1237 results about "Object control" patented technology

A method of generating an object oriented interactive multimedia file, including encoding data comprising at least one of video, text, audio, music and/or graphics elements as a video packet stream, text packet stream, audio packet stream, music packet stream and/or graphics packet stream respectively, combining the packet streams into a single self-contained object, said object containing its own control information, placing a plurality of the objects in a data stream, and grouping one or more of the data streams in a single contiguous self-contained scene, the scene including format definition as the initial packet in a sequence of packets. An encoder for executing the method is provided together with a player or decoder for parsing and decoding the file, which can be wirelessly streamed to a portable computer device, such as a mobile phone or a PDA. The object controls provide rendering and interactive controls for objects allowing users to control dynamic media composition, such as dictating the shape and content of interleaved video objects, and control the objects received.

A virtual space control data receiving apparatus comprises stream data receiving means for receiving a plurality of stream data for controlling a dynamic virtual space, according to the type of each stream data; manual data input means for inputting control data for an object to be controlled in the virtual space; and control data output means for outputting the control data input by the manual data input means, for the object controlled by the manual data input means, and outputting the stream data received by the stream data receiving means, for the other objects. Therefore, in a dynamic virtual space represented by 3-dimensional CG, static image, dynamic image, audio, and text which are based on a network such as the Internet, the virtual space can be reproduced in real time, and the viewer can selectively control an object.

The invention relates to an electronic device (10) and a method for data communication with such an electronic device. The electronic device combines, on the one hand, a Near Field Communication (NFC) interface, including an antenna and a circuit for generating a modulated electromagnetic wave, and on the other hand a user interface including a touch-sensitive display configured to present an object relating to a communication action executable by means of the NFC interface. A control unit connected to the NFC interface and the user interface, is configured to trigger the NFC interface to execute the communication action responsive to simultaneous detection of the presented object being touched and the NFC interface being in communicative connection with a second NFC interface of a second device.

A cursor control device (700) having a light source (70) and an image sensor (80) for optically tracking motion. The device (700) includes an upwardly facing dome (710) or window (32) that provides a visual and tactile interface for user interaction. The user's hand or finger, bare or gloved, or other object controlled by the user, can be moved in close proximity or touching the dome (710), and means are provided to discriminate against the motion of objects that are not close to the dome in order to prevent unwanted cursor motion. Said means can include optics (40) having a limited depth of focus, adaptive illumination processing for controlling the intensity of light emitted from the light source (70) to optimize sensor operation, and/or processing for projecting cursor motion in accordance with a detected level of confidence in the sensor data.

A vibration-function-equipped control input system includes: a display panel capable of displaying a control screen; a touch panel; a pressure-position detector; a vibration section that generates vibration to apply to the touch panel; and a controller operatively connected to the display panel, the touch panel, the pressure-position detector, and the vibration section. The controller directs the vibration section to generate a vibration of a first vibration pattern when a predetermined time has passed after the part of the touch panel corresponding to the position of a control key displayed on the control screen is pushed, and subsequently directs the vibration section to generate a vibration of a second vibration pattern when a change of a control object controlled by the control key is detected after the predetermined time has passed.

A system and method for delivering radiation to an object. A computer tomography machine generates CT data of the object. A radiation source with an output beam is directed to a predetermined irradiation field of the object. A detector above the object controls the output beam to the predetermined irradiation field of the object. A processor calculates the dose to the predetermined irradiation field of the object. Another detector below the object which measures the radiation delivered to the object.

An improved object tracking and control system is provided and is particularly suited to implementation at an automobile dealership. The system includes a Key Track system adapted to control access to and log the check out and check in of keys to vehicles on the lot. RFID tags are provided on the vehicles and tag readers are embedded at selected locations within the dealership parking lot to detect movement of vehicles. In one embodiment, the lot is subdivided into zones and the readers are located at transition regions between the zones. Information about the check out and check in of keys from the Key Track system is combined and integrated with information about the movement of vehicles about the lot to reach conclusions regarding authorized movement and to provide useful information to dealership management.

A domain object stores a business rule, and an object management is provided with an interface for data access. A service object executes a service requested by other objects. A control object controls the collaboration relationship among these objects according to the process request from a client, and notifies the client of the process result.

Components in an information processing system are represented by software objects whose properties can be changed through function calls. Setting a property of an object controls the associated component. Properties are connected through routes that propagate state changes throughout the system without the need for a running client application. Two-way property routes are used to keep consistence among a controlled object and multiple controlling objects without the risk of endless loops. To achieve this, the two-way route is executed to change a state of a specific one of the properties upon a change of state of another one of the properties if the change of state of the other property was caused by an effect other than the route itself.

A method and apparatus which provides a user interface includes a method of providing a plurality of display areas corresponding to a control subject, positioning a point object on one display area of the several display areas, and moving the pointing object between the plurality of display areas as a move command is input. The apparatus includes a display control module that provides a plurality of display areas which each display a control subject, and a pointing object control module that overlaps a pointing object on one display area of the plurality of display areas and moves the pointing object between the plurality of display areas when a move command is input.

A method for providing a user interface for an industrial control system including a computer and a plurality of process graphics including software objects for controlling and/or monitoring real world objects controlled by the control system. A display of selected process graphics, a designated view arranged with a tab or another selector, is automatically generated. The designated view may be generated dependent on selecting one or more logical groupings to which control system software objects representing the real world objects belong. At least one tab on a designated view, or an active link, is arranged to display a small visual representation of a second process graphic to which it is linked on detection of a computer input on or near the at least one tab, or link.

In the disclosed invention, a second object symbolizing the shadow of a first object in a virtual space, the shape, motion, and the like of the second object can be controlled independently of the first object, and the first and second objects are set to be personalized virtual characters in a 3D virtual space of a video game, so that a video game or the like having unexpectedness which is supposed to be impossible in a conventional expressing method of a 3D graphic animation, joyfulness, and wide game properties (good entertainment properties).

An object control and tracking system and related methods using separate object identification and location detection mechanisms for objects, such as keys, that are maintained in a secure enclosure, such as a key drawer. A plurality of object slots are located on the top tray of the enclosure to receive object tags that include both an RFID tag and an object to be tracked. The objects (e.g., keys) are attached to a portion of the object tags that are outside of the enclosure. Presence detectors are used to determine if an object tag is present in the corresponding slot of the enclosure. RFID sensors located on opposite interior side walls of the enclosure interrogate each RFID tag to determine the presence of each RFID tag within the enclosure. The object control and tracking system includes a controller, a memory for storing an object control database, and related processing logic operating on the controller to control scanning of the presence detectors to determine an object tag's presence in a corresponding slot, to identify each object present in the enclosure and to compare the identified objects with an object control database to determine each object removed or replaced since the previous database update.

Some examples provides a set of frameworks, process and methods aimed at enabling the expression and exploration of free-form and parametric 3D shape designs enabled through natural interactions with a hand-held mobile device acting as a controller for 3D virtual objects. A reference plane in a virtual space generated by the location of the mobile device may be used to select a 3D virtual object intersected by the reference plane. Positioning of the mobile device may also be used to control a pointer in the virtual space. In an example, the orientation of the mobile device may be detected by an accelerometer or gyroscope. In example, the position of the mobile device may be detected by a position sensor.

A control system methodology uses object-oriented software to integrate multiple control systems into a common object model. Object-oriented techniques are used to construct distributed Java-based applications in a multi-vendor open system environment for use in controlling and monitoring systems of varying size and configuration. The system provides both a browser client (101) (running on a Java-enabled browser) and a server client (121). The present invention has multiple stations: a Web BAS Server (110), a Network Processor (NP) (111), and a Field Controller (FC) (112). The NP and FC are preferably Java Virtual Machines implemented in a plug-in Java Modular Environment. Information is brought into a common object model and made available throughout the system. A custom programming language based on Java is provided for object creation, with access to objects controlled through a multi-level security protocol. Data flow is governed by a real-time information synchronization manager.

A brain-computer interface device and method for controlling the motion of an object is provided. The brain-computer interface device includes a brain wave information processing unit, which receives converted brain wave information including object motion information, extracts object control information including the object motion information from the converted brain wave information, and transmits the extracted object control information to a hybrid control unit, and a hybrid control unit which receives target information including target location information of a target and outputs final object control information obtained by correcting the object control information including the object motion information based on the target information.

A touchscreen-controller and data-entry ensemble are attached conterminously or proximately to a touchscreen device. A touchscreen-controller attachment device has one or more input ends and one or more output ends. The input and output ends may be opposite ends of unitary elements and/or may be remote from one another and connected by wire or wirelessly. Each input end of a unitary conductive element is connected to a respective output end and the plurality of output ends, residing in an attachment base, are in a position of contact with or in close proximity to the soft buttons, keys or controller(s) of a touchscreen. The output ends thus activate the touchscreen when the input ends are manipulated. A base maintains the input and/or output ends in fixed position during use. Input and output elements can be spring-mounted. New controllers offer the user haptic ability.

The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal and a 3D object control method thereof for controlling the depth or rotation of a 3D object using a 3D manipulation portion displayed around the 3D object. According to the present invention, a circular- or ring-shaped 3D manipulation portion may be touched to intuitively control the rotation and enlargement/reduction of the 3D object, thereby providing usefulness and convenience for the user, capable of editing the 3D object while directly viewing the transformed form and depth of the 3D object.

An information processing apparatus includes, for example, a touch panel placed over a display screen. For example, when a start of a touch input is detected, the first-touch-input coordinates are determined as object generation coordinates and an object is displayed in the coordinates. When an input direction based on coordinates continuously detected after the object generation coordinates until, for example, a touch-off is determined to be a predetermined direction, the object is moved in a specific direction. Alternatively, an input direction is determined based on coordinates continuously detected after the object generation coordinates until a touch-off, and then, based on the input direction, the direction opposite to the input direction, for example, is determined to be a moving direction and the object is moved in the moving direction.

Controlling access to a resource, including creating a security object in dependence upon user-selected security control data types, the security object comprising security control data and security methods, wherein the security control data includes security object management security control data and the security methods include at least one security object management method; receiving a request for management access to the security object; receiving security object management security request data; and determining management access to the security object in dependence upon the security object management security control data and the security object management security request data.

The invention discloses a touch screen-based rotary type continuous speed changing browsing and searching method, belonging to the information technical field; with the method, a user can make continuous operations in the limited ranged of the touch screen, achieving the control on an object in an approximate limitless range. When the user continuously draws circles on the touch screen in the rotary mode, the sliding speed and the sliding direction can be respectively calculated and judged by collecting sampling points on a reading device touch screen of the touch screen; based on the sliding speed and the sliding direction, the object elements can be continuously scrolled at different browsing speeds and in the positive and the negative directions; thereby the invention has the advantages of simple and flexible operation, fast browsing speed and space save, and is not restricted by the clockwise or the counter clockwise circle-drawing directions; moreover, the invention realizes the function that the object contents can be continuously scrolled in the positive direction and the negative direction in a relatively small touch screen without need of raising a pen by the user, thereby enhancing the applicability of hand-held reading devices; the invention can be widely applied to all touch screen reading device for searching different contents.

A technique for building up a dialogue control is provided. The dialogue control controls a computer system by outputting requests to a dialogue partner and evaluating input from the dialogue partner in reaction to the requests. An input is received from a user for selecting a dialogue object. A dialogue object is a data element with at least one data field, the contents of which specifying a request to the dialogue partner or a parameter influencing how an input from the dialogue partner is evaluated during execution of the dialogue control. Further, an input is received from the user for defining the content of at least one data field of the selected dialogue object. The dialogue object controls the computer system during execution of the dialogue control in dependence of the selected dialogue object and the defined content of the at least one data field of the selected dialogue object.

An image processing device includes: an augmented-reality marker detecting unit that detects, from a captured image, an augmented reality marker indicating that a virtual object is to be displayed; an operation-marker detecting unit that detects, from the captured image, an area of an operation marker that is provided so as to correspond to the augmented reality marker; an operation detecting unit that detects, from the area of the operation marker, a user's operation on the operation marker; a virtual-object control unit that deforms a virtual object corresponding to the augmented reality marker in accordance with the user's operation; and a drawing unit that draws the deformed virtual object in the captured image in a superimposed manner.

A mobile information terminal device of the present invention comprises photographing means for photographing a subject, first display control means for controlling a display operation of images based on the photographed subject by the photographing means, selection means for selecting an image area for recognition from the images the display operation of which is controlled by the first display control means, recognition means for recognizing the image area selected by the selection means, and second display control means for controlling the display operation of a recognition result obtained by the recognition means. According to the present invention, the characters included in the photographed images by the mobile information terminal device can be recognized. Particularly, a predetermined area is able to be selected from the photographed images, and the characters in the predetermined area are recognized.