Abstract:
A novel click-less tool system for performing user input device actions on computer systems, such as mouse clicks, automatically and without the need to mechanically perform these actions. All input is carried out by moving the cursor only. The system provides a user with visual trigger windows arranged near the position of the cursor on the screen and wich becomes visible for a short period of time whenever the user mouse/input cursor stops. When the user moves the cursor and hovers over one of the visible activator windows, the click-less tool program automatically performs a preprogrammed action, then places the cursor back to where the user sttoped before the trigger windows were visible. Once the action is performed the trigger windows disappear.
Abstract:
A touch screen (1) which uses light sources (4) at one or more edges of the screen (1) which directs light across the surface of the screen (1) and at least two cameras (6) having electronic outputs located at the periphery of the screen (1) to receive light from said light sources (4). A processor receives the outputs of said cameras (6) and employs triangulation techniques to determine the location of an object proximate to said screen (1). Detecting the presence of an object includes detecting at the cameras (6) the presence or absence of direct light due to the object, using a screen surface as a mirror and detecting at the cameras (6) the presence or absence of reflected light due to an object. The light sources (4) may be modulated to provide a frequency band in the output of the cameras (6).
Abstract:
Method for detecting the location of an object (108A) on a display device (102), comprising the steps of producing a plurality of patterns (122), each at a selected location on the display device (102), detecting at least one of the patterns (122), transmitting a signal indicative of the detected pattern, receiving the transmitted signal, and determining the location of the device (102), according to the received signal.
Abstract:
Dispositif de commande haptique (10) qui comprend un panneau tactile (12) monté mobile par rapport à un support (14) comportant une paroi périphérique (16), caractérisé en ce qu'un joint d'étanchéité (50) est agencé sur le pourtour du panneau tactile (12), dans un espace annulaire situé entre le panneau tactile (12) et la paroi périphérique (16) du support (14), le joint d'étanchéité (50) comportant : - une portion interne (52) en contact étanche avec le panneau tactile (12), - une portion externe (54) en contact étanche avec la paroi périphérique (16) du support (14), et - une portion de liaison (56) qui s'étend entre la portion interne (52) et la portion externe (54) et qui est déformable élastiquement de manière à absorber les déplacements relatifs du panneau tactile (12) par rapport à la paroi périphérique (16) du support (14) sans supprimer l'effet haptique produit par les mouvements du panneau tactile (12).
Abstract:
A projected force-based input device comprising a projected or elevated contacting element configured to receive an applied force, a sensing element located in a different plane with respect to the contacting element, and a sensing portion operably supported to displace in response to the applied force. The sensing element further comprises a plurality of sensors operable to output sensor data corresponding to the applied force, wherein the sensor data facilitates the determination of a location of the applied force occurring about the contacting element, as well as the profile of the applied force over time (e.g., waveform), otherwise known as the force profile. One or more transfer elements may also be present, which function to relate the contacting element to the sensing portion of the sensing element so as to transfer substantially all of the applied force from the contacting element to the sensing element. Adequate rigidity between the elevated contacting element, and transfer elements, and the sensing element is intended to be maintained in order to prevent interference with any mounting or other structures or objects, and to permit the input device to operate properly.
Abstract:
A device for pointing a position on a display screen, a program and a detecting method of a pointing device, in which pointing information is collected by recognizing the scanning system of a display and performing a processing depending on the determined scanning system. A photosensor (18) provided in the pointing device detects the scanning light of a display (140) and produces an optical sensing signal. When the optical sensing signal contains the frequency component of a horizontal synchronizing signal in a double density scanning display, an operating method recognizing section (30) recognizes that the scanning method of the display is not a standard scanning method but a double density scanning method.
Abstract:
A computer software product stored on a computer readable medium and executable by a processor of a computational device, said software product including: display instructions to generate a user interface display upon a display device coupled to said processor; cursor instructions to display a movable cursor in response to data from a pointing device, and motion detection instructions to detect dynamic interaction of said cursor with a region of the display corresponding to at least one predetermined interaction; wherein said product operatively initiates a function associated with said region upon detecting corresponding predetermined interaction.