Abstract: A method includes obtaining at least one query value from a table having a plurality of cells; executing a search function using the at least one query value to identify at least a first data set that is potentially relevant to the at least one query value; and outputting, for display, a first interface area that includes information from the first data set. In response to selection of the first interface area, the method includes populating a first cell from the plurality of cells with a first data value from the first data set.

Abstract: Architecture for a multimodal, multiplatform switching, unmanned vehicle (UV) swarm system which can execute missions in diverse environments. The architecture includes onboard and ground processors to handle and integrate multiple sensor inputs generating a unique UV pilot experience for a remote drone pilot (RDP) via a virtual augmented reality cockpit (VARC). The RDP is monitored by an operational control system and an experienced control pilot. A ground processor handles real-time localization, forwarding of commands, generation and delivery of augmented content to users, along with safety features and overrides. The UVs onboard processors and autopilot execute the commands and provide a redundant source of safety features and override in the case of loss of signal. The UVs perform customizable missions, with adjustable rules for differing skill levels.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal and a 3D object control method thereof for controlling the depth or rotation of a 3D object using a 3D manipulation portion displayed around the 3D object. According to the present invention, a circular- or ring-shaped 3D manipulation portion may be touched to intuitively control the rotation and enlargement/reduction of the 3D object, thereby providing usefulness and convenience for the user, capable of editing the 3D object while directly viewing the transformed form and depth of the 3D object.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor that executes a process including detecting a position of an object with respect to a screen of a display, determining whether a distance from the object to the screen is between a first value and a second value smaller than the first value on a basis of the position, displaying a first image on the screen when the distance is determined to be between the first value and the second value, the first image being an enlarged image of an area corresponding to the position, determining whether the distance is equal to or less than the second value on a basis of the position and displaying a second image when the distance is determined to be equal to or less than the second value, the second image being displayed on the screen when the distance decreases to be the second value.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a pointing device and a display section for displaying an image. A coordinate detection section detects coordinates pointed to by the pointing device. A first change amount calculation section calculates a change amount of the coordinates in a first direction, the coordinates obtained when inputting is continuously performed by the pointing device. A second change amount calculation section a change amount of the coordinates in a second direction, the coordinates obtained when inputting is continuously performed by the pointing device. A first operation section performs a first operation based on the change amount in the first direction, the change amount calculated by the first change amount calculation section. A second operation section performs, based on the change amount in the second direction, a second operation different from the first operation, the change amount calculated by the second change amount calculation section.

Abstract: A display control apparatus controls to execute variable magnification processing of a partial image of an image indicated by a display range, and displays the partial image in a display area. The display control apparatus includes a calculation unit which obtains a vertex/vertexes of the display range farthest from a center of the image and sets the vertex or a center point of the vertexes as a reference point, a changing unit which changes a size of the display range while keeping the position of the reference point, and a moving unit which moves the display range in the image. In addition, a display control unit controls to execute the variable magnification processing of the partial image and displays the partial image in the display area. The calculation unit re-calculates the reference point in response to movement of the display range in the image by the moving unit.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for a moderator that defines an editing space providing access to multiple applications. The moderator associates a first portion of the editing space with a first application and aligns the editing space over a work area of the first application. The moderator creates first content with the first application through the first portion of the editing space, such that the first content is bounded according to the dimension of the first portion of the editing space. The moderator further associates a second portion of the editing space with a second application. The moderator aligns the editing space over a work area of the second application. The moderator creates second content in the second application through the second portion of the editing space as the editing space displays the representation of the saved first content in the first portion of the editing space.

Abstract: This method is an improvement to a method used to enlarge the display of a first portion of a map, without hiding a first peripheral portion of this map. This improvement involves detecting an event which appears in said first peripheral portion (SPP4?). The improvement further involves defining a second portion to be enlarged (SPA5), centered on the position (BS2) of this event, defining a second peripheral zone (SPP5) associated with this second portion to be enlarged, displaying (SPA5?) the second portion to be enlarged (SPA5) by applying respective enlargement ratios greater than 100% to at least some elements of that portion, so as to make the event more legible, and displaying (SPP5?) the second peripheral portion (SPP5) by applying at least to some elements of this portion respective enlargement ratios lower than 100% so as to save surface area to avoid hiding a portion of the map.

Abstract: A method and terminal for adjusting menu bar softkey display dynamically are provided by the present invention. The method includes the following steps: obtaining the total display length of the menu bar and the respective corresponding character string length value and the location information of all the softkeys on the menu bar; setting the softkey of which the character string length value is non-zero on the menu bar as the non-zero softkey; assigning the display location and display length of each non-zero softkey according to the number of the non-zero softkeys and location information of each non-zero softkey; and displaying each non-zero softkey according to the assigned display location and display length. The method and terminal of the present invention overcomes the current defect that currently the fixed value is adopted to display the softkey of the bottom bar.

Abstract: Computer-implemented techniques for viewing a recorded presentation are described. The techniques include receiving by one or more computers a request from a user to view a recorded presentation, retrieving, by one or more computing systems, a segment of the recorded presentation that is comprised of plural segments and information specifying times of occurrences of trigger events associated with corresponding segments in the recorded presentation, retrieving by the one or more computers private information of the user relevant to a first segment of the recorded presentation based on a first trigger event, generating, by the one or more computing systems, a re-cast first segment of the recorded presentation, with the re-cast first segment including the private information of the user, and sending by the one or more computing systems, the re-cast segment to a computing device associated with the user.

Abstract: A system for transforming and displaying coordinates dates, which collects a coordinate area image from a controller of a machine by image collect means, wherein the coordinate imager includes numeral pattern and the coordinate numeral of the numeral pattern is gained from the feedback value of the grating scale or the encoder of the machine, and displayed on a monitor of the controller. The system, hereinbefore, transforms the coordinate numeral pattern into coordinate value for calculating and the change range of the coordinate value is synchronously displayed on a screen of the system for a measure system to refer and compare.

Abstract: Techniques and systems are disclosed for navigating human scale image data using aligned perspective images. A consecutive sequence of digital images is stacked together by aligning consecutive images laterally with an image offset between edges of consecutive images corresponding to a distance between respective view windows of the consecutive images. A view window of an image in the sequence is rendered, where the view window of the image corresponds to a desired location. Offset portions of the view window of a desired number of images in the sequence are rendered, for example, alongside the full view of the image at the desired location.

Abstract: Provided is a video signal generation apparatus and method that may minimize crosstalk between a luminance signal and color difference signals. The video signal generation apparatus may generate the luminance signal using a nonlinear Y signal and then generate color difference signals using a nonlinear XYZ signal to maximize a de-correlation characteristic between the luminance signal and the color difference signals.

Abstract: A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display surface, the method comprising: establishing a lens for the region-of-interest, the lens having a focal region with a magnification for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region across which the magnification varies to provide a continuous transition from the focal region to regions outside the lens; receiving a first signal for selecting the shoulder region; while receiving the first signal, receiving a second signal for selecting the focal region and for adjusting a position of the focal region relative to the shoulder region to define a degree and a direction of a folding of the focal region over the shoulder region for the lens; and, applying the lens to the original image to produce the presentation.

Abstract: A process for enabling objects displayed on a multi-input display device to be grouped together is disclosed that includes defining a target element that enables objects displayed on a multi-input display device to be grouped together through interaction with the target element. Operations are invoked that establish a relationship between a particular displayed object and a position on the target element and that causes transformations applied to the target element also to be applied to the particular displayed object while maintaining the relationship between the particular displayed object and the position on the target element.

Abstract: Dynamically magnifying search results and enabling motion-based review of the search results. The user enters a query to search the content of a document. As the characters of the query are entered by the user, the search results are identified and magnified such that all the search results after any given input character are visible in the user interface. The user advances through the search results by moving the computing device in a predefined manner. In an embodiment, the user searches the content of a web page rendered in a browser executing on a mobile computing device such as a telephone.

Abstract: A method for following hand movements in an image flow, includes receiving an image flow in real time, locating in each image in the received image flow a hand contour delimiting an image zone of the hand, extracting the postural characteristics from the image zone of the hand located in each image, and determining the hand movements in the image flow from the postural characteristics extracted from each image. The extraction of the postural characteristics of the hand in each image includes locating in the image zone of the hand the center of the palm of the hand by searching for a pixel of the image zone of the hand the furthest from the hand contour.

Abstract: In a design support apparatus, a storage unit stores location data of an assembly including a first member long and flexible and a second member connected to the first member and having a larger cross-sectional shape than that of the first member within a product, and respective positions of installed objects. A geometric center calculation unit virtually extends straight lines from a point on a route along which the first member passes, radially in directions normal to a tangential direction of the route, virtually positions points where the straight lines come into contact with the installed objects, and calculates a geometric center from the positioned points. A route change unit changes the route such that the first member passes the calculated geometric center. A verification unit verifies whether or not the assembly interferes with any of the installed objects during passage of the first member along the changed route.

Abstract: In a client, a photo frame for which guidelines have been set at predetermined positions based on an operator's setting operation is provided as a trimming frame TF with guidelines. While the trimming frame TF with guidelines is displayed on a processing object image in an overlapping manner, the trimming frame TF with guidelines is shifted and displayed on the processing object image based on the operator's shifting operation as well as the trimming frame TF with guidelines is enlarged or contracted and displayed so as to become a similar form based on the operator's enlarging or contracting operation. The operator can thus shift and enlarge or contract the trimming frame TF with guidelines so that the guidelines set by him/herself and a target contained in the processing object image have a desirable positional relationship.

Abstract: A multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display concurrently displays a first virtual keyboard at a first location on the touch-sensitive display and a second virtual keyboard at a second location, distinct from the first location, on the touch-sensitive display. In response to detecting a first finger gesture on a first key in the first virtual keyboard, an action corresponding to the first key in the first virtual keyboard is performed. In response to detecting a second finger gesture on a second key in the second virtual keyboard, an action corresponding to the second key in the second virtual keyboard is performed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a navigation system achieves a smooth and, intuitive scrolling operation by checking available resources such as a computational power of the navigation system and map data stored in a video memory to determine an optimum scrolling operation and to dynamically adjust a scroll speed and a scale factor to move an image on a monitor screen to a specified location. The method includes the steps of: receiving a scroll signal from an input device for scrolling an image on the monitor screen, checking a current condition of the navigation system related to the scroll operation, and conducting the scroll operation while adjusting the scroll speed and scale factor of the image based on the current condition.

Abstract: A method for displaying images in a display apparatus is provided herein. In the display apparatus, an image is displayed during each frame period of a plurality of contiguous frames. At first, original images are received, and each of the received original images is composed of M number of contiguous image rows. A predetermined amount of frame periods are grouped as a frame group. During each frame period, one of M number of image rows is selected as an initial image row. From the initial image row, N number of image rows are selected from the M number of image rows according to an image row selection rule to constitute an image for displaying. In each frame group, at least two different initial parameters are used within two frame periods in order to output different images.

Abstract: A method and computer graphics program executed by a processor for interactively subdividing a region in a computer controlled graphics display system is described. The user directly manipulates a control object (or “handle”) using a pointing device such as a computer mouse with the result that the region exposing the control object is evenly divided into an array or volume of smaller regions. The distance from the position of the start of interaction with the control object (the “click”) is continuously monitored to interactively update the number of divisions in the horizontal and vertical directions. Example displays during this interaction phase include overlaid grids representing the actual position of pending subdivisions, or a matrix of abstract subregions representing the count of subregions that will be created when the user indicates that the interaction is complete by releasing the control object.

Abstract: Technologies are described herein for laying out content. Constraints and rules are defined for one or more content objects. The constraints are utilized to lay out content objects on a canvas. Content is received for one of the content objects. The constraints and rules for the content object are utilized in an attempt to fit the content to the selected content object. If the content cannot be fit to the selected content object, the rules are utilized to modify the constraints for the other content objects and the layout for the canvas is regenerated. If the available content cannot be fit to the content objects on a page without overflowing, one or more additional pages are added to the canvas. Once the additional pages have been added, the content objects are laid out and content is fitted to the content objects across all of the pages.

Abstract: A method and computer program product for reflowing a PDL page without using the original application used to create the PDL page. The method and computer program product include receiving a page represented in a page description language, the page including a plurality of page objects, and changing one or both of a size of the page and a size of one or more of the page objects, while maintaining spatial relationships between the page objects.

Abstract: A method for image scaling and shifting on a display unit comprises steps of: providing a first image to display on the display unit, in order to complete the shown on the display unit, the first image and the display unit having the same size of a length of x and a width of y; according to rotating the display unit with 90 degrees, transforming the first image with 90 degrees and scaling the first image to form a second image; the second image having a width of x and a length of x2/y; displaying a first part of the second image on the display unit; according to a shaking action, shifting a second part of the second image onto the display unit; wherein lengths of first part and the second part of the second image are x, and widths of both of them are y.

Abstract: A combination of arc tool user interface features and operations are provided for efficiently defining an arc tool region of interest in a machine vision inspection system. Multiple distinct types of parameter control features are provide in an arc tool GUI. The distinct types of parameter control features may be distinguished by their relative locations, or by distinct symbols, or the like. One or more of the types of control features may include at least two modes of operation. In one such mode of operation restricted to one type of control feature, a user may change the nominal radius of curvature of the arc tool using a single cursor motion. In another such mode of operation shared by multiple types of control features, a user may rotate the region of interest of the arc tool using a single cursor motion.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method of enlarging display content of an electronic apparatus having an enlarge display mode, which comprises the steps of determining whether or not the enlarge display mode is being activated; reading at least one enlarge parameter preset in the enlarge display mode when the enlarge display mode is activated; enlarging the content outputted by a man-machine interface according to the enlarge parameter; canceling an external frame of a decorative screen of the man-machine interface for ornamenting images, and displaying the enlarged content in accordance with the enlarge parameter on a display of the portable electronic apparatus In such a way, the user is able to view the enlarged content of the man-machine interface being outputted without changing resolution of the display.

Abstract: A method and computer graphics program executed by a processor for interactively subdividing a region in a computer controlled graphics display system is described. The user directly manipulates a control object (or “handle”) using a pointing device such as a computer mouse with the result that the region exposing the control object is evenly divided into an array or volume of smaller regions. The distance from the position of the start of interaction with the control object (the “click”) is continuously monitored to interactively update the number of divisions in the horizontal and vertical directions. Example displays during this interaction phase include overlaid grids representing the actual position of pending subdivisions, or a matrix of abstract subregions representing the count of subregions that will be created when the user indicates that the interaction is complete by releasing the control object.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for adjusting an image displayed in a graphical user interface. The method can include a step of identifying an original region that is a visible rectangular region containing a displayed digital image. A user defined aspect ratio can be established using an aspect ration input control. An area of the original region can be changed to create an adjusted region. The adjusted region can automatically have the user defined aspect ratio. An image manipulation operation can be performed on the displayed digital image so that a manipulated version of the image is displayed within the adjusted region. Image manipulation operations can include resizing, clipping, cropping, and applying a special effect to the image.

Abstract: Computer programs and computer-implemented methods implement techniques for creating and manipulating related vector objects in an image. These include creating a first vector object or elements in an image, creating a second vector object or elements in the image, and in response to creating the second vector object(s) in the image, calculating one or more new values for a first attribute of the one or more attributes for the first vector object(s) based at least in part on one or more of the current attribute values for the second vector object(s). Relationships are defined between vector objects using equations that define a value (or values) for an attribute for one vector object or elements as a function of attribute value(s) defined for the same or different vector objects in the image. In preferred embodiments, the function includes equations defining an attractive force and a repulsive force between the attribute value(s).

Abstract: Sort-on-the-Fly/Search-on-the-Fly data retrieval or analysis provides an intuitive mechanisms for accessing databases, allowing a user to access or obtain information about data in the database without having to know anything about the database structure. A user selects a desired term, and the method or apparatus delivers all instances of the desired term, even if a specific file or table does not contain the instance. The database need not have a specific file (in a flat database) or a table (in a relational database) of names. The user may specify other criteria, or constraints to narrow the search results, or for other reasons. The method or apparatus then conducts further analysis or searching using this criteria and produces a second result. Further narrowing or broadening of the process is permitted, with search-on-the-fly returning results based on any new constraints.

Abstract: A method for accessing a data field having fine resolution is disclosed. The method includes providing a scalable scroll controller with a scale controller to modify a scale for controlling a magnification for accessing data within the data field. The method also includes receiving a first user event to select the scale controller and receiving a second user event to modify a position of the scale controller. The scale is adjusted based on the position of the scale controller. An apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: Operability of an image database is improved. To achieve this, a manipulator is displayed on a horizontal axis at the center thereof. If the manipulator is dragged upward or downward, the scale of graduations on the horizontal axis is enlarged or reduced (e.g., month of photography becomes year of photography or day of photography). If the manipulator is dragged rightward or leftward, the values of the graduations on the horizontal axis increase or decrease (e.g., from January to December, 2000, to either January to December, 2001 or January to December, 1999). If a search command is applied, images that fall within a search range the graduations of which have been changed are searched. Merely dragging the manipulator makes it possible to change not only the values of the graduations but also the scale thereof.

Abstract: A method and system for applying constraints to a wireframe chain of curves for Computer-Aided Design (CAD) is disclosed, whereby a geometric constraint network can be expanded to include chains of curves as types of wireframe entities. As such, a chain of curves can be represented as one composite curve. As a result, a constraint solver can generate and/or maintain any constraint on a chain of curves, which enables the constraints to be solved while moving along the curves independently from the chain's geometry and topology changes.

Abstract: It is one object of the present invention to obtain a clear scaled image, without impairing the rough shape of fonts or the like, on a graphics screen that is handled by an information display device such as an LCD panel or a projector, and that includes a lot of stepped edges like thin lines.

Abstract: A system for browsing multidimensional information includes a digital data storage circuit 48 that stores the multidimensional information in a database and a digital logic circuit 44 that imports, manipulates and outputs the multidimensional information in the database in accordance with a mapping model maps each dimension of multidimensional information space to a location in abstract physical space, and a user interface 70 interactively accepts input from a user and, using the mapping model, renders a graphical representation 78 of the multidimensional information space. The graphical representation 78 is responsive to input of user-initiated restrictions on the multidimensional information space by effecting corresponding visible manifestations in the graphical representation 78.