Abstract: A method for virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) includes sensing a relative angle between a reference direction defined by a first tracking device and a navigate direction defined by a second tracking device, calculating a viewing angle according to the relative angle between the reference direction and the navigate direction, and displaying a VR or AR environment in the corresponding viewing angle.

Abstract: A computing system for managing product customization is provided. The computing system includes instructions stored in memory and executable by a processor to receive, for each of a plurality of parts of a 3D product, a color selection input specifying a color selected by a user for that part, responsive to receiving the color selection inputs, generate a color histogram of the 3D product including a plurality of units, each unit being associated with one of the parts and assigned the color of that part, where the number of units allocated to each part is based on a size of the part, and display the color histogram in a graphical user interface.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for improved data integration in augmented reality devices. The systems and methods include obtaining contextual information associated with an individual and device information associated with an augmented reality device associated with the individual from the augmented reality device, obtaining a plurality of data sets associated with the individual or augmented reality device from a plurality of data sources, determining a subset of information from the data sets that is relevant to the individual or the augmented reality device wherein the relevancy of the subset of information is based on an analysis of the contextual information and the device information, generating display data based on the determined subset of information, providing the display data to the augmented reality device for display on the augmented reality device wherein a graphical overlay representative of the display data is displayed in front of the individual's field of view.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise methods and apparatus for a 3-dimensional capacitive sensor. The method and apparatus may comprise a sensing element formed along multiple planes to create a sensing field. The capacitive sensor comprises two sensing planes in communication with each other. Each sensing plane may comprise a multi-operation electrode, where the multi-operation electrode is configured to operate as a transmission electrode and a reception electrode.

Abstract: A portable terminal that can be held stably and can perform entry operation quickly at the time of character entry is provided. On a character entry screen including a keyboard screen, a first cursor and a second cursor are displayed. A first indicating button 20 for indicating the direction of movement of the first cursor and giving an instruction to select a key currently indicated by the first cursor on the keyboard screen and a second indicating button 30 for indicating the direction of movement of the second cursor and giving an instruction to select a key currently indicated by the second cursor on the keyboard screen are provided at the lower edge on the front side of the portable terminal. A control means of the portable terminal controls the entry of a character based on a signal from the first indicating button 20 and a signal from the second indicating button 30.

Abstract: The present invention relates to controlling at least a motion of a cursor relative to at least two graphically-displayed windows on at least a computer monitor, each window comprising at least a respective interaction area and each respective interaction area comprising at least an interaction point, wherein at least a distance between at least two interaction points is measured, each interaction point being in a respective interaction area of one of the windows. At least an active dynamic margin is provided to each of the respective interaction areas in response to any value up to a predetermined, interaction threshold value being measured between their interaction points.

Abstract: An operating area for a virtual reality system may be defined based on the positions of sensors (e.g., infrared sensors) or fiducial markings within an environment where the virtual reality system is to be operated. The sensors or the fiducial markings may be provided on an operating surface in the form of a carpet, a mat or another like floor covering. When the virtual reality system is to be calibrated prior to use, positions of the sensors or the fiducial markings may be sensed by a base station, a headset or another virtual reality system unit, and an operating area may be defined based on virtual boundaries constructed using such positions.

Abstract: To facilitate modeling a virtual object type is introduced. The virtual object type is a generic modeling aid by means of which one or more virtual objects, each representing a three-dimensional determined volume within a model, may be created, the virtual object being usable for modeling one or more physical objects representing one or more articles that will or may exist in the real world.

Abstract: Joystick display data is generated for display on a touch screen of an electronic device. The joystick display data creates a visual representation of a virtual joystick when displayed on the touch screen. Touch data from the touch screen is processed to determine when the touch data indicates user interaction with the virtual joystick. When the touch data indicates user interaction with the virtual joystick, the joystick display data is adjusted to reflect the user interaction with the virtual joystick, based on the touch data, and joystick data is generated based on the user interaction with the virtual joystick. The display of at least one other element on the touch screen can be adjusted based on the joystick data.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device that can detect the inclination of an input device through a simple operation while preventing the input device from increasing in size, the information processing device including: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire, as detection data, output values or gains of a first sensor and a second sensor which are each capable of detecting contact with or approach to an input device; and an inclination detection unit configured to detect inclination of the input device on the basis of a difference value between the detection data of the first sensor and the detection data of the second sensor.

Abstract: A device controller and data processing method thereof are disclosed. According to the present invention, the device controller for controlling a digital device includes a cover, an upper core part including an input unit, a lower core part including an interface unit, and a core including a core body combined with the upper core part and the lower core part. The core body includes a communication module configured to transmit and receive control signals for controlling the digital device, a first sensor module configured to sense motion data according to a movement of the device controller, a second sensor module configured to sense pressure applied to the core body, a control unit configured to control operations of the modules, collect data sensed by the sensor modules, generate a control signal based on the collected sensed data, and output feedback.

Abstract: A haptic information presentation system uses a human sensory characteristic or illusion to suitably control a physical quantity, and causes a person to feel a force which cannot exist physically, or a haptic sensory physical characteristic.

Abstract: An image processing method capable of detecting noise includes adjusting a lighting unit to acquire an over-exposure image, comparing each pixel of the over-exposure image with at least one threshold value, labeling a pixel of the over-exposure image as the noise while bright intensity of the pixel is lower than the threshold value, calculating a simulating value according to bright intensity of pixels around the noise and except the noise, and utilizing the simulating value and bright intensity of other pixels except the noise to execute a displacement detecting calculation.

Abstract: An adjustable mouse includes a base and a thumb adjustment assembly coupled to the base. The thumb adjustment assembly is configured to move a thumb rest portion between a retracted position and an extended position. The adjustable mouse further may include a palm rest portion hingedly attached to the base by a hinge adjacent an outer edge of the base. The palm rest portion may have several fingers configured to expand in vertical and lateral directions. Embodiments of the adjustable mouse are further disclosed.

Abstract: In an AR environment in which the pointing direction of the video camera is slaved to field technician motion to capture a video signal within a camera FOV of an object at arm's length from the technician and remotely-generated hand gestures for manipulation of the object are overlaid on the video signal to instruct the technician in manipulation of the object, a customer-defined key code and FOV limitations are used to exclude portions of a scene for data capture and transmission compliance. If the video camera pointing direction does not satisfy an alignment condition to a marker in the scene, the camera is controlled to exclude at least a portion of the camera FOV that lies outside a user-defined allowable FOV from capture within the video signal. The customer-defined key code includes at least technician identification, marker pairing and specified tolerance fields that define the allowable FOV.

Abstract: A mood-conscious interaction device detects at least one physiological data of a user, and turns on a light with a color which corresponds to the physiological data. Thus, other users can know a mood or emotion of the user according to the color of the light, and the moods or emotion of the other users can be made known to the user during communications.

Abstract: A security element for a data input device and a method for detecting intrusion in the data input device. The security element has a shape suited to closing contacts via each of two extremities respectively on first and second printed-circuit boards of the data input device when the data input device is in the closed position. The extremities are not electrically connected to each other.

Abstract: A user interface for an interactive device, the user interface comprising: an interactive surface formed by an array of displaceable surface members, the surface members having a resting position; an oscillatory signal generator configured to generate a oscillatory signal, the oscillatory signal generator being coupled to the surface members by a cable array which is configured to carry the oscillatory signal to the surface members, the surface members having a resting position with respect to the cable array; wherein the cable array is arranged such that movement of the surface members from the resting position adjusts the oscillatory signal producing a modified oscillatory signal and/or such that a modified oscillatory signal causes the surface members to move from the resting position; the user interface further comprising a signal converter which converts the modified oscillatory signal to and/or from an electrical signal of the interactive device.

Abstract: An electronic device and a screen display method thereof are described. In one aspect, a display is configured to display a screen that includes an information area, an item area disposed at the edge of the information area, and a pointer configured to point within the item area, where the item area is configured to display at least one event item, and a controller is configured to control the display to move the pointer based on a rotation input and to display event information of an event item to which the pointer points, in the information area.

Abstract: An information display device displays a sub-screen in a main screen and stores display information including the display position of the sub-screen and information on a near-field region. A position input device acquires information on a touched position, stores touch history information including information on a plurality of touched positions acquired, and includes a touched position determination section that determines whether a newly-acquired touched position is present in the near-field region and a display position determination section that, in a case where it has been determined that the newly-acquired touched position is present in the near-field region, utilizes the touch history information to determine a position to which the sub-screen is reduced or moved. In a case where the sub-screen has not been reduced, the sub-screen is reduced to the determined position. In a case where the sub-screen has been reduced, the sub-screen is moved to the determined position.

Abstract: A remote controller apparatus including: a communicator configured to communicate with an external device displaying a pointing object thereon; a sensor configured to sense a movement of the remote controller apparatus; and a controller configured to control movement of the pointing object based on the movement of the remote controller apparatus, determine position information corresponding to the movement of the remote controller apparatus with a first method when the remote controller apparatus operates in a first operating mode, determine the position information corresponding to the movement of the remote controller apparatus with a second method when the remote controller apparatus operates in a second operating mode, control the movement of the pointing object based on the position information, and change the operating mode of the remote controller apparatus in response to a preset event occurring.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for performing hair transplantation procedures. The system may include a robotic arm and a tool coupled to the robotic arm, the tool configured for hair harvesting, site making or hair implantation. The system further includes a touch screen user interface that supports touch gestures for efficiently creating and manipulating objects, such as reserved regions, that control the harvesting, site making, and/or implantation sites selected by the system. The user interface implements logic rules that use the context in which a touch gesture is performed to determine the type of operation intended. The touch interface substantially eliminates or reduces the need for a user to use a keyboard or mouse during the procedure.

Abstract: An electronic device and a display method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a display; a rotary member configured to surround the display and to rotate around the display; and a control module configured to display a plurality of object groups on a plurality of layers of the display according to rotation of the rotary member.

Abstract: The subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for determining a current performance of a gamer during a first gaming session of a gaming application, where the performance is determined from a first plurality of stimulus signals generated by a gaming accessory during the first gaming session according to a configuration setting assigned to the gaming accessory, identifying a prior performance of the gamer during a prior gaming session of the gaming application, where the prior performance is determined from a second plurality of stimulus signals generated by the gaming accessory according to the configuration setting, comparing the current performance to the prior performance to determine a change in performance of the gamer, and adjusting the configuration setting assigned to the gaming accessory according to the change in the performance of the gamer. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: An interactive projection apparatus and a touch position determining method thereof are provided. The invention adopts such a scheme of defining the effective touch area according to the coordinate information of the positioning pattern and judging whether or not the light spot is located in the effective touch area. If the light spot is located in the effective touch area, the position of the light spot is taken as the touch position of an input tool.

Abstract: A method and a device for transmitting/receiving data between a wireless terminal and an electronic pen by recognizing a user's motion are provided. The method includes displaying a transmission list that is to be transmitted when data transmission to the electronic pen is requested after an approach of the electronic pen is detected, configuring data selected from displayed data in the transmission list as transmission data when a selection request signal is detected, and transmitting the configured transmission data to the electronic pen when transmission of the configured transmission data is requested.

Abstract: An operation method of an optical touch device includes: emitting, by a light emitting unit, a light beam to illuminate an object; capturing, by an image sensing device, an image of the object reflecting the light beam; selecting all pixels in the image having a brightness greater than or equal to a brightness threshold; sorting the selected pixels along a first coordinate axis of the image, a second coordinate axis of the image or based a pixel brightness; selecting the top first predetermined ratio of pixels from the sorted pixels as an object image of the object; and calculating a gravity center of the object image according to positions of the top first predetermined ratio of pixels or according to the positions of the top first predetermined ratio of pixels with a weight of pixel brightness. An optical touch device is also provided.

Abstract: To provide a mobile phone which can be used without hampering convenience in a condition where functions of the mobile phone are switched and can improve operability. The mobile phone includes an optical sensor, a display element, a pixel circuit portion where a plurality of pixels having a plurality of transistors are arranged in matrix, an optical sensor control circuit which is connected to an optical sensor driver circuit for driving the optical sensor and reads a signal from the optical sensor, a display portion control circuit which is connected to a display element driver circuit for driving the display element and outputs an image signal for displaying an image on a display portion, a gradient detection portion for outputting a signal in accordance with a gradient of the mobile phone, and an arithmetic circuit for performing display in the pixel circuit portion by switching image signals output to the display portion control circuit with a signal from the gradient detection portion.

Abstract: A computing device has a camera and tracks the movement of a user's eye as the user looks at a display monitor. Upon detecting that a user is unable to locate the position of a cursor on the display monitor, the computing device displays the cursor at a conspicuous location on the display monitor so that the user is likely to find the cursor. The location at which the cursor is conspicuously displayed is selected by the computing device based on an analysis of the user's eye movements.

Abstract: A method of managing advertising associated with dynamically expanding content is disclosed. A request for a dynamic expansion of content is detected. The dynamic expansion includes adding additional content to content presented in a user interface. It is determined that a set of advertisements associated with the user interface is to be updated based on an updating criterion. The updating includes replacing an advertisement of the set of advertisements with an additional advertisement. The updating of the set of advertisements is performed.

Abstract: An input system includes at least one sensor and a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor. The at least one sensor is configured to identify a position of an eye. The controller is configured to receive a first signal indicative of a first position of an eye from the at least one sensor and map the eye position to a user's selection.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a connection unit, a processing execution unit, a setting unit, and a controller. The connection unit is capable of connecting input apparatuses that output operation information for executing an operation for an image displayed on a screen. The processing execution unit is capable of executing processing corresponding to the operation information on the image. The setting unit sets one of the input apparatuses as a main input apparatus, and sets the other input apparatuses as secondary input apparatuses. The controller performs control such that execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatus set as the main input apparatus is validated, and execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatuses set as the secondary input apparatuses is invalidated.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display, a rotatable input mechanism, one or more processors, and memory. The electronic device displays content on the display, where the content includes a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge. The electronic device further detects a first user input, and in response to detecting the first user input, displays an enlarged view of the content that does not include the first edge. The electronic device further detects a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism in a first rotation direction, and in response to detecting the rotation, translates the enlarged view of the content in a first translation direction on the display to display the first edge of the content.

Abstract: An information handling system input device coordinates presentation of keyboard augmentation panels proximate a keyboard resting on a horizontally-disposed touchscreen display. The keyboard augmentation panels relate keyboard and other inputs to an application active on the information handling system to enhance end user interactions. A keyboard augmentation module tracks the keyboard position on the touchscreen display to adapt content presentation in the keyboard augmentation panels based upon expected end user inputs. In other embodiments, other physical devices are augmented to have hybrid graphical interfaces that enhance multi-hand end user interactions.

Abstract: Certain embodiments include a computer mouse including a housing having a bottom surface and a trackball disposed in the housing, where the bottom surface of the housing includes a first planar region, a second planar region, and a spine both common to and dividing the first and second planar regions. The first and second planar regions can be on different planes, where, when in operation, the computer mouse is configured to rest on a work surface, when the computer mouse is configured such that the first planar region of the bottom surface is parallel to the work surface, the computer mouse is tilted at a first angle relative to the work surface, and when the computer mouse is configured such that the second planar region of the bottom surface is parallel to the work surface, the computer mouse is tilted at a second angle relative to the work surface.

Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes making a connection to another electronic device and switching to a particular mode, transmitting information on a request for switching to the particular mode to one or more wearable devices, receiving detection information from the wearable devices, and performing a function of the electronic device corresponding to the detection information.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an electronic device may include a light source configured to emit light that penetrates into a portion of a user's body, a plurality of light sensors configured to detect a pattern of diffusion of the emitted light, and a controller configured to detect a gesture made by the user based on the detected pattern of diffusion of the emitted light. The controller may be configured to control the light source and the plurality of light sensors to detect the gesture made by the user.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling one or more functions associated with a vehicle display includes providing a steering wheel having a left zone and a right zone. The method includes determining a left contact value and a right contact value based on at least one of a plurality of sensors of the steering wheel. Further, the method includes comparing the left contact value to a left contact threshold that maximizes contact of a left hand with the steering wheel within the left zone and comparing the right contact value to a right contact threshold that maximizes contact of a right hand with the steering wheel within the right zone. Upon determining a non-driving passenger is present in the vehicle, the one or more functions associated with the vehicle display are enabled or disabled.

Abstract: A control device includes a control unit configured to discretely move a focus on a display screen according to a user's operation. Movement of the focus is limited according to a movement speed of the user's operation.

Abstract: The description relates to smart rings. One example can include a finger band configured to accommodate a user's finger. This example can also include a set of pressure sensors positioned on an inner surface of the finger band and configured to sense changes to tendons of the user's finger as pressure differentials and to output associated signals. The example can further include a gesture component configured to interpret the signals from the set of pressure sensors to identify individual actions performed by the user's finger.

Abstract: A central control panel for vehicles and a method of controlling the same are provided. The central control panel for vehicles includes a touch pad, a PCB disposed under the touch pad and a lighting unit that is mounted on the PCB and includes a plurality of LEDs. An outdoor air temperature sensor senses an outdoor air temperature of a vehicle and a controller adjusts a temperature of the touch pad by changing a temperature of the lighting unit based on the sensed outdoor air temperature. The central control panel for vehicles further includes a top ring that transmits light emitted from the LEDs to the outside and to surround a perimeter of the touch pad.

Abstract: In the case where a special icon disposed at an item of an examination is hidden, and a medical staff has not confirmed a medical report of various types of medical examinations whose progress statuses are represented by small icons of the special icon, an unconfirmed medical-care-process display section representing that there is a medical examination whose medical report has not been confirmed is displayed on a first display screen. The unconfirmed medical-care-process display section is obtained by arranging blocks each corresponding to the small icon representing the progress status of the medical examination whose medical report has not been confirmed, and the unconfirmed medical-care-process display section is inserted between the icons of patients arranged along the horizontal axis, and displayed.

Abstract: Systems and methods according to the present disclosure provide a costume of a puppet or a character having customizable mixed technology interactive components that enables the wearer of the costume to interact with stimuli in the costume's or wearer's surrounding environment as the puppet or character.

Abstract: A magnetic scaling and positioning scroll wheel of a mechanical mouse is revealed. The scroll wheel includes a circular scaling-and-positioning surface with a plurality of magnetic division portions that is rotated with a rotating shaft thereof coaxially and synchronously. A scaling-and-positioning member disposed with at least one scaling-and-positioning portion is corresponding to and magnetically attracted by each magnetic division portion of the circular scaling-and-positioning surface. The scaling-and-positioning portion is released from the previous magnetic division portion and then magnetically attached to the adjacent magnetic division portion in turn continuingly when the circular scaling-and-positioning surface is rotated with the scroll wheel coaxially and synchronously. Thus users can operate the scroll wheel of the mechanical mouse more precisely.

Abstract: A vehicle and method for controlling the vehicle changes the transparency of each of a plurality of objects overlapping one another at a point on a three-dimensional map image according to the intensity of detected pressure. The vehicle may include a storage configured to store map information; a display configured to display a three-dimensional map image from a point of view based on the map information; an input device including a pressure input device configured to detect intensity of pressure; and a controller configured to control the display to change transparency of the overlapping objects at the same point on the 3D map image according to the intensity of the detected pressure.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for adsorbing a straight line/line segment in an image, including: presetting a straight line/line segment, dragging the straight line/line segment by selecting a first part of the line segment, and when a second part of the straight line/line segment is dragged to the vicinity of a line segment in an image, setting the preset line segment to be superposed with the line segment, the vicinity referring to that a minimum distance between the second part of the straight line/line segment and the line segment meets a preset rule. In the present invention, by means of the foregoing technical solution, a user can be conveniently assisted, according to a line segment that exists in an image, to define a polygon frame, so that subsequent image processing can be conveniently performed.

Abstract: A mouse with an adjustable angle includes an internal body coupled to an upper portion of the lower body in an inner space of the upper body, a plurality of angle adjusting bodies coupled to the upper portion of the lower body to surround the internal body or another angle adjusting body and having one end fixedly coupled to the lower body and the other end detachably coupled to the lower body, and an upper body formed above the lower body so as to surround an angle adjusting body formed at an outermost portion among the angle adjusting bodies and having one end fixedly coupled to the lower body and the other end detachably coupled to the lower body.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for the scrambling of control symbols. In one embodiment, the control symbols are associated with an HDMI interface, and the methods and apparatus are configured to scramble the symbols to as to mitigate the effects of electromagnetic interference (EMI) created by the transmission of otherwise unscrambled sequences of symbols which may contain significant “clock pattern” or other undesirable artifact.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of enrolling a fingerprint of a user's finger using a fingerprint sensor, specifically allowing for an adaptability in a number of times the use's finger needs to touch/contact the fingerprint sensor for enrollment completion. The invention also relates to a corresponding electronic device and to a computer program product.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a menu display method, apparatus and system, wherein the method includes: displaying a main menu on a user interface, the main menu including multiple main options; displaying, in response to one main option being selected by an input indicator, a submenu corresponding to the one main option, the submenu including a sub-option corresponding to the one main option; and enabling a shielding region corresponding to the one main option, the shielding region configured to shield an operation on another main option in the shielding region by the input indicator, and the shielding region being generated according to the position of the one main option and adjacent to the one main option. The technical solution provided in the present application can flexibly respond to a menu operation, thus improving user experience.