Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
715862000 | Proximity detection | 38 |
20080235633 | EVALUATING SOFTWARE TEST COVERAGE - A computer-implementable method, system and computer media are presented for calculating software test coverage of a Graphical User Interface (GUI). In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of: detecting an activation of a monitored active area in a GUI; recording the activation and a name of a user who activated the monitored active area; recording an order of any prior and subsequent activations of active areas in the GUI, wherein the prior and subsequent activations are performed prior to and subsequent to the activation of the monitored active area; recording any errors associated with the activation of the monitored active area; recording a total number of times that the monitored active area was activated during a pre-determined test period; and creating a report that describes test results for the monitored active area. | 09-25-2008 |
20090007024 | METHOD FOR OPERATING MENU OF MULTIMEDIA DISK - A method for operating a menu of a multimedia disk is provided. The method includes first selecting an item in the menu as a focus point and using a cursor controller for moving a cursor in the menu. An input event issued by the cursor controller is then translated into an input event of a key on a keyboard based on a relative position between the cursor and the focus point, so as to shift or select a target title. Consequently, a user can operate the menu of the multimedia disk in a computer system by using the cursor controller, and the convenience of operating the menu can be improved. | 01-01-2009 |
20090031257 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ATTRACTIVE LINKS | 01-29-2009 |
20090055779 | Operation Image Displaying Device and Recording Medium Storing a Program for Displaying Operation Image - An operation image displaying device is provided with a displaying unit configured to display an operation image including operation input areas for inputting operations commands, a pointer displaying unit configured to show a pointer, which points a position on the displaying unit in accordance with an operation of a user, a distance detecting unit configured to detect a distance between the pointer and one of the operation image and the operation input areas; | 02-26-2009 |
20090132969 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED INITIATION OF SEARCH QUERIES FROM COMPUTER DISPLAYED CONTENT - A method for generating search queries automatically from document text or other media objects based on a minimum of user interaction (FIG. | 05-21-2009 |
20090164949 | Hybrid Contextual Advertising Technique - At least one technique is disclosed for presenting information to a first end user via a first display of a client system, the client system being communicatively coupled to a computer network. In at least one embodiment, the method includes: displaying, at the first display, during a first time interval, a first portion of displayed content, wherein the displaying of the first portion of displayed content includes displaying a first portion of original web page content at the first display in accordance with instructions for modifying the displayed appearance of the first portion of original web page content; detecting a location of a cursor displayed at the first display being positioned over a first specific portion of the first portion of displayed content; and automatically displaying, during a second time interval and in response to detecting the location of the cursor being positioned over the first specific portion of the first portion of displayed content, a first overlay layer at the first display, wherein the display of the first overlay layer includes displaying, at the first overlay layer, first and second portions of contextually related information; wherein the first portion of contextually related information includes video content which is contextually related to the first portion of original web page content; and wherein the second portion of contextually related information includes a first portion of text which is contextually related to the first portion of original web page content. | 06-25-2009 |
20090164950 | Spotlight Cursor - An apparatus and method is disclosed for displaying a secondary layer of information in a graphical user interface where the second layer of information is revealed when a point on the circumference defined by radius “r” originating at the x,y coordinates of the cursor covers a point in a secondary content of the second layer. The circumference may be set to trigger appearance of secondary content gradually, all at once or to trigger the appearance of all secondary content in a predefined zone. | 06-25-2009 |
20090293021 | INPUT CONTROL DEVICE - An input control device for enabling the user to perform predetermined operation for an icon simply by performing move operation of a pointer without button operation is provided. An operation selection area generation section | 11-26-2009 |
20100083187 | INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A game apparatus as one example of an information processing apparatus includes an LCD, a touch panel provided to the LCD, and a CPU core. The CPU core displays a “Yes” button to which a command of allowing save of temporarily-stored sound data is assigned, on the LCD. When a designating operation of an arbitrary position within the displayed button is performed with a stick or the like, which position within the button is designated is specified through a touch panel, a condition is set to the command on the basis of the specified position, and information processing in relation to the command is executed according to the set condition. | 04-01-2010 |
20100146456 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, BROWSING METHOD, AND BROWSING PROGRAM - A browsing method by which within-site browsing and within-screen browsing can be switched over to each other without making the user conscious of it is provided. A control means superposes and superposingly displays a Web page and a pointer moving in response to the operation applied to a pointing device ( | 06-10-2010 |
20100162176 | REDUCED COMPLEXITY USER INTERFACE - A reduced complexity user interface is described. In an embodiment, a user interface module causes an animation of a pile of objects on a user interface display. The pile of objects to expand from a contracted form when a pointer approaches a boundary of the pile on the user interface display. The user interface module to determine two closest objects in the pile of objects that correspond with the pointer on the user interface display and to move the two closest objects to the pointer to visually indicate an insertion point into the pile. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-24-2010 |
20100241998 | VIRTUAL OBJECT MANIPULATION - Systems, methods and computer readable media are disclosed for manipulating virtual objects. A user may utilize a controller, such as his hand, in physical space to associate with a cursor in a virtual environment. As the user manipulates the controller in physical space, this is captured by a depth camera. The image data from the depth camera is parsed to determine how the controller is manipulated, and a corresponding manipulation of the cursor is performed in virtual space. Where the cursor interacts with a virtual object in the virtual space, that virtual object is manipulated by the cursor. | 09-23-2010 |
20100293510 | WEBPAGE MAGNIFIER/FORMATTER USING CSS PROPERTIES AND CURSOR/MOUSE LOCATION - An approach is provided that receives web page data at a network adapter included in an information handling system. A process identifies a first set style sheets that apply to the web page data and a second set of style sheets that apply to graphical elements that are within a predefined proximity area of a cursor that is displayed on the information handling system's display screen. The process displays graphical elements that are outside the predefined proximity area using the first set of style sheets and simultaneously displays a second set of elements that are within the predefined proximity area using the second set of style sheets. | 11-18-2010 |
20100333041 | AUTOMATIC MAPPING OF POINTING DEVICES TO MULTIPLE DISPLAYS - An automatic pointing device mapping method ( | 12-30-2010 |
20100333042 | DISPLAY DATA OUTPUT DEVICE - Provided is a display data output apparatus for outputting a display image to be displayed on a screen. In order to reduce a time until the displayed image is displayed after input is received from a user, the display data output apparatus assigns priorities to a plurality of display objects that each have a possibility of being displayed subsequent to a current display state based on a predetermined assignment method, and sequentially generates a plurality of display data pieces according to the priorities. For example, the display data pieces are generated, starting from the one that requires a long time to be generated. | 12-30-2010 |
20110004852 | Electronic Medical Record System For Dermatology - The disclosure provides an electronic medical records system for dermatology. The electronic medical records system uses visual workflow methods instead of text based methods. Health professionals are able to identify skin areas and graphically record skin locations in a template. These locations in the template are a visual representation of the patient's condition. The locations are linked to identifiers which may include data and information. | 01-06-2011 |
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 |
20110061028 | Digital Media Asset Browsing with Audio Cues - Methods, systems and apparatus for image-based browsing through a plurality of digital media assets assisted by media cues are disclosed. The media cues can be provided by playback of short audio segments, referred to as snippets, of the digital media assets being browsed. The digital media assets can be grouped into collections of digital media assets. In one embodiment, as a user browses through digital media assets using visual representations of the collections of digital media assets, media cues can be provided. | 03-10-2011 |
20110083109 | Electronic Whiteboard - A method and apparatus for use with an electronic display system including a display surface wherein the system is capable of identifying a touch location on at least a portion of the display surface of a contact with the display surface, the display surface having a display area, the method for moving a cursor icon about at least a portion of the display area and comprising the steps of identifying first and second areas within the display area having first and second area surfaces, respectively, sensing a touch location on the first area surface and presenting a cursor icon on the second area surface as a function of the touch location on the first area surface. | 04-07-2011 |
20120185805 | Presenting Visual Indicators of Hidden Objects - Generating for display an indicator of hidden objects in response to user input is disclosed. An input for moving a pointer presented in a user interface toward a first virtual boundary is received. The movement of the pointer toward the first virtual boundary is generated for display. An action is triggered in response to receiving input for movement of the pointer across the first virtual boundary after the pointer crosses the first virtual boundary. An object is generated for display in the user interface in response to receiving input for movement of the pointer across a second virtual boundary. | 07-19-2012 |
20130042208 | CURSOR FOR ENHANCED INTERACTION WITH USER INTERFACE CONTROLS - A method for enhanced cursor interaction with a user interface (UI) control, including: detecting a hover event by a cursor within a hot spot region of the UI control within a user interface, wherein the user interface is displayed on a display device; initiating a handle mode for the cursor in response to detecting the hover event; and extending the hot spot region beyond an initial boundary in response to initiating the handle mode. | 02-14-2013 |
20130086530 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING USER INTERACTION WITH DISPLAYED INFORMATION - A method of enhancing user interaction with content displayed on a display of a touch screen device is provided. The method includes displaying at least one enhanced cursor within a viewable area of the display, the at least one enhanced cursor having a predefined action associated therewith, and receiving a selection of the at least one enhanced cursor. The method also includes detecting movement of the selected at least one enhance cursor onto displayed content, and executing the predefined action on the content. The method may further include detecting a subject matter of content being displayed on a display of a device coupled to the processor. Furthermore, a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for execution by a processor that cause the processor to perform the provided method may also be provided. | 04-04-2013 |
20130125065 | FILE FORMAT CONVERSION OF AN INTERACTIVE ELEMENT IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, in a graphical user interface, an interactive element in a first file format, such as hypertext markup extension language, may be converted into a second file format, such as portable document format, wherein the interactivity of the interactive element may be preserved in the conversion process. | 05-16-2013 |
20130125066 | Adaptive Area Cursor - Described is a technology by which a user's cursor movement is assisted to help select elements of a user interface that may be otherwise difficult to target. An area cursor is provided that may intersect more than one element. If so, a computation result (e.g., a percentage) is computed for each intersected element that is based upon intersection with the cursor and a total size of the element; the largest percentage intersection is selected. The computation (e.g., intersected area divided by total element area) favors smaller elements as they have a smaller area in the denominator. Also described is changing the cursor size to help hit elements and/or based upon one or more criteria. Still further described is determining the total size of an element based upon weighting, in addition to or instead of the element's actual size. Weighting may be based upon one or more criteria. | 05-16-2013 |
20130125067 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF CURSOR - A display apparatus and method capable of controlling the movement of a cursor are provided. The display apparatus includes an input unit which receives a cursor movement command; a display unit which displays a cursor and at least one object on a screen and moves the cursor in accordance with the cursor movement command; and a control unit which, in response to the cursor being placed in contact with the at least one object, controls the display unit to automatically move the cursor to a target point in the at least one object, wherein a size of the cursor varies depending on properties of the movement of the cursor. Therefore, it is possible to minimize the probability of a cursor mistakenly being moved to an object automatically against the intention of a user. | 05-16-2013 |
20130145326 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus including: a display unit; a communication unit which receives information about a coordinate from an input device; and an image processor which displays an image including an object and a cursor on the display unit, and moves the cursor toward the object according to a position of the object in the image with respect to information about movement corresponding to a first input coordinate at an input start point and a second input coordinate at an input termination point, wherein the first input coordinate and the second input coordinate are received from the input device through the communication unit. | 06-06-2013 |
20130152023 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus includes a display unit, an input unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays function items on a display window. The input unit selects and determines one function item with a pointer. The control unit controls a movement of the pointer by setting coordinates of the pointer based on position information transmitted from the input unit. Each function item includes a button region and a selection region. When the pointer moves to one of the button region and the selection region, the function item is selected. When the pointer is set to an equivalent stop state in the selection region, coordinates of the pointer are set as coordinates of a stop state position. When the pointer is set to the equivalent stop state in the button region, the coordinates of the pointer are set as coordinates of a predetermined position of the button region. | 06-13-2013 |
20130174099 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF - An electronic apparatus and a method for controlling thereof are provided. The method for controlling the electronic apparatus includes displaying an icon and a pointer to perform a motion task mode when a motion start command is input, moving the pointer in accordance with a first user motion, and executing a function corresponding to the icon when a second user motion is input while the pointer is placed on the icon. Accordingly, the user controls the electronic apparatus using the user motion more conveniently and intuitively. | 07-04-2013 |
20130185679 | SYSTEM FOR SELECTING OBJECTS ON DISPLAY - In one embodiment, a method of detecting a mouse click on a virtual mirror display can include displaying a selectable object on the virtual mirror display. The method can include displaying a cursor position by displaying a circle on the virtual mirror display. The cursor position can correspond to a hand position. The method can include detecting the mouse click in response to the circle hovering over at least part of the selectable object. The circle can remain steady over the selectable object on the virtual mirror display for a predetermined period of time. | 07-18-2013 |
20130239068 | USER INTERFACE FOR DYNAMIC PRESENTATION OF TEXT - An apparatus, method and article of manufacture of the present invention provide improved rate of text presentation to a reader. The invention provides a method for defining a region of the display at which text is preferably read, and further provides a user interface for adjusting the speed of text display according to a screen location corresponding to that at which text is being read at any time. | 09-12-2013 |
20130311954 | EFFICIENT USER INTERFACE - There is described herein a compact, efficient, browsable, and self-revealing method and tool for command selection. The command selection includes a wide breadth and an implicitly learned expert mode. In addition, there are described herein efficient methods and tools for modifying the selected command and for selecting scope to which the selected command is applied. | 11-21-2013 |
20140033132 | GUIDE LINE SNAPPING - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to determine a substantially perpendicular current distance from a cursor guide line that passes through a given current cursor location, to a reference point. Additional activity may include determining candidate guide lines that comprise a subset of a larger group of guide lines and that are associated with at least one drawing object, each one of the subset having a substantially perpendicular reference distance to the reference point that is within a range defined by a snapping tolerance and the current distance. A snapping location can be displayed on the closest one of the subset as measured from the current cursor location. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 01-30-2014 |
20140059499 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a display control method for the same are provided. The display control method enables the mobile terminal to detect hovering input of a pen and to display a different pointer according to the attribute of the hovering input position. The display control method includes detecting a hovering input, identifying a position of the hovering input, determining an attribute associated with the hovering input position; and displaying a pointer corresponding to the determined attribute at the position of the hovering input. | 02-27-2014 |
20140137051 | OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD - There is provided an operation control device including a motion detection part which detects an object to be detected, which is moved by motion of a user, a motion determination part which determines motion of the object to be detected based on a detection result, a movable region movement processing part which moves a cursor movable region including a cursor operating an object displayed in a display region, and a cursor movement processing part which moves the cursor. Based on motion of a first detected object, the movable region movement processing part moves the cursor movable region along with the cursor in the display region by a first movement unit. Based on motion of a second detected object, the cursor movement processing part moves only the cursor in the cursor movable region by a second movement unit smaller than the first movement unit. | 05-15-2014 |
20140173527 | DIRECTIONAL SELECTION - A “safe zone” can be created within which the effect of the actual cursor position is overridden when selecting content. The start position and the end position of the selection can be compared. If the selection is a forward selection but the cursor position has moved upwards, the vertical component of the cursor position is overridden by the vertical position of the cursor at the start of the selection. If the selection is a reverse selection but the cursor position has moved downwards, the the vertical component of the cursor position is overridden by the vertical position of the cursor at the start of the selection. The safe zone can have any kind of shape. | 06-19-2014 |
20140195986 | CONTACTLESS REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL DEVICES - The present invention provides a contactless remote control system enabling an operator to operate one or more medical devices in a contactless way, said remote control system comprising a display device for displaying a Graphic User Interface GUI regarding the one or more medical devices; a tracking device for tracking the motion information of the operator; a control device for (1) interpreting the motion information of the operator into operation information relating to the movement trajectory of a cursor in the GUI or the confirmation of the selection of an item in the GUI where the cursor locates, and for (2) operating the GUI in accordance with the operation information so as to generate control commands for the one or more medical devices; and an output device for outputting the control commands to the one or more medical devices. This system of the present invention enables the operator to operate and control the medical device in a more convenient way, and causes the degree of user satisfaction to be improved. | 07-10-2014 |
20140258941 | SELECTION EDITING USING A LOCALIZED LEVEL SET ALGORITHM - Techniques are disclosed for selecting a targeted portion of a digital image. In one embodiment, a selection cursor having central and peripheral regions is provided. The central region is used to force a selection or a deselection, and therefore moving the central region over a portion of the image causes that portion of the image to be selected or deselected, respectively. The peripheral region of the cursor surrounds the central region and defines an area where a localized level set algorithm for boundary detection is performed. This provides more accurate boundary detection within the narrowly-focused peripheral region and eliminates the need to apply the level set algorithm across the entire image. Thus moving the peripheral region of the selection cursor over a boundary of the targeted portion of the image applies the level set algorithm in that boundary region and increases the likelihood that the boundary will be detected accurately. | 09-11-2014 |
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