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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20060164552 | Embedding a panoramic image in a video stream Techniques are described for embedding a panoramic image in standard resolution. A panoramic image is received from a panoramic camera and a location of a speaker is determined, either automatically or manually. A portion of the panoramic image is cropped to isolate the... | 07/27/2006 |
| 20060146177 | Camera lens shuttering mechanism A camera lens shuttering mechanism includes an image conducting unit disposed within a shutter housing when the camera is in a closed position so that the camera cannot record images. When moved to an open position, the shutter housing does not block the image conductin... | 07/06/2006 |
| 20060048073 | Scrolling web pages using direct interaction Aspects of the present invention provide a system and method for scrolling or dragging information on a display. A panning tool is provided that may scroll information, such as a web page, on a display in tandem with movement of a cursor. If interactive elements are pre... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060048072 | Scrolling web pages using direct interaction Aspects of the present invention provide a system and method for scrolling or dragging information on a display. A panning tool is provided that may scroll information, such as a web page, on a display in tandem with movement of a cursor. If interactive elements are pre... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060048071 | Scrolling web pages using direct interaction Aspects of the present invention provide a system and method for scrolling or dragging information on a display. A panning tool is provided that may scroll information, such as a web page, on a display in tandem with movement of a cursor. If interactive elements are pre... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060028455 | Touch-sensitive device for scrolling a document on a display A touch-sensitive device for use as an electronic input device for controlling by scrolling the visible portion of a document or image relative to a display. The device can include various improved configurations such as physically separate opposed input surfaces at opp... | 02/09/2006 |
| 20060023075 | Maintenance of panoramic camera orientation Systems and methods for maintaining orientation of a non-cylindrical panorama is described wherein an initial magnetometer reading is obtained for a panoramic camera. If the panoramic camera is rotated from an initial position, a new magnetometer reading is obtained and... | 02/02/2006 |
| 20060007153 | Input device including a wheel assembly for scrolling an image in multiple directions A computer input device having a housing and a finger-engagable scrolling device. A portion of the scrolling device is endlessly rotatable about a first axis to preferably cause vertical scrolling of an image on a display. The scrolling device is pivotally movable relat... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20050264533 | Input device including a wheel assembly for scrolling an image in multiple directions A computer input device having a housing and a finger-engagable scrolling device. A portion of the scrolling device is endlessly rotatable about a first axis to preferably cause vertical scrolling of an image on a display. The scrolling device is pivotally movable relat... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050149882 | Method for hollow selection feedback An improved approach to highlighting a graphical object in a graphical user interface is disclosed. A body of a highlighted graphical object may, upon selection or highlighting, be changed to a transparent color, and a graphical outline, or “halo,” is added surround... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050117034 | Temperature compensation in multi-camera photographic devices A temperature measuring device measures ambient temperature in which a multi-camera photographic device is operated. A remapping function that maps individual images into a panoramic space is varied according to the measured temperature. The cameras and remapping tables... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050117015 | Foveated panoramic camera system A foveated panoramic camera system includes multiple cameras oriented so that individual images captured by the cameras can be combined to form a panoramic image. Each of the cameras includes a lens having a focal length that corresponds to a field of view for the camer... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050094970 | Rewind and fast-forwrad for enhanced television Fast-forwarding and rewinding within a compressed video stream and a corresponding content stream of pages are disclosed. The compressed video stream is made up of intra frames, predictive frames; and bi-directional frames. The content stream has a number of trigger pag... | 05/05/2005 |
| 20050010910 | System for converting event-driven code into serially executed code An environment for developing clientside/serverside code is disclosed. The environment supports programming in an event-driven paradigm while the execution of the resultant programs are executed in a serial execution paradigm. Through shielding the developer from comple... | 01/13/2005 |
