Logitech Europe S.a.

Welch Allyn, Inc.

Marten Helwig

Cathal Loughnane

James Lynch

Padraig Mcloughlin

Nicolas Ramond

Jasper Phua

Libao Wu

Philippe Chazot

Martin Caspar Rüegg

Jean-Christophe Hemes

Christophe Dayer

Olivier Gregoire

Guy Raeber

Patrick Cerisier

Patrick Salamin

Aaron Lee

Guillaume Mathias

Yohan Baillet

Mauricio Garcia

Fleming Chao

Darragh Luttrell

Khodayar Feiz

Katharine Pulford

George Barrett

Mel Reynolds

Michael Nolan

Greg Dizac

Johan Van Hengel

Jerry Thong

Christopher Pate

Martin Gleeson

Rory McGarry

Vincent Mayor

Olivier Dumont

Padraig McLoughlin

Charlotte Coster

Cathal Gorey

Arnaud Perret-Gentil

Cormac O Conaire

Zi Jun Song

Tommy Zhu

Laurent Steiner

Peter Sheehan

Chun-Wei Su

Mathew Bates

Tanyel Yalazoglu

Stephen Harvey

Michael D McAtamney

Stephen A Montgomery

Christian Michel Blandin

Tom Michael Bril

James J Shortt

Gregory Franc De Ferriere

Jean-Marc Fluckiger

Yun Zou

Bengt Gunnar Brümmer

Lai He

Chia Feng Lee

Eric Hsu

Kai Chang

Robert Ku

Eric Lu

David Fleming

Martin Casper Rüegg

Jasper Phua Jun Shu

Charlotte Alexandra Cathelijn Coster

Embodiments of the invention are directed to input devices configured for use with computing devices. The present invention relates to input device configured with a plurality of input members grouped into contoured-shaped bowls on a portion of the input devices. The input device may also be configured for use with multiple hand positions and multiple profiles based on the hand positions. The input device may enable switching between user-programmable profiles, and may include sensory feedback indicating the profiles active on the input device.

Input device with contoured region

Presenter device

A computer-implemented method includes detecting a first window being displayed on a display of a host computing device, detecting graphical content on the first window, generating a second window (overlay) on the display, wherein the overlay is configured on a window layer above the first window, and changing graphical qualities of the overlay based on the detected graphical content of the first window. The graphical qualities may include at least one of a shape, size, color, transparency, or opacity of the overlay. The method can further include receiving input data corresponding to a movement of a cursor on the first window, setting a transparency of an area around the cursor to a first transparency, and setting a transparency of a remainder of the overlay to a second transparency, such that the area around the cursor appears to highlight a corresponding area of the graphical content on the first window.

Modifying a highlighting function on a display based on content

Input device

In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes detecting, by a first software application, a first window being displayed on a display of a host computing device, where the first window displays graphical content and is generated by a second software application. The method can further include capturing an image of the graphical content on the first window and generating a second window on the display of the host computing device, where the second window is configured as a top-most window on the display, such that subsequent application-level and system-level window pop-ups occur on a window layer below the second window. The method can further include displaying the captured image of the graphical content on the second window.

Uninterruptable overlay on a display

Certain embodiments include a computer-method includes searching for a receiver having an active first wireless communication protocol. When the receiver is detected, the mobile input device connects to the receiver, and when the receiver is not detected, the method includes searching for a host computer having an active second wireless communication protocol (e.g., Bluetooth&#xae;) after the receiver is not detected. The method further includes connecting the mobile input device to the host computer when the receiver is not detected and the active second type of wireless communication protocol is detected. The method then continues to search for the receiver while the mobile input device is connected to the host computer having the second wireless communication protocol, and automatically switches the wireless connection from the host computer having the second wireless communication protocol to the receiver when the first type of receiver is detected.

Automatic selection of a wireless connectivity protocol for an input device

Keyboard

In certain embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes detecting a graphical control element on a graphical user interface (GUI), determining a type of the graphical control element, generating configuration control data to cause an input device to configure one or more input elements on the input device to perform functions corresponding to the type of the graphical control element, and sending the configuration control data to the input device. In some cases, the configuration control data causes the input device to configure at least two of the one or more input elements to perform functions corresponding to the type of the graphical control element, and wherein the at least two of the one or more input elements are associated with different functions. The type of graphical control element can be one of a video media player, audio media player, hyperlink, word processor document, spreadsheet document, or alphanumeric text.

Automatic configuration of an input device based on contextual usage

Handheld input device

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Bern-Hinterkappelen, Switzerland

Marten Helwig