公开(公告)号：US06717528B1

公开(公告)日：2004-04-06

申请号：US09506238

申请日：2000-02-17

申请人： Winslow Scott Burleson ,  David Lu ,  John Martin Mullaly

发明人： Winslow Scott Burleson ,  David Lu ,  John Martin Mullaly

IPC分类号： G08C1900

CPC分类号： G08C17/02 ,  G08C23/04 ,  G08C2201/20 ,  G08C2201/71

摘要： A system and method for providing dynamic feedback projection from a hand held pointing device is provided. The system includes a hand held pointing device that is capable of two way communication with appliance interfaces associated with appliances that are controllable by the hand held pointing device. The hand held pointer is capable of transmitting signals to the appliance interfaces and receiving response signals from the appliance interfaces. The hand held pointing device further includes a visible light projection apparatus for projecting light onto a remote surface. The projected light is displaced on the remote surface by a light projection modification apparatus such that the projected light creates images corresponding to the response signals from the appliance interfaces.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于从手持式指示装置提供动态反馈投影的系统和方法。 该系统包括手持指示装置，其能够与可由手持指示装置控制的装置相关联的装置接口双向通信。 手持指针能够向设备接口发送信号并从设备接口接收响应信号。 手持指示装置还包括用于将光投射到远程表面上的可见光投射装置。 投射光在光投射改变装置的位置在远程表面上移动，使得投影光产生对应于来自设备接口的响应信号的图像。

公开(公告)号：US06567032B1

公开(公告)日：2003-05-20

申请号：US09343441

申请日：1999-06-30

申请人： John Martin Mullaly ,  Winslow Scott Burleson ,  Richard A. Henkler

发明人： John Martin Mullaly ,  Winslow Scott Burleson ,  Richard A. Henkler

IPC分类号： G08C1912

CPC分类号： G08C23/04 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C2201/50 ,  G08C2201/71 ,  G08C2201/92

摘要： A method of directing communication between addressable, electronically-controllable appliances using a generalized pointing device is provided. The pointing device can communicate with dissimilar types of target appliance, and each appliance is associated with an appliance interface that makes the target appliance compatible with the pointing device. Use of the method to direct communication between appliances is believed to allow the convenience associated with the use of a computer's graphical user interface (GUI) to be realized in communication with physical objects, i.e., the target appliances. In particular, the “drag-and-drop” method of using a GUI may be analogous to the pointer-mediated interaction between appliances provided herein. An embodiment of the method includes using the pointing device for: transmitting a selection signal to the first appliance, transmitting a command instructing the first appliance to transmit data, transmitting a selection signal to a second appliance, and transmitting a command instructing the second appliance to receive the transmitted data. The data transmitted between appliances may be sent along a pointer-independent transmission path between the appliances, such as over a network. Additionally or alternatively, data may be transmitted from one appliance to the pointer, and then from the pointer to the other appliance.

摘要翻译： 提供了使用广义指示设备来引导可寻址的，电子可控的设备之间的通信的方法。 指点设备可以与不同类型的目标设备通信，并且每个设备与设备接口相关联，该设备接口使目标设备与指示设备兼容。 认为使用该方法来指导设备之间的通信被认为允许与使用计算机的图形用户界面（GUI）相关联的方便地与物理对象即目标设备通信。 特别地，使用GUI的“拖放”方法可以类似于本文提供的设备之间的指针介导的交互。 该方法的一个实施例包括使用指示设备：向第一设备发送选择信号，发送指示第一设备发送数据的命令，向第二设备发送选择信号，以及发送指示第二设备的命令 接收传输的数据。 在设备之间传输的数据可以沿着设备之间的指针无关传输路径发送，例如通过网络发送。 另外或替代地，数据可以从一个设备发送到指针，然后从指针发送到另一个设备。

公开(公告)号：US06812881B1

公开(公告)日：2004-11-02

申请号：US09343442

申请日：1999-06-30

申请人： John Martin Mullaly ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Winslow Scott Burleson

发明人： John Martin Mullaly ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Winslow Scott Burleson

IPC分类号： G08C1912

CPC分类号： G08C23/04 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C2201/50 ,  G08C2201/63 ,  G08C2201/71 ,  G08C2201/92

摘要： A system for communication with addressable electronically-controllable appliances using a generalized pointing device is provided. The system includes a pointing device that can communicate with dissimilar types of target appliances from a position remote from those appliances and an appliance interface that makes the target appliances compatible with the pointing device. Use of the system is believed to allow the convenience associated with use of a computer's graphical user interface (GUI) to be realized in communication with physical objects, i.e. the target appliances. In an embodiment for one-way communication from a pointing device to a target appliance, the pointing device may comprise an actuator, an input-output interface, and a transmitter. In an embodiment configured for two-way communication between the pointing device and an appliance, the pointing device may further include a receiver. The appliance interface may include a receiver, an input/output interface, and a driver to convert received pointer command signals to corresponding functions of the appliance. In an embodiment configured for two-way communication, the appliance interface may further include a transmitter. The system may be configured for transmission using optical signals, radio-frequency signals, or both.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种使用广义指示设备与可寻址电子可控设备通信的系统。 该系统包括可以从远离这些设备的位置与不同类型的目标设备通信的定点设备以及使目标设备与指示设备兼容的设备接口。 认为系统的使用被认为允许与使用计算机的图形用户界面（GUI）相关联的方便地与物理对象即目标设备通信。 在用于从指示设备到目标设备的单向通信的实施例中，指示设备可以包括致动器，输入 - 输出接口和发射器。 在被配置用于指示设备和设备之间的双向通信的实施例中，指示设备还可以包括接收器。 设备接口可以包括接收器，输入/输出接口和驱动器，用于将接收的指示器命令信号转换为设备的相应功能。 在配置用于双向通信的实施例中，设备接口还可以包括发射机。 该系统可以被配置为使用光信号，射频信号或两者进行传输。

公开(公告)号：US06570524B1

公开(公告)日：2003-05-27

申请号：US09343440

申请日：1999-06-30

申请人： John Martin Mullaly ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Winslow Scott Burleson

发明人： John Martin Mullaly ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Winslow Scott Burleson

IPC分类号： G08C1912

CPC分类号： H04B10/1141 ,  G08C23/04 ,  G08C2201/50 ,  G08C2201/63 ,  G08C2201/71 ,  G08C2201/92 ,  H04B10/1143

摘要： A method for communication with addressable, electronically-controllable appliances using a generalized pointing device is presented. The pointing device can communicate with dissimilar types of target appliance, and each appliance is associated with an appliance interface that makes the target appliance compatible with the pointing device. Use of the method is believed to allow the convenience associated with the use of a computer's graphical user interface to be realized in communication with physical objects, i.e. the target appliances. The method includes orienting the pointing device for reception of its pointer command signals by an appliance interface of the targeted appliance, transmitting a selection signal from the pointing device to the appliance interface, and transmitting a pointer command signal to the appliance interface. In an embodiment involving two-way communication between the pointing device and appliance interface, the method further includes observing appliance response information transmitted from the appliance interface to the pointing device. The method may include establishment of a line-of-sight transmission path between the pointing device and appliance interface for optical signal transmission. Additionally or alternatively, the method may include use of a non-line-of-sight transmission path for radio frequency signal transmission.

摘要翻译： 提出了一种使用广义指示设备与可寻址的电子可控电器进行通信的方法。 指点设备可以与不同类型的目标设备通信，并且每个设备与设备接口相关联，该设备接口使目标设备与指示设备兼容。 认为使用该方法被认为允许与使用计算机的图形用户界面相关联的方便地与物理对象即目标设备通信。 该方法包括：通过目标设备的设备接口定向指示设备以接收其指针命令信号，将选择信号从指示设备发送到设备接口，以及向设备接口发送指针命令信号。 在涉及指示设备和设备接口之间的双向通信的实施例中，该方法还包括从设备接口发送到指示设备的设备响应信息。 该方法可以包括在指向设备和用于光信号传输的设备接口之间建立视距传输路径。 另外或替代地，该方法可以包括使用用于射频信号传输的非视距传输路径。

公开(公告)号：US06195640B1

公开(公告)日：2001-02-27

申请号：US09240500

申请日：1999-01-29

申请人： John Martin Mullaly ,  Winslow Scott Burleson

发明人： John Martin Mullaly ,  Winslow Scott Burleson

IPC分类号： G10L1308

CPC分类号： G06F3/013 ,  G10L13/00 ,  G10L13/08

摘要： The present invention provides a method for allowing a user's reading to dictate the speed and position at which content is converted to audio in an audio reader. The method includes determining a position of a user's eye gaze, identifying a content displayed at the position of the user's eye gaze, determining an audio corresponding to the content, and outputting the audio. The method of the present invention allows the user's reading to drive the text to speech conversion, resulting in the computer reading what the user is currently reading. The user may then read text at a variable rate and at different positions, with the text to speech conversion following the user. The method of the present invention may be used to help raise users' literacy levels, to help users learn to read faster, to help boost reading comprehension, to help users scan documents, and to provide feedback for positioning and control. The present invention is thus flexible and has a range of utilities.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于允许用户的阅读来规定在音频读取器中将内容转换成音频的速度和位置的方法。 该方法包括确定用户的眼睛凝视的位置，识别在用户的眼睛凝视的位置处显示的内容，确定与内容相对应的音频，以及输出音频。 本发明的方法允许用户的阅读将文本驱动到语音转换，导致计算机读取用户正在读取的内容。 然后，用户可以以可变速率和在不同位置读取文本，随着用户之后的文本到语音转换。 本发明的方法可以用于帮助提高用户的识字水平，帮助用户学习阅读更快，帮助提高阅读理解力，帮助用户扫描文档，并为定位和控制提供反馈。 因此，本发明是灵活的并且具有一系列实用性。

公开(公告)号：US06179209B2

公开(公告)日：2001-01-30

申请号：US08974096

申请日：1997-11-19

申请人： Joel Gerard Goodwin ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  John Martin Mullaly

发明人： Joel Gerard Goodwin ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  John Martin Mullaly

IPC分类号： G06K700

CPC分类号： G06K7/0008 ,  G06K19/077 ,  G06K19/07741 ,  G06K2017/0067

摘要： A data processing system has a reader device adapted to read information residing on a first type of storage article (such as a floppy diskette), and a holder is provided which is substantially identical in size and shape to the first type of storage article, but allows the reader device to read a card which bears machine-readable information, such as a credit card. The holder can have a slot therein for receiving the card, which is aligned within the holder to position a portion of the information medium at an access area of the holder. The machine-readable information can be, for example, encoded on a magnetic strip on the card. The system allows network-based transactions which read from the card as well as write to it.

摘要翻译： 数据处理系统具有适于读取驻留在第一类型的存储物品（例如软盘）上的信息的读取器装置，并且提供了与第一类型的存储物品基本上相同尺寸和形状的保持器，但是 允许阅读器装置读取一张载有机器可读信息的卡，例如信用卡。 保持器可以在其中具有用于接收卡的槽，其在保持器内对准，以将信息介质的一部分定位在保持器的存取区域。 机器可读信息可以例如编码在卡上的磁条上。 该系统允许从卡读取的基于网络的事务以及写入。

公开(公告)号：US06179487B2

公开(公告)日：2001-01-30

申请号：US08897407

申请日：1997-07-21

申请人： Didier Daniel Claude Bardon ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Shirley Lynn Martin ,  Scott Anthony Morgan ,  John Martin Mullaly ,  Craig Ardner Swearingen

发明人： Didier Daniel Claude Bardon ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Shirley Lynn Martin ,  Scott Anthony Morgan ,  John Martin Mullaly ,  Craig Ardner Swearingen

IPC分类号： G06F102

CPC分类号： G11B27/105 ,  G11B19/022 ,  G11B27/002 ,  G11B27/11 ,  G11B27/34 ,  G11B2220/20 ,  G11B2220/213 ,  G11B2220/2512 ,  G11B2220/2545 ,  G11B2220/41 ,  G11B2220/65

摘要： A data processing system, software program, and method for operating each are implemented to associate title-specific visuals with unique audio compact discs for display on a graphical user interface. Additionally, the data processing system and software program provide a method of operation to display information associated with each unique compact disc as a separate entry within a compact disc library, such that an external user can then view the collection of libraries on the computer.

摘要翻译： 执行用于操作每个的数据处理系统，软件程序和方法，以将标题特定的视觉与唯一的音频光盘相关联，以在图形用户界面上显示。 此外，数据处理系统和软件程序提供了一种操作方法，以将与每个唯一光盘相关联的信息显示为在光盘库内的单独条目，使得外部用户然后可以在计算机上查看库的集合。

公开(公告)号：US6097386A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-01

申请号：US814748

申请日：1997-03-07

申请人： Didier Daniel Bardon ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  Shirley L. Martin ,  John Martin Mullaly

发明人： Didier Daniel Bardon ,  Richard Edmond Berry ,  Scott Harlan Isensee ,  Shirley L. Martin ,  John Martin Mullaly

IPC分类号： G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F8/38 ,  G06F3/0481

摘要： A data processing system (100) transforms the limited user interface toolkits currently in use in the software development industry to provide control interfaces which are sensitive to a user's operational context. The data processing system does not create control objects by assembling ready-made controls available in the user interface toolkit of the development system, but generates a control object which has a custom designed appearance that is relevant to the context of the action the control should perform, to the kind of object which includes the control, and to the type of data to which the control is applied. The data processing system performs these operations through the implementation of a methodology wherein a central processing unit of the data processing system identifies the control interfaces included in an object to be display on a display device (138). For each control interface included in the object to be displayed, the central processing unit determines whether the control interface is a custom design. If the control interface does not have a custom design, the data required for configuring the control interface is retrieved from a memory (116, 114) and displayed in accordance with the control interface provided by the development system. Conversely, if the control interface does have a custom design, data is retrieved from memory to configure the control interface in a manner desired by a designer of the graphical user interface. The data representing the object in the control interface, whether custom designed or standard, is then provided to a display adapter which transforms that data to enable a display device to display the object in the control interface.

摘要翻译： 数据处理系统（100）转换当前在软件开发行业中使用的有限用户界面工具包，以提供对用户的操作上下文敏感的控制界面。 数据处理系统不会通过组装开发系统的用户界面工具包中可用的现成控制来创建控制对象，而是生成一个控件对象，它具有与控件应该执行的动作上下文相关的自定义设计外观 ，包括控制的对象类型以及应用控件的数据类型。 数据处理系统通过实施一种方法来执行这些操作，其中数据处理系统的中央处理单元识别包括在要在显示设备（138）上显示的对象中的控制接口。 对于要显示的对象中包括的每个控制界面，中央处理单元确定控制界面是否是定制设计。 如果控制接口没有定制设计，则从存储器（116,114）检索配置控制接口所需的数据，并根据开发系统提供的控制界面进行显示。 相反，如果控制接口确实具有定制设计，则从存储器检索数据，以图形用户界面的设计者所期望的方式配置控制接口。 然后，将表示控制界面中的对象的数据（无论是定制设计的还是标准的）提供给显示适配器，显示适配器转换该数据以使显示设备能够在控制界面中显示对象。

公开(公告)号：US5936624A

公开(公告)日：1999-08-10

申请号：US813717

申请日：1997-03-07

申请人： Linda Arnold Lisle ,  Shirley Lynn Martin ,  John Martin Mullaly

发明人： Linda Arnold Lisle ,  Shirley Lynn Martin ,  John Martin Mullaly

IPC分类号： G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/14

CPC分类号： G06F3/0481 ,  Y10S707/99932 ,  Y10S707/99933 ,  Y10S707/99943 ,  Y10S707/99944

摘要： A data processing system, software program and method effectively and intuitively display a storage space of a data processing system to an end-user to allow the end-user to create a filing system which has an easily usable interface. In implementing this methodology, the user is allowed to simply request that all objects within an entire file system of a data processing system be placed in a logical container. A user sets the parameters for defining the desired characteristics of each of the objects stored within the logical container. Thus, a user is able to organize representations of desired objects in various storage locations without requiring extra steps by a user or excess memory. Furthermore, the contents of a logical container are dynamically updated in real-time to ensure that the filed information is current and accurate. The ability of a user to modify the containment settings and to have such modifications immediately reflected in the logical container rendered on a display device allows a user great flexibility in obtaining a desired graphical user interface.

摘要翻译： 数据处理系统，软件程序和方法有效且直观地向最终用户显示数据处理系统的存储空间，以允许最终用户创建具有易于使用的界面的归档系统。 在实现该方法时，允许用户简单地请求将数据处理系统的整个文件系统内的所有对象放置在逻辑容器中。 用户设置用于定义存储在逻辑容器内的每个对象的期望特性的参数。 因此，用户能够在不需要用户额外的步骤或多余的存储器的情况下组织各种存储位置中的期望对象的表示。 此外，逻辑容器的内容被实时地动态地更新，以确保现有的信息是当前的和准确的。 用户修改容纳设置并且立即反映在显示设备上呈现的逻辑容器中的这种修改的能力允许用户在获得期望的图形用户界面方面具有极大的灵活性。

公开(公告)号：US06304909B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-16

申请号：US09215704

申请日：1998-12-18

申请人： John Martin Mullaly ,  Scott Harlan Isensee

发明人： John Martin Mullaly ,  Scott Harlan Isensee

IPC分类号： G06F1300

CPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  G06F17/30902 ,  H04L67/325 ,  H04L67/36 ,  H04L69/329

摘要： A computer network such as the internet has servers to deliver pages of data to remote users upon demand, and these pages usually contain links to further pages. The request for data is in the form of a page address sent by the user, identifying a specific page, usually by a “URL”. The server has the ability to generate context-sensitive information about delivery of this page, including current loading at the server, transmission bandwidth for the server, and size of the data requested. The server can calculate the time needed to transfer the requested data, and send this information to the client. The user can then decide the transfer method desired, based on the information sent by the server. For example, the user may want immediate transfer, or delayed transfer, or may want to abort the request. The requested page may be sent later by email. The server may send this context-sensitive information for all of the links on a page, and the user station may display the information for a link when it is clicked, in one embodiment. In this manner, receipt of information can be selective, based on user's needs and network delays.

摘要翻译： 诸如因特网之类的计算机网络具有服务器，可根据需要向远程用户传送数据页面，并且这些页面通常包含进一步页面的链接。 数据请求是由用户发送的页面地址的形式，通常以“URL”标识特定页面。 服务器能够生成有关此页面传递的上下文相关信息，包括服务器上的当前加载，服务器的传输带宽以及请求数据的大小。 服务器可以计算传输所请求数据所需的时间，并将此信息发送给客户端。 然后，用户可以根据服务器发送的信息来决定所需的传输方法。 例如，用户可能需要立即转移或延迟转移，或者可能想中止请求。 请求的页面可以稍后通过电子邮件发送。 服务器可以向页面上的所有链接发送该上下文相关信息，并且在一个实施例中，用户站可以在点击链接时显示链接的信息。 以这种方式，可以根据用户的需求和网络延迟来选择接收信息。