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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8124892 | Electromagnetic manuscript input apparatus and method thereof An electromagnetic manuscript input apparatus and a method thereof are provided for a manuscript input function. The electromagnetic manuscript input apparatus includes an electromagnetic pen and a digitizer. The digitizer includes a plurality of antennas and windin... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7443387 | Coordinate input apparatus, its control method, and program A signal change range, which is generated due to a pointing operation of a pointer on a coordinate input region, with respect to an initial detection signal distribution of a detection unit in an initial state in which no pointing operation is made on the coordinate... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443384 | Coordinates input device A coordinates input device includes an operation unit that receives an operation input, a vibration generator that applies a vibration to the operation unit, and a vibration control unit that controls the vibration generator to apply the vibration to the operation u... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443385 | Data processing Data processing apparatus comprises an array of user-operable controls, the controls being adjustable by movement of a user's hand while touching a control; a detector for detecting when a user's hand is touching a control; a display screen for displaying respective... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438978 | Transparent conductive film, transparent conductive plate, and touch panel A touch panel having excellent durability, in which depression is scarcely generated on the surface of the touch panel by pushing the surface with a pen, and a transparent conductive film and plate useful in the touch panel are provided. The transparent conductive f... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439962 | Touch pad with flexible substrate A touch sensor device is provided that uses a flexible circuit substrate to provide an improved input device. Specifically, the present invention uses a touch sensor controller affixed to the flexible circuit substrate, which is coupled to a sensor component to prov... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439961 | Apparatus and method for driving touch panel device A driving apparatus of a touch panel includes a touch panel for generating a coordinate signal according to a position of a contact point, at least two interface integrated circuits connected to the touch panel, a computer system driving the touch panel and connecte... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436393 | Touch panel for display device A touch panel for a display device integrates functionality provided by resistive-type and EM-type touch panels. The touch panel is integrated with the display device and includes a resisitve-type touch panel arranged above the display device and an EM-type touch pa... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436397 | Touchpad stylus having isolated low-mass contact element A touchpad stylus includes a housing, a stylus member axially moveable in the housing, and an energy-absorbing cushion member interposed between a rear extremity of the stylus member and an internal cavity of the housing, the cushion member lightly forwardly biasing... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432914 | Coordinate input apparatus, its control method, and program Angle information corresponding to a specified point is calculated on the basis of a change in light amount distribution obtained from at least two sensor units which are arranged on the corner portions of a coordinate input region and receive incoming light. The co... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429706 | Interactive IR electronic white board The present invention discloses an interactive IR electronic white board, around which is an infrared emitting and receiving array. An output port of a column driver of emitting array is connected to high frequency modulating signal generator, and an output port of ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427984 | Point erasing A system and method for erasing ink is described. Using an erasing contour, the system determines closest points which come close to or contacts the erasing contour when it encounters an ink stroke. Portions of an ink stroke may then be erased when the erasing conto... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427983 | Visual communication system A visual communication system that is suitable for use in connection with a display surface is disclosed. The system includes a camera or other data-capturing device that can be remotely positioned from the display surface. A control unit receives image data from th... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423629 | Position detection system and position detector A position detection system includes a position pointer and a position detector. The “blind” area in which a position pointed to by a position pointer is undetectable is minimized. A transmission coil selector selects one of a plurality of transmission coils. A ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7415141 | Signature authentication device, signature authentication method, and computer program product A signature authentication device is disclosed. Even when there are variations in an input hand-written signature during the registration of the signature or during the authentication of the signature, the signature authentication device easily registers or authenti... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411584 | Touch sensitive device employing bending wave vibration sensing and excitation transducers A touch sensitive apparatus includes a touch plate to which several pickup sensors and at least one excitation transducer are coupled. Each of the sensors is configured to sense bending waves in the touch plate, and the excitation transducer is configured to induce ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411581 | Touch pad A touch pad (101) includes transducers (201-204) for receiving acoustic signals resulting from touch events, such as the continuous movement of a fingertip across the surface (105) of the touch pad. The acoustic signals are acquired at di... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7400318 | Touchpad having increased noise rejection, decreased moisture sensitivity, and improved tracking An improved touchpad and measurement circuitry for enabling input to a computer or other electronic device. The system includes an X electrode, a Y electrode, a common sensing electrode, and a “water” electrode, wherein these four separate electrodes can be impl... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397467 | Mobile communication terminal with multi-input device and method of using the same A radiation module capable of resisting reverse flow of hot fluid includes a fan, a radiator and a retaining tool. The fan provides an inlet and an outlet. The radiator is connected to the outlet of the fan. The retaining tool secures the radiator to a heat generati... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397465 | Coordinate input control method A coordinate input control method is used in a display-integrated coordinate input apparatus which includes a display having thereon a first area and a second area, and a single coordinate-input unit, and in which the coordinate input means inputs coordinates on the... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397466 | Integral spacer dots for touch screen A touch screen comprising a flexible sheet comprising a substantially planar surface and integral compressible spacer dots formed thereon, where each spacer dot comprises a base cross section in the substantially planar surface of the flexible sheet defined by a fir... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396178 | Universal pen with optical, position and/or motion sensors A pen for marking a visible path on a surface. The pen has a marking device adapted to change one or more attributes of the visible path, and a sensing device having at least one of a position sensor for determining the position of the pen relative to the surface, a... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391413 | Positional information outputting device, positional information outputting method, and signal processing method A positional information outputting device comprising: a display screen; a positional information outputting circuit for outputting the information of a position designated on the display screen; and an output circuit for outputting a display signal for displaying a... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385596 | Stylus attachment structure for IT products In a stylus attachment structure for an IT product, the attachment structure formed on an IT product, such as, a laptop, a tablet PC and a PDA, comprises an attachment slot, a push-out member, a retaining member and an elastic part, wherein the push-out member is ar... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385595 | Electronic pen and method for recording of handwritten information An electronic pen for recording of handwritten or hand-drawn information has a control unit and a memory. The control unit registers pen movements across at least one base, stores a plurality of digital pen strokes in the memory as a function of said movements, and ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7379053 | Computer interface for navigating graphical user interface by touch A system for enabling a user to navigate a graphical user interface by touching pads on a touch surface. The arrangement of the pads on the touch surface is static, but the functions associated with each pad dynamically change in correspondence with functions in the... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372456 | Method and apparatus for calibrating an interactive touch system A method of calibrating an interactive touch system includes moving a pointer along at least one path on a touch surface over a calibration image presented on the touch surface. Pointer coordinates are generated generally continuously during the tracing representing... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369266 | Image-Recording Apparatus and method for dividing a complete image for recording onto a plurality of recording media An image-recording apparatus 1 includes image recording assembly 60 and a control section 40 having image-processing section 44. The image-processing section divides the image data indicative of the complete image into a plurality of imag... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367119 | Method for forming a reinforced tip for a probe storage device Systems and methods in accordance with the present invention can include a tip contactable with a media. In an embodiment, the tip comprises a substantially hollow structure formed of a metal. The tip can be formed by depositing a first metal layer over silicon ther... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361379 | Method of registering a spacer with a conducting track A method of producing a relief structure on a patterned conductor comprises the steps of; coating a layer of conductive material onto a transparent substrate, coating a layer of metal onto the layer of conductive material, coating a layer of photoresist onto the lay... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362314 | Interactive surface for enabling user interaction with software An interactive surface for enabling user interaction with software in a computer system via a sensing device, the interactive surface comprising: visual information relating to a drawing field and the computer software; and, ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360089 | Registration network for optical sensing device including printer as base station A network including an optical sensing device, and a registration server, wherein a secret key and a unique public identifier are installed in the optical sensing device and in a database of the registration server; wherein the optical sensing device is adapted to c... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358965 | Tapping to create writing The present invention provides a method and system for tapping to create document structure, such as writing. A tapping gesture received from the user is interpreted by a writing application to indicate that the user is about to write in a certain location on the pa... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358964 | Electromagnetic inductive system with multi-induction loop layout and battery less pointer device and its method for locating the coordinate A multi-induction loop layout of an electromagnetic inductive system is disclosed. The multi-induction loop layout of the invention comprises a plurality of inductive loops, one terminal of each inductive loop connecting to a loop switch, and the other terminal conn... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359041 | Method and system for optically tracking a target using a triangulation technique An optical position-tracking system comprises a first light beam steering device for sweeping a first light beam through a first angular range to cause a reflection of the first light beam by a target. Additionally, the optical position-tracking system further compr... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352355 | Transparent overlay input device A transparent overlay input device includes a transparent non-conductive substrate, a plurality of transparent conductive electrode pairs and a transparent non-conductive cover. The plurality of transparent conductive electrode pairs are formed on the substrate and ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352366 | Dynamic rendering of ink strokes with transparency Apparatus and methods for dynamically rendering transparent ink strokes, in some situations such that the rendered ink stroke has transparency similar to physical ink while it is being drawn. For example, the ink stroke may be dynamically rendered as a stroke having... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352899 | Realistic machine-generated handwriting with personalized fonts There are provided new and improved methods and systems for producing machine-generated handwriting having realistic human appearance. In various embodiments, the handwriting may include characteristics of particular classes and/or characteristics of particular indi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348964 | Single-piece top surface display layer and integrated front cover for an electronic device A single-piece top surface display and integrated front cover for an electronic device. In one embodiment, the cover comprises a thin, flexible, transparent layer coupled with a supporting structure. The flexible layer is supported above a display screen which is co... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345671 | Method and apparatus for use of rotational user inputs Improved approaches for users of computing devices to interact with graphical user interfaces are described. According to one aspect, a rotational user action supplied by a user at a user input device is transformed into linear action with respect to a graphical use... | 03/18/2008 |
