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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188976 | Mobile terminal device and program used in mobile terminal device A mobile terminal device provided with a plurality of keys includes: a touch pad and a touch detection interface which detect a user touching a key; a press detection interface which detects the user pressing the key; a display unit which sequentially displays chara... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8188977 | Operation input device and character input device Provided is an operation input device to be attached to a base having a recessed portion including a side surface that faces one end of the base. The operation input device includes: a side surface portion formed into a shape corresponding to the side surface of the... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8188978 | Handheld electronic device providing a learning function to facilitate correction of erroneous text entry and associated method A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate text input. In addition to identifying and outputting representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and t... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184100 | Inertia sensing input controller and receiver and interactive system using thereof An inertial sensing input controller, receiver and interactive system using thereof are provided in the present invention. The inertial sensing input controller functioning to capture motions of a human body comprises an inertial sensing module for sensing a sequenc... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179371 | Method, system, and graphical user interface for selecting a soft keyboard A portable electronic device may display one of a plurality of soft keyboards in a first display area and input characters in a second display area. The user may select a key on the soft keyboard, causing a plurality of objects corresponding to the plurality of soft... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8169408 | Display for multi-function key pad and electronic device having the same Disclosed are a display for a multi-function key pad and an electronic device having the display that have both input and output functions. The display for the multi-function key pad includes an electrophoretic display panel provided with a plurality of display regi... | 05/01/2012 |
| RE43336 | Portable electronic terminal apparatus having a plurality of displays A portable electronic terminal apparatus includes a main body, an information input mechanism, a plurality of displays, a communications mechanism, and a flip panel. The main body has a hollow section. The information input mechanism inputs various kinds of informat... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164571 | Slideable keyboard for an electronic equipment An electronic equipment (1) comprising a casing (10) having a front surface (11); a display (20); a mechanical keypad (30); and a set (40) of navigation and function/control keys, said display (20) and keypad (30 | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159461 | Method and apparatus for providing tactile sensations Products and processes for providing tactile sensations to input devices or electronic devices are provided. Input devices include mechanical input devices (such as, for example, mechanical switches) and non-mechanical input devices (such as, for example, touchpads)... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154520 | Handheld electronic communication device transitionable between compact and expanded configurations A handheld electronic communication device is disclosed that is transitionable between at least a compact configuration and expanded configuration. The handheld electronic communication device includes a display panel pivotally interconnected to a keyboard panel. Th... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154519 | Ergonomic hand-held computer input and control device A hand-held computer input and control device designed to be held in the palm of a relaxed free floating hand, wherein the device is balanced for use with the user's thumb, 1st and/or 2nd fingers. In one exemplary embodiment, a hand held struct... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154518 | Handheld electronic device and associated method employing a multiple-axis input device and elevating the priority of certain text disambiguation results when entering text into a special input field A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood tha... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8139350 | Notebook computer A notebook computer including a host and a keyboard is provided. The host has an assembling region. The keyboard module disposed at the assembling region includes a keyboard and a keyboard frame. The keyboard has a substrate and multiple keys, wherein the keys are d... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8130200 | Combination thumb keyboard and mouse A user interface device for use in controlling one or more external devices has at least a positional change operation mode and a keyboard operation mode. The user interface device has a main body portion, an orientation sensor, a surface sensor, a processor and a s... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130199 | Compact universal keyboard A keyboard type input device used in conjunction with a wristwatch or a portable telephone has multiple key positions provided as character entry keys. Each key corresponds to one key in the selected row of the conventional QWERTY keyboard. A second set of control b... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130201 | Hand-held browser transcoding A method of processing data using a portable electronic device includes transcoding, using a processor of the portable electronic device, a first webpage to generate a second web page. The second web page is displayed using a display device of the portable electroni... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125452 | Electronic book cover The electronic book cover is of a thick board adapted to support an electronic device, such as a calculator or MP3 player. A cutout in the board receives the electronic device, and it is securely bolstered to the main block of book pages. The board is completely cov... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120584 | Feedback mechanism for user detection of reference location on a sensing device An apparatus and method for providing an active feedback of a position of a conductive object, manipulated by a user on a sensing device, to allow detection of a reference location on the sensing device by the user. The apparatus may include a sensing device to dete... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8106887 | Display apparatus and method for mobile terminal A display apparatus for a mobile terminal including: an input unit for receiving a user's instruction; a controller for simultaneously executing two or more tasks and transferring the received instruction to at least one display unit; a first display unit for perfor... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102373 | Hybrid device to mediate priority of a task-handler and user interface method thereof A hybrid device having a plurality of task-handlers corresponding to a function key uses a user interface method. The user interface method includes receiving information necessary to change priorities of the task-handlers corresponding to the function key; changing... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102374 | Method and device for input of symbol and key-function information into a digital data processor A method for hand inputting symbol and key-function information into a digital data processor comprises: providing a device including three keys for the left hand's middle, ring, and pinky fingers, three keys for the right hand's middle, ring, and pinky fingers, fir... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098140 | Customizable and upgradable devices and methods related thereto A remote control is configured by a user specifying a type and brand of a consumer electronic device. A plurality of function code sets that have been identified as being candidates for commanding operations of the specified type and brand of consumer electronic dev... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8085245 | Display device, keypad thereof and method for activating display device A display device includes a processor, a memory, an interface and a keypad. The keypad, separably connected to the interface, includes a signal generator. When the display device is connected to a power source, the processor sends a first signal to the interface. Th... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081164 | Controlling user input devices based upon detected attitude of a handheld electronic device A wireless handheld electronic device configured to send and receive text messages. A microprocessor for receiving, processing and outputting data is located within the handheld device. A display screen in data-communication with the microprocessor presents informat... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8072427 | Pivoting, multi-configuration mobile device A mobile device 500 comprises a display portion 502 including a display screen, a first keypad portion 501, a second keypad portion 502, and at least one input device 508, 510-524, 531-544 associated with at least one... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072428 | Apparatus and method for inputting characters in portable terminal A method and apparatus for inputting characters in a portable terminal. The method includes displaying on a display unit an arrangement of characters corresponding to a character input mode from among a plurality of arrangements of characters according to various mo... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8059097 | Shared symbol and emoticon key and methods The present invention provides systems and methods for using a dedicated shared emoticon and symbol key on a keypad of a mobile electronic device. The shared key is adapted to access a menu of multiple symbols and emoticons using a toggle input and can be accessed w... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059096 | Mobile terminal and output controlling method thereof A mobile terminal including a main body having a wireless communication module, a first display module disposed on a front surface of the main body and configured to display first information, a first input unit disposed on the front surface of the main body and con... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059098 | Electronic device with automatic switching input interfaces and switching method thereof An electronic device with automatic switching input interfaces and a switching method thereof. The electronic device supports an Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI), and includes a display unit, a storage unit, a memory unit, and an embedded controller. Th... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054295 | Remote control with concealed multi-directional controller A remote control method and system employ remote controller (10) which is adapted for use with an entertainment system of a type including a display (222) as well as providing functions such as Internet access or other functions requiring a keyboard an... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054294 | Touch screen remote control system for use in controlling one or more devices The present embodiments provide systems and methods for use in remote controlling devices including consumer electronic devices. Some embodiments provide a remote control system that comprises a processor, a display driver coupled with the processor, a touch screen ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049729 | Easily deployable interactive direct-pointing system and presentation control system and calibration method therefor A method for controlling movement of a computer display cursor based on a point-of-aim of a pointing device within an interaction region includes projecting an image of a computer display to create the interaction region. At least one calibration point having a pred... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049727 | Accessory module for handheld devices An accessory module or accessory display device for a handheld computer is disclosed. The device includes an interface configured to be coupled to a handheld computer through an interface slot. The module may be flexibly hinged to the interconnect interface, permitt... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049728 | Touch key assembly for a mobile terminal A touch key assembly includes a cover having at least one touch key which is identified by an optically transmissive region of the cover. The cover is also shaped to define a push key opening. The assembly also includes a touch pad structured to operatively couple t... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8040322 | System and method for user interface generation Systems and methods for use in displaying user interface components upon user interfaces of computing devices. A system and method could be configured to receive an image to be displayed upon a user interface of the device. One or more indicators can be used to spec... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040321 | Touch-sensor with shared capacitive sensors A method and apparatus to implement a touch-sensor device using shared capacitive sensors. The apparatus includes a first plurality of sensor elements coupled together, a second plurality of sensor elements coupled together independently of the first plurality of se... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035617 | Portable computer device A portable computer device has data acceptance logic (24,40) that determines whether input data items have time and location information. If not, data items are stored together with time and location information taken from clock (30) and location deter... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035619 | Image drawing method, portable terminal, and computer program An image drawing method for drawing an image on an input screen of a portable terminal having input keys arranged in an N×M matrix includes the steps of: determining a size of an input window formed of grid squares arranged in an N×M matrix; determining a position... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035618 | Handheld electronic device and associated method providing disambiguation of an ambiguous object during editing and selectively providing prediction of future characters A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software and prediction software. During editing of an object, the object can be ambiguous, and the system provides one or more disambiguated interpretations of the am... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8026901 | Method of fast typing twin special characters A method for inputting character pairs in an electronic device having a user input device, a display for displaying characters input through the user input device, and a memory for storing characters input through the user input device, including storing a character... | 09/27/2011 |
