公开(公告)号：US5815142A

公开(公告)日：1998-09-29

申请号：US576834

申请日：1995-12-21

申请人： David Joseph Allard ,  James Robert Lewis ,  Debra Ann Gawne Johnson ,  Francis James Canova, Jr. ,  Charles Sterling Lanier ,  William Villafana ,  Byron Kevin Tiller ,  Raymond Lee Yee ,  Julie Francis Goodwin ,  Jean Luter Stout ,  Peter Rowland Eastwood ,  Daniel Ming-Te Hsieh ,  Connie Yudip Au

发明人： David Joseph Allard ,  James Robert Lewis ,  Debra Ann Gawne Johnson ,  Francis James Canova, Jr. ,  Charles Sterling Lanier ,  William Villafana ,  Byron Kevin Tiller ,  Raymond Lee Yee ,  Julie Francis Goodwin ,  Jean Luter Stout ,  Peter Rowland Eastwood ,  Daniel Ming-Te Hsieh ,  Connie Yudip Au

IPC分类号： G06F3/14 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F15/02 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H04M1/247 ,  H04M1/27 ,  H04M1/2745 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04N1/387 ,  H04Q7/32 ,  G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/04883 ,  G06F15/0225 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  H04M1/27455 ,  H04M1/72522 ,  H04M1/72547 ,  H04M1/72583 ,  H04M2250/22

摘要： In a personal communications device having a touch sensitive display screen, text may be marked by a user to be used with different applications. In particular, to begin marking, a user has to maintain his touch at a location on the screen for a short predetermined period of time until the system detects that the position is held over the same character for a delayed period, at which time the system beeps to provide an indication that there has been a change of operation mode. The marking mode continues in operation until the user removes his contact from the touch screen. Thus, text over which the contact point passes after the initiation of the marking mode is marked, until the user removes his contact point from the touch screen. A second beep is sounded to alert the user of the termination of the marking mode, and the appearance of a menu of operations on the screen. The menu of operations echoes the marked text for user confirmation. The marked text may be used by the user in a number of applications, among which include a calling application whereby the marked text is used to place a call.

摘要翻译： 在具有触敏显示屏的个人通信设备中，文本可由用户标记以与不同的应用一起使用。 特别地，为了开始标记，用户必须在屏幕上的一个位置保持他的触摸短暂的预定时间段，直到系统检测到该位置被保持在同一个字符上一段延迟的时间，此时系统 蜂鸣声提供操作模式改变的指示。 标记模式继续运行，直到用户从触摸屏中删除他的联系人。 因此，在标记模式开始之后接触点通过的文本被标记，直到用户从触摸屏上移除其接触点。 发出第二个蜂鸣声，提醒用户终止标记模式，并在屏幕上显示操作菜单。 操作菜单与标记的文本相呼应，以供用户确认。 标记的文本可以由用户在许多应用中使用，其中包括通过使用标记的文本来发出呼叫的呼叫应用。

公开(公告)号：USD668250S1

公开(公告)日：2012-10-02

申请号：US29393449

申请日：2011-06-03

申请人： Caroline Flagiello ,  Martin Zabaleta ,  James Yurchenco ,  Francis James Canova, Jr. ,  Carl Hayton ,  Kenneth Ralph Venegas

设计人： Caroline Flagiello ,  Martin Zabaleta ,  James Yurchenco ,  Francis James Canova, Jr. ,  Carl Hayton ,  Kenneth Ralph Venegas

公开(公告)号：US07324072B1

公开(公告)日：2008-01-29

申请号：US11243037

申请日：2005-10-03

申请人： Francis James Canova, Jr. ,  Katherine Noesen ,  Richard Blair

发明人： Francis James Canova, Jr. ,  Katherine Noesen ,  Richard Blair

IPC分类号： G09G3/20

CPC分类号： G09G3/3611 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F2001/133388 ,  G09G2310/0232

摘要： A display device having a display matrix including a pixel border of width x and located around the edge locations of the matrix for improved viewability. The pixels of the border are “dummy pixels” each containing a red, a green and a blue subpixel. Each subpixel has a color filter and is manufactured with a “dummy” transistor which operates to fix open the subpixels thereby allowing a predetermined amount of “white” color brightness through the dummy pixels. The pixel border is useful for increasing viewability of characters that are displayed along the edge of the LCD matrix area in which images are generated from a frame buffer memory.

摘要翻译： 一种具有包括宽度x的像素边界并位于矩阵的边缘位置周围的显示矩阵的显示装置，以提高可视性。 边框的像素为“虚拟像素”，每个像素包含红色，绿色和蓝色子像素。 每个子像素具有滤色器，并且制造有“伪”晶体管，其操作以固定打开子像素，从而允许通过虚拟像素的预定量的“白”色亮度。 像素边界对于增加沿着从帧缓冲存储器生成图像的LCD矩阵区域的边缘显示的字符的可视性是有用的。

公开(公告)号：US07170500B2

公开(公告)日：2007-01-30

申请号：US09727842

申请日：2000-11-30

申请人： Francis James Canova, Jr.

发明人： Francis James Canova, Jr.

IPC分类号： G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06F1/1656 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1684 ,  G06F1/1698 ,  G06F3/0202 ,  G06F2200/1632

摘要： A flip-style user interface for controlling a display on a device such as a computer system, and a method thereof. Layers of flexible material are coupled along one edge in a stack that is coupled to the computer system. A user flips the layers (e.g., leaves) in a manner similar to the way pages in a book are flipped. The separation and/or bending of the leaves caused by the flipping is translated into changes in the display. For example, a different page in a document, calendar, or address book can be displayed as the user moves (separates or bends) the leaves of the user interface. Separation of the leaves can be detected by conducting pads positioned on the top and bottom surfaces of each leaf, such that a pad on the surface of one leaf is in electrical contact with a corresponding pad on the facing surface of the adjacent leaf. The pads are separated when the leaves are separated, breaking the electrical connection and allowing the separation to be detected. Bending of the leaves can be detected using a strain gauge, an accelerometer, an optical sensor, or other such instruments. The rate at which the leaves are moved, the order in which they are moved (e.g., front to back, or vice versa), and the amount of deflection imparted to the leaves can be used to control various aspects of the display.

摘要翻译： 用于控制诸如计算机系统的设备上的显示器的翻转式用户界面及其方法。 柔性材料层沿着耦合到计算机系统的堆叠中的一个边缘耦合。 用户以与书中的页面翻转方式类似的方式翻转层（例如，叶子）。 由翻转引起的叶片的分离和/或弯曲被转化为显示器的变化。 例如，当用户移动（分离或弯曲）用户界面的树叶时，可以显示文档，日历或地址簿中的不同页面。 叶片的分离可以通过定位在每个叶子的顶部和底部表面上的垫来检测，使得一个叶子表面上的垫与相邻叶片的相对表面上的相应垫电接触。 当叶片分离时，垫片被分离，破坏电气连接并允许检测分离物。 可以使用应变计，加速度计，光学传感器或其他这样的仪器来检测叶子的弯曲。 叶子被移动的速率，它们被移动的顺序（例如从前到后，反之亦然）以及赋予叶子的偏转量可用于控制显示器的各个方面。

公开(公告)号：US06545862B1

公开(公告)日：2003-04-08

申请号：US09608823

申请日：2000-06-30

申请人： Shawn Gettemy ,  Neal Osborn ,  Joe Tate ,  Francis James Canova, Jr.

发明人： Shawn Gettemy ,  Neal Osborn ,  Joe Tate ,  Francis James Canova, Jr.

IPC分类号： G06F116

CPC分类号： G09G5/006 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1632 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G06F1/1656 ,  G06F1/1698 ,  G06F2200/1632

摘要： A portable computer system (e.g., a palmtop or hand-held computer system) is implemented with an interface module containing circuitry needed to connect with and operate a device such as a display device. The interface module is coupled to the display device. Additionally, the interface module may be coupled to a printed circuit (PC) board of the portable computer system. As such, PC board can thus be designed and manufactured independently of the display device. Furthermore, design variations in the display device can be independently accommodated in the interface module. Thus, the combination of the interface module, the device, and/or the PC board can be universally implemented in different designs of portable computer systems, reducing development time and manufacturing costs.

摘要翻译： 便携式计算机系统（例如，掌上电脑或手持计算机系统）利用包含连接和操作诸如显示设备的设备所需的电路的接口模块来实现。 接口模块耦合到显示设备。 另外，接口模块可以耦合到便携式计算机系统的印刷电路板（PC）板。 因此，可以独立于显示装置设计和制造PC板。 此外，显示装置中的设计变化可以独立地容纳在接口模块中。 因此，接口模块，设备和/或PC板的组合可以普遍实现在便携式计算机系统的不同设计中，从而减少开发时间和制造成本。