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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7940250 | Web-clip widgets on a portable multifunction device In a computer-implemented method for use at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, a web page or portion thereof is displayed on the touch screen display. An activation of a web-clip widget creation icon is detected. In response to detecting th... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940251 | Input device A first planar input unit includes a transparent first substrate and a transparent second substrate that are stacked on each other. On an electrode formation surface of the first substrate, transparent Y-driving electrodes and transparent shielding layers are formed... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936340 | Display device and sensing signal processing apparatus A display device includes a plurality of first and second sensing data lines; a plurality of first and second sensors connected to the first and second sensing data lines, respectively; a plurality of first signal converters which compare a first sensing data signal... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936341 | Recognizing selection regions from multiple simultaneous inputs The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for recognizing selection regions from multiple simultaneous inputs. Input selection regions are calculated from simultaneous contacts on a multi-touch input display surface. Computer s... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936339 | Method and system for invoking computer functionality by interaction with dynamically generated interface regions of a writing surface A device user interface in which computer functionality is invoked by user interaction with dynamically generated interface regions of a writing surface. A computer system identifies a marking written on the writing surface or a user selection of an existing written... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936338 | Display unit and its manufacturing method The invention provides a display unit which can realize reduction in thickness and weight of the display unit by omitting a void between a touch panel and a display panel, and its manufacturing method. Whole faces of the touch panel and the display panel are directl... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932896 | Techniques for reducing jitter for taps Distinguishing sloppy taps from sliding motions is disclosed using an algorithm that can take into account both a time instability factor Tinst and a touch instability factor Zinst. A limited amount of motion per frame can be subtracted off immediately following the... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932895 | Control of an electronic device using a gesture as an input A method of controlling an electronic device using a gesture as an input, including recording a gesture and detecting, within the gesture, each one of a sequence of partial gestures that form the gesture; and performing the same first command on detecting each parti... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7928965 | Touch screen RFID tag reader The efficient incorporation of RFID circuitry within touch sensor panel circuitry is disclosed. The RFID antenna can be placed in the touch sensor panel, such that the touch sensor panel can now additionally function as an RFID transponder. No separate space-consumi... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928964 | Touch input data handling A system for enabling a tablet input object is described. A tablet input object can take various inputs from touch, a mouse, and a pen and sends their information to an application or operating system. Also, a pen message pathway may also be used to handle touch mes... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924271 | Detecting gestures on multi-event sensitive devices A user interface method is disclosed. The method can include detecting gestures on or above a multi-event sensor panel and performing an action associated with detected gestures. Such action can include activating or changing a state of one or more GUI objects and e... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924269 | Display devices and methods forming the same Display devices and methods forming the same. A digitizer sensor board is integrated on an upper substrate or a lower substrate of a display panel to provide a display device. In the display device, the display panel displays images, and the digitizer sensor board i... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924270 | Apparatus and method for mobile graphical cheminformatic The present invention is a pocket-sized, portable computing apparatus that performs frequently used laboratory calculations, provides a look-up function for commonly used data and procedures, and provides note-taking and data capture for record-keeping. The present ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920129 | Double-sided touch-sensitive panel with shield and drive combined layer A multi-touch capacitive touch sensor panel can be created using a substrate with column and row traces formed on either side of the substrate. To shield the column (sense) traces from the effects of capacitive coupling from a modulated Vcom layer in an adjacent liq... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920130 | Electronic apparatus equipped with touch panel capable of identifying fingerprint The invention discloses a touch panel capable of identifying fingerprints. The touch panel includes a touch layer and a fingerprint sensing layer. The touch layer is used for sensing a specific location touched by a finger. The fingerprint sensing layer is disposed ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920132 | Virtual keyboard system with automatic correction There is disclosed an enhanced text entry system which determines one or more alternate textual interpretations of each sequence of inputs detected within a designated auto-correcting keyboard region. The actual contact locations for the keystrokes may occur outside... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920128 | Touch sensitive display device and driving apparatus thereof, and method of detecting a touch According to an embodiment of the present invention, a display device may include a display panel, a plurality of pixels disposed on the display panel, a plurality of first sensing units disposed on the display panel and generating first sensing signals in response ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920131 | Keystroke tactility arrangement on a smooth touch surface Disclosed are four arrangements for providing tactility on a touch surface keyboard. One approach is to provide tactile feedback mechanisms, such as dots, bars, or other shapes on all or many keys. In another embodiment, an articulating frame may be provided that ex... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920126 | Input device An input device, especially for a vehicle, comprises a touchscreen to enter commands by touching an operating surface of the touchscreen or by pressing on the operating surface, an actuator to move the touchscreen in at least one direction, and a control module to c... | 04/05/2011 |
| RE42268 | Method and apparatus for organizing addressing elements A method and apparatus for organizing and accessing addressing elements is herein disclosed. In many situations in use of a handheld computer, for example, it is desirable to obtain quick and easy access to addressable resources from among a list of such resources. ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920127 | Capacitive coordinate detection device A coordinate detection device mounted on an information terminal apparatus is provided. The coordinate detection device includes a substrate that has a wiring region where leading lines to be connected to detection electrodes are located. The leading lines extend in... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916126 | Bottom-up watershed dataflow method and region-specific segmentation based on historic data to identify patches on a touch sensor panel The application of a watershed algorithm to pixels and their touch values obtained from a scan of a touch sensor panel to determine patches corresponding to images of touch is disclosed. Prior to applying the watershed algorithm, background pixels having little or n... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916125 | Touch screen device and method of displaying images thereon A touch screen device and method of displaying images using display windows and selecting execution menus displayed on the display windows in a touch screen device are provided. The touch screen device includes a screen, a display configured to display images thereo... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916124 | Interactive apparatus using print media A method for producing an output in response to an interaction with a print element on a sheet is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes placing a sheet comprising a print element on a surface of a base unit. A user can then mark on the sheet in the vicin... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911455 | Touch panel unit There are provided a design sheet attached to the surface of an upper electrode film of a touch panel such that the design sheet is protruded at its periphery from the touch panel and a touch-panel-unit casing which is integrally molded with the design sheet such th... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911452 | Pen input method and device for pen computing system A pen input device and method for a pen computing system. This device includes a touch screen panel mounted on a display screen, an electronic device interfaced with the panel, and a pen for inputting data. When a user handwrites a character, or a symbol on the scre... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911453 | Creating virtual replicas of physical objects The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for creating virtual replicas of physical objects. A computer system detects that a portion of a physical object has come into the physical vicinity of a portion of a multi-touch input ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911454 | Information processing apparatus, position detecting apparatus and sensing part for performing a detection operation An information processing apparatus includes a casing, an operation surface disposed at a predetermined location of the casing and being operable from outside the casing, a first sense unit disposed under the operation surface to electrically detect contact on the o... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907125 | Recognizing multiple input point gestures The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for recognizing multiple input point gestures. A recognition module receives an ordered set of points indicating that contacts have been detected in a specified order at multiple differ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7907126 | Touch screen display device and method of manufacturing the same A touch screen display device includes a common electrode, a base substrate disposed opposite to the common electrode, a display signal line formed on the base substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a touch position sensing part formed between the base substrat... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7907124 | Method and apparatus continuing action of user gestures performed upon a touch sensitive interactive display in simulation of inertia A method and apparatus for operating a multi-user interactive display system including a display having a touch-sensitive display surface. A position is detected for each contact site at which the display surface experiences external physical contact. Each contact s... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7903093 | Mobile communication device equipped with touch screen and method of controlling operation thereof A mobile communication device equipped with a touch screen and a method of controlling an operation of the mobile communication device are provided. According to an embodiment, the method includes displaying a display window on the touch screen, and displaying an in... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903094 | Information processing apparatus, operation input method, and sensing device An information processing apparatus includes an operation surface, a first sense unit for electrically detecting whether the operation surface is directly touched, a second sense unit for detecting whether the position pointing device approaches or contacts the oper... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903092 | Capacitive keyboard with position dependent reduced keying ambiguity Apparatus and methods are described for selecting which of a plurality of simultaneously activated keys in a keyboard based on capacitive sensors is a key intended for selection by a user. In embodiments of the invention keys are preferentially selected as the user ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903090 | Force-based input device Disclosed is an input device comprising (a) a base support, having a periphery and a plurality of apertures formed therein to define a circumscribed or circumscribing input pad configured to displace under the applied force; (b) a plurality of isolated beam segments... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903091 | Touch panel having a speaker function A touch panel includes a first supporting substrate, a second supporting substrate that faces the first supporting substrate, a first transparent electrode formed on the first supporting substrate, a second transparent electrode formed on the second supporting subst... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903095 | Information processing device, control method for information processing device, and information storage medium An information processing device in which, when one position on a touch panel is newly pressed in a state in which another position or a plurality of other positions are pressed, the newly pressed position can be reliably specified. A pressed-position-information st... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7898528 | Notebook computer with hidden touch pad A notebook computer with a hidden touch pad. The notebook computer includes a main portion, a display, and a touch pad. The main portion includes a housing, and the housing includes a receiving portion. The display is connected to the main portion in a rotatable man... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898529 | User interface having a placement and layout suitable for pen-based computers The present invention is a system that positions an interface for a pen-based computer at an end of a natural user motion arc, such as an arc a hand travels when an elbow is pivoted. Positioning of the interface in a lower corner of a display or window (left corner ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898530 | Steering wheel input/interactive surface The steering wheel input is a flexible, interactive input, based on a touch-sensitive surface. Groups of functions are available from many positions of hands and fingers, gripping and controlling the steering wheel. For example travel direction indicators, headlight... | 03/01/2011 |
