing a selection in the task message that allows the user to be reminded about performing the task at a later time, and providing a time message that allows the user to determine when to receive the task message again and be reminded to perform the task if the user selects the selection for being reminded about performing the task. The method can also provide a no show selection in the task message that allows the user to prevent the task message from being shown again and provide a no show time message that allows the user to set an earliest date that the task message can be shown again.

Abstract: An aspect of the invention hereby presented provides a means to display a first set of, for instance, documents in conjunction with a second set of documents when the second set of documents would not necessarily fit in the query used to select the documents of the first set of documents and/or would not necessarily fit the collation of the first set of documents. The second set of documents so located in relationship with the first set of documents having a beneficial effect for the understanding of the first set of documents. A system and a GUI thereof is also hereby presented.

Abstract: A network node of a collaboration system is provided to establish communication with other network nodes. The network node comprises a display having a physical display space. The network node can store collaboration data and render on the local client screen space a local client canvas having locations in the virtual workspace. The network node includes logic to provide a user interface to display a list of markers representing predefined canvases in both the virtual workspace and another virtual workspace. The predefined canvases defining (i) respective areas in the virtual workspace having a location and (ii) an area in the other virtual workspace having a location. The network node includes logic to respond to an input indicating a selected marker from the list of displayed markers to update the location of the local client canvas to match the location of the predefined canvas represented by the selected marker.

Abstract: A method includes generating a static page of a graphical user interface. The method also includes receiving a selection of a graphical object by a user to display a drawer page and generating the drawer page. The drawer page is overlaid on the portion of the static page. The drawer page includes a drawer bar that is interactable by the user to adjust a drawer page size and a static page size based on a position of the drawer bar. Additionally, the method includes displaying the static page and the drawer page of the graphical user interface. Upon display, the drawer bar is positioned at a default position based on historical data associated with the drawer bar.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques are provided for displaying objects in virtual network computing (VNC). For example, a VNC connection may be established between a first device and a second device, where the VNC connection enables a synchronization of an interactive display layout from the first device to the second device. Subsequently, after the VNC connection is established, a page structure of the first device may be retrieved based on an application programming interface (API) on the second device. In some embodiments, based on the retrieved page structure, one or more non-interactive objects on the second device may be displayed, where the one or more non-interactive objects are displayed on top of at least a portion of the interactive display layout at the second device.

Abstract: An information presentation method and apparatus, and an electronic device and a storage medium. The method comprises: in response to an operation, which is triggered by a user, for presenting a display interface of second interaction content associated with a target video, determining whether first interaction content associated with the target video meets a preset condition; and in response to the first interaction content associated with the target video meets the preset condition, presenting a control of the first interaction content in the display interface of the second interaction content associated with the target video, wherein the first interaction content is obtained by performing a first interaction operation on the target video, and the second interaction content is obtained by performing a second interaction operation on the target video.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to the technical field of computers, and in particular to a method and apparatus for displaying reminding information, and an electronic device and a storage medium. The method for displaying the reminding information provided by the disclosure includes displaying an information editing interface; determining whether a preset condition is satisfied; and in response to determining that the preset condition is satisfied, displaying an added personnel reminding identifier in an information editing area within the information editing interface, the added personnel reminding identifier being used for reminding a current user to associate a corresponding person with information input in the information editing area.

Abstract: Methods for displaying user interfaces in a computer-generated environment provide for an efficient and intuitive user experience. In some embodiments, user interfaces can have different immersion levels. In some embodiments, a user interface can have a respective immersion level based on its location in the three-dimensional environment or distance from the user. In some embodiments, a user interface can have a respective immersion level based on the state of the user interface. In some embodiments, a user interface can switch from one immersion level to another in response to the user's interaction with the user interface.

Abstract: A method for troubleshooting a piece of equipment includes providing an equipment troubleshooting graphical user interface (GUI) to a user device. The method also includes receiving, from the user device, an input indicating an identity of a piece of equipment and providing, via the GUI, a 3D model of the identified piece of equipment. The 3D model includes a plurality of components. The method also includes receiving, from the user device, a selection of a function and updating the GUI to emphasize components of the 3D model corresponding to the selected function.

Abstract: An electronic picture frame and an image display method thereof are provided. In the electronic picture frame, a plurality of images are arranged and displayed on one side of a screen, and among the plurality of images, an image at a particular position is enlarged and displayed. Alternatively, a screen is divided into a plurality of sub-screens, so images stored in each of a plurality of storage areas can be displayed on a respective sub-screen. Accordingly, the images stored in the plurality of storage areas can be displayed on the electronic picture frame in diverse forms.

Abstract: In an example, a method involves displaying interface objects in a first area of an interface displayed on a virtual reality device. Each interface object represents one of a set of financial services available within a financial system. The method further involves, while displaying the interface, detecting, from the virtual reality device, a selection followed by a movement of an interface object of the interface objects. The method further involves moving, on the interface displayed on the virtual reality device, the interface object according to the movement. The method involves detecting, via the virtual reality device, a placement of the interface object in a second area of the interface. The method further involves, in response to detecting the placement, initiating an application for the financial service corresponding to the interface object and displaying a result of the application in the second area.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of items of content available for playback on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents selectable options for playing an item of content in accordance with the manners in which the item of content is available to be played on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of episodes in a series of episodic content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents an enhanced preview of content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a control panel. In some embodiments, an electronic device switches the active user profile of a device. In some embodiments, an electronic device enters into a picture-in-picture mode.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a content display method of a display device, which includes: a display having a predetermined shape and having a predetermined side along a first direction; and a touch panel arranged to overlap the display and configured to receive a touch operation, includes: displaying a first content on the display; receiving a first touch operation along the first direction on the touch panel; moving the first content along the first direction and moving an index serving as a second content related to the first content along the first direction near the predetermined side, on the display; receiving a second touch operation along a second direction different from the first direction on the touch panel, the second touch operation starting from a position corresponding to the index; and displaying the second content on the display.

Abstract: In response to detecting a first gesture that includes movement of a contact on a touch-sensitive surface, in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact is in a first direction, a first user interface corresponding to a first application of a set of applications selected based on application use criteria is displayed. While displaying the first user interface, a second gesture including movement of a contact is detected. In response to detecting the second gesture, in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact is in the first direction, a second user interface corresponding to a second application that is a next application in the set of applications based on the application use criteria is displayed. In accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact associated is in a second direction, a third user interface corresponding to a third application is displayed.

Abstract: This application relates to the field of electronic technologies, and provides a keyboard display method, a foldable-screen device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: displaying a first interface, where the first interface includes a first region and a second region, the first region is used to display an interface of a first app, the second region is used to display an interface of a second app, the first region includes a first input box of the first app, and the second region includes a second input box of the second app; when the first region and the second region are distributed from left to right, receiving a first operation performed by a user on the first input box, and displaying a keyboard region in the first region; receiving a second operation performed by the user on the second input box, displaying the keyboard region in the second region.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a user interface configured to display content and receive user input. One or more processors operable with the user interface cause the user interface to display a virtual keyboard that includes a first section having a first plurality of virtual keys corresponding to a plurality of alphabetic characters and a second section having a second plurality of virtual keys corresponding to a plurality of special characters. The first section and the second section are separated by a translatable slider. The translatable slider can be manipulated, manually or automatically, to increase the area occupied by the first section, thereby revealing more virtual keys corresponding to more alphabetic characters, or alternatively to increase the area occupied by the second section to reveal more virtual keys corresponding to more special characters.

Abstract: A storage device is communicatively coupled to a host that defines a quality of service level for responses transmitted from the storage device to the host. The storage device includes a memory device to store data. The storage device also includes a controller to perform background operations to manage resources on the memory device while performing foreground operations according to the quality of service level set by the host. The controller generates a free block file including information on free blocks in the memory device and transmits the free block file to the host. The host uses the free block file to determine when the memory device is at or near a critical level of block availability and transmits an indication from to the controller. The controller adjusts the priority of the background operations in response to receipt of the indication to maintain the quality of service level.