Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Qiang Xu

Wei Li

Gaganpreet Singh

Chenhe Li

Xuan Zhou

Yanshan He

Jun Li

Junwei Sun

Da-Yuan Huang

Vijaya Krishna Mulpuri

Xiaoliang Li

A device searching method includes a first device that obtains a relative location between a second device and the first device is based on location information of the first device and the location information of the second device; if it is determined, based on the relative location, that the second device is not within a shooting range of the first device, the first device indicates to move the first device toward the second device until the second device is within the shooting range of the first device; and the first device highlights the area in which the second device is located in the shooting range of the first device.

Device searching method and electronic device

Wireless sensing units, methods, systems, and processor-readable media for obtaining pressure data relating to one or more pressure locations of a surface area are described. A wireless sensing system includes a pressure monitoring device communicating with modular wireless smart floor tiles using RFID, either using an RFID reader or wireless network interface (e.g., 802.11). The tiles incorporate passive or active RFID tags. The tiles can be powered wirelessly, e.g. by a built-in piezoelectric power unit or by a wireless power source using magnetic resonance. A data capture circuit in each tile collects and saves the data for transmission to the floor pressure monitoring device. Various software applications can be enabled by the smart floor system, including fall detection and prediction, gesture input, intrusion detection, and user location tracking for smart home automation.

Wireless sensing units, systems, methods, and media

A device searching method includes: a first device obtains a relative location between a second device and the first device based on location information of the first device and the location information of the second device; if it is determined, based on the relative location, that the second device is not within a shooting range of the first device, the first device indicates to move the first device toward the second device until the second device is within the shooting range of the first device; and the first device highlights the area in which the second device is located in the shooting range of the first device.

There is provided a pointing device including a mode switching apparatus that switches the pointing device between a two-dimensional (2D) operational mode and a three-dimensional (3D) operational mode and a sensor configured to determine a pointing direction of the pointing device and locations of a plurality of computing devices. When in the 2D operational mode, the pointing device is paired with a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices and controls the first computing device and when in the 3D operational mode, the pointing device is configured to select a second computing device of the plurality of computing devices additionally to control, the selection based on one or more of the pointing direction of the pointing device and the location of the second computing device.

Devices, systems, and methods for multi-device interactions

Systems and method for low-power gaze prediction on touch-enabled electronic devices using touch interactions are provided. The method includes receiving an input touch interaction applied to a touch interaction area on a touchscreen display of a touch-enabled device and obtaining, by a gaze prediction module, a predicted gazing area on the touchscreen display based on the input touch interaction. A touch-enabled device has a processor, a touchscreen display and memory storing instructions to carry out the method. The gaze prediction module may utilize a model based on Bayesian inference or convolutional neural networks. Advantageously, gaze prediction is achieved without the use of image-capturing devices and with low power consumption. This can be used to develop intelligent hands-free interactions and personalized recommendation systems.

Systems and methods for gaze prediction on touch-enabled devices using touch interactions

Methods of detection of swipe gestures and filtering and locating desired information in a multi-attributed search space in response to detection of swipe gestures and devices for performing the same are provided. The method includes activating an attribute associated with at least one element of a list of elements having a visible list portion rendered on the viewing area, in response to receiving an activation input for the attribute and displaying a plurality of attribute field controls associated with the attribute, in response to its activation. The method further includes receiving a manipulation action of at least one attribute field control, updating an attribute value in response to the manipulation action, and updating the visible list portion based on the attribute value. The method may be used with touchscreen displays, and with virtual or augmented reality displays.

Devices and methods for fast navigation in a multi-attributed search space of electronic devices

A touch input tool for interacting with a capacitive touchscreen display. The touch input tool includes a plurality of spaced apart conductive touchscreen touch elements arranged to simultaneously operatively engage a screen of the touchscreen display at a corresponding plurality of discrete respective touch locations.

Touch input tool and system

A method of managing user interface items in a visual user interface (VUI) is disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises displaying a VUI screen on a display. The VUI screen comprises a scrollable area comprising a plurality of selectable items. The VUI screen provides a pin holder located at an edge of a display area of the display. The state of the pin holder and the second pin holder persists in response to changes in a visual state of the scrollable area. A selected item in the plurality of selectable items is pinned to the pin holder in response to detection of a pinning command. A visual state of the scrollable area is changed in response to detection of corresponding input. A pinned item corresponding to a selected pin from the pin holder is unpinned in response to detection of an unpinning command.

Managing user interface items in a visual user interface (VUI)

A method and system including sensing a touch event on a touchscreen display of an electronic device, and changing a display layout rendered on the touchscreen display in response to determining that the touch event matches a stylus shaft gesture that corresponds to interaction of the stylus shaft with the touchscreen display. The stylus shaft may be located between a first end and a second end of a stylus.

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