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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110006978 | IMAGE MANIPULATION BASED ON TRACKED EYE MOVEMENT The disclosure relates to controlling and manipulating an image of an object on a display device based on tracked eye movements of an observer. When the object is displayed according to an initial view, the observer's eye movement is tracked and processed in order to de... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100313110 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DISPLAY AND/OR PROCESSING OF INFORMATION, SUCH AS DATA The present invention relates to the field of information display as well as information processing. An example of the information may be data. A number of inventive aspects are disclosed in this specification. In a first aspect of invention, the invention relates to th... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100299629 | PROCESS FOR DISPLAYING A PORTION OF A HISTORY GRAPH SELECTED BY A USER The invention relates to a process for displaying a portion of a history graph selected by a user with an interactive element belonging to a computer-supported user interface with a graphic display, where the graphic data pertaining to the history graph is stored in a d... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100115407 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF A method of displaying in a mobile terminal includes displaying a map on a display unit, displaying at least one icon on the map, the at least one icon being linked to a certain area of the displayed map, receiving a signal for changing a scale of the map, changing the ... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100070916 | Template skimming preview Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that facilitates selection of a template for a document by a user. During operation, the system displays a graphical object associated with the template to the user and detects a position of a cursor over the gr... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100031188 | METHOD FOR ZOOMING IMAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME A method for zooming images may include the following steps: a closed line is traced on a touch panel and a tracing direction of the closed line is determined. An area enclosed by the closed line is then determined. A zooming ratio is computed according to the area. The... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090276727 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM An image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a moving unit configured to move a display position of an image displayed on a display screen; a setting unit configured to set a compressed image display area on the display screen... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090193356 | Systems and methods for providing a zoomable user interface Systems and methods for providing a zoomable user interface are provided. Objects associated with content may be graphically presented to a user. The graphical presentation may be initially based on a first browsing mode of a plurality of browsing modes. A selection of ... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090094550 | ZOOMING METHOD OF DISPLAY IMAGE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE A zooming method of a display image of an electronic device for zooming in a designated area of a portable electronic device. The zooming method includes the following steps setting a hot key combination, and loading a trigger event of the hot key into a Windows operati... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20080320414 | EDGE ANTI-ALIASING Methods and apparatuses for efficient edge anti-aliasing.... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080148181 | Techniques for use with a calendar and messaging component Techniques are provided for displaying electronic calendar information. A calendar entry corresponding to a date is selected. In response to selecting the calendar entry, the calendar entry is expanded by increasing a portion of a display area associated with the calend... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20070150829 | System and method for dynamic zoom to view documents on small displays A system and method for dynamic zoom adjustment based, in part, upon: the raster data in the user selected local area is disclosed; and/or the knowledge of a prevailing font size in a user selected region such that the text in that region is enlarged to be just readable... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070130540 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR DETAIL-IN-CONTEXT PRESENTATIONS A method for displaying a region of interest within visual information on a display screen of a computer, the region of interest including a focal region and a base region. The method includes the steps of: providing means for selecting at least one parameter for transf... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070006087 | Soft keys of the active idle plug-ins of a mobile terminal The invention relates to a method for utilizing specialized primary and secondary menus for different applications included in a mobile terminal. The invention also relates to a menu display controller and mobile terminal using the method. In the method a cursor movemen... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060224993 | Digital image browser The present subject matter describes a browser for efficiently presenting and browsing a large digital photograph collection. The browser includes a graphical interface—referred to as a time quilt—that combines a wrappable timeline with a space filling layout. Thumb... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060197782 | Method and system for zooming in and out of paginated content A method and system for changing the zoom applied to a document. A request is received to change the zoom of a document displayed in a viewing area. A focal point is determined based on whether an insertion point or active selection is currently displayed in the viewing... | 09/07/2006 |
| 20050229110 | Method of optimizing the presentation on a display screen of objects of a user interface which can be freely positioned and scaled by means of control elements The invention relates to a method of optimizing the presentation on a display screen of objects of a user interface which can be freely positioned and scaled by means of control elements. This is realized by means of a predetermined calculation rule in such a manner tha... | 10/13/2005 |
| 20050223335 | Button processing method and data processing apparatus A button processing method and a data processing apparatus that improve the operability of buttons when a display device with a display screen of small size is employed. In cases where an output image includes a button, when a display image is displayed on a display dev... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050177798 | Method and system for automatically displaying content of a window on a display that has changed orientation A method and system for automatically displaying content of a window on a display that has changed orientation is described. The content of a window, such as a dialog box, that has been authored for a particular size is repositioned and resized such that the window is v... | 08/11/2005 |
| 20050172242 | Generating a user interface An apparatus and a method for generating a non-modular user interface are disclosed. The user interface is composed of layers (1701 to 1703) of user interface groups (201 to 204). The groups are assigned to layers (902) and their locat... | 08/04/2005 |
| 20050120310 | Information processing apparatus and display control method According to one embodiment, a CPU executes a zooming utility program in accordance with, e.g., the operation of an enlargement button or reduction button provided as user operation means. The zooming utility program executed by the CPU searches for running application ... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050114788 | Changing an orientation of a user interface via a course of motion The invention relates to a method for changing an orientation of a User Interface (UI), the method comprises the steps of detecting a course of motion that is performed on the UI, and changing the orientation of the UI with respect to a device in which the UI is integra... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050108655 | User interface for displaying multiple applications Multiple applications are displayed. A request to change a display of a first application is received. A determination is made regarding how displays for one or more other applications should change in response to changing the display of the first application in order t... | 05/19/2005 |
| 20050108656 | Controlled non-proportional scaling display An adjustment is made to the size of an original graphic data object in a substantially rectangular original screen to obtain a target graphic data object on a substantially rectangular target screen having a different aspect ratio than that of the original screen. The ... | 05/19/2005 |
| 20050091606 | Systems and methods for displaying wrapped lists Systems and methods are disclosed for providing user-friendly displays of data, particularly data displayed in a list. If a list item or other data is too wide to be displayed entirely in the horizontal space available in a single display area, then the data may be wrap... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091608 | Multiple-mode window presentation system and process A system and process for managing the presentation of windows on the display screen of a computing device is presented. In general, this is a multiple-mode window presentation system and process that displays one or more of the peripheral graphic user interface (GUI) el... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091607 | Remote operation system, communication apparatus remote control system and document inspection apparatus This invention is, in a remote operation apparatus which transmits information to a terminal device having a display part which displays received information, for the purpose of operability improvement on the occasion of inspecting structured documents such as Web pages... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050071775 | Data processing apparatus and display control method A data processing apparatus comprises an operation member which is operated to change a display form of displayed contents and a processing unit which is responsive to an operation of the operation member to change the display form of the displayed contents of an active... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050060658 | Window control method A method allows a window to be enlarged, reduced in size, or moved easily by designating an operated object without performing an operation of accurately positioning a point position at a frame line or vertex as the operated object. The method comprises a step of sequen... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050055646 | Method for controlling a window-based user interface and an HMI device for carrying out said method A control of a window-based interactive user interface (210) includes at least two overlapping display and control windows (220, 230). When one display and control window (220) is activated, the other display and control window (230) is autom... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050044506 | Updating information content on a small display A method for fitting information content comprised by an electronic document onto the display of an electronic device, formatting of the information content of the electronic document being originally adapted to be shown on a display larger than that of the electronic d... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050039137 | Method, apparatus, and program for dynamic expansion and overlay of controls A set of replacement system window controls is provided that are instantiated as the result of the receipt of create control messages into the system message queue, instead of the built-in system window controls. The replacement window controls result in replacement con... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050028108 | System and method for dynamically processing display information to combine display focus and context information in screen displays A system and method for processing a set of information in a screen display are provided. A set of information is obtained that includes a subset of information corresponding to search criteria. A central focus display section is defined that includes at least one eleme... | 02/03/2005 |
| 20050022136 | Methods and systems for manipulating an item interface A graphical user interface includes a graphical user interface, which includes an item interface in which at least two items can be listed. In an expanded state, the item interface has a collapse control for bringing the item interface in a collapsed state in which the ... | 01/27/2005 |
