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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100265177 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD AND PROGRAM An electronic apparatus includes an image-capturing direction acquiring unit that acquires an image-capturing direction as a direction in which an object included in a captured image exists based on an image-capturing position during the image-capturing of the captured ... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100147601 | POWERLESS ELECTRONIC NOTEPAD AND POWERLESS WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM USING THE SAME The present invention relates to a powerless electronic notepad and a powerless wireless transmission system using the same, and more particularly, to a powerless electronic notepad that stores data recorded on an electronic notepad using piezoelectric elements and tran... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20090309833 | INPUT CONTROLLER USED TOGETHER WITH POINTING DEVICE AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD Coordinate data on a position pointed out by a pointer on a screen is stored in a storage section. When a control switch (ball) is depressed, the coordinate data corresponding to a moment before a predetermined time counted substantially from the moment when the control... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090096749 | PORTABLE DEVICE INPUT TECHNIQUE Some embodiments of the present invention provide a portable device that receives user input. The portable device includes a touchpad and a display screen on opposite sides of the portable device. During operation, the portable device obtains a position on the touchpad ... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090073121 | Hand Activated Input Device with Horizontal Control Surface A cursor control device horizontally positioned operating surface is mounted on a vertical shaft connected to a biaxial joint which is enclosed in the base of the device. The hand of the operator rests on the operating surface and tips it in any direction so the shaft f... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090040182 | System, Method and Computer Program for Controlling a Cursor A cursor control device is shown for enabling a user to input directional commands; a display for displaying a plurality of discrete areas and a cursor; a cursor controller for controlling the movement of the cursor in the display in response to the directional input co... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20080266246 | TRAVERSING GRAPHICAL LAYERS USING A SCROLLING MECHANISM IN A PHYSICAL DESIGN ENVIRONMENT Z-axis display navigation in the design automation process of physical design, development and manufacturing of integrated circuits includes pre-selecting, using a computer mouse connected to a computer workstation processor, viewable graphical layout layers desired by ... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080238873 | MOUSE INCLUDING STORAGE In some embodiments a mouse includes a user interface to interact with a computing device and storage to store information received from the computing device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080122789 | POINTING DEVICE WITH A RESOLUTION-SETTING HOTKEY AND A SETTING METHOD THEREOF Present invention provides a pointing device with a resolution-setting hotkey and a setting method thereof. The pointing device comprises a resolution-setting hotkey, a microprocessor and an optical sensor. The present pointing device has a default x-axis resolution and... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20070273649 | User Interface System Program and Recording Medium There is provided a user interface with which a greater number of processes are executable in response to user operations made to a directional input device. When the directional input device receives a first direction followed by a second direction within a predetermin... | 11/29/2007 |
| 20050237300 | System and method for acquiring a target with intelligent pointer movement The present invention is generally directed to assisting users to position a pointer on a target. Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and computer-readable medium that guide a pointer toward a target. After the pointer is located on a target, ... | 10/27/2005 |
| 20050212768 | Graphic object designating apparatus, graphic object designating method, and graphic object designating program A graphic object designating apparatus for designating a graphic object to be edited among graphic objects present in an edit area of a graphics editing system according to the position of a mouse cursor. The apparatus includes an object managing section that manages ob... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050134563 | Device and method for communication A product for electronic transmission of handwritten information, a user unit for recording and sending the information, and a computer program for controlling a user unit are disclosed. The product may include at least one writing area for the handwritten information a... | 06/23/2005 |
| 20050110746 | Power-saving method for an optical navigation device A power-saving method for an optical navigation device is proposed, wherein the image capture frame rate of a sensor is controlled according to the moving speed of the optical navigation device. The image capture frame rate is determined based on the variations of a hor... | 05/26/2005 |
