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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120081285 | Mouse A pointing device for a computer and a method of using the pointing device. The pointing device includes a base, a motion tracking device coupled to the base; and a body pivotably coupled to the base. The body pivots with respect to the base about at least one axis.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120068928 | CONTROL CONFIGURATION FOR DIGITAL IMAGE SYSTEM Systems, methods, and products are described that provide control configuration for a digital image system. One aspect provides for a system configured to identify one or more input control devices in communication with a digital image application operating on said syst... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120019688 | METHOD FOR DECREASING DEPTH OF FIELD OF A CAMERA HAVING FIXED APERTURE A method and apparatus for decreasing the depth of field of images taken by a camera having a fixed aperture, comprising capturing a plurality of images; generating a depth map from the captured images; isolating a plurality of gray zones within the depth map; generatin... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120007807 | Full keyboard remote control A remote controller includes a housing, a CPU, an input module, and an output module. The input module is electrically connected to the CPU for selectively inputting signals into the remote controller to controllably communicate with the home entertaining appliance. It ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110316783 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM An information processing apparatus includes, a screen switching input unit to input an instruction for switching between a screen displayed on a first display unit and a screen displayed on a second display unit, and a display control unit to display, in response to in... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110304549 | MULTI-COLOR TRACK BALL FOR USE IN GAMING APPLICATIONS An opto-mechanical trackball assembly is disclosed with increased functionality. In accordance with an important feature of the invention, a plurality of polychromatic light sources, such as polychromatic LEDs (also known as RGB LEDs), are spaced apart and disposed adja... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110291933 | Presenting a New User Screen in Response to Detection of a User Motion A second user interface screen is presented to a user in response to detection of a predefined user motion associated with a first user interface screen. In one embodiment, a method includes: presenting, via a display of an end-user device, a first user interface screen... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110267523 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF USING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE THEREOF An imaging apparatus and a graphical user interface are disclosed. The imaging apparatus includes a housing with optics and a display panel. A function switch is disposed on the housing, and configured to switch between an operating mode and a setting mode. A pointing d... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110260970 | Portable Electronic Device and Method of Controlling Same A method includes displaying a shutter adjacent to a boundary of an information display region on a display of a portable electronic device, the information display region for displaying first information; receiving an input associated with the shutter; and displaying s... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110241994 | TRACKBALL DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS According to one embodiment, there is provided a trackball device provided for an operation panel of a predetermined computer, the device includes a first casing including a housing portion, a ball rotatably housed in the housing portion, a detector provided in the hous... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110241995 | TRACKBALL MODULE A trackball module (10) is provided for connecting a trackball (12) to an electrical device (32), comprising a trackball (12) for being manipulated by hand, a sensor device (14) for detecting a turning of the trackball (12), a s... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110221677 | 3-Axis Trackball An input device is disclosed. The input device can provide a control signal to a host system. The input device can include a ball and one or more sensor assemblies configured to sense the position of the ball. The input device can sense movement both in the X-Y motion o... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110199306 | Control device A control device includes a base frame, a bearing board hinged to the base frame at the top for holding an electronic device, a bracket hinged to the bearing board for supporting the bearing board on the base frame in a sloping position, a trackball device mounted in a ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110163960 | INPUT APPARATUS An input apparatus includes a case, an operation body stored rotatably in the case, a magnetic body fixed to the operation body, a magnet provided around the operation body, a magnetic detection element for detecting a magnetic flux from the magnetic body, and a frame f... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110157020 | TOUCH-CONTROLLED CURSOR OPERATED HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE Proposed is a touch-controlled cursor operated handheld electronic device, including a main housing, a display screen disposed on the main housing, and a touch-control member disposed on the main housing at a position opposite to the display screen with respect to the m... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110134041 | INPUT DEVICE An input device includes a case, a ball, a magnetic detecting element, a wiring board, and a rocking part. The ball is rotatably accommodated in the case, exposed from an opening of the case, and is embedded with a magnetic substance having a plurality of protrusions or... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110134042 | NAVIGATION TOOL INCLUDING INDUCTION FUNCTIONALITY There is provided a handheld electronic device including a support structure, a display, a navigation tool assembly and a coil. The display is located on a front face of the device and upon which graphical user interface information is displayed to the user of the devic... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110128227 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME TO PROVIDE TACTILE FEEDBACK A method of controlling an electronic device includes displaying information on display of the electronic device, associating an active area with a part of the information that at least partially matches a search term, and providing tactile feedback in response to detec... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110128228 | Programmable Remote Control Methods for operation and a remote control are provided. In one embodiment, a method for operation includes detecting an activity mode for the remote control, wherein the activity mode is based on user programming of the remote control to operate one or more devices for... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110109555 | INTERFACE SYSTEM INCLUDING TRACKBALL A user interface system includes a display, a user interface including a trackball, a brake assembly configured to cooperate with the trackball to limit rotational movement of the trackball to about predetermined axes, and a control system in electrical communication wi... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110093804 | SCREEN OBJECT PLACEMENT OPTIMIZED FOR BLIND SELECTION An improved handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a processor apparatus. The input apparatus includes a multi-axis input device such as a rollerball, trackball, joystick or touchpad, allowing the focus of a user interface progr... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110045871 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE A novel method and apparatus for controlling a display of an electronic device is provided. In an embodiment, the device is a portable electronic device with the combined features of wireless email and telephony. The portable electronic device also includes a camera. Th... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20100309129 | DIRECTIONAL CLICKABLE TRACKBALL A multi-function navigation device in the form of a trackball that is both rotationally actuable and multi-directionally clickable. The multi-function navigation device can receive user commands by rotational movement and various directional clicking of the trackball. D... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100214225 | METHOD FOR AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY SCROLLING An electronic device comprising a display for displaying an image that exceeds the dimensions of the display, a multi-directional input device for navigating the image on the display, at least one button input device on each of opposite sides of the multi-directional in... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100207882 | Haptic Trackball Device In an aspect, an electronic device includes a housing; a manipulandum positioned in the housing, wherein the manipulandum is moveable in at least one rotary degree of freedom in response to a user moving the manipulandum; a sensor coupled to the manipulandum, the sensor... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100184514 | GAME CONTROLLER WITH CLICKABLE TRACKBALL An improved user input device is disclosed whereby the device is equipped with a trackball in addition to other control devices, such as an analog stick controller (e.g., thumbstick or joystick). The trackball is mounted in such a way that it projects both upwardly and ... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100177044 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE NON-FLUSH GENERAL NAVIGATION BUTTONS FOR A CLAMSHELL HANDHELD DEVICE A handheld device comprising a first portion and a second portion rotatably coupled to the first portion. The handheld device is movable between an opened configuration and a closed configuration. A non-flush navigation button is coupled to one of the first and the seco... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100176963 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL VOLUME AND VIBRATION CONTROLS FOR A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE A system and method for adjusting a notification setting of a handheld electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving a request to adjust a notification setting which causes the electronic device to display a notification module on a display of the electro... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100156789 | Methods of Managing a Parameter Displayed in an Interactive Graphic Object The method of displaying the preceding value of a parameter displayed in a first interactive graphic object by means of a display device defining a display window, a computer making it possible to interpret the actions of a graphic pointer, the pointer comprising means ... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100159985 | DISABLING OPERATION OF A CAMERA ON A HANDHELD MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE BASED UPON ENABLING OR DISABLING DEVICES A handheld communication device capable of transmitting and receiving at least voice and text communication. The device has a body assembly including a front face arranged to be directed toward an operator of the device when held in a text communicating orientation. A d... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100141584 | STROKE BASED INPUT SYSTEM FOR CHARACTER INPUT An improved handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus, preferably a trackball, an output apparatus, namely a display, and a processor apparatus. The processor apparatus is structured to execute a number of routines including a stroke-based input user interf... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100134417 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE A handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a processor apparatus. The input apparatus includes a reduced keyboard and roller ball input. The roller ball input includes a movable portion that is substantially continuously rotatable... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100114610 | Electronic Method and System That Improves Efficiencies for Rendering Diagnosis of Radiology Procedures An electronic method and system for improving radiologists' efficiencies when viewing radiology procedures and rendering diagnosis in a manner that emulates current methods and apparatus. The method of the present invention includes reviewing electronic radiology images... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100097319 | MULTI-DIRECTIONAL NAVIGATION BETWEEN FOCUS POINTS ON A DISPLAY A method and apparatus for navigating between different focus points displayed on an electronic device, comprising, for each of said different focus points, maintaining a list of any adjacent ones of said focus points to which focus can move in each direction responsive... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100053086 | TRACKBALL MODULE STRUCTURE A trackball module structure is provided. In the structure, a Hall IC is integrated in a flexible printed circuit, and the integrated structure and a trackball device are disposed on the base to be located. Afterwards, a lid is used to fix the integrated structure and t... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100033432 | Trackball A pointing device such as a scrolling device or trackball, including a ball formed at least partially from an electrically conductive material, and a PCB including a capacitive proximity sensor, wherein movement data representative of ball movement is communicated by a ... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100029337 | USER-SELECTABLE HEADSET EQUALIZER FOR VOICE CALLS A method of providing a user interface on a mobile device for enabling a user to select acoustic equalizer settings for voice call downlink audio signals, the mobile device including an internal microprocessor, a display in communication with the microprocessor, and at ... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090225032 | Overload regulating structure for trackball device An overload regulating structure for trackball device includes a base, a top cover, a ball, a circuit board, a plurality of rotatable shafts and disks, and an overload regulator. The ball is three-point supported in the base between the rotatable shafts and the overload... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090170449 | CELLULAR COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH WIRELESS POINTING DEVICE FUNCTION A device includes a first wireless transceiver adapted to communicate over a cellular network, a second wireless transceiver adapted to communicate over a local network separate from the cellular network, and a mechanism adapted to report movement information to a compu... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090167687 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ROLLER BALL INPUT An improved handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a processor apparatus. The input apparatus includes a reduced keyboard and a roller ball input. The roller ball input includes a movable portion that is substantially continuous... | 07/02/2009 |
