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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7256773 | Detection of a dwell gesture by examining parameters associated with pen motion Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are used to determine whether specific electronic pen gestures with respect to pen-based computing systems should be processed as “press-and-hold” gestures (e.g., to activate right mouse button click actions). Such m... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257254 | Method and system for recognizing time A method and system for recognizing time. An embodiment of a method for recognizing a time includes receiving a set of coordinates from a capture device, the set of coordinates indicating where a set of marks was made on a paper form without the use of a graphical u... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253803 | Force feedback interface device with sensor A force feedback mouse interface device connected to a host computer and providing realistic force feedback to a user. The mouse interface device includes a mouse object and a linkage coupled to the mouse that includes a plurality of members rotatably coupled to eac... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254775 | Touch panel system and method for distinguishing multiple touch inputs Touch panel systems and methods are disclosed that can distinguish temporally overlapping touch inputs from single touch inputs so that valid touch position coordinates can be determined. Touch panel systems and methods of the present invention can distinguish overl... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249901 | Systems and methods for printing by using a position-coding pattern An apparatus for printing graphical information on a surface is provided. The apparatus comprises a printhead for printing on the surface, an image sensor for recording an image of the surface, and a processor for determining the position of the apparatus using the ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250939 | Display motion multiplier Navigating on a display includes tracking coordinate information of an input tool on a display and moving a visible portion of a page of information on the display a distance equal to a change in the coordinate information of the input tool multiplied by a multiplie... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248376 | Printer module with a pen-like configuration A printer module includes a body that defines a print media feed path and a feed opening to permit print media to be positioned in the print media feed path. A pagewidth printing mechanism is positioned in the body to carry out a printing operation on the print medi... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248250 | Orientation discrimination in a position-coding pattern A position code is applied on a surface to code positions in one or more directions. The code is based on a main number series which has the property that the place in the main number series of each number sequence of a first predetermined length is unambiguously de... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248248 | Pointing system for pen-based computer A secondary input system for a pen-based computer allows users to control a graphical user interface without the use of a stylus. The secondary input system may be in the form of a pointing system. A display surface may be attached to a housing in which the display ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248251 | Wireless display systems and stylii A wireless coordinate input system for a display system includes a stylus that transmits ultrasonic energy to a plurality of ultrasonic receiving stations in a projection plane. In an embodiment, the stylus may include one ultrasonic transmitter used for determinati... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245291 | System and method for internet appliance data entry and navigation A system for Internet appliance data entry and navigation includes a reduced keyset remote control unit transmitting a user input keystroke sequence. An Internet appliance receives and parses the keystroke sequence, placing the parsed data into an input buffer. An I... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246321 | Editing data The invention relates to a method of editing data generated by handwriting. The method comprises the steps of detecting an initiation of an editing; identifying a marking stroke which marks data that is to be edite... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245293 | Display unit with touch panel and information processing method A display unit with a touch panel to move a touch-driven member such as a functional button to a desired position through a touch operation. By touching a draggable icon displayed on a screen with a finger, the icon is changed in color to indicate that the user can ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245287 | Method and apparatus for computer input using six degrees of freedom A pad for a computer input device includes a top surface over which the input device is slid and a bottom surface, opposite the top surface, for contacting a support surface. The bottom surface having a raised pivot portion allowing movement of the pad about the piv... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245294 | Method for sensing the orientation of an object A method for sensing the orientation of an object when the object is positioned or moved relative to a surface, the method comprising the steps of providing a surface having coded data disposed thereon, sensing at least some of the coded data while the object is use... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243835 | Competition entry via label A product label for enabling entry to a competition, the product label comprising: machine-readable coded data indicative of at least an identity of the label, said machine-readable coded data being readable by a sensing device as the sensing device is moved across ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245760 | Robot for making an interface surface A robot for marking an interface surface is provided. The interface surface has coded data identifying a plurality of locations on the interface surface printed thereon. The robot comprises: an image sensor for sensing at least some of the coded data; a processor fo... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245270 | Electronic memorandum system An electronic memorandum system for organizing miscellaneous personal information and messages. The electronic memorandum system includes a data entry device for receiving manual entry of information from a user, and a data display member operationally coupled to th... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245281 | Drive circuit device for display device, and display device using the same A drive circuit device for a display device which drives a plurality of source bus lines provided on a display panel includes a driver unit that receives a clock signal, a data signal and a control signal, sequentially fetches the data signal, and generates drive si... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242387 | Pen-mouse system The present invention is a system that provides a pen based computer user with a graphical user interface tool, a pen-mouse, that looks like and functions like a mouse but that is controlled by a limited input device such as a pen or stylus of the pen based computer... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242393 | Touch sensor with integrated decoration A switch panel includes one or more touch responsive switch devices and an integrated decorative fascia. Both the switch devices and decoration are applied to the same substrate, eliminating the need for a separate user interface panel. Each switch device can includ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240849 | Glyph pattern generation and glyph pattern decoding Unique patterns of glyphs are represented within blocks. Each pattern identifies a unique position on a unit of print media. Moreover, a desired current position for any given glyph or subset of glyphs can be derived from captured portions of different ones of the u... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239302 | Pointing device and scanner, robot, mobile communication device and electronic dictionary using the same A pointing device is disclosed which does not require a tablet, such as a digitizer, and is mechanically simplified, and a scanner, a robot, a mobile communication device and an electronic dictionary using the pointing device. The pointing device includes a light so... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239305 | Information processing system and screen display method Disclosed are a method of and a system for displaying information in such a way that an audience is able to follow up with an operation of an operator in demonstration and presentation using a information terminal, etc. including a touch panel, etc. as an I/O device... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239306 | Electronic pen An electronic pen has a body, a cap and an actuation device. The actuation device comprises a sensor arrangement for sensing presence or absence of the cap on the body. The actuation device is operable to activate the electronic pen in response to removal of the cap... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235340 | Method of producing a touch panel First a display panel having a pixel region and a controlling circuit region is formed. Then a plurality of pixels arranged in array is formed in the pixel region. A plurality of orientation patterns that do not overlap the pixels is formed. Finally an input device ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236160 | Apparatus and method for driving a touch panel having a variable resistor for maintaining a desired voltage difference between electrodes An apparatus and a method of driving a touch panel that increases an analog-digital converting range includes a first resistive layer having first and second electrodes formed facing each other along opposing edges of the first resistive layer in a first direction, ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233321 | Pointing device with integrated audio input A mobile personal digital assistant (PDA) allows a user to enter information using both a touch screen and voice commands with a stylus. The stylus includes a microphone positioned at one end, and a transmitter for transmitting received voice signals to either a per... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232226 | Color-generating device and display system A light-filtering element for a display device is provided. The element includes at least one filter having a chamber with a filtering fluid, the filtering fluid selectively disposed in an optical path, and a liquid motion actuator selectively configured to move the... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232271 | Writing implement A writing implement 1 includes a sensor 11 and control circuitry 13 so that when the writing implement is brought into close proximity with an input screen, the writing tip 3 of the writing implement 1 is prevented from delivering ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231181 | Pen-type wireless transceiver for mobile communication terminal using bluetooth Disclosed herein is a pen-type wireless transceiver for a mobile communication terminal using Bluetooth. The pen-type wireless transceiver includes a pen type body, an LED, a pattern type antenna, a speaker, an LCD display, a button unit, a battery, a microphone, a ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231601 | Application system with function for preventing modification A digital pen-based application form filling system with a modification prevention function, which eliminates a possibility that digital information initially written in digital paper using a digital pen may be modified deliberately or accidentally. The system print... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225979 | Methods and systems for object identification and interaction A method of facilitating an interaction between a user and a product item, the product item having an identity and the method including a number of steps. The first step involves providing the user with an interface surface associated with the product item and conta... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227527 | Handwritten text capture via interface surface and processing sensor 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 text fiel... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227539 | Electronic pen device An electronic pen device is proposed, which can be coupled to a computer platform having a display unit and an input-sensing unit, allowing a user to manually input data and/or graphs to the computer platform via the electronic pen device. The electronic pen device ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224348 | Writing stylus A stylus for an electrographic position location apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the stylus includes a writing element that is retractable. The stylus may have a proximal end and a distal end. A conductive annular structure may be at the proximal end of t... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224801 | Wireless secure device A method and apparatus for securely connecting one or more wireless peripheral devices such as keyboards, mice, gamepads, remote controllers, joysticks and one or more host systems such as personal computers or workstations, the secure connection reducing the vulner... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225403 | Display system with a display having a memory characteristic and a display having no memory characteristic, display method, and display program While names of data and icons are displayed on a selection-purpose display medium, a user selects data. Since the selection-purpose display medium is constituted by such a display medium capable of displaying a moving picture, operability by the user may be guarante... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225402 | Method and system for capturing a note-taking session A system and method capturing, in a computer system, data relating to a note-taking session, the session consisting of handwritten annotations made by a user by way of a writing implement on a plurality of pages. The method includes the steps of receiving, in the co... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225280 | Portable device for one-on-one transfer between another such device wherein device is restricted to data storage and transfer with single interface for data exchange A device, a method and a system for portable data storage and transfer through a simplified device interface. The operations of the device are restricted, in order to increase the ease of use of the device, and in order to provide certain core functions. These core ... | 05/29/2007 |
