Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080217832 | Ejection tray, sheet supply and ejection device, image forming apparatus, and information display device - An ejection tray includes a container that contains a plurality of stacked recording sheets printed by a printing unit of an image forming apparatus, a movable cover mounted on the container, and a sorting member that sorts out a desired recording sheet from the recording sheets stacked in the container. The desired recording sheet sorted out in the container is allowed to be taken out when the cover is opened. | 09-11-2008 |
20080217833 | Ejection tray, sheet supply and ejection device, image forming apapratus, and information display device - An ejection tray includes a container that contains a plurality of stacked recording sheets printed by a printing unit of an image forming apparatus, a movable cover mounted on the container, and a sorting member that sorts out a desired recording sheet from the recording sheets stacked in the container. The desired recording sheet sorted out in the container is allowed to be taken out when the cover is opened. | 09-11-2008 |
20090022510 | Image forming device, having an ejection tray, and a display is mounted to a cover - An ejection tray includes a container that contains a recording sheet printed by a printing unit of an image forming apparatus, and a cover mounted on the container. The cover has a display for displaying information, and the display displays an information screen corresponding to information that can be printed on the recording sheet. | 01-22-2009 |
20090032323 | COAXIAL TWO-WHEEL VEHICLE - A coaxial two-wheel vehicle with which a rider stably travels without the upper body being swayed left and right in a riding state of the center of gravity being positioned high is provided. | 02-05-2009 |
20090295721 | INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD - An input apparatus is provided, and includes: a main body operated by a user in a first operation form of pointing a predetermined position on a screen using a pointer on the screen and a second operation form different from the first operation form. The input apparatus includes an operation form detection section to detect which of the first operation form and the second operation form an operation form of the main body is; a movement detection section to detect a movement of the mail body. The input apparatus includes an operational section to switch a first operational mode corresponding to the first operation form and a second operational mode corresponding to the second operation form therebetween according to the operation form of the main body, and calculating a corresponding movement value corresponding to the movement of the pointer on the screen that corresponds to the detected movement of the main body. | 12-03-2009 |
20100054789 | EJECTION TRAY, SHEET SUPPLY AND EJECTION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - An ejection tray includes a container that contains a plurality of stacked recording sheets printed by a printing unit of an image forming apparatus, a movable cover mounted on the container, and a sorting member that sorts out a desired recording sheet from the recording sheets stacked in the container. The desired recording sheet sorted out in the container is allowed to be taken out when the cover is opened. | 03-04-2010 |
20100169824 | INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - An input apparatus includes a detection section, a change section, and a transmission section. The detection section detects a movement amount of a user operation in an arbitrary direction. The change section changes a ratio of a first movement amount as a movement amount in a first operation direction corresponding to a first direction on a screen to a second movement amount as a movement amount in a second operation direction corresponding to a second direction on the screen different from the first direction, the first movement amount and the second movement amount corresponding to a detection value detected by the detection section. The transmission section transmits the first movement amount and the second movement amount whose ratio has been changed as scroll information of an image displayed on the screen. | 07-01-2010 |
20100180222 | Display device and display method - A display device of present invention includes an operation input portion from which operation information is input by a user, a selection portion that selects a predetermined region on a display screen based on the operation information, and a scroll portion that scrolls the display screen in a state where a position of the selected predetermined region is held at a predetermined position. | 07-15-2010 |
20100265175 | CONTROL APPARATUS, INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND HANDHELD APPARATUS - [Object] To provide a control apparatus, an input apparatus, a control system, a control method, and a handheld apparatus that are capable of preventing a deviation between a display position of a pointer and a relative position of the input apparatus when the input apparatus is moved out of a screen from an end portion of the screen, and with which a user can obtain an intuitional operational feeling. | 10-21-2010 |
20100309123 | CONTROL DEVICE, INPUT DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, HANDHELD DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - A control device includes: a receiver for receiving first information regarding the movement of a casing, and second information regarding whether to reflect the first information on the movement of coordinate values; a storage unit for storing a whole-screen region including a real-screen region, and a virtual-screen region set around the real-screen region; a generator for generating the coordinate values within the whole-screen region based on the first information; a switcher for switching a first state in which the coordinate values are movable, and a second state in which the coordinate values are immovable, based on the second information; a determining unit for determining which of the real-screen region or the virtual-screen region the coordinate values belong to; and a coordinate-value control unit for controlling the coordinate values so as to move the coordinate values within the virtual-screen region to the position of predetermined coordinate values within the real-screen region. | 12-09-2010 |
20110018825 | SENSING A TYPE OF ACTION USED TO OPERATE A TOUCH PANEL - Apparatus and methods relate to a touch panel and a sensor that senses a type of action used to operate the touch panel. The sensor can be a vibration sensor that senses a vibration caused by an object contacting the touch panel. The sensor can be separate from the touch panel. | 01-27-2011 |
20110032185 | INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND HANDHELD APPARATUS - To provide an input apparatus, a control apparatus, a control system, and a control method that are capable of restricting a movement of a pointer on a screen by a user operation even while the input apparatus is moving. In a state where a movement button is not pressed by a user, an MPU of an input apparatus is not outputting a movement command or is outputting a movement command with a displacement amount set to 0. In other words, even when the user holds the input apparatus and moves it, a pointer does not move on a screen. As a result, a movement of the pointer unintended by the user can be restricted. When the movement button is pressed, that is, when a first operation signal is input via a first switch, the MPU starts outputting the movement command. By receiving the movement command, an MPU of a control apparatus controls display of the pointer so as to start the movement of the pointer that corresponds to the movement command. | 02-10-2011 |
20110050566 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus according to the present invention including a detection unit for detecting a moving direction and a moving amount of a finger on an operation panel, and a moving control unit for changing the moving amount of an object on a display unit for a finger's unit moving amount depending on the moving direction of the finger which moves the object displayed on the display unit. According to the present invention, the moving amount of the object within a display region changes based on the moving direction of the finger to be operated on the operation panel. In this manner, the object moving amount is corrected depending on the finger moving direction, thereby eliminating the factors for reducing the operability during the object moving operation and improving the operability. | 03-03-2011 |
20110131064 | INSURANCE COMPANY TERMINAL, CONTROLLING COMPANY TERMINAL, INSURANCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND INSURANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - There is provided an insurance company terminal which includes a communication unit that performs communication with a sales company terminal, a storage unit that stores an amount of insurance money settled when a user dies, a user information update unit that acquires a price of an article or service purchased by the user as a purchase price from the sales company terminal via the communication unit and causes the storage unit to store the purchase price, and a settlement processing unit that subtracts the purchase price from the amount of the insurance money stored by the storage unit. | 06-02-2011 |
20120105488 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a position movement input unit configured to receive a position movement instruction from a user, a pointer movement unit configured to set a position of a pointer that moves in accordance with the instruction, and a screen movement unit configured to scroll a screen based on a relative position of the pointer with respect to a reference point of a predefined area around the pointer, the screen movement unit configured to move the predefined area to keep the pointer inside the predefined area when the pointer is at a border of the predefined area and moves towards an outside of the predefined area. | 05-03-2012 |
20120242576 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus may include a touchpad, a hardware processor, and a storage medium coupled to the processor. The storage medium may store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing apparatus to receive a proximity signal indicative of whether a user is providing input to the touchpad; receive a movement signal indicative of whether the input includes movement of an object relative to the touchpad and/or whether the input includes movement of the object from an outer area surrounding an inner area of the touchpad to the inner area of the touchpad; and select one of a pointing user input mode or a scrolling user input mode based on the signals. | 09-27-2012 |
20140062878 | CONTROL DEVICE, INPUT DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, HANDHELD DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - A control device includes: a receiver for receiving first information regarding the movement of a casing, and second information regarding whether to reflect the first information on the movement of coordinate values; a storage unit for storing a whole-screen region including a real-screen region, and a virtual-screen region set around the real-screen region; a generator for generating the coordinate values within the whole-screen region based on the first information; a switcher for switching a first state in which the coordinate values are movable, and a second state in which the coordinate values are immovable, based on the second information; a determining unit for determining which of the real-screen region or the virtual-screen region the coordinate values belong to; and a coordinate-value control unit for controlling the coordinate values so as to move the coordinate values within the virtual-screen region to the position of predetermined coordinate values within the real-screen region. | 03-06-2014 |
20140096072 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device of present invention includes an operation input portion from which operation information is input by a user, a selection portion that selects a predetermined region on a display screen based on the operation information, and a scroll portion that scrolls the display screen in a state where a position of the selected predetermined region is held at a predetermined position. | 04-03-2014 |
20140125591 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus according to the present invention including a detection unit for detecting a moving direction and a moving amount of a finger on an operation panel, and a moving control unit for changing the moving amount of an object on a display unit for a finger's unit moving amount depending on the moving direction of the finger which moves the object displayed on the display unit. According to the present invention, the moving amount of the object within a display region changes based on the moving direction of the finger to be operated on the operation panel. In this manner, the object moving amount is corrected depending on the finger moving direction, thereby eliminating the factors for reducing the operability during the object moving operation and improving the operability. | 05-08-2014 |
20140232943 | REMOTE CONTROLLER AND SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - In order to provide a remote control system that is easy to use, a first displaying unit displays a remote controller side display information. Since a first operation unit is used to select the remote controller side display information and then drag towards an image display apparatus, a display position of the remote controller side display information on the display surface of the first displaying unit is visually moved towards an image display apparatus. In accordance with the movement operation of the remote controller side display information, operational information associated with the remote controller side display information is transmitted from a first communicator to a second communicator. | 08-21-2014 |
20140292689 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an input device including an input face including a plurality of input regions having different touch feelings, a detection unit configured to detect an operation of an operating body in the plurality of input regions, and an assignment unit configured to assign different output values according to operations of the operating body in each of the input regions based on detection results of the detection unit. | 10-02-2014 |
20140304655 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a text extraction unit that extracts selection candidate text from a text string displayed on a display screen, and a selection area placement unit that places selectable areas for the selection candidate text on the display screen in a manner that the selectable areas differ from a display area of the selection candidate text. | 10-09-2014 |
20140344712 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PART GENERATING AND USING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a part generation unit configured to generate a part that is suitable for a predetermined application and that includes at least a portion of any photo and is displayed on a display screen at a time of execution of the application, and an application control unit configured to control the execution of the application and at least display the part on the display screen during the execution of the application. | 11-20-2014 |
20150033180 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM - There is provided a display control apparatus including a display control unit configured to move a cursor position displayed on a display unit or to scroll a screen displayed on the display unit in accordance with a change amount of an indicated direction of a direction indicator, and a switching control unit configured to switch the display control unit moving the cursor position and the display control unit scrolling the screen. After the switching control unit switches the display control unit scrolling the screen to the display control unit moving the cursor position, the display control unit reduces a movement amount of the cursor position with respect to the change amount. | 01-29-2015 |
20150033181 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an input operating unit configured to receive an input operation from a user, the input operation allowing content to be scrolled, and a setting control unit configured to change a setting of a scrolling direction for the content on the basis of a situation in which the input operation has been performed. | 01-29-2015 |
20150035749 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including a controller configured to move a pointer within a display screen based on operation information, and a determination unit configured to determine whether the pointer is to be moved into a virtual screen set around the display screen, based on a state of the pointer when the pointer is moved to an edge of the display screen. | 02-05-2015 |
20150049019 | CONTROL DEVICE, INPUT DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, HANDHELD DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - A control device includes: a receiver for receiving first information regarding the movement of a casing, and second information regarding whether to reflect the first information on the movement of coordinate values; a storage unit for storing a whole-screen region including a real-screen region, and a virtual-screen region set around the real-screen region; a generator for generating the coordinate values within the whole-screen region based on the first information; a switcher for switching a first state in which the coordinate values are movable, and a second state in which the coordinate values are immovable, based on the second information; a determining unit for determining which of the real-screen region or the virtual-screen region the coordinate values belong to; and a coordinate-value control unit for controlling the coordinate values so as to move the coordinate values within the virtual-screen region to the position of predetermined coordinate values within the real-screen region. | 02-19-2015 |
20150054741 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a display control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire contact information of contact of an operation body on an operation surface, a display control unit that has a first function of moving a cursor displayed on a display device in accordance with a change amount of a contact position indicated by the contact information acquired by the acquisition unit and a second function of displaying the cursor at a position, on a given display area of the display device, corresponding to the contact position, and a switch unit configured to switch a function to be exerted by the display control unit between the first function and the second function. The switch unit exerts the second function when the acquisition unit has acquired first contact information of contact of the operation body on a given operation area of the operation surface. | 02-26-2015 |
20150054856 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus according to the present invention including a detection unit for detecting a moving direction and a moving amount of a finger on an operation panel, and a moving control unit for changing the moving amount of an object on a display unit for a finger's unit moving amount depending on the moving direction of the finger which moves the object displayed on the display unit. According to the present invention, the moving amount of the object within a display region changes based on the moving direction of the finger to be operated on the operation panel. In this manner, the object moving amount is corrected depending on the finger moving direction, thereby eliminating the factors for reducing the operability during the object moving operation and improving the operability. | 02-26-2015 |
20150062012 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM - There is provided a display control apparatus including a display control unit configured to move an object displayed on a display unit in accordance with a change amount of an indicated direction of a direction indicator. The display control unit changes a movement amount of the object corresponding to the change amount on the basis of a rotational angle with the indicated direction used as an axis. | 03-05-2015 |