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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127207 | Portable Electronic Device for Photo Management A portable electronic device with a touch screen display for photo management is disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which the portable electronic device displays an array of thumbnail images corresponding to a set of photogr... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105488 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM An image processing apparatus includes a position movement input unit configured to receive a position movement instruction from a user, a pointer movement unit configured to set a position of a pointer that moves in accordance with the instruction, and a screen movemen... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120069054 | ELECTRONIC DISPLAY SYSTEMS HAVING MOBILE COMPONENTS Electronic display systems include mobile units for remotely modifying a displayed image. An electronic display system can include a display surface, a processing device, a mobile unit, and an input device. The display surface can receive and display an image rendered b... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120044266 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME This invention provides a display control apparatus capable of more quickly displaying the next image while suppressing a decrease in viewability. The apparatus displays an image together with an added non-image area when displaying, in a display area of a display unit ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120038680 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, MOVING DISTANCE DISPLAY METHOD AND MOVING DISTANCE DISPLAY PROGRAM Information display means displays information. Movement instruction detecting means detects an instruction to move the information displayed on the information display means. Number of moving regions calculating means calculates, based on the instruction, the number of... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120032987 | DISTINGUISHING SUPERIMPOSED LINKS TO A NODE BY SPREADING CONNECTION POINTS OF LINKS TO NODE ACCORDING TO COORDINATES OF BEND POINT OR OPPOSITE END POINT OF LINKS A method, system and computer program product for distinguishing superimposed links to a node in a drawing area. Links connected to a side of a node involved in an editing interaction are identified. The order of the identified links to be connected to the side of the n... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20110279481 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING A MOBILE DEVICE USER INTERFACE WITH A DIRECTIONAL SENSING DEVICE An electronic mobile device includes a display for displaying a graphical element. A tilt sensor is configured to sense first and second tilt angles of the mobile device. A processor is coupled to the display and the tilt sensor and configured to move the graphical elem... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110261083 | GRASP SIMULATION OF A VIRTUAL OBJECT The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method for simulating grasping of a virtual object. Virtual 3D objects receive simulated user input forces via a 2D input surface adjacent to them. An exemplary method comprises receiving a user input corresponding t... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110216095 | Methods, Devices, and Computer Program Products Providing Multi-Touch Drag and Drop Operations for Touch-Sensitive User Interfaces A method of operating an electronic device including a touch-sensitive interface and a display screen. A method of operating such an electronic device may include detecting primary and secondary contacts on the touch-sensitive interface, and detecting movement of the pr... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110181623 | SCROLLING CONTROL METHOD FOR A TOUCH DEVICE AND DEVICE USING THE SAME A scrolling control method for a touch device, comprising the steps of: selecting a scrolling region on the touch device; defining at least two sections on the scrolling region; detecting touches of an object on at least two different sections successively, the time spa... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110169868 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM There is provided an information processing device comprising a housing, a display screen, a touch panel arranged on the display screen, an icon, which is displayed on the display screen and manipulated through the touch panel, a state detection unit for detecting a sta... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110164065 | Method And Apparatus For Configuring Display Bezel Compensation For A Single Large Surface Display Formed By A Plurality Of Displays A method includes displaying, on a single large surface display, a first moveable and second fixed portion of a visual test object. The first portion is displayed on the display to be configured and the second portion is displayed on at least one neighboring display, an... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110164063 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE A display input device is comprised of a touch panel 1 for carrying out a display of information and an input of information, a proximity sensor 12 for detecting a movement of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to the touch panel 1 | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110148935 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTROL OVER A DEVICE DISPLAY BASED ON DEVICE ORIENTATION An apparatus for enabling provision of control over a device display based on device orientation may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110148936 | Associating Media Content Items With Geographical Data Systems and techniques are disclosed for associating and presenting media content items with locations on a geographical track path. For example, the frames of a video segment can be associated with locations on a track path. The track path can be based on position data... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110134148 | Systems And Methods Of Processing Touchpad Input Systems and methods for processing touchpad input are disclosed. An example method comprises: translating a first position of an object relative to a touchpad into a second position within a selected fixed size input area of a plurality of fixed size input areas; and se... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110115820 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an operation input in a predetermined operation direction, and a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, first auxiliary information indicating the predetermined op... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110080430 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, and Information Processing Program An apparatus for controlling a display screen including a touch-sensitive panel generating position signals representing a set of positions of a single continuous touch activation between a first time and a second time; and a processor coupled to the panel. The processo... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110074830 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface Using Mid-Drag Gestures A method for modifying user interface behavior on a device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display includes displaying a user interface, and while detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive surface: detecting a first movement of the contact corresponding to a first... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110037779 | LARGE SIZE IMAGE BROWSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF The present invention discloses a large size image browsing apparatus and a method thereof. The large size image browsing method according to the present invention comprises the following steps. First, a browsing apparatus is moved. Next, a sensing unit senses the force... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20100321410 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR MANIPULATION OF IMAGES ON TILED DISPLAYS In accordance with some embodiments of the inventions, a display system is disclosed for manipulation of images on tiled displays. The display system can include at least one discrete display device and a control module configured to allow a user to move a graphical rep... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100289826 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY SPEED IMPROVEMENT OF IMAGE Provided is a method of improving an output speed of an image being generated on a display includes generating a drag event of the image; checking a coordinate in a preset cycle in case the drag event is generated; predicting a next coordinate to which the image is to b... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100271405 | Method and System for Transforming a CAD Model of an Object Between Engineering States In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for transforming a CAD model of an object between engineering states includes generating a first reference geometry to represent a first engineering state. A parametric CAD model of the object may be generated to represen... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100245395 | Information Handling System with Touch Pad and Point Stick An information handling system is disclosed including a display, a base coupled to the display and a keypad with a plurality of keys disposed on the base. The system further includes a touchpad located proximate the keypad and a point stick located substantially between... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100201710 | STABILIZING IMAGES A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium provides the ability to stabilize a series of two or more still images (i.e., a clip). The clip of image data is obtained. The clip is then analyzed to produce a set of source curves that represent a global movem... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100182343 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE The display control device disclosed herein includes an acquisition section, a display method determination section, and an image display controller. The acquisition section is configured to acquire from a recording part an image and movement information related to at l... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100149557 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD When combining at least two images, a displacement between the images to be combined is corrected before combining the images. Therefore, the images to be combined are displayed on a display screen to correct the displacement. Further, the images may be enlarged for dis... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100097402 | MAP DATA COMPARISON DEVICE A map data comparison device by which a plurality of map data is presented including: a first retrieval member which retrieves a first map data; a second retrieval member which retrieves a second map data; a display member which displays the first map data and the secon... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100079493 | METHOD FOR SELECTING AND MANIPULATING A GRAPHICAL OBJECT IN AN INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM, AND INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM EXECUTING THE METHOD A method for selecting a graphic widget displayed on a background of an interactive input system comprises tracking one or more touch points associated with the background, and in the event that one or more touch points coincide with a location of the graphic widget, as... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20090251492 | Storage medium storing image conversion program and image conversion apparatus An image conversion apparatus converts an image, and displays a converted image on a display device. The image conversion apparatus displays an original image before conversion on the display device. Next, the image conversion apparatus sets a dividing line 52 fo... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090184981 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES ACCORDING TO USER POSITION A method is described for displaying images according to user position includes the steps of receiving a plurality of source images, indexing the plurality of source images and capturing a current user's position relative to a display suitable for presenting the plurali... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090160876 | VIRTUAL CONTACT GROUPS A computer-implementable method, system and computer-usable medium includes a virtual contact group that can be dynamically created, in response to a particular user input such as, for example, registration by the user with a particular organization and/or facility. The... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090147027 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM There is provided an information processing apparatus that classifies objects having the respective attribute information which are disposed on a display screen of a graphical user interface, the apparatus including an operation information acquisition unit that acquire... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090085935 | Storage medium storing image processing program and image processing apparatus An image is placed, based on a predetermined designation input, on a predetermined placement position in relation to a display area, and displayed. The image is enlarged and reduced in accordance with an enlargement ratio of the image, and an area within which the place... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20080225060 | Insertion of Graphics into Video Game A video computer game is described that enables a user to generate and play a customized video game. The user retrieves a user generated pictorial background for placement in a graphics window in the game. User generated or previously provided objects are selected for p... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20070273712 | Embedded navigation interface A navigation interface is embedded in imagery and includes various controls for manipulating the imagery. The controls provide various navigation operations, including but not limited to: rotation, tilt, zoom and 360 degree. In some implementations, one or more controls... | 11/29/2007 |
| 20070229549 | Methods and apparatus for associating mapping functionality and information in contact lists of mobile communication devices In one illustrative example, a method of providing mapping functionality in a contact list of a mobile communication device comprises the acts of providing a contact list organizer function in the mobile communication device for use in organizing a plurality of contacts... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20060282787 | User interface method and system for application programs implemented with component architectures A computer implemented system is disclosed for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for an application program. The system includes a renderer, a proxy, and a workflow manager. The renderer is defined to render the GUI. The proxy is defined to provide to the rende... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060262146 | Mobile communication terminal and method It is shown a method to move focus from a first user interface element to a second user interface element shown on a display of a mobile communication terminal, said mobile communication terminal further comprising an input device. The method comprises the steps of: det... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20050074165 | Smart erasure brush Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for erasing in a digital image. A method includes identifying a plurality of tip regions on the image, establishing an erasure color, and completely erasing pixels in the tip region that have a color matching t... | 04/07/2005 |
