Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100149190 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING AN INPUT ORDER INDEPENDENT CHARACTER INPUT MECHANISM - An apparatus for providing an input order independent character input mechanism may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive an input comprising an element corresponding to a portion of a character being entered by a user independent of an order for inputting the element based on the portion of the character corresponding to the element, wherein receiving an input comprises receiving at least one radical. The processor may additionally be configured to retrieve at least one candidate character for the character being entered based at least in part on the received element. The processor may also be configured to provide a selection of candidate characters including the at least one candidate character to the user. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 06-17-2010 |
20100305843 | NAVIGATION INDICATOR - A method, apparatus, user interface and computer program product for identifying location information for a target object includes coding the identified location information onto a graphical indicator; and, presenting the graphical indicator on a user interface of the mobile device, wherein the indicator provides direction, distance, obstacle and signal information corresponding to the target object to a user of the mobile device. | 12-02-2010 |
20110234399 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A REMOTE LOST-AND-FOUND SERVICE - An approach is provided for a remote lost-and-found service. A local sensor manager causes, at least in part, pairing of a device and a local sensor. The local sensor manager then determines when the local sensor is beyond a predetermined distance from the device, and causes, at least in part, a change in a profile status of the local sensor based on the determination. The profile status specifies, at least in part, a visibility of the local sensor to one or more other devices. | 09-29-2011 |
20120075200 | Touch Sensitive Input - An apparatus including: a touch sensitive input responsive to manual actuation; a display output associated with the touch sensitive input; and a controller configured to provide and maintain, in response to a manual actuation at a user selected location of the touch sensitive input, an output at the user selected location to facilitate additional manual actuation via the touch sensitive input in the region of the user selected location. | 03-29-2012 |
20120078999 | APPARATUS WITH ELASTICALLY TRANSFORMABLE BODY - An apparatus comprises a transformable body configured to be elastically stretchable between at least a first configuration and a second configuration, a user input device, a user input device configured to receive user input signal, a communication interface configured to provide a wireless link for the apparatus and a flexible interconnection between at least two components within the transformable body. The apparatus may perform determining of user information based on the user input signal, transmitting at least part of the user information over the wireless link to a remote processing unit, receiving feedback information from the remote processing unit and presenting the feedback information to the user. | 03-29-2012 |
20120113018 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USER INPUT FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAYED INFORMATION - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method for proximity based input is provided, comprising: receiving information on presence of an object in close proximity to a touch screen surface, detecting a display element currently associated with the object, the display element being visualized to be displaced from the screen surface level in the z-direction substantially perpendicular to the screen surface, and adapting the display element on the basis of distance between object and the screen, wherein the display element is visualized to locate substantially at the touch screen surface level in response to detecting the object to touch the touch screen surface. | 05-10-2012 |
20130194207 | Contortion of an Electronic Apparatus - An apparatus including a body configured for resilient contortion from a neutral equilibrium shape by a user, the body having an exterior surface that resiliently contorts in response to user actuation and defines at least part of an exterior surface of the apparatus; and electronic circuitry including at least a processor and a display, controlled by the processor on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the body. | 08-01-2013 |
20130286010 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Three-Dimensional Stereo Display - Provided are a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for a three-dimensional stereo display. The method comprises capturing images of an object for the three-dimensional stereo display, calculating a disparity level of the object by comparing the captured images, adjusting a disparity level of an identification element to be the same as that of the object, and displaying the identification element along with the object in a same depth in the three-dimensional stereo display. Due to being in the same depth of the display, the 3D image displayed in this manner is more natural, vivid and clear and it is easier for the objects in such 3D image to be identified. Thereby, a viewer would enjoy a better user experience in the 3D stereo display. | 10-31-2013 |
20140193019 | APPARATUS - An apparatus comprising: a first substantially horn shaped structure configured to couple and amplify sound from a first speaker of a further apparatus; and a second substantially horn shaped structure configured to couple and amplify sound from a second speaker of the further apparatus, wherein the first and second substantially horn shaped structure each comprise a mouth portion with a physical separation dimension greater than a physical separation dimension of the first and second speaker acoustic outlet of the further apparatus. | 07-10-2014 |
20150058737 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING CONTENT TO MULTIPLE DEVICES - An approach is provided distributing content to multiple devices. Specifically, a distribution module causes, at least in part, a rendering of at least one user interface for distributing content among at least one device and one or more other devices with connectivity to the at least one device. The distribution module then causes, at least in part, one or more segmentations of the at least one user interface, wherein the one or more segmentations are associated with the at least one device, respective one or more of the one or more other devices, or a combination thereof. Next, the distribution module determines one or more interactions with the at least one user interface, the one or more segmentations, or a combination thereof to cause, at least in part, a distribution of the content. | 02-26-2015 |