A medical system includes an input assembly for receiving one or more user inputs. The input assembly includes at least one slider assembly for providing an input signal. Processing logic receives the input signal from the input assembly and provides a first output signal and a second output signal. A display assembly is configured to receive, at least in part, the first output signal from the processing logic and render information viewable by the user. The second output signal is provided to one or more medical system components. The information rendered on the display assembly may be manipulatable by the user and at least a portion of the information rendered may be magnified.

An electronic device having a detachable layered accessory case includes a communication unit, and a layered accessory case capable of being coupled to or separated from the electronic device, wherein the layered accessory case includes a first case configured to cover at least a portion of the electronic device, and a second case configured with a layered structure in the first case. A communication functional unit is capable of delivering a signal with respect to the communication unit, and may be disposed in one or both of the first case and the second case.

Touch slider-position sensing useable with a capacitive touch sensor that includes multiple capacitive electrodes arranged to define a slider track. The touch slider-position sensing methodology includes: (a) generating a set of calibration vectors for points of the slider track; (b) determining a touch slider-position based on (i) measuring a measurement/data vector associated with the touch-press slider-location, (ii) determining an angle between the measurement/data vector and a subset of the calibration vectors, and (iii) determining touch slider-position based on the angles between the measurement data vectors and the subset of calibration vectors. The method can include performing a quadratic or higher order interpolation of the angles between the measurement/data vector and the subset of the calibration vectors.

A rotating body, such as ball, disposed in a totem is selectively engaged and disengaged by a friction element to selectively restrict or allow motion of the totem on a touchscreen display. Engagement of the rotating body maintains a totem position on a touchscreen display, such as to support rotational inputs associated with a rotational user interface or to prevent the totem from sliding off the touchscreen display in response to tilting of the touchscreen display. Disengagement of the rotating body releases the totem to slide across the touchscreen display, such as to make inputs at a linear user interface.

A totem provides inputs with touches on a touchscreen display by reference to a totem user interface that defines a presentation on the touchscreen display.

Detection and tracking of a totem by a touchscreen touch controller mitigates false touches and false inputs by adapting capacitance at the totem feet. Totem feet have a capacitance that falls between a noise threshold and a finger touch threshold so that a pattern of the totem feet is detected separate from finger touches. Active capacitance is applied to one or more of the totem feet to enhance totem detection, such as by highlighting totem contact points of interest to an end user for a rotational versus linear input.

A totem object placed on a touchscreen display provides inputs based upon touches made at the touchscreen display, such as with the rotational orientation or linear location of the totem object relative to a user interface presented outside the totem object. A visual access from the touchscreen display through the totem object passes a visual image from the touchscreen display for presentation at the totem object upper surface, such a numerical value of an input made by totem object position on the touchscreen display.

A medical system includes an input assembly for receiving one or more user inputs. The input assembly includes at least one slider assembly for providing an input signal. Processing logic receives the input signal from the input assembly and provides a first output signal and a second output signal. A display assembly is configured to receive, at least in part, the first output signal from the processing logic and render information viewable by the user. The second output signal is provided to one or more medical system components. The information rendered on the display assembly may be manipulatable by the user and at least a portion of the information rendered may be magnified.

A menu selection technique is based on orientation of a companion module used in a flexible load management (FLM) system. The FLM system includes a load center that utilizes circuit breakers in combination with companion modules (i.e., intelligent controllers). Each companion module has a graphical display as well as a push button included on a face of the module as an input device used to display and input information including icons, buttons, controls, messages, status, menus or other desired text on a user interface (UI) to enable a user to configure and operate the companion module. The companion module also includes an accelerometer configured to detect a gravitational orientation (i.e., a first orientation and an opposite or upside-down orientation) and movement of the module and, in response, generate a signal that is translated to a corresponding change in orientation of the information displayed on the UI, particularly when the companion module inserted into the load center.

A reconfigurable computer mouse is disclosed. The reconfigurable mouse includes a base module that has a cover disposed in a back section of the base module, a receiving portion of a locking system disposed on a side of the base module, a front sliding lock disposed in a front section proximal to a front edge of the base module, a multi-pivot system disposed in the front section of the base module, and a button clicking module mounted on the multi-pivot system, and a case module formed in shape of a shell, the case module arranged to be placed on the base module and be secured to the base module using a magnetic attaching system and the locking system, where the multi-pivot system is arranged to pivot in front/back and left/right directions.