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A device and method for selecting objects on a touch-sensitive display are described. The device includes a touch-sensitive display for displaying at least one object, the touch-sensitive display responsive to a user input, a selection detection section operatively coupled to the touch-input display, the selection detection section configured to detect a back-and-forth movement of the user input when the input is in contact with the touch-sensitive display and to select an object on the touch-sensitive display for further operation when the back-and-forth motion is in proximity to the object.

A computer-implemented method for inviting members of a venture exchange to participate in a wager. The method includes receiving a wager placed by a first user; parsing the wager to determine wager characteristics associated with the wager; determining, using a processor, friends of the first user that have an affinity for the wager based on the wager characteristics; causing an interface to be displayed to the first user, where the friends of the first user are organized by a relative affinity for the wager; receiving a selection by the first user of friends to invite to participate in the wager; and transmitting a wager invitation to each friend selected by the first user.

An apparatus for text input and a method for its use. The apparatus includes a display device, a computing device, and an input device. The computer device is configured to generate a character or plurality of characters and to cause the display device to display the character or characters at a desired position on the display device screen. The input device operates to enlarge the character or plurality of characters depending on the position of the input device relative to characters displayed on said display device. The input device is configured to permit a user to select the enlarged character or plurality of characters.

The present invention deals with a method and system for producing services in the communication system of a building. In the method of the invention, the communication system comprises at least one terminal device applicable for local-area communication, at least one communication means, at least one server controlling the communication system, at least one base station for implementing a local-area network in the communication system, and a local network for implementing mutual data transfer between the said communication means, the said server controlling the communication system and the said base station. In the method, a number of service folders are generated in the terminal device and a service folder applicable to the purpose in each case is selected. From the selected service folder, a service request is selected which is transmitted from the terminal device to the communication system, where the service request is executed in one or more sub-stages using one or more communication means.

A multi-source electronic vapor cigarette which overcomes the shortcomings of current devices. The device allows a user, when using the device for smoking cessation, to select different levels of nicotine at different times of the day to satisfy different levels of craving. The device holds multiple individual containers of a different liquid concentration of nicotine, flavored or not, or flavored medium only, within one device. A user can select a desired refillable container by operation of a switch to create a vapor passage from the desired container to the mouthpiece. For flavored vapor users, operation of the switch will select a container holding the desired flavor. The user can take a puff of one flavor vapor followed by another without mixing flavors within the device. The device allows any desired combination by inserting individual containers the user fills with their choice of liquid.

An article transport and organizer which can conveniently be used either as a tote bag for transport and storage of small articles or alternatively can be used in connection with an empty container such as a five-gallon bucket for the transport and storage of larger articles as well as for the transport of smaller articles and tools. The apparatus includes a removable shoulder strap that can be used to conveniently transport the apparatus when it is being used as a tote bag. The inner and outer skirt-like walls of the apparatus are provided with a plurality of spaced-apart pockets which are adapted to receive and organize hand tools and other small articles. Easy-to-operate zipper mechanisms are provided for interconnecting together the lower margins of the outer skirt-like walls so as to convert the apparatus from a bucket organizer into a tote bag.

The present invention deals with a method and system for producing services in the communication system of a building. In the method of the invention, the communication system includes at least one terminal device applicable for local-area communication, at least one communication unit, at least one server controlling the communication system, at least one base station for implementing a local-area network in the communication system, and a local network for implementing mutual data transfer between the communication unit, the server controlling the communication system and the base station. In the method, a number of service folders are generated in the terminal device and a service folder applicable to the purpose in each case is selected. From the selected service folder, a service request is selected which is transmitted from the terminal device to the communication system, where the service request is executed in one or more sub-stages using one or more communication units.

A non-contract selecting device is disclosed. The non-contract selecting device include a light source, emitting light to an outside; a camera unit, generating and outputting a video signal corresponding to an external video; a video data generating unit, generating video data corresponding to the video signal; and an identity unit, detecting a location of a detected area formed by light, reflected by pointing-means and inputted, of the light emitted from the video data in units of each frame, recognizing a moving locus of the detected area by comparing at least two continuous frames and generating and outputting corresponding change information. With the present invention, the function-selecting can be more quickly and easily and increase making the most use of elements.

A method and apparatus for entering an address for a navigation system allows a user to easily and quickly select a key indicating the next character of the address. At the start of operation, the navigation system shows a full alpha-numeric keyboard. Once the next candidate characters are narrowed down to a certain degree, the navigation system shows a simplified keyboard with a limited number of keys on the monitor screen and highlights the next candidate characters on the simplified keyboard. The navigation system displays both the simplified keyboard and a street name list on the same screen. Since the keys of the limited number are arranged within a small space such as in the three-by-three manner, the user can easily point a cursor or other pointing device to the desired key.

A media center operating mode selection control method and system is proposed, which is designed for use with a media center system to provide an easy-to-use operating mode selection control procedure, which is characterized by the provision of all possible operating modes (i.e., various manners of interlinking between media source devices and media display devices connected to the media center system) in a mapping table, and the provision of a press button that can be repeatedly pressed by the user to cyclically switch through all the available operating modes. Compared to the prior art, this method of user operation is significantly easier to implement without requiring the user to get familiar with technical jargons and involve in complicated user operation procedures, and is therefore more user-friendly and advantageous to use than prior art.

An image forming system includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses and an information processing apparatus connected to a network. Each image forming apparatus includes a remaining-toner sensor for detecting remaining amounts of toner in cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y), and black (K) toner cartridges. The information processing apparatus includes (i) a storage device for storing various types of information obtained from the image forming apparatuses, including apparatus status information such as the remaining amounts of toner, and (ii) a display device for displaying icons representing the remaining amounts of C / M / Y / K toners in a line on a respective apparatus basis, and displaying the icons representing the remaining amounts of C / M / Y / K toners for all of the plurality of image forming apparatuses in lines on a respective color basis so that said lines are perpendicular to said line in which the icons representing the remaining amounts of toner are displayed.

An apparatus for text input and a method for its use. The apparatus includes a display device, a computing device, and an input device. The computer device is configured to generate a character or plurality of characters and to cause the display device to display the character or characters at a desired position on the display device screen. The input device operates to enlarge the character or plurality of characters depending on the position of the input device relative to characters displayed on said display device. The input device is configured to permit a user to select the enlarged character or plurality of characters.

A program selection support device 200 that displays a program selection list that is a list of identifiers of broadcast programs selected as selection candidates from among all the broadcast programs to be broadcast in a predetermined period, the program selection support device comprising: a program selection list creating unit 209 operable to classify pieces of provider specifying information, each specifying a list provider that permits the program selection support device to display a program selection list of the list provider, into groups according to an attribute of each list provider, and register the pieces of provider specifying information on a recording medium in one-to-one association with the groups and register a program selection list of each list provider on the recording medium in one-to-one association with the pieces of provider specifying information; a group selection list managing unit 204 operable to designate one of the groups registered on the recording medium; and a display control unit 206 operable to acquire the program selection list of the list provider specified by one of the pieces of provider specifying information belonging to the designated group, and display a program selection list including identifiers of selection candidates included in the acquired program selection list.

An object of the invention is to be able to select easily and quickly inspection recipes which are appropriate to samples from any number of inspection recipes. A calculating device displays a plurality of inspection recipes on the GUI. An inspection recipe includes settings for controlling charged particle columns which irradiate charged particles on samples with a plurality of characteristics. Plural inspection recipes are arranged and displayed on a coordinate system which is specified by a plurality of axes having characteristic values (robustness variable of charge up, throughput of defect inspection, and accuracy of defect inspection) which have mutually trade-off relationships.

A liquid flow restrictor in the supply line of an eductor or other dilution or dispensing device has a rotatably mounted disc with opposite faces and a plurality of apertures or holes, which provide different flow restrictions between the faces, and a pair of flow conduits sealingly engaging against the faces, whereby on rotation of the member the zones are selectively brought into communication with the conduits to provide a desired flow restriction.

A liquid flow-restriction device has a plurality of flow-restriction passages connected to a common outlet. Each flow-restriction passage has a magnetically operable valve having a valve member movable between an open position and a closed position. The valves are operated by a common actuating element selectively positionable with respect to the valve members to open the valves. The actuating element is a permanent magnet. The device is simple and allows easy selection of a flow rate to a dilution dispenser.

Each finger of a user can be uniquely associated with a funding source for a user account with a payment provider, such that the user can select or change a funding source by simply having the desired finger print read, such as on the display of a smart phone.

An object of the invention is to be able to select easily and quickly inspection recipes which are appropriate to samples from any number of inspection recipes. A calculating device displays a plurality of inspection recipes on the GUI. An inspection recipe includes settings for controlling charged particle columns which irradiate charged particles on samples with a plurality of characteristics. Plural inspection recipes are arranged and displayed on a coordinate system which is specified by a plurality of axes having characteristic values (robustness variable of charge up, throughput of defect inspection, and accuracy of defect inspection) which have mutually trade-off relationships.

A method and apparatus for entering an address for a navigation system allows a user to easily and quickly select a key indicating the next character of the address. At the start of operation, the navigation system shows a full alpha-numeric keyboard. Once the next candidate characters are narrowed down to a certain degree, the navigation system shows a simplified keyboard with a limited number of keys on the monitor screen and highlights the next candidate characters on the simplified keyboard. The navigation system displays both the simplified keyboard and a street name list on the same screen. Since the keys of the limited number are arranged within a small space such as in the three-by-three manner, the user can easily point a cursor or other pointing device to the desired key.

An image recognition based interactive control system and method for a smart television. The system comprises: an image acquisition module for acquiring a card image; a gesture recognition module for recognizing a gesture of a user holding a card and outputting a gesture recognition result, wherein the gesture recognition result is channel switching, program selecting or content searching; a card recognition module for recognizing the content of the card image and outputting a card recognition result; and an interactive control module for performing a relevant interactive operation according to the gesture recognition result and the card recognition result.

In a menu selection input device including a selecting portion (11) for selecting a desired item as a selected item and a display portion (12) for displaying the selected item, the selecting portion includes at least one changing switch (13) for changing the selected item. The menu selection input device has a switch transition state in which the changing switch is turned from an initial on state through an off state to a later on state and which corresponds to an item changing state of changing said selected item. Preferably, continuity of the later on state of the changing switch creates a repetitive changing state in which the selected item is successively changed one after another. In this case, the switch transition state is a state in which the changing switch is turned from the initial on state into the off state and which the changing switch is thereafter turned from the off state into the later on state within a predetermined time interval. The item changing state is a state in which the repetitive changing state is started immediately after the changing switch is turned into the later on state.

A flexible measuring element for use with plural blood pressure measuring cuffs is provided. The flexible measuring element includes a flexible body, an identification block distribution region, and an indicating part. The identification block distribution region is disposed on the flexible body. The identification block distribution region includes at least two different identification blocks matching corresponding identification signs of the plural blood pressure measuring cuffs. When the flexible body is wrapped around an animal limb by a user, the indicating part lies within a specified identification block of the at least two identification blocks for prompting the user to select a specified blood pressure measuring cuff corresponding to the specified identification block.

The present invention relates to an orthopedic surgical set and, more particularly, to an orthopedic surgical set in which an implant having a specific size, which is determined and selected in advance on the basis of scanning information obtained through a medical scanner, to be implanted into a human body through an operation, spare implants, which have a size selected within an error range in preparation for error that may occur between the scanning information and the actual information of a patient, and different kinds of surgical instruments, which correspond to the sizes of the implants, are classified by sizes and fixed in k-th trays, respectively, to be kept in a container so that a doctor who performs an operation can easily select desired surgical instruments, costs for sterilizing the surgical instruments are decreased, and the tray and the container can be reduced in size for easy carrying.

Each finger of a user can be uniquely associated with a funding source for a user account with a payment provider, such that the user can select or change a funding source by simply having the desired finger print read, such as on the display of a smart phone.

A video processing apparatus including a memory to store a plurality of character strings corresponding a plurality of channels in predetermined sequence, a display part to display the character string to be superposed on a picture of the corresponding channel, a signal receiver to receive a forward or backward change signal for the character string in accordance with selection of a user, and a channel selection controller to control the display part to display a character string previously or next to the character string of the channel being currently displayed such that the previous or next character string is superposed on the picture of the corresponding channel, when the signal receiver receives the forward or backward change signal for the character string. Thus, a user can easily and quickly select a desired channel from among a plurality of channels. Also, a user can select a desired channel through simple, convenient and small user interface.

An image forming system includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses and an information processing apparatus connected to a network. Each image forming apparatus includes a remaining-toner sensor for detecting remaining amounts of toner in cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y), and black (K) toner cartridges. The information processing apparatus includes (i) a storage device for storing various types of information obtained from the image forming apparatuses, including apparatus status information such as the remaining amounts of toner, and (ii) a display device for displaying icons representing the remaining amounts of C / M / Y / K toners in a line on a respective apparatus basis, and displaying the icons representing the remaining amounts of C / M / Y / K toners for all of the plurality of image forming apparatuses in lines on a respective color basis so that said lines are perpendicular to said line in which the icons representing the remaining amounts of toner are displayed.

This system for selecting at least one ophthalmic lens manufacturing process to be used for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens, the manufacturing including additive manufacturing, includes at least one processor configured to determine in an automated manner, on the basis of a set of input data, at least two ophthalmic lens manufacturing processes differing by at least one manufacturing operation, which can be used for manufacturing the ophthalmic lens. It further includes at least one processor configured to select at least one ophthalmic lens manufacturing process to be used for manufacturing the ophthalmic lens, among the determined at least two ophthalmic lens manufacturing processes.