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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7042711 | Multi-functional electronic device with a continuously accessible pointing device According to one embodiment of the invention, an electronic device comprises a body case, a display and a pointing device. Featuring a flat panel display, the display is rotationally coupled to the body case and adapted to be translated over the body case. The point... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041916 | Orientation sensing device with processor A sensing device for generating orientation data when positioned or moved relative to a surface, the orientation data being indicative of an orientation of the sensing device relative to the surface, the surface having coded data disposed upon it, the coded data bei... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039918 | Service processor and system and method using a service processor A service processor is provided for a computer system that includes a host processor and the service processor. The service processor includes a management interface including a first port forming an external user interface and a second port forming an internal cons... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036077 | Method for gestural interpretation in a system for selecting and arranging visible material in document images A graphical input and display system for creating and manipulating image object(s) includes input devices permitting a user to select elements of image object(s) received from various image input sources. A processor, connected to the system, receives requests for v... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035429 | Method and device for addressing mail items Systems and methods provide for remote addressing of an item of mail that include obtaining remotely produced address information. The address information includes a digitally represented graph of a handwritten address and sending the graph to a device adapted to ap... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034953 | Method and system for instruction of a computer using processing sensor The present invention provides a method for enabling instruction of a computer to perform tasks, the method including the steps of: providing a user with at least one form printable on a surface to provide one or more first viewable information zones relating to one... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7036026 | Resetting time-out for automatic power-off of a notebook computer upon placement of a stylus in a storage location A notebook computer has a display screen adapted to interact with a stylus and a storage location for storing the stylus when the stylus is not in use. The notebook computer also has a power control means for powering on the notebook computer upon removal of the sty... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030864 | Pen base mouse A pen base mouse is constructed to include a penholder holding a circuit board, the circuit board having a wireless transmitter for signal output to a computer, a cursor control unit mounted in one end of the penholder and adapted to control a pointer on a computer ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031798 | Event management systems and methods for the distribution of motion control commands A motion control system for controlling a target device to perform a desired motion operation. The motion control system comprises at least one motion event provider, a motion event manager, and a motion control component. The motion event provider is configured to ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030782 | Position detector A position detector is provided for detecting the relative movement of first and second members which are mounted for relative movement along a measuring path. One of the members comprises a magnetic field generator for generating a magnetic field and the other memb... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030860 | Flexible transparent touch sensing system for electronic devices A transparent, capacitive sensing system particularly well suited for input to electronic devices is described. The sensing system can be used to emulate physical buttons or slider switches that are either displayed on an active display device or printed on an under... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7032187 | Pen-based interface for a notepad computer A notepad computer is disclosed with a page display region displaying a page of a document on which a user can write using a pen. Associated with the page is an interface useable with the pen including a core task tool region where tool icons are partially visible u... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030861 | System and method for packing multi-touch gestures onto a hand A multi-touch system is disclosed that compares finger arrangements at the beginning of multi-touch gestures and discriminates between neutral- and spread-hand performances. Gestures by the neutral- and spread-hand versions of each chord are then mapped to separate,... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029089 | Method for recording image corresponding to positional information on recording medium and recording apparatus When an image representing positional information, formed with black spot pattern and the other image formed with color inks including cyan, magenta, and yellow are recorded on the same recording medium, the gradient of color data is corrected during data preparatio... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030881 | Method for converting two-dimensional objects to distance fields A method converts a two-dimensional object to a two-dimensional distance field. The object is represented as a set of boundary descriptors and a fill rule. The set of boundary descriptors is preprocessed and a spatial hierarchy is constructed from the preprocessed s... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027040 | Data input/output system, data input/output method, and program recording medium An interactive-type data system comprising an integration of instinctive operability of the real objects with multiple purpose functions is disclosed. Concretely, by utilizing a transparent tile incorporating a wireless tag as a unit of interface, a plurality of til... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027965 | Time domain passivity control of haptic interfaces Methods are provided for stabilizing a haptic interface of a computer-controlled one-port virtual-reality system or a two-port teleoperation system comprising a robot manipulator. “Stabilizing” means to reduce the sense of vibration in a haptic interface. A Pass... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027320 | Soft-reference magnetic memory digitized device and method of operation A retractable camera apparatus is disclosed. Through the use of the apparatus, a video teleconference environment can communicate, in real time, such personal features as gesture, expression and body language. The apparatus includes a housing portion, at least one a... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027038 | System and method for locating on a physical document items referenced in another physical document The present invention generally relates to interactive hypermedia systems and more particularly to a method and system for locating on a physical document items referenced in another physical document. The present invention discloses a method and system for creating... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026789 | Charging system for electronic devices Charging systems (10, 70) are disclosed that generally employ forces generated by at least one magnet (16–22) or (76–82) to guide and urge a rechargeable, portable or mobile electronic device (12, 72) toward a charging position with r... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027041 | Presentation system A presentation system comprises: a screen device; a projecting device for projecting an image onto the screen device; an indication mark for setting two reference points, which is two orthogonal points on a rectangular virtual screen, near a presenter and for the pr... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024625 | Mouse device with tactile feedback applied to housing A computer mouse device for tracking user input and providing tactile feedback. A housing includes a lower portion designed to move over a flat surface, and a casing portion engaged by a palm of a user's hand. A sensor is provided within the housing for tracking the... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023997 | Secure messaging communication system A secure telecommunication system 10 is provided that allows for communication between a device 14 and a receiving device 16 of encrypted data messages through a data communications network 12. The device 14 utilizes an encryption ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023503 | Image sensor with photosensitive thin film transistors An image sensor array includes image sensors having photo TFTs to generate photocurrent in response to received images. The photo TFTs each have their respective gate electrodes shorted to source electrodes to increase generated photocurrent. Storage capacitors are ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023430 | Stylus retaining and releasing mechanism for stylus-receiving housing An electronic device has a cavity in which a stylus can be slidably inserted. The stylus has a retaining slot thereon. Being inserted in the cavity, the stylus firstly pushes a retainer to be moved resiliently. The stylus further presses on a stylus-releasing device... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023426 | User input device A user input device has a body portion extending from a first end to a second end and having a plurality of keys, for example keys that may be arranged and configured to be a keyboard, and an optical motion element. A wireless transmitter transmits data entered thro... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020270 | Integrated keypad system A data entry system comprising a group of data symbols comprising at least one of alphabetical symbols, numeric symbols, and commands (128–136), divided into subgroups. Each subgroup is associated with at least a portion of the user's finger (102–120 | 03/28/2006 |
| 7015892 | Magnetophoretic display panel A magnetophoretic display panel capable of displaying clear and distinct indicia and erasing the indicia neatly. The display panel includes a multi-cell structure having a thickness of 0.8 to 1.5 mm and formed with a number of cells which contain therein colored liq... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016055 | Synchronization of plugins A system and process for ensuring the smooth flow of electronic ink is described. Dynamic rendering is give priority over other event handlers. Priority may be the use of one or more queues to order when events occur and may be performing dynamic rendering prior to ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7015901 | Universal pen with code sensor A pen has a marking device operative to mark a visible path onto a surface. The marking device is electronically controllable to change at least one of the attributes of the path. The attributes are constituted by the characteristics of the ink being deposited and c... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7015900 | Hand-drawing capture via interface surface and sensor with identifier A method and system for enabling user interaction with computer software running in a computer system via an interface surface and a sensing device. The interface surface contains information relating to the computer software and coded data indicative of a drawing f... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7015401 | Image processing system with handwriting input function and the method for forming the same A digital system for mixing handwriting with an image is provided. The handwriting data is transmitted into the microprocessor of the image processing system, and then the microprocessor marks handwriting with a specific color and superimposes it on the image accord... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013046 | Apparatus, method, and program for handwriting recognition A handwriting recognition apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment the apparatus comprises an input device having a handwriting input area and configured to input a plurality of strokes constructing a plurality of characters written successively on the handwriting ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7013029 | Incorporating handwritten notations into an electronic document An apparatus is disclosed that includes a memory storage unit to store an electronic version of a page and a processor coupled to the memory storage unit. The processor is configured to receive data associated with a handwritten notation applied to a printed page an... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7012199 | COORDINATES CORRECTION APPARATUS, COORDINATES CORRECTION PARAMETER CALCULATION APPARATUS, COORDINATES CORRECTION METHOD, COORDINATES CORRECTION PARAMETER CALCULATION METHOD, MEMORY MEDIUM FOR STORING COORDINATES CORRECTION CONTROL PROGRAM, AND MEMORY MEDIUM FOR STORING COORDINATES CORRECTION PARAMETER CALCULATION PROGRAM Correction of coordinates input by a user through an input device is effected using coordinate correction parameters. To calculate the coordinate correction parameters, a plurality of reference points are displayed on the input device. Coordinate input is designated... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011524 | Method and apparatus for learning word pronunciation and spelling using a typeable phonetic alpabet A method for learning the orthographic spelling 112 of a word by finding the phonetic spelling 110 using a typeable phonetic alphabet 10 and referencing an alphabetical listing 100 of the phonetically spelled words 110 and their or... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7009594 | Universal computing device A universal input device is described. The universal input device provides a common user interface for a variety of different computing platforms including printed documents. Using the present system, one may use the universal input device to control various computi... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010147 | Signature capture via interface surface using processing sensor A method of enabling user interaction with computer software running in a computer system via an interface surface and a sensing device. The interface surface contains information relating to the computer software and coded data indicative of a signature field relat... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7007168 | User authentication using member specifying discontinuous different coordinates In an authentication apparatus, coordinates input from a coordinate detector via a plurality of discontinuous holes or openings, cutouts or marks provided on a member which is used to specify the coordinates are detected, and an authentication is made based on a com... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006711 | Transform table for ink sizing and compression The present invention relates to storing information including electronic ink. Ink is stored in a data structure that includes a mapping of the ink's coordinates from one space to another. The responsibility of transforming the ink into desired coordinates occurs af... | 02/28/2006 |
