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A fluid handling structure includes: an actuation area (03, 08) to control fluid flow within the structure; and a plurality of actuation components (09, 11, 12, 13) within the actuation area (03, 08); wherein the actuation area (63, 68) is constructed and arranged to activate or control each of the plurality of actuation components (09, 11, 12, 13). A fluid handling structure comprising: a fluid channel (204); and a deformable material (202); wherein the fluid channel is bounded, at least in part, by the deformable material (202). A fluidic device comprising: at least one channel (403) defining a path for the travel of an electromagnetic wave. A method of performing a function with an instrument, the method comprising: associating an insert with the instrument, the insert comprising one or more of program code, data, or commands, which enable performance of the function.

A wireless information devices can access betting related services by: (a) receiving and displaying the best odds on an event as automatically selected from odds offered by two or more bookmakers; (b) displaying an option to initiate placing a bet at the best odds; and (c) sending instructions to place the bet. This approach integrates an automated search function, that can identify the best available odds, with a mechanism to actually place a bet at the best odds. The automated search function avoids the need to display a long list of bookmakers names and related odds. This is the first step in simplifying the user interaction needed to place a bet. The second step is to integrate the display of the best odds with an option to initiate placing a bet. The option, if selected, sends instructions to place the bet. This form of integration avoids the need to navigate from an odds checking site to a bookmakers site, finding the relevant event on the bookmakers site and then placing a bet, which can be slow and awkward on a wireless information device.

A method and structure for providing call control in a telephone network that begins by directing a telephone call from a signal switching point to a service node, forwarding a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) call control extensible markup language (CCXML) application request from the service node to a server and parlay gateway combination, and forwarding a request for instruction from the server and parlay gateway combination to a telephony application server. The telephony application server returns a routing requirement to the server and parlay gateway combination which, in turn, dynamically transforms the routing requirement into a CCXML routing application and forwards the CCXML routing application to the service node. The service node executes the CCXML routing application to route the telephone call.

Based on an observation of user behaviors, users change functionalities of electronic devices whenever users shift their activities. For example, when a user is going to sleep, said user may turn off TV and lights, set alarm, and set vibration for smart phone. All said changes to the functionalities are related to a shift in user-activity to “sleep” and may require clicks, pinches, swipes or else to buttons, touch screens, and other user interface tools, which are all too complex for many users. This invention provides systems and methods to reduce the complexity in user interface practice. When this invention detects a new user-activity, it automatically applies required changes to functionalities, which are predefined as a mode of operation for the detected user-activity. Thus user interface practice and user experience of this invention is simple, intuitive and better suited for recent complexity in functionality.

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for controlling the operations of a consumer electronic (CE) device. A system includes a display device, CE device, and a remote controller with a touchpad. The CE device is configured to output a context-specific user interface for display by the display device. The particular user interface varies based on the operational context of the CE device. The remote controller sends signals that are detected by the CE device and control operations performed by the CE device. More specifically, the remote controller is used as a handheld pointing device to select operations through interactions with the context-specific user interface. A user may apply gestures to the touchpad that are interpreted based on the context-specific user interface to control the CE device.

The invention relates to a method for handwriting detection using a handwriting tool (2) being arranged for communicating with a further device (2) and comprising the following steps: recognizing characters using detection of movements carried out by means of said handwriting tool (2); determining the probability factor of at least one input character corresponding to a given character; and using said probability factor in a step for correction, completion and prediction of words being formed by said characters. The invention also relates to a device for such handwriting detection.

The invention provides a voice recognition method and an electronic device. The voice recognition method is applied to the electronic device which includes a voice input module. The voice recognition method comprises the steps that the voice input module receives voice data; first-mode voice recognition is performed on the received voice data, wherein the first-mode voice recognition refers to the recognition whether the voice data comprises first voice recognition information; second-mode voice recognition is performed according to the voice data when it is recognized that the voice data comprises the first voice recognition information; the electronic device executes or refuses to execute an operation corresponding to the first voice recognition information according to the result of the second-mode voice recognition. The voice recognition method and the electronic device can overcome the defect that interaction efficiency is low in the voice recognition process in the prior art.

The invention belongs to the technical field of automatic engineering, and discloses a man-machine interaction control method for a space universal rotating magnetic field. Man-machine interaction control of the direction of the rotating axis of the space universal magnetic field is achieved by applying a same-frequency sinusoidal signal current type space universal rotating magnetic field superposition formula with side sway and pitch angles of the axis of the magnetic field in a longitude and latitude coordinate system as related amplitude values and phases of input variables to a three-axis orthogonal nested Helmholtz coil device, controlling the side sway and pitch angles in a separated mode through two control rods respectively, forming the rotating magnetic field with the axis capable of being independently scanned in the directions of the side sway and pitch angles in the uniform area surrounded by the three-axis orthogonal nested Helmholtz coil device in an overlapped mode, and regulating the side sway and pitch angles of the axis of the magnetic field according to wirelessly-transmitted images of a camera at the front end of a capsule robot. Independent scanning of the robot in the two directions of side sway and pitch is achieved, the man-machine interaction operation is simple and rapid, and posture adjustment and rolling operability of the robot in the bent environment is improved.

Methods for status components at a wireless communication device are disclosed. In an example method, a first selectable region and a second selectable region are displayed at a gesture-sensitive display, in which the second selectable region includes a first image and a second image. A user input is detected at the gesture-sensitive display corresponding to the selection of the second selectable region. The status components are displayed at the gesture-sensitive display in response to the user input, in which a status component of the status components corresponds to a property of the wireless communication device.

The invention discloses a method for drawing dynamic Gaussian volume model for three-dimensional medical images. The method comprises the following steps of: (a) saving an image sequence as a three-dimensional texture for later texture retrieval sampling; (b) respectively leading out a ray from viewpoints to all pixels on the outermost layer of the surface of the image sequence so as to pass through volume data, and performing uniformly-spaced sampling on every ray to obtain respective density values of sampling points; (c) mapping the respective density values of the sampling points into colors and opaqueness by using transfer functions; (d) establishing a Gaussian model according to distance and angle information of current sampling points and a focus, and correcting the respective opaqueness of the sampling points; and (e) accumulating the respective opaqueness and colors of all the sampling points along the light direction to finally obtain a color value of one point projected to a screen. According to the method, an internal structure in a focus area can be clearly displayed, and meanwhile, organization structures around the focus are reserved. Different from traditional unified sectioning method, the method disclosed by the invention achieves an effect of the focus with the context.

The embodiment of the invention provides a data interaction method and method. The method may comprises the following steps of: invoking the API (Application Programming Interface) of a social network to send a data acquisition request to the social network when a third-party application detects a trigger operation for the social network; obtaining requested data by the social network according to the data acquisition request, and returning the data to the third-party application for processing; and sharing the processed data to the social network through the API of the social network by the third-party application. The method is capable of performing seamless switching between the social network and the third-party application, simplifying the data interaction operation and improving the data interaction efficiency.

The present invention provides a user experience greatly simplified from prior art GPS devices. The invention provides for storage of one or more locations, by simple user interactions tailored to the specific interaction environment. The invention also provides for determination of the current location of the user. The invention compares the current location to a selected stored location to determine a direction from the present location to the stored location. The invention also provides a determination of the present orientation of a display, relative to, as an example, magnetic north. The present orientation of the display can be combined with the determined direction to determine a configuration of the display that indicates a direction of travel toward the stored location. The invention can comprise a vehicle security system controller, and the operation of the invention integrated with the operation of the locking/unlocking of the vehicle.

There is provided a system and method for a television remote control system. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a remote control, a control element configured for vertical movement, horizontal movement and axial movement, and a television configured to activate various television features upon receiving a signal from the remote control indicating an activation direction of the control element, wherein the television is configured to activate a volume control feature when the activation direction is a first or second direction and the television is operating in a viewing mode, and wherein the television is configured to activate a television content selection feature when the activation direction is a third or fourth direction and the television is operating in the viewing mode, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth directions are each different.

This invention provides an interface interaction control method and system of a multi-party conference call. The method comprises the following steps: without the help of a menu, realizing interaction operations of the interactive interface through dragging and clicking icons; displaying and feeding back the result of the interaction operations through the states of the icons. Since commands can be generated immediately by the interaction operations for dragging and clicking icons, special trigger operations are unnecessary; and since a default responding mechanism is adopted, a user does not need to respond the feedback specifically.

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for collecting and processing auto insurance claim-related data. Initial data is collected from a customer or a third party appraiser via a user interface. The initial data is used to retrieve relevant compliance guideline and policy information, which is used to modify and/or populate fields in the user interface. Collected and/or retrieved information is then stored and/or used to adjust an insurance claim workflow process.

The invention belongs to the technical field of indoor decoration, and discloses an indoor decoration and design system based on an AR (Augmented Reality) virtual reality technology. The indoor decoration and design system based on the AR virtual reality technology comprises an image collection module, an image analysis module, a style selection module, a data processing module, a storage module,a three-dimensional graph generation module, a modularized editing module and an AR presenting module. By use of the system, an interaction module and a three-dimensional model can move according to the fingerprint displacement of a user, an interaction way of displaying a 3d model image and the user is enriched, in addition, interaction operation is simple, and operation usability is increased. Meanwhile, by use of the system, through the AR presenting module, the virtual reality technology is adopted to carry out vivid and realistic advanced design and display on an indoor decoration style,so that the user can obtain a true indoor living feeling in advance, and meanwhile, further improvement can be carried out in a decoration process.

Visual information is selectively input or output from an information handling system video connector to support presentation of external visual information input to the connector at a display of the information handling system or presentation of internal visual information output from the connector at an external display. A multiplexer selectively interfaces the connector with a graphics controller to output analog visual information or with a video decoder to receive analog visual information for conversion to a digital format and communication to the graphics controller. In one embodiment, input of an external signal to the connector automatically configures the information handling system to receive and display the external visual information.