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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7394450 | Display control device and method, and display system A display control device executes different types of control according to a case wherein a screen region has been set with a display device and a case wherein a screen region has not been set with the display device using a predetermined command. Also, a configurati... | 07/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7391410 | Input device for touch screen A movement input device for use on a touch screen and a portable electronic device including such a device are described. The movement input device includes a fastening unit securing the movement input device on the portable electronic device, and a user input unit ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388571 | System and method of integrating a touchscreen within an LCD A touchscreen liquid crystal display that includes a liquid crystal display including a viewing surface, a liquid crystal area containing liquid crystal located behind the viewing surface, a plurality of spaced apart elongate first electrodes located on a viewing su... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7385597 | Information processing device with rotatable screen and external input device In an information processing device, system operations can be simply performed while a screen of a display body is viewed, even when the display body is folded against a main body. In the information processing device, a display body with a screen arranged on the fr... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385594 | Position encoded sensing device and a method thereof A position encoded sensing device having a display panel, a light guiding layer disposed on the display panel. The light guiding layer is configured to have encoded information therein. In addition, the position encoded sensing device includes a transceiver for dete... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7382352 | Optical joystick for hand-held communication device An optical joystick for a hand-held communication device employs an image capture device for sensing movement of a stylus by capturing images of the stylus or a target attached to a socket receiving the stylus. The captured images are processed for tracking movement... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382361 | Electronic pen, and control device and method thereof An electronic pen has a force sensor whose electrical resistance varies in accordance with the amount of force applied to the pen stem of the pen. The force sensor is a modular unit with an electrode and a closure, which are mutually arranged in an essentially elect... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379056 | System and method for taking over a document A document taking-over system includes a terminal device provided with an electronic pen which gets information written by hand on a document prepared to be able to specify a kind thereof together with kind information of the document as electronic data and for tran... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374359 | Expandable and contractible stylus An expandable and contractible stylus for interfacing with a touchscreen of an electronic device. The expandable and contractible feature allows for a stylus that contracts to fit into a stylus holder in a small handheld device and expands to facilitate its removal ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375720 | Coordinate input apparatus and coordinate input method In a coordinate input apparatus including the detection unit of a sensor unit (1R, 1L) arranged at a corner of a coordinate input region (4), a retroreflecting member (3) arranged at the peripheral portion of the coordinate input region (... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373588 | Method and system for accessing interactive multimedia information or services by touching marked items on physical documents The present invention discloses a system and method for selecting and accessing multimedia information and/or services located on one or a plurality of servers connected to a communication network simply by touching with a finger items marked on a physical document ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370218 | Portable computer power control apparatus and method The present invention relates to a portable computer including a main body, a display rotatably connected to the main body, a latching portion provided in one of the main body and the display part, a latch member provided in the other one of the main body and the di... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370275 | System and method for providing context to an input method by tagging existing applications An improved system and method for providing context information of executable code to an input method is provided. Advanced text input methods may be made aware of the type of text expected to be received as input so that input methods may achieve a higher accuracy ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365894 | Electrode structure including transparent electrode structure, and applications thereof Electrode structures including transparent electrode structures, in particular self supporting electrode structures, are described herein. Further, applications of the herein novel electrode structures are provided, including electronic writing tablets, electronic p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365711 | Driving apparatus of plasma display panel and method for displaying pictures on plasma display panel A plasma display panel (PDP) driving apparatus and a method for displaying pictures on the PDP increases the ability to express low gray scales without increasing the number of sub-fields. Input picture signal data are delayed by one frame and the number of high-ord... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362315 | Apparatus and method for digitizer pen calibration A system for calibrating a digitizing pen applies a known actual pen force to a tip of the digitizing pen, infers an indicated pen force from a pen force signal sent by the digitizing pen, and computes a correction, based on the actual and indicated pen forces, to b... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362563 | System for housing writing instruments of different sizes in a portable computer A system that includes an electronic device (such as a portable computer), a writing instrument, and a receptacle located on the device for removably receiving the writing instrument. The receptacle includes an opening on the device and a channel in communication wi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7360156 | Method and system for performing actions on content in a region within a free form two-dimensional workspace A method and system are provided for performing actions on content in a region within a free form two-dimensional workspace. In a computer software application, a region is defined within the workspace, an action is associated with the region, content is received wi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357333 | Mechanism for storing authenticity information about a written or printed document A mechanism for storing authenticity information about a written or printed document. This authenticity information may be stored in a publicly-accessible database. When a document patterned with electronic ink is to be verified, the verifier examines the electronic... | 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 |
| 7360157 | Aligning content in an electronic document Aligning the contents of document objects on an electronic document page. Organizing a page of document objects so textual content is aligned to natural eye scanning patterns promotes readership and usability. When a user creates a new island of text, the new text c... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356769 | Method and apparatus for providing inputs to a communication or computing device A miniaturized user input device or input button (14) for a computing or communication device, such as a personal digital assistant device or a mobile phone. A user provides inputs to the computing or communication device by inserting an end (12) of a ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355587 | Method and apparatus for computer input using six degrees of freedom A computer input device includes a camera for capturing an image of a pattern on a surface. A processor in the computer input device determines equations for lines from the image of the pattern, applies the line equations to a transform to form transformed line equa... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355593 | Pointer tracking across multiple overlapping coordinate input sub-regions defining a generally contiguous input region A touch system comprises overlapping coordinate input sub-regions defining a generally contiguous input surface. Each coordinate input sub-region generates pointer coordinate data in response to pointer contacts thereon. When a pointer contact is made on a region of... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356012 | Method for transmitting information The invention relates to a method of effecting in a computer system transmission of data between a digital user unit and a computer resource, the user unit being adapted to detect positions on a base which is provided with a part of a global position-coding pattern.... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352940 | Waveguide design incorporating reflective optics This invention relates to devices for coupling light between an optical waveguide and an optical element in a manner that is substantially independent of temperature, using reflective optics. Certain embodiments of the invention concern improved designs for the tran... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353453 | Method and system for categorizing data objects with designation tools A system and method for categorizing data objects with designation tools. A designation tool is provided for categorizing data in an electronic document. A user may select a designation tool corresponding to a data category with which to categorize data to be inputt... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352365 | Flexible computer input The invention relates to a “Flexible Computer Input”, determined from the data from a touch-sensitive input surface for fingertip positions and pressure trigger regions in comparison with a stored topography for the input signal of a computer. The base topograph... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352950 | Lightpipe with multiple projections A lightpipe includes at least first and second projections extending outwardly from the body of the lightpipe, where the first projection is opposite the second projection. ... | 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 |
| 7350716 | Mechanism for ensuring authenticity of written and printed documents A mechanism for ensuring the authenticity of written and printed documents. With the mechanism of the present invention, electronic ink is deposited onto a document, wherein the electronic ink deposited comprises at least one mark visible to a user. Current is appli... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7347376 | Apparatus and method for verifying print quality of an encoded indicium The invention is an apparatus configured to provide self-alignment in use when measuring the print quality of an encoded indicium. The apparatus is configured to exclude ambient light, and to align an encoded indicium located at a first aperture defined in a first s... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348968 | Wireless force feedback input device A wireless force feedback device includes a housing, a central processing unit (CPU) disposed in the housing, a wireless communication receiver disposed in the housing and communicatively coupled to the CPU, wherein the wireless communication receiver is configured ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
