| PROMETHEAN LIMITED Patent applications |
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| 20120117517 | USER INTERFACE - A method of controlling a user interface comprising the steps of: detecting movement of a contact continuously between a first contact point at which contact is made and a second contact point at which contact is released; determining a state of a selection/de-selection mode of operation in dependence on: a line traced between the first contact point and the second contact point traversing one of more objects of an application layer; the first contact point not being co-incident with an object of the application layer; and the second contact point not being coincident with an object of the application layer. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120008104 | MOBILE STAND FOR INTERACTIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM - There is disclosed an interactive whiteboard system including a mobile stand, an interactive surface, and a projector, wherein the mobile stand is adapted to support the interactive surface, and wherein the mobile stand further includes a support arm which extends away from the plane of the interactive surface to support a projector head of the projector in a position in front of the interactive surface, wherein the projector head is rotatable relative to the support arm between a use position in which images projected from the projector head are displayed on the interactive display surface and a non-use position in which the dimension of the system in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the interactive surface is reduced in the non-use position compared to the said dimension in the use position. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120001945 | Fine Object Positioning - There is disclosed a method of controlling the positioning of an object displayed on an interactive display surface, in which interactive display surface the display resolution is greater than the detection resolution, the method comprising: determining selection of a displayed object on the interactive display surface; detecting movement of an input at the interactive display surface associated with the selected displayed object; and in an object transformation mode, moving at least one displayed pixel of the selected displayed object by a distance which is less than the distance of the detected movement of the detected input. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110181507 | TOUCH-SURFACE WITH MOUSE-OVER FUNCTIONALITY - There is disclosed an input system for controlling a display, comprising: an input device including: an interactive surface, for detecting a contact point thereon, the interactive surface being associated with the display such that a location on the interactive surface corresponds to a location on the display; excitation means for generating an excitation signal; and sensing means for sensing a response to the excitation signal; and a pointing device including means for responding to the excitation signal; and wherein an input condition of the input device is determined in dependence on whether the interactive surface detects a contact point and whether the sensing means receives a response from the pointing device. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110050611 | INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD FOR PRIVATE USE - There is disclosed a method of controlling a computer system, which computer system is adapted to receive inputs from an interactive display surface and one or more other input devices, the computer system being further adapted to display images on the interactive display surface and a further display surface, the interactive display surface and the further display surface forming a contiguous desktop display for the computer system, the method comprising:
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| 20110050610 | DYNAMIC SWITCHING OF INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD DATA - There is disclosed a method for controlling a computer system, which computer system is adapted to receive touch data and non-touch data, the method comprising the steps of: receiving input data from an interactive display surface; and selectively delivering the input data from the interactive display surface to an interface of an operating system of the computer system as either touch data or non-touch data. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110016435 | JOIN OBJECTS - There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20100321345 | DUAL PEN SYSTEM - There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321294 | STRETCH OBJECTS - There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100318944 | AUTOMATIC TOOL DOCK - There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315338 | DUPLICATE OBJECTS - There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100295784 | DUAL-PEN: MASTER-SLAVE - There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295779 | GESTURE RECOGNITION - There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100289742 | MOVEABLE DESKTOP - There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289741 | DUAL PEN: OS/APPLICATION PENS - There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100218126 | CONTENT DRIVEN APPLICATION STATE - A method of creating a document using a software application. The method includes creating content for the document and also includes determining a state of the software application for the created content. The method further includes associating the determined state of the software application with the created content. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100211902 | INTERACTIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM - There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100132034 | REGISTRATION FOR INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD - There is provided a method of controlling a computer system of an interactive display system, comprising: predetermining one or more positions on an interactive display of the interactive display system; displaying an image representing the predetermined one or more positions; receiving data identifying one or more detected positions selected on the interactive display; comparing the detected positions and the predetermined positions, wherein in dependence on a match the computer system registers the interactive display with the computer systems. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20090015798 | Mounting for Interactive Display System - The subject invention concerns a display system comprising an interactive display surface and a projector for projecting images onto the display surface. The display surface and the projector are movable in a vertical direction. Calibration between an image projected from the projector and displayed on the interactive display surface is maintained. Following movement of the display screen and the projector, no re-calibration of the interactive display is required. The movement in a vertical direction is between at least two positions for projecting images onto the display surface. The movement may be continuously between said two positions or in discrete steps. | 01-15-2009 |
