| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 345650000 | Graphical user interface tools | 75 |
| 20130083074 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS UTILIZING HOVERING, IN PART, TO DETERMINE USER INTERFACE ORIENTATION - An apparatus for providing a user-friendly and reliable manner for orienting a user interface may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including detecting at least one pointer in association with one or more portions of a display. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to determine a location(s) of the pointer in relation to a user interface and analyze data of an image of the pointer at the location corresponding to the user interface to determine an orientation of a user in relation to the user interface. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to orient the user interface to display the user interface in an orientation that matches or corresponds to the determined orientation of the user in relation to the user interface. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130027433 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A USER INTERFACE STATE BETWEEN A LOCKED STATE AND AN UNLOCKED STATE - A user interface for an electronic device and method for managing a state between a locked state and an unlocked state of a user interface having a touch sensitive display are provided. The user interface has a controller including a state change module for switching the state of the user interface between the locked state and the unlocked state, when the state change module detects each of at least one display element in a respective unlock position, wherein the respective unlock position includes a placement within a respective predetermined area and a rotational direction in a respective predetermined orientation. In at least some instances, while in a locked state, a display element in a lock position can be transitioned to an unlock position and a display element in an unlock position can be transitioned to a lock position. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130093791 | TOUCHSCREEN SELECTION VISUAL FEEDBACK - Various embodiments are described for systems and methods for providing visual feedback indicating a touch selection of an element on a touch-sensitive display. In one example, the method may include displaying the element in a first orientation on the display. A rotation scaling factor may be established that is based on a distance between an element, point of reference and a display point of reference. Based on the rotation scaling factor, a rotation amount of the element is determined. When a touch selection of the element is received, the method includes rotating the element by the rotation amount to a second orientation, and displaying the element in the second orientation on the display. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093792 | Organizational Tools on a Multi-touch Display Device - 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. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130120459 | Display Device, Corresponding Systems, and Methods for Orienting Output on a Display - A display system includes a display and a control circuit operable with the display. The display is configured to provide visual output having a presentation orientation. When user input is received, the control circuit can alter the presentation orientation from an initial orientation in response to user input. When non-user events or device events are detected, the control circuit can revert the presentation orientation to the initial orientation in response to the non-user event or device event. Where the presentation orientation has a user input configuration associated therewith, the user input configuration can either be altered with the presentation orientation or retained in an initial disposition. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20090309899 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN VIDEO SOURCES - Method for switching from a first video source to a second video source, the first video source producing first video content being displayed to a user, and the second video source producing second video content, wherein a changing view of a polyhedron with first and second substantially rectangular surfaces is displayed starting with at least a view of the first surface and changing the direction under which the polyhedron is viewed until only the second surface is displayed; the first video content and the second video content are mapped on the first and second surfaces of the polyhedron, respectively, so that at least the first video content is displayed at least at the beginning of the changing view and the second video content is displayed at least at the end of the changing view. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20110261076 | Image Display Device, Method For Controlling Image Display Device, And Information Storage Medium - Provided is an image display device capable of easily displaying an image depicting the deep side of a point of gaze when an operation to change a pitch angle of a viewpoint is performed by a user. The image display device displays an image rendering a scene viewed from a viewpoint in a virtual space in a line of sight, and performs at least one of a process of moving a position of the viewpoint and a process of changing the line of sight, according to a viewpoint moving operation performed by the user. The image display device also calculates a position of a pitch angle change center point which exists on a straight line extending from the viewpoint in the line of sight, changes the pitch angle of the viewpoint about the pitch angle change center point according to the pitch angle change operation performed by the user, and changes the line of sight so that the line of sight is directed to the pitch angle change center point from the position of the viewpoint with the pitch angle thus changed. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20100201710 | STABILIZING IMAGES - A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium provides the ability to stabilize a series of two or more still images (i.e., a clip). The clip of image data is obtained. The clip is then analyzed to produce a set of source curves that represent a global movement detected in the clip. Each of the source curves is filtered to compute result curves. The source and result curves are then exposed and displayed to the user who may modify/tweak the curves as desired. Automatically, without additional user input, and without reanalyzing the original clip, the result curves are recomputed based on the user's changes. The original clip is then transformed into a result clip/series based on the source and result curves. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100277506 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING USER INTERFACE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system for adjusting user interfaces of electronic devices includes a sensor, a coordinate unit, a calculating unit, and a controlling unit. The sensor is operable to detect a rotation angle of the electronic device when the electronic device is rotated. After detecting the electronic device is rotated, the system further automatically adjusts the user interface of the electronic device by the coordinate unit, the calculating unit, and the controlling unit, so that at least two edges of the user interface are parallel to the horizon even if the electronic device is rotated. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110007095 | Image Display Device | 01-13-2011 |
| 20090184979 | Facilitating image-editing operations across multiple perspective planes - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates performing an image-editing operation across multiple perspective planes. During operation, the system receives a selection for a source area for the image-editing operation, wherein the source area spans one or more perspective planes. The system also receives a selection for a destination area for the image-editing operation, wherein the destination area spans one or more perspective planes. Next, the system defines one or more partial source areas for the one or more perspective planes spanned by the source area. The system also defines one or more partial destination areas for the one or more perspective planes spanned by the destination area. The system then applies the image-editing operation from each partial source area to each relevant partial destination area. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090051705 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY MEMORIZING PICTURE ORIENTATION - A method for automatically memorizing a picture orientation is disclosed. In this method, picture data are activated to display a picture image, and then the picture image is rotated by a display angle. After a picture feature based on the picture data is obtained, a feature record comprising the display angle and the picture feature is created. When the picture data are activated again, the feature record is provided, and then the picture image is displayed according to the feature record. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20110227947 | Multi-Touch User Interface Interaction - Multi-touch user interface interaction is described. In an embodiment, an object in a user interface (UI) is manipulated by a cursor and a representation of a plurality of digits of a user. At least one parameter, which comprises the cursor location in the UI, is used to determine that multi-touch input is to be provided to the object. Responsive to this, the relative movement of the digits is analyzed and the object manipulated accordingly. In another embodiment, an object in a UI is manipulated by a representation of a plurality of digits of a user. Movement of each digit by the user moves the corresponding representation in the UI, and the movement velocity of the representation is a non-linear function of the digit's velocity. After determining that multi-touch input is to be provided to the object, the relative movement of the representations is analyzed and the object manipulated accordingly. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20090085933 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method is provided. The image processing method is used for using a stream of drawing as an input on an image displayed on a display. The image processing method includes steps of identifying the input as a non-closed region input and performing an image rotation operation. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090256861 | Device and Method for Managing the Orientation of Information Being Displayed on the Screen of a Device - A hand-held device and method for managing the orientation of information being displayed on the screen of a hand-held device is provided for devices having a two part slidable housing including a first housing and a second housing where the two housings are adapted to slide separately in multiple directions relative to one another along a corresponding path substantially parallel to a front facing of the device between an opened position and a closed position. The method takes into account a detected use mode, such as whether the device is engaged in a voice call communication, and a detected device configuration to determine the orientation of the information to be displayed on the device screen. When the first housing is slid relative to the second housing between a closed position and an opened position in a first direction, the information is displayed having a portrait orientation. The information is displayed having a landscape orientation, when the first housing is slid relative to the second housing between a closed position and an opened position in a second direction. When the hand-held device is in a voice call and the first housing is slid relative to the second housing between an opened position and a closed position, the information is displayed having a portrait orientation. When the hand-held device is not in a voice call and the first housing is slid relative to the second housing between an opened position and a closed position, the orientation of the information being displayed is not changed. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100265269 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND A DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal includes: a display unit configured to display data on a screen; a rotation detecting unit configured to detect rotation of the portable terminal; a touch detecting unit configured to detect touch of the screen of the display unit; and a display control unit configured to, when rotation is detected by the rotation detecting unit and touch is detected by the touch detecting unit, revolve display content displayed on the screen in conformity with the rotation of the portable terminal. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100156939 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable electronic device having a display includes determining a first orientation of the portable electronic device, rendering a second screen on the display for a second orientation of the portable electronic device, and reconfiguring the display by rendering a first screen based on the first orientation of the portable electronic device if the portable electronic device is maintained in the first orientation. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100002015 | ORIENTATION-FOLLOWING DISPLAY APPARATUS, ORIENTATION-FOLLOWING DISPLAY METHOD, AND ORIENTATION-FOLLOWING DISPLAY PROGRAM - A display device has a screen that can be positioned in arbitrary postures including a reference posture relative to a space having a reference horizontal orientation. The screen has an xyz orthogonal coordinate system, and the posture of the screen in the space is defined by z-x-z Euler angles α, β, and γ of the xyz orthogonal coordinate system. The screen displays an image to enable recognition of the reference horizontal orientation of the space. A control device derives a specific parameter α+γ as an angle by which the image is rotated so that the reference horizontal orientation recognized from the image follows the reference horizontal orientation of the space when the image is displayed on the screen at arbitrary postures. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100164993 | Imaging Apparatus and Method of Controlling Imaging Apparatus - An imaging apparatus comprises a remote controller including no operating button and an imaging instrument including a display screen portion capable of displaying a first graphical user interface in association with movement of the remote controller. Selection item of the first graphical user interface is selected and determined on the basis of anteroposterior movement of the remote controller. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100013860 | Computer interface employing a manipulated object with absolute pose detection component and a display - A system that has a remote control, e.g., a wand, equipped with a relative motion sensor that outputs data indicative of a change in position of the wand. The system also has one or more light sources and a photodetector that detects their light and outputs data indicative of the detected light. The system uses one or more controllers to determine the absolute position of the wand based on the data output by the relative motion sensor and by the photodetector. The data enables determination of the absolute pose of the wand, which includes the absolute position of a reference point chosen on the wand and the absolute orientation of the wand. To properly express the absolute parameters of position and/or orientation of the wand a reference location is chosen with respect to which the calculations are performed. The system is coupled to a display that shows an image defined by a first and second orthogonal axes such as two axes belonging to world coordinates (X | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110012927 | TOUCH CONTROL METHOD - A touch control method for operating a touch screen includes: obtaining a to-be-operated object according to user's operations; detecting coordinates A(X | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110057955 | Apparatus and method for changing screen status in portable terminal - An apparatus and method controls a screen change in a portable terminal to modify a status (e.g., a screen shift to a specific region or a screen rotation) of a screen being displayed by using a simple touch input. The apparatus includes a screen change unit for displaying a center point for a screen rotation if a touch input is released. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20100079493 | METHOD FOR SELECTING AND MANIPULATING A GRAPHICAL OBJECT IN AN INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM, AND INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM EXECUTING THE METHOD - A method for selecting a graphic widget displayed on a background of an interactive input system comprises tracking one or more touch points associated with the background, and in the event that one or more touch points coincide with a location of the graphic widget, associating the coinciding touch points with the graphic widget. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20120032981 | Electronic Book With Configurable Display Panels - An electronic book capable of being configured of multiple display panels. Display panels having two-sided hinging capabilities—right and left sides of housing, wherein a user can add multiple display panels and hinge them together in various configurations. The display panels can be of various sizes and shapes, and are foldable upon each other when hinged together and being able to be rotated from 0° to 360°. Both images within the displays and the display panels themselves can be viewed and configured in a portrait orientation, or a landscape orientation, or an “Alarm Clock” orientation. Images can be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise depending upon signal input. Images can be also be “stretched” across multiple display panels. The electronic book is capable but not limited to the storing and presenting of electronic media such as, ebooks, ejournals, enewspapers, emagazines, video, and sound. Electronic book display panels can communicate over a network. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20110115820 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an operation input in a predetermined operation direction, and a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, first auxiliary information indicating the predetermined operation direction and second auxiliary information indicating a movement direction of display information with respect to the display unit, and to move the display information while moving the first auxiliary information in the movement direction in accordance with the operation input detected by the detection unit and moving the second auxiliary information in association with the movement of the first auxiliary information. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20100079494 | DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND EXTERNAL INPUT APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display system having a display apparatus and an external input apparatus, and a method of controlling the same. In the method an image is displayed on a display apparatus. A phase shift of an external input apparatus is detected. The detected phase shift is transmitted to the display apparatus, and the image displayed on the display apparatus is rotated based on the detected phase shift. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20110084985 | INPUT APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING AN INPUT FUNCTION, INPUT METHOD, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING AN INPUT FUNCTION - An input apparatus having an input surface touched by an object body at input time, the input apparatus includes: when a contact area of the object body on the input surface increases, an increase-direction detection section generating increase-direction information corresponding to the increase direction of the contact area; and when the contact area of the object body on the input surface is moved, a movement-direction detection section generating movement-direction information corresponding to the movement direction of the contact area. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110249030 | MAP DISPLAY DEVICE, MAP DISPLAY METHOD, MAP DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A map display apparatus includes a display that displays a map viewed at a given angle for bird's eye view with respect to the ground; a touch panel that is disposed on the display; a determining unit that determines strength of touch of an object on the touch panel; a display controller that controls a display format of the map displayed on the display, based on a result of determination by the determining unit, where the display controller scrolls the map when the strength of touch is at most a given strength, and changes the angle for bird's eye view when the strength of touch exceeds the given strength. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110148929 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAY CONTROL THEREOF - An electronic device comprises a slide detector on a rim of the electronic device to detect a slide gesture. The electronic device determines a rotation command for the slide gesture. If the gesture is clockwise, the corresponding rotation is clockwise and vice versa. Each rotation is 90 degrees to interchange the electronic device between a landscape view and a portrait view. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120032982 | Manipulation of Graphical Objects - Methods of manipulating graphical objects are described. One or more graphical objects are displayed in a fixed orientation with reference to a sensed reference direction. Manipulation is achieved by fixing the orientation or position of a displayed graphical object with reference to an apparatus, such as the display itself or a proxy device, detecting a change in orientation of that apparatus and editing the orientation of the graphical object based on the detected change. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120200604 | MAP DISPLAY DEVICE, MAP DISPLAY METHOD AND MAP DISPLAY PROGRAM - The map display device may be a mobile terminal device, and a map is displayed on the display unit. The display unit may be a liquid crystal display device of touch-panel type, and detects the contact position of the contact body such as a user's finger, a touch pen or else. When plural contact bodies contact the display unit, the display mode is changed from the normal display mode to the map rotation mode based on the movement amounts of the contact bodies. In the map rotation mode, the displayed map is rotated and displayed based on the movement amount of the contact position of the contact body. When only one contact body is in contact with the display unit after the change to the map rotation mode, the displayed map is rotated and displayed based on the movement amount of the contact position of the one contact body. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200603 | Pointer Tool for Touch Screens - Pointing tools for use in connection with touch screen displays are described. The pointing tools are provided with a visually offset pointer tip that can be rotated easily by user manipulation provided to the computing device through an interface. The pointing tools may include one or more buttons. The button(s) may be visually connected with the pointing tool on the display screen and/or logically associated therewith. The pointing tools described provide for accurate and precise inputs, and are useful in many applications, such as those where fine positioning and input within a touch screen environment is desirable. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20110164057 | NAVIGATING IN GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE ON HANDHELD DEVICES - The invention relates to presenting and browsing in metadata on handheld display devices such as music/mp3 players mobile phones, PDA's, digital cameras. A graphical user interface (GUI) accesses metadata arranged in different categories and determines a hierarchical order of this. A metadata category is shown in a menu of category entries in a separate pane on the GUI. Rotation of the device is detected by a rotation sensor, and upon rotation the pane with the menu being browsed before rotation is maintained in the GUI, and at least one pane a menu representing a hierarchical super- or sub-category of the category being browsed before rotation is added or removed. This allows the user to expand or collapse metadata categories shown in the GUI by rotating the device. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20100302277 | Image Modification for Web Pages - Provided is a method of providing a feature in a web browser that enables a user to adjust a downloaded image to correctly display on the user's computer screen. The disclosed technology provides a mechanism that enables a user to adjust images in a web page. The claimed subject matter provides “rotate” buttons, displayed in conjunction with the particular image, so that the user can rotate the image into an appropriate orientation. In addition, a “sizing” button or buttons are provided. Different web pages may display differently on different computer screens, depending upon both the size of the screen and the size of the window in which the web page is displayed. The disclosed technology enables a user to adjust, in addition to the rotation, the size of an image so that the image displays properly and completely on the user's screen and in the corresponding window. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100060664 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH AN INCLINOMETER - A method is disclosed that includes detecting a change in an inclination at a panel of an electronic device. The panel has a display surface. The method also includes detecting a rotation of the panel from a first orientation to a second orientation. The method also includes automatically redrawing an image displayed at the display surface responsive to the rotation when the change in the inclination of the panel does not exceed a threshold during the rotation. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100026719 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a display unit displaying an image; an operation input receiving unit receiving a user's operation performed on the display unit; and a display control unit carrying out display control when the operation input receiving unit receives a predetermined operation, the display control allowing the state of the display on the display unit to transit from one of a first state of display in which an image is displayed as the front side of a card and a second state of display in which an additional information image including one or more pieces of additional information associated with the image is displayed as the rear side of the card to the other. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100295870 | MULTI-SOURCE MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM - This invention related to a clinical connectivity device coupled to a display. The clinical connectivity device comprises a user interface configured to select a display format; a controller configured to receive commands from the user interface and for controlling operation of the clinical connectivity device; and a selector coupled to the controller and an adjuster. The selector is configured to receive input signals of graphics, image, video, audio or data from devices in a clinical setting and is further configured to select a signal to be transmitted to an adjuster based on the input signal format. The adjuster is coupled to the controller and the display for matching the received signal format to the display format. The adjuster comprises a temporal combiner configured to combine synchronous and asynchronous received signals; a spatial combiner configured to place graphics, image, video or data; a scaler for geometric scaling and non-geometric scaling of graphics, image, video or data; and a rotation component configured to rotate graphics, image, video or data. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20120038674 | Multi-Touch User Input Based on Multiple Quick-Point Controllers - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving first input from a first quick-point controller in a keypad that comprises a plurality of keys; receiving second input from a second quick-point controller in the keypad; and rendering a multi-touch gesture on a display associated with the keypad based on the first and second input. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120098863 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A FLEXIBLE USER INTERFACE - A method and apparatus for creating a flexible display for a user interface device is disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes processing graphical icon information for the user interface device, wherein each graphical icon corresponds with at least one operation on the user interface device, coupling the graphical icon information with gravity information, wherein the each graphical icon maps to at least one gravitational attribute, wherein the at least one gravitational attribute corresponds with motion of the graphical icon relative to the user interface device and in response to an orientation change of the user interface device, generating the each graphical icon at a position determined by the at least one gravitational attribute. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120001942 | Display Device and Arrangement Method of OSD Switches - A display device in the invention comprises an OSP section and OSD switches | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120007891 | HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE PRESENTING METHOD, HANDHELD DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A human-machine interface presenting method, a handheld device using the same, and a computer readable medium thereof are provided. The human-machine interface presenting method is adapted to the handheld device and includes following steps. A first content generated according to a first attribute set is displayed. When a change in the orientation of the handheld device is detected, a second attribute set is generated according to the change, and a second content different from the first content is displayed according to the second attribute set, where the first attribute set and the second attribute set contain at least an identical attribute. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120113147 | METHOD OF OPERATING A DEVICE - A method of operating a device comprises defining a plurality of selectable menu options, causing the device to display an arrangement of a subset of the selectable menu options and causing the device to rotate the arrangement such that one or more of the plurality of selectable menu options forming part of the subset are ceased to be displayed and such as to cause the device to display one or more of the plurality of selectable menu options that do not form part of the subset of the selectable menu options. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120026197 | Method and Apparatus for Viewing Content on a Mobile Computing Device - Methods and apparatus for changing the display of content on a mobile computing device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium, encoded with processor readable instructions to perform a method of changing a content display on a mobile computing device screen comprises operatively receiving and processing a first signal comprising visual content and displaying at least a portion of the visual content on screen. In additional a second signal is provided from at least one sensor and the mobile computing device is subsequently moved, the second signal is processed and the display of the at least a portion of the visual content on the mobile computing device screen is changed relative to the movement of the device. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20110102464 | METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTI-TOUCH GESTURES ON A SINGLE-TOUCH TOUCH SURFACE - Methods for activating multi-touch functionality by recognizing and processing multi-touch interactions on a touch surface of non-multi-touch computing devices. The computing device may detect a jump from the location of the first touch event to determine that a multiple touch gesture is being traced. Virtual touch events are detected and stored. Using mathematical formulae, parameters are calculated based on initial and subsequent virtual touch event locations. Based on these parameters the multi-touch functionality is determined, such as a zooming or rotating function. A transform factor may be determined and applied to the image display. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20120212510 | USER INTERFACE PANEL - The present disclosure provides a method of modifying a user interface on a display relative to a user, comprising: detecting a position of a user's eyes relative to a user interface (UI) viewing surface, wherein the detecting includes sensors selected from the group consisting of proximity sensors, web cams, and face recognition scanners; wherein the detecting further includes detecting the position of the user's eyes relative to the user interface; adjusting the UI's viewing surface for altered viewing based on the position of the user's eyes; and, wherein the adjusting comprises a software algorithm for switching on and off semi-transparent pixels in the UI viewing surface for viewing the UI by the user at a viewing angle from about 20 degrees to about 90 degrees. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120162262 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information processor includes a display module, an acceleration detector, a knocking operation detector, a specifying module, and a processing module. The display module displays information. The acceleration detector detects acceleration generated in the information processor. The knocking operation detector detects that a knocking operation is performed on the information processor based on a detection result of the acceleration detector. The specifying module specifies, among sides of a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on the display screen of the display module, a side on which the knocking operation detected by the knocking operation detector is performed. The processing module performs a process associated in advance with the side of the GUI specified by the specifying module. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20090058882 | Screen Display Device - The present invention is a screen display device ( | 03-05-2009 |
| 20100271398 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING DIGITAL IMAGES ON A COMPUTER DISPLAY - The present invention provides a user interface for manipulating digital images. The interface includes a display arranged to display at least one digital image. The at least one image has a front side and at least one opposing side displayable to a user, the front and each one of the opposing sides having at least one detection portion. The detection portion is arranged to detect a manipulation request by the user and, on detection of the request, initiate a routine whereby a displayed side is rotated from view and at least one opposing side is displayed. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20120256960 | DEFINING MOTION IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - Some embodiments of the invention provide a method that defines movement in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer system. This method detects an interaction between a cursor and a first object in the GUI. Based on this interaction, the method moves a second object in the GUI. In some embodiments, the movement of the second object is a rotational movement within the GUI. In other embodiments, the second object's movement is a translation movement, such as a rectilinear translation movement or a curvilinear translation movement. Also, in some embodiments, the second object relates to a special effect that is applied to another object in the GUI. For instance, in some embodiments, the second object is a shadow of a third object in the GUI. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120274662 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE BASED ON TOUCH PRESSURE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - A method for providing a User Interface (UI) based on a touch pressure and an electronic device using the same are provided. The UI providing method of the electronic device detects a touch pressure of a single touch input through a touch screen of the electronic device, and controls the electronic device based on the touch pressure. Since various UIs can be provided based on the touch pressure applied by the user in the touch screen, user convenience and entertainment can be improved. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130016126 | DRAWING AID SYSTEM FOR MULTI-TOUCH DEVICESAANM Wang; TaoAACI ShanghaiAACO CNAAGP Wang; Tao Shanghai CNAANM Brown; Hans-FrederickAACI MontrealAACO CAAAGP Brown; Hans-Frederick Montreal CA - A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product/article of manufacture provide the ability to enable and use a tool implement on a multi-touch device. The tool implements may be activated and deactivated using the borders of touch-sensitive region of a multi-touch device. The tool implement can be positioned in the display area (e.g., by dragging grips of the tool) and then used (in combination with a touch gesture to perform an operation. The tool implement may be a drawing aid tool that is used to remap a user's stroke gesture to a defined stroke that is displayed. | 01-17-2013 |
| 345651000 | Alignment functions (e.g., snapping, gravity) | 6 |
| 20130100167 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF ORIENTATION OF INFORMATION PRESENTED BASED UPON DEVICE USE STATE - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to enable the provision of a mechanism by which an orientation of information presented may be maintained based upon a use state of a device, regardless of a physical display orientation. A method may include determining a physical orientation, determining whether the physical display orientation warrants a change of orientation of information presented, and determining whether a use state precludes a change of the orientation of the information presented based upon the physical display orientation. The method may further maintain the orientation of the information presented in response to a physical display orientation that warrants a change of the orientation of the information presented in an instance in which the use state is determined to preclude the change of the orientation of the information presented based on the physical display orientation. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20080259094 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE ADAPTED TO CHANGE OPERATION MODE - A portable electronic device adapted to change its operation mode is disclosed. When a rotation of the portable electronic device is detected, the operation mode is changed according to the angle of rotation, and a user interface corresponding to the changed operation mode is output by a display unit. This method intuitively changes the mode based on a rotation of the device without requiring a complicated and unnecessary key input, and provides a more convenient and faster user interface. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20110164058 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface with Interactive Popup Views - A method of operating a multifunction device includes: displaying a respective view of a first application on the touch screen display, detecting a first touch gesture within the respective view, and in response to detecting the first touch gesture, displaying a popup view of the first application partially covering the respective view of the first application. The popup view corresponds to a full-screen-width view in a corresponding first application on a second multifunction device having a touch screen display with lower resolution than the touch screen display of the first multifunction device. The method further includes: detecting one or more second touch gestures within the popup view, and in response to detecting the one or more second touch gestures within the popup view, performing an action in the first application that updates a state of the first application. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20120062598 | IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS - The image displaying apparatus of the present invention provides a first display mode in which a first display region for one screen image is formed in a display screen, with the short side direction of the display screen aligned with the vertical direction; and a second display mode in which a first display region and a second display region for two screen images are formed in the display screen, with the long side direction of the display screen aligned with the vertical direction, and the first display region and the second display region formed such that they are arranged up and down. According to this configuration, when images are displayed in a double screen, each image can be displayed as large as possible. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120313970 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND OPERATION INTERVAL SETTING METHOD - A disclosed portable terminal includes: an inclination measurement unit that measures an inclination of the portable terminal; a change unit that change a display direction of contents to be displayed on a display screen of the portable terminal according to a state of a user holding the portable terminal; an operation interval setting unit that sets an operation interval of the change unit based on change of the inclination over time, which was measured by the inclination measurement unit; and an operation controller that causes the change unit to operate at intervals that were set by the operation interval setting unit. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120081402 | VIRTUAL LEVEL FOR A DIGITAL CAMERA - A method of and apparatus for generating a reference line or a virtual level enables tilt correction of an image. A user is able to utilize the reference line to see how an image should be oriented for the objects within the image to be level. The user is able to then correct the tilt of the image as desired using the reference line for assistance. | 04-05-2012 |
| 345652000 | Constrained manipulations (e.g., movement in less than all dimensions) | 9 |
| 20120162263 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SLIDING DISPLAY AND POSITION CONFIGURABLE CAMERA - A handheld electronic device having a movable display screen is used to capture image data. The movable display screen is movable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position a first portion of the display screen is hidden from view and a second portion of the display screen is viewable, and in the second position the first portion and the second portion of the display screen are viewable, the handheld electronic device having an image sensor, an orientation sensor for sensing an orientation of the handheld electronic device, and at least one position sensor for sensing a position of the display screen. Device orientation information is received from the orientation sensor, display screen position information is received from the position sensor and image data is received from the image sensor representing an image. An image orientation for the image is determined in dependence on both the display screen position information and the device orientation information. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120182319 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANGING A DISPLAY DIRECTION OF A SCREEN - A system for changing the display direction of a screen includes a gravity sensor, a control key unit, a display control unit, and a control mode choice unit. The gravity sensor is adapted to generate gravity-sensing signals according to the orientation of the screen. The control key unit is adapted to generate a control instruction. The control mode choice unit is connected to the gravity sensor and the control key unit. The control mode choice unit is adapted to send either the gravity sensed signal from the gravity sensor or the control instruction from the control key unit to the display control unit. The display control unit is adapted to control the display direction of the screen according to either the gravity sensed signal or the control instruction. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120218305 | Systems and Methods for Manipulating User Annotations in Electronic Books - An electronic book system provides interfaces particularly suited to students' use of textbooks. A finger press on a touch screen produces a contextual menu with user choices that relate to where the finger was pressed or what the user was recently doing with the book. A student provisionally navigates through a book by a specific gesture which, when it stops, returns the user to the previous position in the book. Annotations are displayed and hidden using specific gestures and through selective movement of the reader as sensed by its accelerometer. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120105481 | TOUCH CONTROL METHOD AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - A portable terminal and method capable of detecting a touch event unintended by a user to control unnecessary touch so that a corresponding touch event is not applied are provided. The touch control method includes collecting at least one touch event of a touch panel, determining location information of the at least one collected touch event, and applying a touch event by disregarding the collected touch event when the location information is an invalid region. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20090066728 | Device and Method for Screen Rotation on a Touch-Screen Display - In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a device with a touch screen display is disclosed. In the method, a multifinger twisting gesture is detected on or near the touch screen display. The multifinger twisting gesture has a corresponding degree of rotation. A 90° screen rotation command is executed if the corresponding degree of rotation exceeds a predefined degree of rotation. A screen rotation command with an acute angle of rotation is executed and, upon ceasing to detect the multifinger twisting gesture, a screen rotation command with an angle of rotation opposite to the acute angle is executed if the corresponding degree of rotation is less than the predefined degree of rotation. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090027420 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic equipment includes a main body, a display screen, an orientation sensing module and a display controlling module. The display screen is arranged on the main body for displaying an image in an original orientation. The orientation sensing module includes a first elongated chamber, a first sensing unit, a second sensing unit, an opaque medium partially filled in the first elongated chamber and an air pocket received in the first elongated chamber. The display controlling module is configured for deviating the displayed image at a given angle clockwise or counterclockwise from the original orientation of the image. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20100214319 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect portrait/landscape orientation of the apparatus, a retrieval unit configured to retrieve, out of a plurality of image data, image data oriented according to the detected orientation, a display unit, and a control unit configured to display on the display unit an image relating to the retrieved image data. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100026720 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE, VIEW ANGLE CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A mobile phone ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20120262489 | Relative and Absolute Screen Rotation Draft Agent - An approach is provided where a request is received to rotate graphical objects displayed on a display screen from a first orientation to a second orientation, the request received from a user operating the machine. The second orientation of the graphical objects is calculated based on a rotational reference that is included in the request. The graphical objects are then displayed on the display screen at the calculated second orientation, with the second orientation being visually rotated from the first orientation. | 10-18-2012 |
| 345653000 | 3D manipulations | 7 |
| 20100091038 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INPUT PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREON AND NPUT PROCESSING DEVICE - An input processing device including a display screen and a pointing device for inputting corresponding 2-dimensional coordinates on the display screen. A 3-dimensional space is displayed on the display screen and the 2-dimensional coordinates inputted from the pointing device are detected. Next, shift amounts, per unit of time, of the detected 2-dimensional coordinates are calculated based on a predetermined calculation start condition. And the calculated shift amounts are converted to 3-dimensional coordinate shift amounts in the 3-dimensional space. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100053219 | Panning In A Three Dimensional Environment On A Mobile Device - This invention relates to panning in a three dimensional environment on a mobile device. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method for navigating a virtual camera in a three dimensional environment on a mobile device having a touch screen. A user input is received indicating that an object has touched a first point on a touch screen of the mobile device and the object has been dragged to a second point on the touch screen. A first target location in the three dimensional environment is determined based on the first point on the touch screen. A second target location in the three dimensional environment is determined based on the second point on the touch screen. Finally, a three dimensional model is moved in the three dimensional environment relative to the virtual camera according to the first and second target locations. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20080309680 | Noise Cancellation Device for an Image Signal Processing System - A noise cancellation device for an image signal processing system includes a receiving end for receiving image signals, a 3D filtering unit for adjusting a filtering parameter according to a motion estimation value, and filtering the image signals and a former filtering result for generating a current filtering result, a motion detection unit for comparing the former filtering result and the image signals, so as to generate a current motion factor and the motion estimation value according to a former motion factor, a memory unit for receiving and storing the current filter result and the current motion factor as the former filtering result and the former motion factor, and an output end for outputting the current filtering result provided by the 3D filtering unit. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20100045703 | User Interface Gestures For Moving a Virtual Camera On A Mobile Device - This invention relates to user interface gestures for moving a virtual camera on a mobile device. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method navigates a virtual camera in a three dimensional environment on a mobile device having a touch screen. A user input is received indicating that two objects have touched a view of the mobile device and the two objects have moved relative to each other. A speed of the objects is determined based on the user input. A speed of the virtual camera is determined based on the speed of the objects. The virtual camera is moved relative to the three dimensional environment according to the speed of the virtual camera. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20120056900 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFACING - A method and apparatus for interfacing includes outputting at least one object to a display embodying a three-dimensional space and determining a radius of rotation of the at least one object, based on a distance between the at least one object and a rotation axis in the three-dimensional space. The method and apparatus further include controlling the at least one object to rotate around the rotation axis based on the radius of rotation when a rotation command for the at least one object is received. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120229514 | TRANSITIONING PRESENCE INDICATION THROUGH ANIMATION - Presence indication representing a variety of presence information is transitioned through an animation into another indication upon detecting a presence status update event. The animation takes a variety of forms such as rotation, enlargement, or reduction of the initial presence indication. The animation completes within a predetermined time period or a dynamic time period, which is adjusted based on a time period between user interactions with the client application. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20100214320 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL THROUGH MOTION RECOGNITION - An apparatus and a method for changing a screen mode depending on a posture and movement of a terminal are provided. A motion sensor measures a value of a three-axis sensor that changes depending on the posture or movement of the terminal, and transfers the measured value to the controller. A storage stores a plurality of screen modes corresponding to the posture or movement of the terminal. A controller determines the posture or movement of the terminal using the value of the three-axis sensor transferred from the motion sensor, and maintains the current screen mode a change in one of three axes is greater than the other two axes which indicates a user did not intended to switch the screen mode. | 08-26-2010 |
| 345654000 | 2D manipulations | 2 |
| 20100309228 | Displaying Multi-Dimensional Data Using a Rotatable Object - Effective display of data organized along multiple dimensions on a device having a display area that is small compared to the amount of data being shown in the chart is provided. A three-dimensional object that can be rotated along various axes of rotation is displayed in a particular orientation, displaying information related to a data point. Rotation of the object causes the object to be displayed in a different orientation thereby displaying information related to a different data point. The coordinates of the new data point displayed are determined based on the original coordinates and the direction and amount of rotation of the object. In one embodiment, a data arranged along two-dimensions is associated with a cube that can be rotated vertically or horizontally. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100020101 | PRESENTING DYNAMIC GRIDS - Grids are commonly used to provide an environment for users to orient objects within a drawing program. The properties of a grid are usually defined and set at the time the grid is created and do not change. An effective way to provide a useful grid that can adapt to objects a user has drawn is provided herein by presenting a dynamic grid on a display. The dynamic grid may adjust grid properties, such as the position of the origin, the angle of the grid, the size of gridline spacing, the coordinate mode, etc. The new grid properties are adjusted to accommodate what the user may draw next, based upon what the user previously drew. | 01-28-2010 |
