Author: claimsbot

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program for execution by at least one processor, the computer program comprising sets of instructions for:
displaying a route on a map, the route comprising a plurality of maneuvers for traveling from a starting location to an ending location;
providing a list of directions based on the route, the list of directions comprising a plurality of items, each item corresponding to a maneuver in the route;
receiving a selection of an item in the list of directions; and
changing a view of the map from a first view that includes a currently viewed position to a second view that includes a position of a maneuver that corresponds to the selected item by transitioning through a third view that encompasses both the currently viewed position and the position of the maneuver that corresponds to the selected item.
2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the program further comprises a set of instructions for providing a plurality of distance labels along the route on the map.
3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the set of instructions for changing the view of the map comprises a set of instructions for zooming out to encompass both the currently viewed position and the position of the selected maneuver.
4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the set of instructions for changing the view of the map comprises a set of instructions for panning from the currently viewed position to the position of the selected maneuver if both the currently viewed position and the position of the selected maneuver can fit within a same view at a current zoom level.
5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein at least some of the items in the list of directions are associated with distance labels.
6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 5, wherein at least some of the items in the list of directions are not associated with distance labels.
7. A method of providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for a mapping application, the method comprising:
providing a map viewing area for displaying a map and a route that comprises a plurality of maneuvers for traveling from a starting location to an ending location;
providing a list view area for displaying a list of directions based on the route, the list of directions comprising a plurality of items, each item corresponding to a maneuver in the route;
receiving a selection of an item in the list of directions; and
changing a view of the map in the map viewing area from a first view that includes a currently viewed position to a second view that includes a position of a maneuver that corresponds to the selected item by transitioning through a third view that encompasses both the currently viewed position and the position of the maneuver that corresponds to the selected item.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein changing the view of the map comprises zooming out to encompass both the currently viewed position and the position of the selected maneuver.
9. The method of claim 7, wherein changing the view of the map comprises panning from the currently viewed position to the position of the selected maneuver if both the currently viewed position and the position of the selected maneuver can fit within a same view at a current zoom level.
10. A method comprising:
displaying a route on a map, the route indicating a path from a starting location to an ending location;
generating a list of directions based on the route, wherein the list of directions comprises a plurality of steps for traveling on the route;
associating a plurality of distance labels with at least some of the steps in the plurality of steps, wherein each distance label indicates a traveling distance along the route; and
displaying the plurality of distance labels along the list of directions and along the route displayed on the map.
11. The method of claim 10 further comprising determining placement of the plurality of distance labels along the route.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein determining placement of the plurality of distance labels along the route comprises determining a segment unit value based on a set of numbers having two or less significant digits.
13. The method of claim 12 further comprising computing a lower bound value for the segment unit value based on a target number of distance labels and a length of the route.
14. The method of claim 13 further comprising computing a logarithmic value of the lower bound value.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the placement of the distance labels along a particular section of the route is at least partially determined by the number of steps within that section of the route.
16. The method of claim 10, wherein associating the plurality of distance labels with the plurality of steps comprises distributing the distance labels evenly among the plurality of steps in the list of directions.
17. The method of claim 10, wherein the distance measure is measured from the starting location of the route.
18. The method of claim 10, wherein the number of distance labels in the plurality of distance labels is a predetermined number that is independent of an actual length of the route.
19. The method of claim 10, wherein at least some of the distance labels are placed near the beginning and the end of the route.
20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program for execution by at least one processor, the computer program comprising sets of instructions for:
displaying a route on a map, the route indicating a path from a starting location to an ending location; and;
displaying a list of directions based on the route, wherein the list of directions comprises a plurality of maneuvers along the route;
displaying a plurality of distance labels along the route on the map and along the list of directions, wherein each distance label indicates a distance measure for a point of interest in the route that indicates a traveling distance on the path, wherein each distance label is associated with one maneuver in the list of directions.
21. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 20 further comprising a set of instructions for displaying the list of directions and a set of instructions for displaying the distance labels along the list of directions.
22. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the list of directions is represented by a plurality of graphical items, each graphical item representing a maneuver from the plurality of maneuvers, wherein the set of instructions for displaying the plurality of distance labels comprises a set of instructions for displaying the distance labels within some but not all of the graphical items in the list of directions.
23. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 20 further comprising a set of instructions for printing the list of directions.
24. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 23 further comprising a set of instructions for printing the plurality of distance labels along the printed list of directions.
25. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 24, wherein the set of instructions for printing the plurality of distance labels comprises a set of instructions for printing the distance labels adjacent to some but not all of the entries in the list of directions.
26. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 20, wherein at least some of the points of interest along the route are maneuvers from the plurality of maneuvers.
27. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 20, wherein the number of distance labels in the plurality of distance labels is a predetermined number that is independent of a length of the route.
28. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 20, wherein each distance label indicates an expected travel time from the starting location.
29. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 20, wherein each distance label indicates an expected travel time to reach the ending location.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network, wherein the network architecture includes a chain network with a plurality of switches; the chain network have at least two switches at both ends, namely a first switch and a second switch; one or more relay switches are connected between the first switch and second switch, both of which are connected with an external network respectively; the method for handling redundancy mechanisms comprising the steps of:
(A) the port of the second switch connecting with the external network is set to blocking state, while ports of other switches of the chain network are set to be forwarding state;
(B) If any communication failure happen in the chain network, the port of the switch that is linked with the both side of failure will be blocked;
(C) the two switches whose blocking the link fail point send a first control packet to the first switch and second switch respectively;
(D) the port of the second switch that is originally set to blocking state changes to forwarding state after receiving the first control packet.
2. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 1, wherein the blocked port will carry out the following steps when returning to normal operation state:
(a) maintain the blocking state of the port of the switches;
(b) the two switches that include the blocking state port sends a second control packet to the first switch and second switch respectively;
(c) after receiving the second control packet, the first switch sends a third control packet for changing the port state of the switch that close to failure point and near the first switch to forwarding state;
(d) after receiving the second control packet, the second switch sends a fourth control packet to inquire if connection of the port of the first switch is normal or not; if yes, proceed to step (e); otherwise, proceed to step (g);
(e) the first switch sends a fifth control packet for blocking the port of the second switch, which connect the external network;
(f) the second switch sends the third control packet for changing the port state of the switch that close to failure point and near the second switch to forwarding state;
(g) the first switch sends a sixth control packet to the second switch, the second switch sends third control packet for changing the port state of the switch that close to failure point and near the second switch to forwarding state.
3. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 1, wherein the external network can be an external network device, which is connected with the first switch and second switch of the chain network respectively through the ports that are forwarded and blocked.
4. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 1, wherein the external network can be an external redundant network architecture, which is connected with the first switch and second switch of the chain network respectively through the ports that are forwarded and blocked.
5. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 4, wherein the external redundant network architecture can be a ring network architecture.
6. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 4, wherein the external redundant network architecture can be based on STP or RSTP.
7. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 1, wherein the switches detect link failure of the port by sending control packets.
8. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 1, wherein the switches detect link failure of the port through the physical layer.
9. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network, wherein the network architecture consists of a chain network and second chain network, both of which include a plurality of switches; at both ends, the chain network and the second chain network have at least a first switch and a second switch that are respectively connected with an external network, and one or more relay switches are connected between the first switch and second switch; the first switch and second switch of the second chain network is connected with two switches of the chain network respectively, and the method for handling redundancy mechanisms comprising the steps of:
(A) the port of the second switches connecting with the external network is set to blocking state, while ports of other switches of the chain network are set to be forwarding state;
(B) If any communication failure happen in the chain network, the port of the switch that is linked with the both side of failure will be blocked;
(C) the two switches whose blocking the link fail point send a first control packet to the first switch and second switch respectively;
(D) the port of the second switch that is originally set to blocking state change to forwarding state after receiving the first control packet.
10. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 9, wherein the blocked port will carry out the steps as follows when returning to normal state:
(a) maintain the blocking state of the port of the switches;
(b) the two switches that include the blocking state port sends a second control packet to the first switch and second switch respectively;
(c) after receiving the second control packet, the first switch sends a third control packet for changing the port state of the switch that close to failure point and near the first switch to forwarding state;
(d) after receiving the second control packet, the second switch sends a fourth control packet to inquire if connection of the port of the first switch is normal or not; if yes, proceed to step (e); otherwise, proceed to step (g);
(e) the first switch sends a fifth control packet for blocking the port of the second switch, which connect the external network;
(f) the second switch sends the third control packet for changing the port state of the switch that close to failure point and near the second switch to forwarding state;
(g) the first switch sends a sixth control packet to the second switch, the second switch sends third control packet for changing the port state of the switch that close to failure point and near the second switch to forwarding state.
11. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 9, wherein the external network may be an external network device, which is connected with the first and second switches of the chain network respectively through the forwarding state and blocking state ports.
12. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 9, wherein the external network may be an external redundant network architecture, which is linked with the first and second switches of the chain network respectively through the forwarding state and blocking state ports.
13. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 12, wherein the external redundant network architecture can be an architecture applicable to redundant ring networks.
14. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 12, wherein the external redundant network architecture can be a network architecture that is based on STP or RSTP.
15. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 9, wherein the chain network and second chain network can be further connected with a third chain network, which has the first switch and second switch at its both ends respectively, and one or more relay switches are installed between the first switch and second switch; and the first and second switches of the third chain network can be connected with the chain network and second chain network respectively through the forwarding state and blocking state ports.
16. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 9, wherein the switches detect link failure of the port by transmitting packets.
17. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 9, wherein the switches detect link failure of the port through the physical (PHY) layer.
18. A method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network, wherein the network architecture consists of a chain network and a second chain network, both of which include a plurality of switches respectively; at least a first switch and second switch connected with the external network respectively is installed at both ends of the chain network and second chain network, and the first switch and second switch of the second chain network is connected with two switches of the chain network respectively; and the method for handling redundancy mechanisms comprising the steps of:
(A) the port of the second switches connecting with the external network is set to blocking state, while ports of other switches of the chain network are set to be forwarding state;
(B) If any communication failure happen in the chain network, the port of the switch that is linked with the both side of failure will be blocked;
(C) the two switches whose blocking the link fail point send a first control packet to the first switch and second switch respectively;
(D) the port of the second switch that is originally set to blocking state change to forwarding state after receiving the first control packet.
19. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 18, wherein the blocked port will carry out the steps as follows when returning to normal state:
(a) maintain the blocking state of the port of the switches;
(b) the two switches that include the blocking state port sends a second control packet to the first switch and second switch respectively;
(c) after receiving the second control packet, the first switch sends a third control packet for changing the port state of the switch that close to failure point and near the first switch to forwarding state;
(d) after receiving the second control packet, the second switch sends a fourth control packet to inquire if connection of the port of the first switch is normal or not; if yes, proceed to step (e); otherwise, proceed to step (g);
(e) the first switch sends a fifth control packet for blocking the port of the second switch, which connect the external network;
(f) the second switch sends the third control packet for changing the port state of the switch that close to failure point and near the second switch to forwarding state;
(g) the first switch sends a sixth control packet to the second switch, the second switch sends third control packet for changing the port state of the switch that close to failure point and near the second switch to forwarding state.
20. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 18, wherein the external network may be an external network device, which can be connected with the first and second switches of the chain network respectively through the blocking state and forwarding state ports.
21. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 18, wherein the external network may be an external redundant network architecture, which is connected with the first and second switches of the chain network respectively through the forwarding state and blocking state ports.
22. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 21, wherein the external redundant network architecture can be a network architecture applicable to redundant ring networks.
23. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 21, wherein the external redundant network architecture can be a network architecture that is based on STP or RSTP.
24. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 18, wherein the chain network and second chain network can be further connected with a third chain network, which has the first switch and second switch respectively at its both ends, and the first and second switches of the third chain network can be connected with the chain network and second chain network respectively through the forwarding state and blocking state ports.
25. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 18, wherein the switches detect link failure of the port by transmitting packets.
26. The method for conducting redundancy checks in a chain network according to claim 18, wherein the switches detect link failure of the port through the physical layer.

1. A multilayer security element comprising
a first, transparent layer structure having first, translucent sub-regions and
a second, opaque layer structure exhibiting a color-shift effect and having second, transparent sub-regions,

characterized in that
the first layer structure and the second layer structure are stacked on top of one another such that the first, translucent sub-regions of the first layer structure and the second, transparent sub-regions of the second layer structure partially overlap.
2. The security element according to claim 1, characterized in that the first sub-regions exhibit a translucent metallization.
3. The security element according to claim 2, characterized in that the metallization is a contiguous or a screened metal layer.
4. The security element according to claim 1, characterized in that the first sub-regions exhibit diffraction patterns.
5. The security element according to claim 4, characterized in that the diffraction patterns are introduced into an embossing lacquer layer.
6. The security element according to claim 2, characterized in that the translucent metallization is present on the diffraction patterns.
7. The security element according to claim 1, characterized in that the second layer structure is a thin-film structure that comprises an opaque reflector layer and further layers.
8. The security element according to claim 7, characterized in that the reflector layer consists of aluminum.
9. The security element according to claim 7, characterized in that the further layers comprise a dielectric layer and an absorber layer.
10. The security element according to claim 1, characterized in that the second layer structure comprises a layer composed of liquid crystal material, preferably a contiguous layer composed of liquid crystal material, and a dark, preferably black, layer.
11. The security element according to claim 8, characterized in that the second sub-regions are gaps in the reflector layer, preferably in the reflector and absorber layer, or gaps in the dark layer.
12. The security element according to claim 11, characterized in that the gaps are etched, lasered or produced by means of washing processes.
13. The security element according to claim 1, characterized in that the first and second layer structure are present on a substrate having a first and a second substrate surface opposing each other.
14. The security element according to claim 13, characterized in that the first and second layer structure are present on the opposing substrate surfaces of the substrate.
15. The security element according to claim 13, characterized in that the first and second layer structure are present on the same substrate surface of the substrate.
16. The security element according to claim 1, characterized in that the color-shift effect of the second layer structure is perceptible when the security element is viewed from the side of the first layer structure.
17. The security element according to claim 7, characterized in that the further layers of the thin-film structure lie between the opaque reflector layer and the first layer structure, or in that the layer composed of liquid crystal material lies between the dark layer and the first layer structure.
18. The security element according to claim 1, characterized in that the security element is a security thread or a transfer element.
19. A security paper having a window region and, introduced into the paper or applied to the paper, the security element according to claim 1, characterized in that the security element spans the window region.
20. A value document comprising the security paper according to claim 19.
21. A method for manufacturing the security element according to claim 1, in which
a first, transparent layer structure having first, translucent sub-regions and
a second, opaque layer structure exhibiting a color-shift effect and having second, transparent sub-regions are provided,

characterized in that
the first layer structure and the second layer structure are stacked on top of one another such that the first, translucent sub-regions of the first layer structure and the second, transparent sub-regions of the second layer structure partially overlap.
22. The method according to claim 21, in which
a) a substrate having a first and a second substrate surface opposing each other is provided,
b) diffraction patterns are embossed in the substrate, in the first sub-regions on the first surface or the substrate is provided, on the first surface, with a transparent embossing lacquer layer in which diffraction patterns are embossed in the first sub-regions,
c) the embossed sub-regions are provided with a translucent metal layer, and
d) the second layer structure is applied to the second surface.
23. The method according to claim 22, in which, in step d), a layer composed of liquid crystal material is applied to the second surface of the substrate, and thereafter, this layer, except for the second sub-regions, is provided with a dark layer.
24. The method according to claim 22, in which, in step d), the following layers are vapor deposited on the second surface of the substrate in the sequence absorber layer, dielectric layer, reflector layer.
25. The method according to claim 21, in which
a) a substrate having a first and a second substrate surface opposing each other is provided,
b) the second layer structure is applied to the first surface,
c) a transparent embossing lacquer layer in which diffraction patterns are embossed in the first sub-regions is applied to the second layer structure and
d) the embossed sub-regions are provided with a translucent metal layer.
26. The method according to claim 25, in which, in step b), a dark layer is applied to the first surface of the substrate except for the second sub-regions, and a layer composed of liquid material is applied over that.
27. The method according to claim 25, in which, in step b), the following layers are vapor deposited on the first surface of the substrate in the sequence reflector layer, dielectric layer, absorber layer.
28. The method according to claim 21, in which
a) a substrate having a first and a second substrate surface opposing each other is provided,
b) diffraction patterns are embossed in the substrate, in the first sub-regions on the first surface or the substrate is provided, on the first surface, with a transparent embossing lacquer layer in which diffraction patterns are embossed in the first sub-regions,
c) the embossed sub-regions are provided with a translucent metal layer, and
d) the second layer structure is applied thereto.
29. The method according to claim 28, in which, in step d), first a layer composed of liquid material is applied, and a dark layer is applied to that except for the second sub-regions.
30. The method according to claim 28, in which, in step d), the following layers are vapor deposited on the first surface of the substrate in the sequence absorber layer, dielectric layer, reflector layer.
31. The method according to claim 24, wherein the reflector layer is not applied in the second sub-regions, or is subsequently removed.
32. The method according to 31, wherein the reflector layer is removed by means of etching, laser or washing processes.
33. The method according to claim 21, in which a first and a second substrate, each having a first and a second substrate surface opposing each other, are provided, the first layer structure is applied to the first side of the first substrate and the second layer structure to the first side of the second substrate, and the first and second substrates are each laminated together with the respective second surface.
34. The method according to claim 21, characterized in that the security element is cut or punched to produce a security thread or a transfer element.
35. A method for manufacturing a security paper, characterized in that the security element according to claim 1 is introduced into a paper having a window region or is applied to the paper, characterized in that the window region is spanned by the security element.
36. The method according to claim 35, characterized in that the substrate is removed following application of the security element to the paper.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method comprising:
communicating a first voltage to a drive line of a touch sensor;
setting a sense line of the touch sensor to a predetermined voltage;
communicating a second voltage to the drive line, a resulting transition at the drive line from the first voltage to the second voltage causing an amount of charge accumulated on the sense line to be communicated to an integrator;
at the integrator, integrating the amount of charge communicated from the sense line to convert the amount of charge to an output voltage; and
restoring the sense line to the predetermined voltage.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein restoring the sense line to the predetermined voltage comprises communicating current to the sense line through the integrator.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting the sense line from a plurality of sense lines.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein integrating the amount of charge comprises coupling an integration capacitor of the integrator between a negative terminal and an output terminal of an operational amplifier.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined voltage is half of a reference voltage.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising removing charge from the integrator by bypassing an integration capacitor of the integrator.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
communicating the output voltage to an analog-to-digital converter; and
converting the output voltage to a digital representation.
8. A circuit configured to:
communicate a first voltage to a drive line of a touch sensor;
set a sense line of the touch sensor to a predetermined voltage;
communicate a second voltage to the drive line, a resulting transition at the drive line from the first voltage to the second voltage causing an amount of charge accumulated on the sense line to be communicated to an integrator;
at the integrator, integrate the amount of charge communicated from the sense line to convert the amount of charge to an output voltage; and
restore the sense line to the predetermined voltage.
9. The circuit of claim 8, wherein the circuit is further configured to communicate current to the sense line through the integrator.
10. The circuit of claim 8, wherein the circuit is further configured to select the sense line from a plurality of sense lines.
11. The circuit of claim 8, wherein the circuit is further configured to couple an integration capacitor of the integrator between a negative terminal and an output terminal of an operational amplifier.
12. The circuit of claim 8, wherein the circuit is further configured to remove charge from the integrator by bypassing an integration capacitor of the integrator.
13. The circuit of claim 8, wherein the circuit is further configured to:
communicate the output voltage to an analog-to-digital converter; and
convert the output voltage to a digital representation.
14. An apparatus comprising:
a touch sensor; and
one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the touch sensor that embody logic that is operable when executed to:
communicate a first voltage to a drive line of the touch sensor;
set the sense line of the touch sensor to a predetermined voltage;
communicate a second voltage to the drive line, a resulting transition at the drive line from the first voltage to the second voltage causing an amount of charge accumulated on the sense line to be communicated to an integrator;
at the integrator, integrate the amount of charge communicated from the sense line to convert the amount of charge to an output voltage; and
restore the sense line to the predetermined voltage.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the logic is further configured to communicate current to the sense line through the integrator.
16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the logic is further configured to select the sense line from a plurality of sense lines.
17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the logic is further configured to couple an integration capacitor of the integrator between a negative terminal and an output terminal of an operational amplifier.
18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the logic is further configured to remove charge from the integrator by bypassing an integration capacitor of the integrator.
19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the logic is further configured to:
communicate the output voltage to an analog-to-digital converter; and
convert the output voltage to a digital representation.
20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the predetermined voltage is half of a reference voltage.