Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D659151 | User interface for a display screen | 05/08/2012 |
| 8094137 | System and method of detecting contact on a display A system for detecting contact on a display is provided. The system comprises a planar medium associated with the display and includes at least one edge facet and opposing surfaces. The system also includes one or more optical sources operatively coupled to the at l... | 01/10/2012 |
| RE43084 | Method and apparatus for inputting information including coordinate data A method, computer readable medium, and apparatus for inputting information, including coordinate data, includes: extracting a predetermined object from an image, including a predetermined object above a plane; detecting motion of the predetermined object while the ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089462 | Pointer tracking across multiple overlapping coordinate input sub-regions defining a generally contiguous input region A touch system comprises overlapping coordinate input sub-regions defining a generally contiguous input surface. Each coordinate input sub-region generates pointer coordinate data in response to pointer contacts thereon. When a pointer contact is made on a region of... | 01/03/2012 |
| D649976 | Icon for a portion of a display screen | 12/06/2011 |
| D649159 | Portion of a display screen with an icon | 11/22/2011 |
| 8055022 | Passive touch system and method of detecting user input A method of tracking an object of interest preferably includes (i) acquiring a first image and a second image representing different viewpoints of the object of interest; (ii) processing the first image into a first image data set and the second image into a second ... | 11/08/2011 |
| D646678 | Interactive display frame | 10/11/2011 |
| RE42794 | Information-inputting device inputting contact point of object on recording surfaces as information An information-inputting device is provided, which includes a plurality of photographing units photographing an area on a plane. An object located on the plane is then extracted from an image that includes the plane and the object, and it is determined whether the o... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7984995 | Method and apparatus for inhibiting a subject's eyes from being exposed to projected light A method of inhibiting a subject's eyes from being exposed to projected light when the subject is positioned in front of a background on which an image is displayed comprises capturing at least one image of the background including the displayed image, processing th... | 07/26/2011 |
| D640251 | Touch table | 06/21/2011 |
| D637619 | Portion of a display screen with an icon | 05/10/2011 |
| D636183 | Tool tray for interactive surface | 04/19/2011 |
| 7880720 | Gesture recognition method and touch system incorporating the same A gesture recognition method includes detecting multiple pointers in close proximity to a touch surface to determine if the multiple pointers are being used to perform a known gesture. When the multiple pointers are being used to perform a known gesture, executing a... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7876333 | Method and graphical interface for embedding animated content into a computer application A method of displaying a computer application comprising a plurality of objects within an initially transparent application window comprises creating an animated content window below the application window for each animated content object of the computer application... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7757001 | System, method and graphical user interface for identifying image from remote site during screen sharing A distributed computer network includes at least two computers. Each of the at least two computers runs an application sharing program to enable an image generated by one computer to be displayed by at least one other computer. At least one of the at least two compu... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7755613 | Passive touch system and method of detecting user input A passive touch system includes a passive touch surface and at least two cameras associated with the touch surface. The at least two cameras acquire images of the touch surface from different locations and have overlapping fields of view. A processor receives and pr... | 07/13/2010 |
| D617332 | User interface for a display screen | 06/08/2010 |
| D616462 | Icon for a portion of a display screen | 05/25/2010 |
| 7696987 | Touch panel and method of manufacturing the same A touch panel includes an input registration structure comprising a biasable medium layer. A generally inflexible cover is disposed on the input registration structure and defines a touch surface. A pointer biases the biasable medium layer at a position adjacent the... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7692625 | Camera-based touch system A camera-based touch system (50) includes a passive touch surface (60) and at least two cameras (63) associated with the touch surface. The at least two cameras (63) have overlapping fields of view (FOV) encompassing the touch surface. Th... | 04/06/2010 |
| D613295 | Boom | 04/06/2010 |
| 7687736 | Tensioned touch panel and method of making same A tensioned touch panel includes a support structure having a substrate with a generally planer conductive surface disposed thereon and an insulating spacer generally about the periphery of the substrate. A pretensioned conductive member overlies the support structu... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7686460 | Method and apparatus for inhibiting a subject's eyes from being exposed to projected light A method of inhibiting a subject's eyes from being exposed to projected light when the subject is positioned in front of a background on which an image is displayed comprises capturing an image of the background including the displayed image, processing the captured... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7684624 | System and method for capturing images of a target area on which information is recorded A system for capturing images of a target area on which information is recorded includes a boom assembly adapted to extend outwardly from a generally vertical surface. At least one digital camera is mounted on the boom assembly at a location spaced from the surface.... | 03/23/2010 |
| D612396 | Icon for a portion of a display screen | 03/23/2010 |
| D609935 | Drafting table | 02/16/2010 |
| 7643006 | Gesture recognition method and touch system incorporating the same A gesture recognition method includes detecting multiple pointers in close proximity to a touch surface to determine if the multiple pointers are being used to perform a known gesture. When the multiple pointers are being used to perform a known gesture, executing a... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7626577 | Projection display system with pressure sensing at a screen, a calibration system corrects for non-orthogonal projection errors Calibration structure, method, and code for correcting non-orthogonal misalignment of a computer-generated image that is projected onto a large screen touch-detecting display, so that a computer-generated image appears substantially where the display is touched. Str... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7619617 | Size/scale and orientation determination of a pointer in a camera-based touch system A touch system includes a touch surface and at least two cameras associated with the touch surface. The at least two cameras acquire images of the touch surface from different locations and having overlapping fields of view. A digital signal processor is associated ... | 11/17/2009 |
| D602972 | Cover | 10/27/2009 |
| 7532206 | System and method for differentiating between pointers used to contact touch surface A touch system comprises a touch surface and at least one camera acquiring images of the touch surface. A pointer contact data generator generates pointer position data in response to pointer contact with the touch surface, the pointer position data representing whe... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7499033 | System and method for injecting ink into an application A touch system includes a touch panel having a touch surface and a projector for projecting images onto the touch surface. A computer executing an applications program is coupled to the touch panel and the projector. The computer is responsive to contact output gene... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7492357 | Apparatus and method for detecting a pointer relative to a touch surface An apparatus for detecting a pointer relative to a touch surface includes at least two spaced imaging assemblies having overlapping fields of view encompassing the touch surface. The imaging assemblies see the touch surface in three-dimensions as a perspective view.... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7460110 | Dual mode touch system An apparatus for detecting a pointer includes a waveguide and a touch surface over the waveguide on which pointer contacts are to be made. At least one reflecting device extends along a first side of the waveguide and touch surface. The reflecting device defines an ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7411575 | Gesture recognition method and touch system incorporating the same A gesture recognition method includes detecting multiple pointers in close proximity to a touch surface to determine if the multiple pointers are being used to perform a known gesture. When the multiple pointers are being used to perform a known gesture, executing a... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7330184 | System and method for recognizing connector gestures A touch system includes a touch panel having a touch surface and a projector presenting images onto the touch surface. A computer executing an applications program is coupled to the touch panel and the projector. The computer is responsive to contact output generate... | 02/12/2008 |
