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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184097 | Interactive gaming system and method using motion-sensitive input device A wireless input device for playing an interactive motion-sensitive game using a wireless-compatible game console in which a virtual play environment is represented through one or more computer-animated visual, aural or tactile effects is provided wherein game play ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8169404 | Method and device for planary sensory detection A method and system (500) for generating an approximately planar sensory field (199) and confirming a presence of an object (310) in the field is provided. The system can include at least one paired receiver (121/122) and at least one tra... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169406 | Motion-sensitive wand controller for a game A wireless input device for playing an interactive motion-sensitive game using a wireless-compatible game console in which a virtual play environment is represented through one or more computer-animated visual, aural or tactile effects is provided wherein game play ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169405 | Methods and systems for enhancing television applications using 3D pointing Systems and methods according to the present invention provide a control framework for organizing, selecting and launching media items including graphical user interfaces coupled with an optional 3D control device for collection of the basic control primitives of po... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164567 | Motion-sensitive game controller with optional display screen A wireless input device for playing an interactive motion-sensitive game using a wireless-compatible game console in which a virtual play environment is represented through one or more computer-animated visual, aural or tactile effects is provided wherein game play ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164566 | Remote input device An input device providing users with a pointing capability includes a sender portion and a receiver portion. The sender portion is adapted to be manipulated by a user to specify a target point within a target area. The sender portion projects a light beam including ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159459 | Coordinate positioning system and method with in-the-air positioning function A coordinate positioning system with in-the-air positioning function includes an illuminator and an image sensor. The illuminator produces a directional light. The image sensor receives the directional light produced by the illuminator and produces an image correspo... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154514 | Method of controlling movement of graphics object and remote control device using the same A remote control device is provided. The device includes an attitude sensing unit that senses the attitude of a device; an axis determining unit that determines one axis in space according to the attitude; a direction input unit that receives a selection command inp... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155499 | Screen saving method of image apparatus A screen saving method of an image apparatus is provided. The screen saving method includes playing back an audio signal, and displaying a screen saving image that includes audio playback data, according to the played back audio signal. The image apparatus includes ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149214 | Method, medium and apparatus browsing images A method, medium and apparatus browsing images is disclosed. The method browsing images includes sensing acceleration imparted to a portable digital device, and moving an image onto a display area in accordance with a tilt angle of the portable digital device if the... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149215 | Cursor control method applied to presentation system and computer readable storage medium The invention discloses a cursor control method applied to a presentation system. The presentation system comprises a computer, an imaging plane, an optical pointer, a camera, and a projector. The projector is a mobile or built-in projector of the computer for proje... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139029 | Method and device for three-dimensional sensing An apparatus (100) and method is provided that identifies and tracks a relative location and movement of an object in a three-dimensional space. The sensing unit includes a processor (122) for communicating a coordinate information of the object within... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139030 | Magnetic sensor for use with hand-held devices The use of magnetic field sensing to perform sophisticated command control and data input into a portable device is disclosed. A magnetic field sensor is embedded or fixedly attached to a portable device to measure changes in the magnetic field strength and/or direc... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8125448 | Wearable computer pointing device Described is a technology by which a computer pointing device (generally a mouse but alternatively a game controller or remote control device) may be worn on the hand and operated without needing to contact a mousing surface. Gyroscopic-based sensors convert the wea... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125449 | Movable touchpad with high sensitivity A highly sensitive movable touchpad is disclosed in the present invention. It is used for laptop computers and has a slidable template for users to move so that a cursor can be controlled by the touchpad. A resistive or capacitive detecting surface can be applied fo... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8111241 | Gestural generation, sequencing and recording of music on mobile devices System and methods for an application that allows users to interactively create, transform and play music using cell phones, iPhones™ and other enabled mobile communication devices communicating with a remote host are disclosed. Using an enabled mobile communicati... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106883 | Mobile terminal and method for moving a cursor and executing a menu function using a navigation key A mobile terminal and method for moving a cursor and executing a menu function in respons to operations of a navigation key by the user are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes an optical sensor navigation key installed in the mobile terminal, wherein the navigat... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106884 | Pointing input device, method, and system using image pattern A pointing input device and method, a pointer control device and method, and an image pattern generation device and method which move a mouse pointer displayed in a display region according to the movement of a location pointed at by the pointing input device. The p... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102369 | Method and apparatus for dynamically modifying web page display for mobile devices A method of dynamically modifying web page displays used in various mobile devices. The method uses a motion detection mechanism to detect whether the mobile device is moving or in motion and then modifies web page displays sent to the device based upon the sensor r... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8089458 | Toy devices and methods for providing an interactive play experience The invention provides a unique interactive play experience carried out utilizing a toy “wand” and/or other actuation/tracking device. In one embodiment, the wand incorporates a wireless transmitter and motion-sensitive circuitry adapted to actuate the transmitt... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085243 | Input device and its method An input device for inputting a command and information to a device, includes a body shape input section acquiring body shape information of a user and a display information generation section generating a display image necessary for the user to input the command an... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081159 | Programmable lift response for an optical navigation device An optical pointing device comprising an optical navigation sensor and an adjustment module for adjusting an operational height of the optical navigation sensor is provided in one embodiment. In another embodiment, an optical pointing device comprising a housing and... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077146 | Display system and method for detecting pointed position A plurality of infrared-light-emitting areas are displayed in a display screen of a liquid crystal display apparatus in a method that allows each of the infrared-light-emitting areas to be distinguished. Then, an image in a direction of a pointed position is capture... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072424 | 3D pointing devices with orientation compensation and improved usability Systems and methods according to the present invention describe 3D pointing devices which enhance usability by transforming sensed motion data from a first frame of reference (e.g., the body of the 3D pointing device) into a second frame of reference (e.g., a user's... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068096 | Game program and game system A game system comprises a pointing device for pointing to an arbitrary point in a game screen displayed on a display device and an acceleration sensor provided in the pointing device. A processor of the game system repeatedly identifies a position of the point point... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8049721 | Pointer light tracking method, program, and recording medium thereof A pointer light tracking method wherein all black image and white square images located at four corners of the all black image are projected on the display, the display on which the all black image and the white square images are displayed is shot by a camera, a dom... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049720 | Compact optical pointing apparatus and method A display pointing device (10) includes a fingerprint sensing circuit (18) that optically senses, for example, a portion of a fingerprint or other skin texture, and a fingerprint movement detection circuit (20), operatively coupled to the finger... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049722 | Vehicular operating apparatus A vehicular operating apparatus in which an operating portion on which operating switches are arranged is arranged in a vehicle cabin in a separate location that is physically distanced from a display portion that displays an operation menu image showing the positio... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044933 | Method and device for controlling display according to tilt of mobile terminal using geomagnetic sensor Disclosed are a method and a device for dynamically changing the display of a picture according to the degree of tilt of a mobile terminal without any separate key input. The degree of tilt refers to the angle at which the mobile terminal is tilted with respect to a... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040320 | Input device and method of operation thereof A generic input device built of Electro-optical camera, sensors, buttons and communication means, provides a measure for operating in absolute and/or relational mode, most software applications on many electronic platforms with display independent of the screen char... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035614 | Interactive video window An interactive video window display system. A projector projects a visual image. A screen displays the visual image, wherein the projector projects the visual image onto a back side of the screen for presentation to a user on a front side of the screen, and wherein ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8031174 | Multi-touch surface stackup arrangement A multi-layer cover for an electronic device having one or more of a sensor panel, a proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor, and a display device can include an outer hardcoat, a structural layer, an IR transmissive ink layer, a mask layer, and a backside hardcoa... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031175 | Touch sensitive remote control system that detects hand size characteristics of user and adapts mapping to screen display Sensors around the periphery of the remote control unit detect contact with the user's hand. A trained model-based pattern classification system analyzes the periphery sensor data and makes a probabilistic prediction of the user's hand size. The hand size is then us... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8022928 | Free-space pointing and handwriting A position detection method using one or more one-dimensional image sensors for detecting a light source (22) in free space is adapted for use as a portable free-space data input device (20) for controlling of a cursor (42) on the display (44... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8018435 | Method and apparatus for controlling a computing system A handheld computing device is introduced comprising a motion detection sensor(s) and a motion control agent. The motion detection sensor(s) detect motion of the computing device in one or more of six (6) fields of motion and generate an indication of such motion. T... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018325 | Remote control system, remote controller, information processing apparatus, remote control method, information processing method, and computer program therefor A remote control system includes an information processing apparatus and a remote controller. The remote controller includes a start notification transmitter that transmits a notification for causing the information processing apparatus to start recording an inter-d... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8004493 | Methods and systems for providing sensory information to devices and peripherals Peripherals and data processing systems are disclosed which can be configured to interact based upon sensor data. In at least certain embodiments, a method for sensing motion and orientation information for a device includes receiving a motion event from at least on... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995033 | Power saving device for display A power saving device includes a first power connector adapted for connecting to a power source, a second power connector adapted for connecting to a power wire of a display, an infrared sensor, an infrared coupling circuit, a wave shaping circuit, and a switch circ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7982713 | Multi-pointing method using magnetic field and device therefor A multi-pointing method using a magnetic field is provided. When one or more pointing devices that generate magnetic fields move or rotate, locations and directions of rotation of the one or more pointing devices are sensed based on patterns of magnetic fields gener... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978176 | Portrait-landscape rotation heuristics for a portable multifunction device In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is performed at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display and one or more accelerometers. The method includes displaying information on the touch screen display in a portrait view o... | 07/12/2011 |
