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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7882451 | Screen object placement optimized for blind selection An improved handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a processor apparatus. The input apparatus includes a multi-axis input device such as a rollerball, trackball, joystick or touchpad, allowing the focus of a user interface p... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7730430 | High density cursor system and method A method for enhancing a mouse cursor is presented. During the mouse cursor update display cycle, a test on the current mouse speed is made. If the mouse cursor's speed exceeds a predetermined threshold, an enhanced mouse cursor is generated and displayed on the com... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7676766 | Graphic object designating to edit apparatus, method, and computer readable medium thereof A graphic object designating apparatus for designating a graphic object to be edited among graphic objects present in an edit area of a graphics editing system according to the position of a mouse cursor. The apparatus includes an object managing section that manage... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7631278 | System and method for directional focus navigation A system and method for improved directional focus navigation in a user interface is provided. The directional focus navigation engine may receive directional input for changing the input focus of a user interface object in the user interface. A target candidate sel... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7506275 | User interface navigation User interface navigation is described. In an embodiment, an indicator displayed on a user interface rotates in place to indicate selectable directions of travel. When an input is received to stop the indicator from rotating, the indicator moves in a direction of tr... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7394453 | Method for scrolling and edge motion on a touchpad A method of using capacitance-sensitive touchpad, wherein the touchpad includes a plurality of zones on a surface thereof, wherein detection of a finger within one of the plurality of zones determines a direction and a speed of scrolling within a window in a graphic... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7383517 | System and method for acquiring a target with intelligent pointer movement The present invention is generally directed to assisting users to position a pointer on a target. Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and computer-readable medium that guide a pointer toward a target. After the pointer is located on a targ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7369997 | Controlling speech recognition functionality in a computing device A system and method for use in computing systems that employ speech recognition capabilities is provided. Where recognized speech can be dictation and commands, one or more buttons may be used to change modes of said computing systems to accept spoken words as dicta... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366996 | Computer interface method and apparatus with portable network organization system and targeted advertising A method and apparatus for providing an automatically upgradeable software application includes targeted advertising based upon demographics and user interaction with the computer. The software application is accessible from a server via the network and demographic ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7313764 | Method and apparatus to accelerate scrolling for buffered windows Methods and apparatuses to accelerate scrolling for buffered windows. In one aspect of the invention, a method to scroll a buffered window on a data processing system includes: determining a second region of a second pixel image of a window in a frame buffer, which ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310783 | Single submission buttons A method and mechanism for enforcing a one-submission-only policy for a graphical button is provided. The method provides a button object defined to be enabled for only one submission action upon the button object. When a first submission action upon the button obje... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7293246 | System and method for aligning objects using non-linear pointer movement The present invention provides a system, method, and computer-readable medium that adjusts pointer movement when an input device causes the pointer to intersect one or more alignment areas. Pointer movement is adjusted in the alignment areas to allow users to easily... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7265764 | System and method for providing a hardware icon with magnification and security A compositor for providing a pixel value corresponding to a current pixel is implemented on a chip. A desktop pixel logic circuit supplies a desktop pixel value. A cursor logic circuit supplies a cursor pixel value. A hardware icon logic circuit provides an icon pix... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260789 | Method of real-time incremental zooming a method for navigating a pointer on a graphical user interface (GUI) includes the steps of: scrolling an input device to locate the pointer corresponding to the input device on a point of interest within the GUI, depressing an actuating button associated with the i... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7245286 | Cellular telephone A cellular telephone with a pointing device that facilitates operations for line scrolling and page scrolling, in which the moving speed of a pointer can be controlled with respect to each on-screen display. The pointing device includes a pointer-operating button ha... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240299 | Method for improving usage of a graphic user interface pointing device A two part method for improving the usage of a pointing device by a physically impaired user is disclosed. A first method is provided for learning how a user moves the pointing device by acquiring motion data for a user and generating motion vectors corresponding to... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7231609 | System and method for accessing remote screen content A system and method for facilitating user access to remote content from a current location is presented. The invention monitors for and detects an activation gesture. The activation gesture may include an empty or nonempty selection, the nonempty selection having a ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224492 | Facsimile apparatus capable of detecting a line connection A facsimile apparatus can properly detect whether or not the facsimile apparatus is connected to a line. The facsimile apparatus comprises a network control device formed of a semiconductor DAA device having a primary line control part driven by a local power supply... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7194702 | System method apparatus and software for minimizing unintended cursor movement A system for minimizing unintended cursor movement in computer display systems, using GUI operating systems or software, that can result from such things as muscle spasms, or rough travel is disclosed. A cursor control device, such as a mouse, is monitored for signa... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7148909 | Image display system capable of displaying and scaling images on plurality of image sources and display control method therefor A multiple image display system includes a selection portion to select areas on a screen of a display portion at which input images are to be displayed, detection portions disposed at least at three different points to detect locations of the areas on the screen, an... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148892 | 3D navigation techniques A system and method is provided for facilitating navigation techniques in a three-dimensional virtual environment. The present invention couples input driving techniques to the state of one or more workspace variables (e.g., object state, virtual body state, environ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7130791 | Computer system and OSD displaying method for the same Disclosed is a computer system including a computer body operated according to a predetermined operating system, and a display device having a display section for receiving a video signal from the computer body to display images on the screen thereof in response to ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7116317 | Systems and methods for user interfaces designed for rotary input devices Systems and methods for providing visual navigation cues in user interfaces for use with rotary input devices are described. One described method comprises causing a plurality of graphical objects to be displayed in an arc. The curvature of the arc is configured to ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116340 | Method and apparatus for shorthand processing of medical images, wherein mouse positionings and/or actuations will immediately control inherent image processing functions, and a pertinent computer program A spatially displayed medical image undergoes processing through cursored user interaction on such image. In particular, mouse positionings and/or actuations will control inherent processing functionalities. These will actuate immediately through associated specific... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7073138 | Method and apparatus for cursor positioning in bi-directional text A cursor is moved through regions of text 300 having differing directions to a location visually adjacent to a previous cursor location. The cursor is moved in the direction of requested cursor movement even when moving from text having a first direction to t... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7038662 | Tilt-based pointing for hand-held devices Systems and methods of pointing in hand-held devices are described. In accordance with this scheme, a user may control the position where a pointer is displayed on a display screen simply by changing the orientation of the hand-held device relative to a currently pr... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034817 | Method and device of alignment of a video image with an edge of a display screen The aligning a video image with an edge of a display screen, the video image being displayed by a scanning of lines of the display screen by at least one electron beam modulated by a modulation signal, including, for each scanned line of the screen, storing successi... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6995746 | Method for controlling the movement of a cursor on a screen This is a method of processing the movement of a cursor over a screen (12) which comprises one or more cursor activatable zones (10), at least one activatable zone (10) being surrounded by an attraction zone (11) which is associated there... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6907581 | Method and system for implicitly resolving pointing ambiguities in human-computer interaction (HCI) A method and system for implicitly resolving pointing ambiguities in human-computer interaction by implicitly analyzing user movements of a pointer toward a user targeted object located in an ambiguous multiple object domain and predicting the user targeted object, ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6865718 | Accelerated scrolling A system and method for accelerating scrolling of a display is disclosed. When a wheel of a wheeled pointing device is actuated by a user at a first rotational rate, the display in a window scrolls up or down one line at a time. When the wheel is rotated at a second... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6693653 | Method of assisting cursor movement toward a nearby displayed target A method of assisting movement of a cursor toward a target on a display screen is disclosed. According to the method, an initial cursor movement is detected. It is determined whether the direction of the initial cursor movement includes a component that i... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6677928 | Method and system for improved communication between human and computer System for controlling a marker on data screen using a pointer tool, the pointer tool comprising an indication device for tactile feedback to the user for transferring information about the marker's movements on the screen, the indication device for tacti... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6664990 | Computer display pointer with alternate hot spots A computer system and method of performing a second chance pointer operation wherein a pointer displayed on a computer display includes at least one alternate hot spot. In response to a pointer event, such as a mouse click, with a default hot spot not ove... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6642947 | Method and apparatus for dynamic cursor configuration A cursor image on a display is altered in size as a function of the speed (or distance) the cursor is moved across the display to aid a user in locating the cursor on the display. The cursor image may also be altered to further indicate the direction of m... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6057826 | Method and device for managing the relative displacement of a cursor in relation to the image displayed on a viewing device With a view to bringing the cursor into a zone of the image displayed on a screen, the method embodying the invention uses a displacement mode comprising determination and indication on the screen of the orientation and relative direction of displacement ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5850212 | System for changing modes and cursor appearance by a single button The present invention provides a small sized, inexpensive input unit which enables easy operation of computers, etc., even for people who have handicaps such as in the hands and/or fingers. The input unit consists of an input mode management part which ma... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5801677 | Shared document display system A cursor movement unit controls the movement of the cursor of a user's own terminal and the cursor of another terminal according to a cursor movement (i.e., right, left, up, down) command received by the input receiving portion of the user's own terminal ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5691747 | Electronic pointing device A compact, miniaturized pointing device for use with an electronic apparatus, such as a computer, personal data assistant (PDA), or digital watch display screen, is provided to indicate the position of a cursor mark on the display screen. The pointing dev... | 11/25/1997 |
