Author: claimsbot

1. A dynamic character display input device, comprising:
a display controller for transmitting display information; and
a plurality of discrete user-selectable locations for receiving said display information, each of said plurality of discrete user-selectable locations including a display surface for transmitting a visual representation of said display information and including a switch for creating an input data signal indicative of a user’s selection of said each of said plurality of discrete user-selectable locations.
2. The dynamic character display input device of claim 1, wherein said visual representation includes a character.
3. The dynamic character display input device of claim 2, wherein said character conforms to an American Standard Code for Information Interchange (\u201cASCII\u201d) standard.
4. The dynamic character display input device of claim 2, wherein said character conforms to an Extended American Standard Code for Information Interchange standard.
5. The dynamic character display input device of claim 1, wherein said visual representation includes a plurality of characters.
6. The dynamic character display input device of claim 1, wherein said visual representation includes a word.
7. The dynamic character display input device of claim 1, wherein said visual representation includes a representation of a software function.
8. The dynamic character display input device of claim 7, wherein the software function is a software application shortcut.
9. The dynamic character display input device of claim 1, wherein said visual representation includes a graphical image.
10. The dynamic character display input device of claim 1, further comprising a light sensor for measuring an ambient light level at the plurality of discrete user-selectable locations.
11. The dynamic character display input device of claim 10, wherein the ambient light level is communicated to the display controller and the display controller adjusts said display information.
12. The dynamic character display input device of claim 1, further comprising a motion sensor.
13. The dynamic character display input device of claim 12, wherein the motion sensor is adapted to communicate an indication of non-movement to the display controller, and the display controller is adapted to stop transmitting display information in response to said indication of non-movement.
14. The dynamic character display input device of claim 13, wherein the motion sensor is adapted to communicate an indication of movement to the display controller, and the display controller is adapted to start transmitting display information in response to said indication of movement.
15. The dynamic character display input device of claim 1, further comprising a memory device containing a first representation of a first keyboard layout, wherein said first representation is loaded into said display controller, and said display information conforms to said first keyboard layout.
16. The dynamic character display input device of claim 1, further comprising a user-selectable switch including a first position and a second position, and a memory device containing a first representation of a first keyboard layout and a second representation of a second keyboard layout;
wherein, when said user-selectable switch is at said first position, the first representation is loaded into said display controller and said display information conforms to said first keyboard layout; and wherein, said user-selectable switch is at said second position, the second representation is loaded into said display controller and said display information conforms to said second keyboard layout.
17. The dynamic character display input device of claim 16, wherein said user-selectable switch is a modifier key.
18. The dynamic character display input device of claim 17, wherein said modifier key is a control key.
19. The dynamic character display input device of claim 17, wherein said modifier key is a shift key.
20. The dynamic character display input device of claim 17, wherein said modifier key is a caps-lock key.
21. The dynamic character display input device of claim 17, wherein said modifier key is a num-lock key.
22. The dynamic character display input device of claim 17, wherein said modifier key is an alternate key.
23. The dynamic character display input device of claim 17, wherein said first keyboard layout is a US-English 104 key keyboard layout.
24. The dynamic character display input device of claim 17, wherein said first keyboard layout is a US-English 88 key keyboard layout.
25. The dynamic character display input device of claim 24, wherein said second keyboard layout is a Serbian-Cyrillic 88 key keyboard layout.
26. A dynamic character display input device, comprising:
a memory device containing a first representation of a first keyboard layout and a second representation of a second keyboard layout;
a display controller adapted to transmit display information including foreground intensity, background intensity, and contrast level;
a plurality of discrete user-selectable locations adapted to receive said display information, each of said plurality of discrete user-selectable locations including a display surface adapted to transmit a visual representation of said display information and a switch adapted to transmit input data indicative of a user’s selection of said each of said plurality of discrete user-selectable locations;
a light sensor for measuring an ambient light level at the plurality of discrete user-selectable locations, wherein the ambient light level is communicated to the display controller and the display controller adjusts the foreground intensity, background intensity, and contrast level to enhance a user’s ability to see the transmitted visual representation;
a motion sensor for providing an indication of non-movement and an indication of movement at the plurality of discrete user-selectable locations, wherein, if the indication of non-movement is communicated to the display controller, the display controller stops transmitting display information, and further wherein, if the indication of movement is communicated to the display controller, the display controller starts transmitting display information; and
a user-selectable switch including a first position and a second position, wherein, if said user-selectable switch is at the first position, said first representation is loaded into said display controller and said display information conforms to said first keyboard layout, and wherein, if said user-selectable switch is at the second position, said second representation is loaded into said display controller and said display information conforms to said second keyboard layout.
27. A method of inputting information into a computing device, comprising the steps of:
transmitting display information to a plurality of discrete user-selectable locations;
transmitting a visual representation of said display information from the plurality of discrete user-selectable locations;
creating an input data signal indicative of a user’s selection of one of said plurality of discrete user-selectable locations; and
transmitting said input data signal to said computing device.
28. The method of claim 27, further comprising the step of:
determining an ambient light level at the plurality of discrete user-selectable locations; and,
adjusting the display information, including foreground intensity, background intensity, and a contrast level, to enhance a user’s ability to see said visual representation.
29. The method of claim 27, further comprising the steps of:
determining an indication of non-movement at the plurality of user-selectable locations; and
discontinuing transmission of said visual information in response to said determining an indication of non-movement.
30. The method of claim 27, further comprising the steps of:
determining a first position of a user-selectable switch; and transmitting display information conforming to a first keyboard layout in response to said first position of a user-selectable switch.
31. The method of claim 30, further comprising the steps of:
determining a second position of the user-selectable switch; and
transmitting display information conformation to a second keyboard layout in response to said second position of the user-selectable switch.

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 of calibrating a topography for a client, said method comprising:
identifying one or more client attributes corresponding to the client;
grouping a plurality of calibration factors into one or more calibration sets wherein at least one of the calibration factors is selected from the group consisting of centralized management, branch office management, transaction based, small team, hybrid management, discipline oriented management, resource oriented management, and personal management;
comparing the identified client attributes to one or more topographical components, wherein the comparing further includes comparing the identified client attributes to the calibration factor sets;
selecting one or more of the topographical components based on the comparing; and
installing the selected topographical components on one or more client computer systems.
2. The method as described in claim 1 further comprising:
storing one or more calibration factors corresponding to each of the topographical components in a component metadata file, wherein the comparing further includes comparing the identified client attributes with the calibration factors stored in the metadata file;
identifying one or more components based on the comparing; and
retrieving the identified components from a topographical component library.
3. The method as described in claim 1 further comprising:
packaging the selected topographical components in a topography installation file; and
transmitting the topography installation file to the client computer system.
4. The method as described in claim 1 further comprising:
gathering the client attributes, the gathering including examining one or more attributes selected from the group consisting of client organization charts, client information technology, client surveys, client requirements, client physical environments, and client location data.
5. The method as described in claim 1 further comprising:
installing one or more topography neutral application components on the client computer systems, wherein the topography neutral application components is adapted to interoperate with more than one topography.
6. An information handling system for calibrating a topography for a client, said information handling system comprising:
one or more processors;
a memory accessible by the processors;
one or more nonvolatile storage devices accessible by the processors;
a topography calibration tool to calibrate a topography installed on a computer system, the topography calibration tool including:
means for identifying one or more client attributes corresponding to the client;
means for grouping a plurality of calibration factors into one or more calibration sets wherein at least one of the calibration factors is selected from the group consisting of centralized management, branch office management, transaction based, small team, hybrid management, discipline oriented management, resource oriented management, and personal management;
means for comparing the identified client attributes to one or more topographical components, wherein the comparing further includes comparing the identified client attributes to the calibration factor sets;
means for selecting one or more of the topographical components based on the comparing; and
means for installing the selected topographical components on one or more client computer systems.
7. The information handling system as described in claim 6 further comprising:
means for storing one or more calibration factors corresponding to each of the topographical components in a component metadata file, wherein the comparing further includes comparing the identified client attributes with the calibration factors stored in the metadata file;
means for identifying one or more components based on the comparing; and
means for retrieving the identified components from a topographical component library.
8. The information handling system as described in claim 6 further comprising:
means for packaging the selected topographical components in a topography installation file; and
means for transmitting the topography installation file to the client computer system.
9. The information handling system as described in claim 6 further comprising:
means for gathering the client attributes, the means for gathering including examining one or more attributes selected from the group consisting of client organization charts, client information technology, client surveys, client requirements, client physical environments, and client location data.
10. A computer program product stored in a computer readable storage media for calibrating a topography for a client, said computer program product comprising:
means for identifying one or more client attributes corresponding to the client;
means for grouping a plurality of calibration factors into one or more calibration sets wherein at least one of the calibration factors is selected from the group consisting of centralized management, branch office management, transaction based, small team, hybrid management, discipline oriented management, resource oriented management, and personal management;
means for comparing the identified client attributes to one or more topographical components, wherein the comparing further includes comparing the identified client attributes to the calibration factor sets;
means for selecting one or more of the topographical components based on the comparing; and
means for installing the selected topographical components on one or more client computer systems.
11. The computer program product as described in claim 10 further comprising:
means for storing one or more calibration factors corresponding to each of the topographical components in a component metadata file, wherein the comparing further includes comparing the identified client attributes with the calibration factors stored in the metadata file;
means for identifying one or more components based on the comparing; and
means for retrieving the identified components from a topographical component library.
12. The computer program product as described in claim 10 further comprising:
means for packaging the selected topographical components in a topography installation file; and
means for transmitting the topography installation file to the client computer system.
13. The computer program product as described in claim 10 further comprising:
means for gathering the client attributes, the means for gathering including examining one or more attributes selected from the group consisting of client organization charts, client information technology, client surveys, client requirements, client physical environments, and client location data.
14. The computer program product as described in claim 10 further comprising:
means for installing one or more topography neutral application components on the client computer systems, wherein the topography neutral application components is adapted to interoperate with more than one topography.

1. A projection display device for displaying an image by projecting light beams onto a projection plane, comprising:
light sources for emitting the light beams; and
light scanning elements for scanning the emitted light beams toward the projection plane,
wherein the light beams are radiated as pulses of light corresponding to respective pixels by splitting the light beams between adjacent pixels when the light beams are being scanned.
2. The projection display device according to claim 1, wherein the light beams are plural light beams having central wavelengths of red, green, and blue colors.
3. The projection display device according to claim 2, wherein the plural light beams are combined on a single light path by a color combining element.
4. The projection display device according to claim 3, wherein the plural light beams comprise pulses of red, green, and blue light which are emitted synchronously.
5. The projection display device according to claim 2, wherein the plural light beams are incident on at least one of said light scanning elements at different angles and then are scanned.
6. The projection display device according to claim 2, wherein the plural light beams are incident at different points on at least one of said light scanning elements and are scanned.
7. The projection display device according to claim 1, wherein the pulses of light achieve tone and hue of the display image by performing pulse width modulation in a pixel clock width.
8. The projection display device according to claim 1, wherein the pulses of light achieve tone and hue of the display image by performing a pulse number modulation in a pixel clock width.
9. The projection display device according to claim 1, wherein the pulses of light achieve tone and hue of the display image by performing light intensity modulation.
10. The projection display device according to claim 1, wherein the pulses of light achieve tone and hue of the display image by being controlled independtly of each other with respect to the plurality of light beams.
11. The projection display device according to claim 1, wherein said light scanning elements scan the light beams in a horizontal scanning direction and a vertical scanning direction and display an image on the projection plane.
12. The projection display device according to claim 11, wherein at least one of said light scanning elements is a galvanometer mirror fabricated by a semiconductor process.
13. The projection display device according to claim 11, wherein at least one of said light scanning elements is a mechanically fabricated galvanometer mirror.
14. The projection display device according to claim 11, wherein at least one of said light scanning elements is a rotating polygonal mirror.
15. The projection display device according to claim 11, wherein at least one of said light scanning elements is a silicon micromechanical mirror.
16. The projection display device according to claim 11, wherein at least one of said light scanning elements is a scanning element with a gimbal structure.
17. The projection display device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said light sources for emitting the light beams is an edge emitting laser.
18. The projection display device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said light sources for emitting the light beams is a super-luminescent diode.
19. The projection display device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said light sources for emitting the light beams is a surface emitting laser.
20. The projection display device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said light sources for emitting the light beams is a light emitting diode.
21. The projection display device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said light sources for emitting the light beams is a resonant-type light emitting diode.
22. The projection display device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said light sources for emitting the light beams is a laser diode pumped solid-state laser.
23. The projection display device according to claim 22, wherein said laser diode pumped solid-state laser emits wavelength converted light from one of an optical crystal, a piece of glass doped with a rare earth element or pigment, and a fiber doped with a rare earth element or pigment, the wavelength converted light being induced by semiconductor laser light.
24. The projection display device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said light sources for emitting the light beams emits the second harmonic of laser light as a light beam.
25. The projection display device according to claim 24, wherein said light source for exciting the second harmonic of the laser light is a semiconductor laser or an LD pumped solid-state laser.
26. A projection display device for displaying an image by projecting light beams onto a projection plane, comprising:
light source means for emitting light beams; and
light scanning means for scanning the emitted light beams toward the projection plane, wherein
the light beams from said light source means are radiated as pulses of light corresponding to respective pixels by splitting the light beams between adjacent pixels,when the light beams are being scanned.
27. The projection display device according to claim 26, wherein said scanning means includes first scanning means for scanning light beams in a horizontal direction, and second scanning means for scanning light beams in a vertical direction.
28. The projection display device according to claim 27, wherein at least one of said first and second scanning means is a galvanometer mirror fabricated by a semiconductor process.
29. The scanning means according to claim 27, wherein at least one of said first and second scanning means is a mechanically fabricated galvanometer mirror.
30. The scanning means according to claim 27, wherein at least one of said first and second scanning means is a rotating polygonal mirror.
31. The scanning means according to claim 27, wherein at least one of said first and second scanning means is a silicon micromechanical mirror.
32. The scanning means according to claim 27, wherein said first and second scanning means are arranged in a gimbal structure.

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. An apparatus for glueing two webs (3, 4) of packaging material for the production of liquidtight packs, in particular for liquid foods, wherein each web (3, 4) is covered at least at one side with a liquid-tight adhesive layer (58, 65) which can be activated by heat, comprising
clamping means (5, 21, 27) for clamping the material webs (3, 4) fast,
a cutting unit (11) for applying an inclined cut (16) extending substantially transversely with respect to the material web (3, 4), and
a welding unit (30) for applying heat and pressure for glueing the material webs (3, 4) along an adhesive strip (29), characterised in that the welding unit (30) has a slider (31) which is displaceable along a transverse rail (28) substantially transversely with respect to the direction of travel (9) of the material web (3, 4) and on which are arranged a heating means (33) and therebehind in the direction of displacement (20) a pressure roller (38):
2. Apparatus according to claim 1 characterised in that a cutting blade (40) is arranged on the side opposite to the pressure roller (38) with respect to the heating means (33).
3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2 characterised in that arranged on the slider (31) beside the pressure roller (38) is a guide element (41) for lifting the material web (34) along its transverse edge (18) during the displacement of the slider (31).
4. Apparatus according to one of claims 1 to 2 characterised in that the heating means (33) has a hot air element (34), a transfer tube (35) and a hot air nozzle (36), preferably in the form of a wide-slot nozzle.
5. Apparatus according to one of claims 1 to 2 characterised in that the welding unit (30) and the transverse rail (28) can be raised and lowered in the lifting direction (8) substantially perpendicularly to the direction of travel (9) of the material web (3, 4) and perpendicularly to the direction of displacement (20) of the slider (30).
6. Apparatus according to one of claims 1 to 2 characterised in that fixed under the transverse rail (28) are a first clamping bar (27) and at a spacing therebeneath a second clamping bar (27).
7. Apparatus according to one of claims 1 to 2 characterised in that the pressure in the production of the adhesive strip (29) is produced by the pressure roller (38) and a rubber pressure member (50) disposed in opposite relationship therewith, wherein the rubber pressure member (50) is in the form of a bar which extends in parallel relationship with the transverse rail (28) and which has roof-like inclined surfaces (51, 52).
8. Apparatus according to claim 7 characterised in that the contact line of the pressure roller (38) against the rubber pressure member (50) is on an inclined surface.
9. Apparatus according to one of claims 1 to 2 characterised in that the clamping means (5, 23, 24; 27) for clamping the material webs (3, 4) fast have a front (21), a central (5) and a rear clamping device (27), arranged in the direction of travel (9) of the material web (3, 4).
10. Apparatus according to one of claims 1 to 2 characterised in that the transverse rail (28) of the welding unit (30) and the clamping bars (7, 23, 24; 27) extending in parallel relationship with the transverse rail (28), or clamping beams of the clamping means, are set at an angle (a) relative to the direction of travel (9) of the material webs (3, 4) of 60\xb0 to 90\xb0, preferably 70\xb0 to 80\xb0, and particularly preferably 85\xb0.