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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7633488 | Pointing device A pointing device including a base section, an operating section shiftably supported on the base section, a magnet carried on one of the base section and the operating section, and a magneto-electro transducer carried on the other of the base section and the operati... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7633487 | Multichannel information processing device A device is provided in which a video image controller acquires information for a plurality of video images from a video image source, a cursor position controller calculates cursor position information and generates cursor image information, a display image generat... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7619612 | Pointing device with light source for providing visible light through a moveable puck A pointing device includes a base surface. The pointing device includes a moveable puck confined to move over the base surface within a puck field of motion. The pointing device includes a position detector for identifying a position of the puck. The pointing device... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7612762 | Method and system for navigating within an image The present invention relates to at least one image section which is represented according to a zoom factor selected from a number of different zoom factors. Either the represented image section is changed when the zoom factor is lower than a zoom threshold value, o... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7598941 | Pointer for a large display Various technologies are provided to facilitate the use of a pointer (e.g., a cursor) with a large display (including displays that comprise multiple monitors). For example, solutions are presented for quickly moving the pointer across multiple monitors and for usin... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7589709 | Method of measuring the movement of an input device A small and cheap user's input device for measuring scroll-and-click movements of a finger (132) or other object relative to the device comprises at least one sensor unit (124, 126, 130) and sensor signal analyzing means (136) to derive click in... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7586480 | Hybrid pointing device An input device having a movable puck and display screen is disclosed. The puck is confined to move on a puck surface having a puck field of motion defined thereon. The puck field of motion is divided into a pointing region and a function region. A controller determ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7586481 | Display-pointer visibility A method, apparatus, and system are provided for accentuating a pointer. An idle time period associated with a pointer relating to a display is monitored. A determination is made whether a termination of the idle time period associated with the pointer has occurred ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7576726 | Dual-positioning controller and method for controlling an indicium on a display of an electronic device A dual-positioning controller includes a two positioning controllers for controlling movement of an indicium, such as a cursor, on a display of an electronic device. A coarse controller controls coarse movement of the indicium relative to content displayed on the di... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7573462 | Image display apparatus, multi display system, coordinate information output method, and program for implementing the method An image display apparatus which is capable of operating smoothly over a plurality of image display devices. When a pen has come into continuous contact with a first display screen, a system controller determines whether or not the pen has got out of contact with an... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7567233 | Global input device for multiple computer-controlled medical systems An integrated control and display system for operating a plurality of separate computer systems each having a visual display, includes at least one cursor control device for seamlessly moving a cursor among the visual displays of the separate computer systems, the c... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7554525 | Setting next destination of pointer to each of multiple objects A menu screen includes multiple buttons. Assigned to each button for each direction is another button to which an anchor is moved according to a directional user input of up, down, right or left. A button B and a button C both located downstream of a button A are ca... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7542028 | Device for controlling conversion ratio of movement amount of cursor and method thereof A device for controlling a conversion ratio of a movement amount of a cursor includes units that: confirms whether a change of resolution is within a correction target range, based on resolution information obtained by a display terminal device; that calculate the m... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7538758 | Absolute coordinate, single user-interface element pointing device A pointing device includes a single control element to provide a user with absolute coordinate information and to enable user control of a computer cursor and emulation of mouse clicks. User movement of the single control element in an (x-y) plane preferably moves a... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7532198 | Handheld electronic device with roller ball input An improved handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a processor apparatus. The input apparatus includes a reduced keyboard and a roller ball input. The roller ball input includes a movable portion that is substantially contin... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7528823 | Techniques for pointing to locations within a volumetric display The present invention is a system that creates a volumetric display and a user controllable volumetric pointer within the volumetric display. The user can point by aiming a beam which is vector, planar or tangent based, positioning a device in three-dimensions in as... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7522154 | Slide pad notebook pointing device with hidden spring system A pointing device having a moveable puck and a first belt having a slot therein in which said puck moves in a first direction is disclosed. The first belt is wrapped around the first and second belt guides such that the first belt moves back and forth in a second di... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7502013 | Pointing device A pointing device including a base section, an operating section shiftably supported on the base section, a magnet carried on one of the base section and the operating section, and a magneto-electro transducer carried on the other of the base section and the operati... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502014 | Pointing device A pointing device including a base section, an operating section shiftably supported on the base section, a magnet carried on one of the base section and the operating section, and a magneto-electro transducer carried on the other of the base section and the operati... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7499024 | Method and apparatus for providing visual feedback during manipulation of text on a computer screen A method and apparatus providing visual feedback to a computer user while dragging selected text is described. As its first step, the processing logic creates a text object from the selected text once the computer user has initiated a drag. Simultaneously, the selec... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499025 | Pressing direction sensor and input device using the same A small and thin pressing direction sensor that can continually detect pressing directions in the angle range of 360 degrees is provided. This pressing direction sensor includes a ring-like resistive film pattern, a first electrode pattern, and a conductive member t... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7492351 | Optical navigation based on laser feedback or laser interferometry A computer cursor control device includes (1) a light source generating light directed toward a stationary surface, (2) an optional phase modulator, (3) an optional function generator causing the phase modulator to periodically phase shift the light, and (4) a signa... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7489296 | Pointing device A pointing device including a base section, an operating section shiftably supported on the base section, a magnet carried on one of the base section and the operating section, and a magneto-electro transducer carried on the other of the base section and the operati... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7486274 | Method for stabilizing and precisely locating pointers generated by handheld direct pointing devices The invention provides a method to stabilize a pointer displayed within an output image. The method enables the user to magnify selected areas within the output image. This allows the user to ‘zoom’ in on areas of interest in the output image, and to make accura... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7479944 | Proximity sensor with adaptive threshold A proximity sensor measures receptor output with an energy source deactivated. The sensor then measures receptor output with the energy source activated. The measurements with the energy source activated are compared to the measurements with the energy source deacti... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7479943 | Variable template input area for a data input device of a handheld electronic system In an embodiment, an electronic system includes a data input device. The data input device includes a data input surface which is touch-sensitive. In addition, the data input device includes a removable template positioned over the data input surface. The removable ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7466304 | Image processing apparatus, storage medium having image processing program stored thereon, game apparatus and storage medium having game program stored thereon For operating an operation target object displayed on a screen using a pointing device, a first input coordinate value indicating a position on the screen designated by the pointing device and a second input coordinate value detected discretely from, and before, the... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7463240 | Haptic input device On two buttons displayed adjacent to each other on a display means, when a cursor moves from the center position of a first button to the center position of a second button, an attractive force exerted in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the cursor ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7450108 | Operating unit, especially for operating a multimedia system in a motor vehicle The invention relates to an operating unit, especially for operating a multimedia system in a motor vehicle, comprising an operating element that can be rotated about an axis (z), that can be moved along said axis of rotation (z) and that can be locked in a position... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7443381 | Remote control device with button for notifying pointer movement mode A remote control unit for controlling a device such as an audio-visual system, and also selecting objects displayed on a screen of the device. The remote control unit includes a main function button unit for receiving an input to control functions of the device, a d... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440807 | Control system provided with virtual power monitor and thereby provided with function of evaluating and analyzing stability of object to be controlled A system configuration can evaluate the stability of an output from a user's control system including all effects of unknown dynamic characteristics and disturbances and can guarantee the stability of the output from the user's control system irrespective of the unk... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439953 | Information apparatus and method of selecting operation selecting element An information apparatus includes a display unit which displays an icon, a pointer, and the like, and a pointing device. When the pointer executes predetermined movement and stop in an icon-selection effective region formed in a periphery of the icon, the informatio... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439952 | Pointing device An electronic pointing cursor control device such as a trackball or mouse, comprising a first chamber adjoined to a second chamber, the chambers being separated by a fluid-tight wall comprising an optically permeable region; wherein the first chamber contains electr... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436391 | Navigation switch The present invention relates to a navigational button including an actuating element which is displaceable at least in two directions and controls the navigation button. The present actuating element is arranged in a casing and performs an action on a communication... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436398 | Operating device An operating device for controlling a display screen, which includes a rotatable operating member of cylindrical shape, and a slidable operating member having a cylindrical tip portion located above an upper end of the rotatable operating member. The diameter of an ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432908 | Controller, system and method for controlling a cursor A controller for controlling a cursor includes an identifying module for identifying at least one of a first period when a cursor is in motion and a second period when the cursor is not in motion, and a calibrating module for calibrating an input parameter signal us... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7434177 | User interface for providing consolidation and access Methods and systems for providing graphical user interfaces are described. To provide greater access and consolidation to frequently used items in the graphical user interface, a userbar is established which includes a plurality of item representations. To permit a ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429975 | Magnetic oscillation metric controller A magnetic oscillation metric controller with return design comprised of a scrolling wheel mechanism, a dancer, a permanent magnet, a Hall sensor and a return structure to drive the permanent magnet by oscillation of the scrolling wheel mechanism to generate signals... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429976 | Compact pointing device The pointing device has a moveable puck that moves over a surface in a puck field of motion. A position detector measures the puck position in the puck field of motion. In one embodiment, the puck includes a user sensor that detects an interaction between a user and... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429980 | Oscillation and rotation metric controller An oscillation and rotation metric controller comprised of a scrolling wheel mechanism to oscillate for driving magnetic poles of a permanent magnet to displace thus to generate signals of changed magnetic field, signals being retrieved to achieve lateral oscillatio... | 09/30/2008 |