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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8149249 | Feedback during crossing of zoom levels Aspects of this disclosure are directed to zooming into or out of image content. A user may request to zoom into or out of image content by inputting a multi-touch gesture. The request may reach one or more discrete zoom levels of a plurality of discrete zoom levels... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8134579 | Method and system for magnifying and displaying local image of touch display device by detecting approaching object Disclosed are a method and system for magnifying and displaying local image of a touch display device. When an object is detected to be approaching an effective touch zone on a touch surface of a touch panel, the distance or altitude between the approaching object a... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8111269 | Plant information display device An object of the invention is to provide a plant information display device which deforms and displays drawing data without hiding all pieces of information necessary for plant monitoring and plant instrument operation while visibility is not lowered. The plant info... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8010579 | Bookmarking and annotating in a media diary application A media diary or media management application implemented in a digital device that incorporates a bookmarking and/or annotating mechanism for providing graphical enhancement to media files, calendar events and time periods displayed in the media management applicati... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7948504 | Method and system for interactive region segmentation A method and computer graphics program executed by a processor for interactively subdividing a region in a computer controlled graphics display system is described. The user directly manipulates a control object (or “handle”) using a pointing device such as a co... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7920152 | Systems and methods for viewing medical 3D imaging volumes A method of automatically tracking the portions of a 3D medical imaging volume, such as the voxels, that have already been displayed according to use-defined display parameters, notating those portions, and providing the user with information indicating what portion... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7817168 | Image display control apparatus and program for controlling same In a display screen of an image display device, plural menu items in a higher rank menu hierarchy are displayed in a first circular arrangement, and plural menu items in a lower rank menu hierarchy that is subsidiary to the higher rank menu hierarchy is displayed in... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7773101 | Fisheye lens graphical user interfaces In an implementation, an appearance of a lens is applied to an original image by a data processing system to produce a presentation for display on a display screen, the appearance of the lens having a focal region at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region. ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7675529 | Method and apparatus to scale graphical user interfaces Methods and apparatuses to scale components of user interfaces. To scale a view component according to an arbitrary transformation, which may be represented by a scaling factor, a coordinate transformation, or other parameters, at least one embodiment of the present... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7626599 | Context map in computer display magnification Described is a context map that assists users in determining a current location within a source region of a display monitor that is being magnified. The context map comprises a visible image representing a location of the unmagnified region that is being magnified. ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7598968 | Network part grips Embodiments of the invention provide methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for editing network parts present a computer-aided design (CAD) model of a utility network using grips. The network parts may represent elements present in a real-world utility netw... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7486302 | Fisheye lens graphical user interfaces A method for interacting with a region-of-interest in an original image displayed on a display screen, comprising: applying a lens to the original image to produce a presentation for display on the display screen, the lens having a focal region for the region-of-int... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7477268 | Zooming controller A method and device for accessing a broad data field having a fine resolution. The user selects a scale which can be varied. The scale controls a range within the data field. By moving the range to encompass different portions of the data field, the user can scan th... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7456849 | System and method for zooming an object through spiral interaction A system and method for zooming an object through a spiral movement of a pointer. The method provides three-dimensional interaction with an object in response to a two-dimensional pointer input. The method includes monitoring pointer movements to determine whether a... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7423660 | Image display apparatus, method and program An image display apparatus connected in a communication-enable manner to an information processing unit for processing image data and outputting an image signal, wherein the image display apparatus receives the image signal and displays an image. The image display a... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7403210 | Display mode management systems and methods Display mode management systems and methods. The system comprises a plurality of supported display modes, and a processing module. The processing module receives an expected display mode, and determines whether the expected display mode is among the supported displa... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403211 | Method and system for interactive region segmentation A method and computer graphics program executed by a processor for interactively subdividing a region in a computer controlled graphics display system is described. The user directly manipulates a control object (or “handle”) using a pointing device such as a co... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403212 | Method and apparatus for the display of still images from image files An apparatus for creating a digital photo album is disclosed. Digital photo albums may be created on the storage media by a method that includes the steps of displaying a group of images, receiving instructions to select a subset of those images and save the subset ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7385725 | Previewing an image rendered on multiple pages Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for previewing images to be rendered on multiple pages. A representation of the image mapped onto a two dimensional canvas is displayed. The canvas representation includes content of the image and describes... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7375730 | Graphic entries for interactive directory The present invention provides an apparatus (800) and method (700) for a communication device (100) having a display for graphically organizing communication patterns (602) of the user. Visual attributes of the images associated with spec... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372473 | Zooming controller A method and device for accessing a broad data field having a fine resolution. The user selects a scale which can be varied. The scale controls a range within the data field. By moving the range to encompass different portions of the data field, the user can scan th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362340 | Method for controlling resolution of graphic image The present invention relates to a method for controlling a resolution of a graphic image. When various electronic devices such as a personal computer (PC), a set-top box (STB) equipped with an Internet function, etc. enable an external display unit such as a televi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363583 | Method and system for providing a compact layout of connected nodes A topology of connected nodes can be arranged into a compact layout so that the difference between the width and the height of the layout is minimized. The topology of connected nodes can be arranged into a compact layout so that the aspect ratio of the width and th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358960 | System and method for displaying two-dimensional data on small screen devices An invention is provided for displaying two-dimensional data on small screen devices. The invention includes providing a first data set display section on a screen, which is capable of presenting a list of entries in a first data set. In addition, a second data set ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7345693 | Airport display device An airport display device including a display including at least one window, a database including data related to an airport, a selector configured to select a degree of zoom for the airport to be displayed from a plurality of different degrees of zoom, a control un... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7333120 | Zooming controller A method and device for accessing a broad data field having a fine resolution. The user selects a scale which can be varied. The scale controls a range within the data field. By moving the range to encompass different portions of the data field, the user can scan th... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327349 | Advanced navigation techniques for portable devices The present invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates navigating smoothly and gracefully through any type of content viewable on portable devices such as cell-phones, PDAs, and/or any other hybrids thereof. In addition, such navigation can be pe... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324121 | Adaptive manipulators A method of repositioning a manipulator in relation to a viewport is provided in a system for interacting with a three-dimensional object configured with a manipulator. The object and the manipulator are drawn in the viewport and the position of the manipulator is c... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312798 | Device and method for controlling the display of electronic information The present invention provides a novel device and method for controlling the display of electronic information. The device can be based on the computing environment of an enhanced personal digital assistant with cellular telephone and electronic message capabilities... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7302638 | Efficiently displaying and researching information about the interrelationships between documents A system for displaying, on a computer screen, information concerning the interrelationships of documents. A system employing the present invention also allows for the efficient research of documents that cite a document shown on the computer screen. In one embodime... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298383 | Method and user interface for modifying at least one of contrast and density of pixels of a processed image An image which has been subjected to image processing wherein contrast amplification and density can be specified independently is displayed on a display screen. The contrast of all pixels in the displayed image is changed upon movement of an indicium in a first dir... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7298373 | Method and user interface for modifying at least one of contrast and density of pixels of a processed image An image which has been subjected to image processing wherein contrast amplification and density can be specified independently is displayed on a display screen. An initial density level is specified. The contrast of pixels in the displayed image having a density su... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7289132 | Method and apparatus for image acquisition, organization, manipulation, and publication To better realize the great potential of amateur digital photography, the present invention introduces an integrated system for the acquisition, organization, manipulation, and publication of digital images by amateur digital photography enthusiasts. The system of t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287220 | Methods and systems for displaying media in a scaled manner and/or orientation The invention relates to methods, systems, and programming for displaying media in a scaled manner and/or in an orientation other than an operating system displays its graphical user interface. Some embodiments lay out digital content at a virtual pixel resolution a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283141 | Method and system for enhanced detail-in-context viewing An improved method for display of a transitional region of interest while transitioning between a first region of interest and a second region of interest within visual information on a display screen of a computer. The method comprising the steps of applying a tran... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274375 | Timekeeping system and method for graphically tracking and representing activities A timekeeping system and method is provided for enabling users to graphically represent one or more activities, as well as the time that has been allocated to each. A graphical display uniquely identifies activities or events based on different visual indicators (e.... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274382 | Customizable background sizes and controls for changing background size This invention provides systems and methods that allow a user to change the size of a background used with a graphics-based user interface. This enables tailored background sizes based on user preference and allowable conditions, which are particularly useful with d... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7275212 | Synchronized graphics and region data for graphics remoting systems Region data and graphics data for a remoting system are synchronously gathered and sent to a remote display while maintaining synchronicity between the region data and the graphics data. In one implementation, synchronized region data and synchronized graphics data ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7275219 | Fast and accurate rendering of pliable display technology distortions using pre-calculated texel coverages A method for generating a presentation of region-of-interest in an information representation including the steps of: selecting a viewpoint for the region-of-interest; selecting a location for the region-of-interest; creating a lens surface having a predetermined lo... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7256801 | Elastic presentation space A method for displaying visual information on a display screen of a computer, comprising the steps of scaling the visual information to produce a scaled representation to fit on the display screen the scaled representation containing the entire content of the visual... | 08/14/2007 |
