02nd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150009073 | System and Method for Physically Detecting, Identifying, Diagnosing and Geolocating Electronic Devices Connectable to a Network - An emissions detection apparatus for at least one of detecting, identifying, diagnosing and geolocating an electronic device or an information transmitted from the electronic device includes an emissions collections device connected to an antenna receiving emission of an electromagnetic energy emitted from the electronic device and collecting a spectral data emitted from the electronic device; one or more algorithms processing the collected spectral data, algorithms selected from a group consisting of a peak detection algorithm, a multiple peak detection algorithm, a harmonic correlation algorithm, a non-harmonic correlation algorithm, a time correlation algorithm, a phase correlation algorithm, and a duty cycle timing correlation algorithm; and one or more algorithms matching the processed spectral data to an emissions template, wherein a match of the processed spectral data with the emissions template at least one of detects, identifies, diagnoses and geolocates the electronic device or the information transmitted from the electronic device. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009074 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a conducting element, a supporting element, and a multiband antenna is disclosed. The conducting element is connected to the ground of the electronic device by a high impedance connection. The supporting element has a supporting surface, and the supporting surface and the conducting element are perpendicular. The multiband antenna is disposed at the supporting surface and includes a radiating element, and the radiating element and the conducting element form a coupling capacitor. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009075 | ORTHOGONAL MULTI-ANTENNAS FOR MOBILE HANDSETS BASED ON CHARACTERISTIC MODE MANIPULATION - A novel multi-antenna design approach is proposed to obtain uncorrelated and energy efficient antennas. By manipulating the chassis, more than one characteristic mode is enabled to resonate at frequency below 1 GHz. With proper excitations for different characteristic modes, which are inherently orthogonal to each other, well performed multiple antennas with low mutual coupling and correlation are achieved. Three examples of chassis manipulation, a bezel structure and two T-shaped structures with metal strips along the chassis, are introduced. With efficient excitations of the fundamental dipole mode and T-strip mode, two antennas with low correlations and high total antenna efficiencies are achieved, with both antennas covering one or more of the low frequency LTE bands 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, and 20 in combination with one or more of high frequency LTE bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, and 25. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009076 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ANTENNA DEVICE - A portable electronic device is provided which includes a first housing; a second housing that is coupled to the first housing; at least one pair of antenna elements that are housed in the first housing; and a switch element that connects the antenna elements to a transmission/reception circuit module. The switch element connects a first antenna element to the transmission/reception circuit module when the first and second housings are folded and connects a second antenna element to the transmission/reception circuit module when the second housing is unfolded. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009077 | COVER OF A MOBILE DEVICE AND MOBILE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A cover of a mobile device includes a metal structure disposed to cover one surface of the mobile device. The metal structure includes a metal material, and operates as an antenna for a wireless communication of the mobile device. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009078 | ANTENNA CONTROL SYSTEM AND MULTI-FREQUENCY SHARED ANTENNA - A multi-frequency shared antenna comprises a low frequency radiation array and a first high frequency radiation array both of which are disposed on a reflection plate and provided with power by different feeding networks. The first high frequency radiation array comprises a number of high frequency radiation units, at least partial high frequency radiation units are arranged on a same axis which overlaps one of two axes of the low frequency radiation array, in all high frequency radiation units arranged on said axis, at least partial high frequency radiation units are nested with the low frequency radiation units arranged on the same axis, and the orthogonal projection area of these nested high frequency radiation units on the reflection plate falls within the orthogonal projection area of the corresponding low frequency radiation units on the same reflection plate. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009079 | FILTERING ANTENNA SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS - The present subject matter relates to filtering antenna devices, systems, and methods in which a tunable antenna having one or more first variable impedance element is configured to selectively vary an impedance at a signal path output and a tunable filter is in communication between the signal path output of the tunable antenna and a signal processing chain. The tunable filter can have one or more second variable impedance element configured to provide a frequency-selective filtering response between the signal path output and the signal processing chain. A controller in communication with both the tunable antenna and the tunable filter can be configured for selectively tuning an impedance value of one or more of the one or more first variable impedance element or the one or more second variable impedance element. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009080 | LENS WITH SPATIAL MIXED-ORDER BANDPASS FILTER - An apparatus includes a plurality of layers of conductive elements and a substrate layer. A first of the layers of conductive elements has a first portion that includes conductive elements having a first structure different from a second structure of conductive elements in a second portion of the first layer. The first layer can be in contact with one side of the substrate layer. Conductive elements in a second of the layers of conductive elements can be in contact with another side of the substrate layer. The lens may include a first type of unit cell including at least one conductive element having the first structure and conductive elements having the second structure positioned on different sides of the substrate layer. The first type of unit cell may provide a capacitively-loaded bandpass filter response, and a second type of unit cell may provide a bandpass filter response. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009081 | MILLIMETRE-WAVE RADAR - A millimeter-wave radar device including at least one millimeter-wave circuit and at least one antenna, wherein the millimeter-wave radar device is designed as a module having a multilayered multipolymer circuit board having at least a first layer composed of a polymer material having low dispersion of the dielectric constant, a second layer composed of a high-strength polymer material, which stabilizes the multipolymer circuit board, and a metallization layer, which is arranged between the first layer and the second layer and serves for shielding and for signal carrying, and the multipolymer circuit board carries the at least one millimeter-wave circuit and the at least one antenna. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009082 | SLOT ANTENNA - This slot antenna is provided with: a dielectric substrate ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150009083 | FEED HORN HAVING DIELECTRIC LAYERS AND ASSEMBLY OF FEED HORN AND RADOME - A feed horn includes at least a wave guiding unit which has a pipe and two dielectric layers. The pipe has an opening and at least an inner surface extending from the opening to an inside of the pipe. The dielectric layers have a larger dielectric constant than air and are fastened to the inner surface of the pipe in a way that the dielectric layers face each other. As a result, the dielectric layers can improve isolation and directivity of cross polarization waves and co-polarization waves received by the feed horn. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009084 | ELECTROMAGNETIC BAND GAP DEVICE - An electromagnetic band gap device is disclosed that includes a dielectric support of which one face is metallized and of which a second face includes a plurality of non-adjoining conducting elements. Several conducting elements are linked together pairwise by a resistive element in the electromagnetic band gap device. At least two of the conducting elements are electrically insulated from one another and at least two resistive elements exhibit a different resistance value. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009085 | ANTENNA - A reflector for an antenna is formed from a metallized fabric composite material including a first fabric layer, a second fabric layer, and a metallic layer positioned between the first and second fabric layers and secured to each of the first and second fabric layers. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009086 | ACTIVE ANTENNA SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE FEED PORTS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An active antenna system with multiple feed ports and a control method of the active antenna system are provided. The active antenna system includes an antenna radiation element, a first feed port and a second feed port. If the first control circuit is in a close state, the first feed port and a first physical position of the antenna radiation element are connected with each other, so that a signal is fed to the antenna radiation element through the first feed port and the first physical position. If the second control circuit is in the close state, the second feed port and a second physical position of the antenna radiation element are connected with each other, so that the signal is fed to the antenna radiation element through the second feed port and the second physical position. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009087 | MULTI-BAND ANTENNA - Methods and systems for extending a bandwidth of a multi-band antenna of a user device are described. A multi-band antenna includes a single radio frequency (RF) input coupled to a first loop antenna, the first loop antenna configured to provide a first resonant mode. The multi-band antenna also includes a second antenna parasitically coupled to the first loop antenna to provide additional resonant modes of the multi-band antenna. The second antenna is a T-monopole antenna with a base coupled to the ground plane, a first arm extending out from a first side of the base, a second arm extending out from a second side of the base and a folded arm extending back towards the second side of the base from a distal end of the second arm. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009088 | Diplexing and Triplexing of Loop Antennas - An antenna system comprising a plurality of loop antenna sets with each of the plurality of loop antenna sets disposed in one of a plurality of different parallel planes with each of the planes being spaced apart from another adjacent plane and wherein loop antenna set in the plurality of loop antenna sets comprises a plurality of loop antennas and wherein the plurality of loop antennas are configured such that the near field inductive coupling between the plurality of loop antenna sets is zero. The absence of inductive coupling between the loop elements provides a frequency-independent means for multiplexing signals for transmission and reception by the multiple loop antenna system. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009089 | ANTENNAS - One aspect of the invention provides an antenna including: a dielectric substrate and a plurality of antenna elements positioned on a surface of the dielectric substrate. Each antenna element includes: a sector-shaped sheet of conductive material and a conductive feed line coupled to the sector-shape sheet of conductive material. Another aspect of the invention provides an antenna including: a dielectric substrate, a plurality of antenna elements positioned on a surface of the dielectric substrate at substantially uniform angular intervals along an arc, and a ground layer mounted to an opposite side of the dielectric substrate from the plurality of antenna elements. Each antenna element includes: a sector-shaped sheet of conductive material having a central angle between about 90° and about 180° and a conductive feed line coupled to the sector-shape sheet of conductive material. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009090 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE ANTENNA DEVICE - An electronic device includes is provided. The electronic device includes an antenna radiator configured to operate in at least one frequency band, a ground stub disposed at a coupling location in proximity to the antenna radiator, and a switching device configured to selectively ground the ground stub and a ground of a main board. Thus, the present disclosure is easily applicable without design constraints in terms of space use when the main board and the antenna radiator are separated, and simplifies the assembly and reduces the cost without a separate sub-board. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009091 | NODE FOR HIGH-RISE BUILDING COVERAGE - The present invention relates to a communication node ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150009092 | MULTI-ANTENNA STRUCTURE - A multi-antenna structure includes a base plate, a first antenna, a second antenna, a first metal line, and a second metal line. The base plate includes a grounded metal surface. The grounded metal surface includes two short sides and two long sides. The first antenna and the second antenna are arranged on the base plate. The first metal line and the second metal line are electrically connected to the two short sides of the grounded metal surface. A current path of the two short sides is prolonged because of the first metal line and the second metal line. A longitudinal current is equal to a transverse current at a low frequency. A current of the first antenna and a current of the second antenna does not interfere each other. Isolation between the first antenna and the second antenna is improved. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009093 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND PORTABLE WIRELESS DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - The antenna apparatus of the present invention is characterized by including a substrate, a conductor arranged on one of the surfaces of the substrate, two antennas arranged on the substrate, a notch portion formed to the conductor so as to have an open end between two antennas, a stub formed on the other surface of the substrate so as to cross over the notch portion, and a via for electrically connecting the conductor and the stub. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009094 | MODULAR AIRBORNE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A modular airborne display system, the system comprising: a plurality of airborne display modules (ADMs) such that each ADM comprises a display unit, a local control unit and a lifting unit; and a central control unit for synchronizing the plurality of ADMs to generate a combined image to be displayed by separately instructing each one of the plurality of ADMs to present a portion of the combined image and to arrive at a respective presentation location. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009095 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An image display system includes a data output source, and receiving devices coupled to the data output source. The receiving devices decode a first packet header from the data output source to determine whether a first payload data associated with the first packet header is required by the receiving devices. Among the receiving devices, a first receiving device that requires the first payload data receives and displays the first payload data. Also among the receiving devices, a second receiving device that does not require the first payload data temporarily disables its data receiving function, and, before the data output source sends out a second packet header that the second receiving device requires, the second receiving device resumes its data receiving function and displays a second payload data. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009096 | WEARABLE DEVICE AND THE METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A wearable device includes a receiving unit configured to receive a signal transmitted from an external input means, a storage module configured to store a weight on an input data of the external input means, a communication module configured to perform a data communication with an external display device paired with the wearable device, a display module configured to output information, and a controller configured to control the display module, if a first input means modification signal is received from the external input means by the receiving unit, the controller configured to apply a predetermined weight to an input data of a sensed external input means by accessing the storage module when a first input means modification signal is received from the external input means by the receiving unit, map with a pointer value of the wearable device and control the information outputted via the display module of the wearable device based on the mapped pointer value. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009097 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMBINED DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for controlling a combined display in an electronic device includes: performing connection to at least one sub-electronic device; receiving an image from the at least one sub-electronic device; and identifying relative position information of the at least one sub-electronic device with respect to the electronic device by using the image; and configuring the combined display in cooperation with the at least one sub-electronic device by using the relative position information. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009098 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING DISPLAYED IMAGE INFORMATION OF A MOBILE MEDIA DEVICE ON A LARGE DISPLAY AND CONTROL OF THE MOBILE MEDIA DEVICE THEREFROM - Systems and methods are operable to concurrently present images on a small display of a mobile media device and a large display of a media presentation system. An exemplary method receives emulated information from a mobile media device, wherein the emulated information corresponds to at least one image that is being currently presented on a display of the mobile media device; generates at least one image based upon the received emulated information, wherein the at least one image is configured for presentation on a display of a media system; and communicates the at least one image to a display of the media system. The image presented on the display of the media system is substantially the same image presented on the display of the mobile media device. The image presented on the display of the media system is substantially larger than the image presented on the display of the mobile media device. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009099 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MOBILE DEVICES AND DISPLAY DEVICES - Certain embodiments herein may include systems and methods for facilitating communication between mobile devices and display devices. According to certain embodiments, various types of connections may be established for communication between mobile devices and display devices. The type of connection may be based on numerous factors, including networks accessible to the mobile devices and display devices, capabilities of the mobile devices and display devices, and requirements associated with a software application running on a display device or on a device associated with the display device. Example connection types may involve a server intermediary which may establish a communication connection and proxy or relay content between mobile devices and display devices. Other connection types may not involve a server intermediary, for example, when a mobile device interacts with a display device to control a real-time game application. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009100 | PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection type image display device includes a processor having a measuring part for performing a three-dimensional measurement of an A-pillar and a projection range controller for controlling a projection range of an image light, which is matched to an A-pillar surface based on a result of the three-dimensional measurement. Thus, the projection of an image onto the A-pillar surface by the projection type image display device is easily performed regardless of whether the A-pillar surface is a two-dimensional flat surface or a three-dimensional surface. The projection type image display device also directs a retro-reflective component in a reflected image light away from a driver's seat based on a positioning of an image projection device. Speckled uneven image brightness on an image display surface is thereby prevented. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009101 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A head-mounted display system comprises a frame, an imaging system and an optical system. The frame is configured to be mounted to a head of a user. The imaging system is configured to couple to the frame, and includes one or more display devices disposed on a substrate and one or more sensors disposed on the substrate. The optical system is configured to provide an optical path between an eye of the user and the one or more sensors, and configured to provide the same optical path between the eye of the user and the one or more display devices. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009102 | MODULAR HEADS-UP DISPLAY SYSTEMS - A Heads-Up Display (HUD) system comprises a processor, a power source, and one or more sensors coupled to a frame connector. The processor is configured to receive signals from the one or more sensors and output image data. A display is mounted on a display arm extending from the frame connector. The display is configured to display images based on the image data. A goggles frame is configured to releasably receive the frame connector. The display is located within a field of view of a user wearing the goggles frame when the frame connector is received by the goggles frame. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009103 | Wearable Display, Computer-Readable Medium Storing Program and Method for Receiving Gesture Input - A wearable display control device may perform extracting, storing, obtaining, determining and controlling. The extracting may extract a characteristic quantity indicating a characteristic of a particular part. The storing may store a first characteristic quantity in a memory. The obtaining may obtain gesture data of the particular part from second captured data captured after the first characteristic quantity is stored in the memory. The gesture data may indicate a gesture of the particular part. The determining may determine whether the first characteristic quantity corresponds to a second characteristic quantity extracted from the second captured data. The controlling may control a specific process that controls a display device in response to determining that the first characteristic quantity corresponds to the second characteristic quantity and may not control the specific process in response to determining that the first characteristic quantity does not correspond to the second characteristic quantity. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009104 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAY - An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction. Each of the pixels includes a first sub-pixel having a substantially isosceles triangle and a second sub-pixel having a substantially isosceles triangle shape, wherein the second sub-pixel is inverted with respect to the first sub-pixel. Each of the pixels also includes a third sub-pixel and a fourth sub-pixel each having a substantially right triangle shape, wherein the fourth sub-pixel is inverted with respect to the third sub-pixel. Two pixels adjacent to each other in the first direction are symmetric about an axis of symmetry that is parallel with the second direction, and two pixels adjacent to each other along the second direction are symmetric about an axis of symmetry that is parallel with the first direction. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009105 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is an active matrix display device using an organic EL panel including: a plurality of pixel circuits each including an organic light emitting diode arranged in a pixel region of the organic EL panel and a plurality of transistors configured to drive the organic light emitting diode; a plurality of scanning lines arranged along a first direction in the organic EL panel; and a plurality of data lines arranged along a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. In at least one set of pixel circuits that are adjacent in the first direction, gate electrodes and impurity diffusion regions of the plurality of transistors have an axisymmetric layout. Gate electrodes of at least one set of transistors that are symmetrically arranged in the at least one set of pixel circuits are integrated. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009106 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus including: a unit pixel including sub-pixels, each sub-pixel including an emission area including a light emitting element and a circuit area including a switching transistor to control the light emitting element; a scan line extending in a first direction and connected to the unit pixel; a branch line extending from the scan line in a second direction crossing the first direction, and connected to the each of the sub-pixels; and data lines extending in the second direction and respectively connected to the sub-pixels. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009107 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR REDUCING IMAGE STICKING - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to include a plurality of pixels and to display an image frame by emitting light from the plurality of pixels by pixel, and a controller configured to adjust one of pixel brightness and a light emitting time for at least a portion of the plurality of pixels according to properties of the input image frame, and compensate the luminance of the image frame by adjusting the other one of the pixel brightness and the light emitting time to correspond to the adjusted pixel brightness or adjusted light emitting time. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009108 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAY - An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a plurality of scan lines extending in a first direction and a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. The OLED display also includes a plurality of pixels electrically connected to the scan lines and the data lines and arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, each pixel including an OLED and a thin film transistor electrically connected to the OLED. The OLED display further includes a plurality of driving voltage lines that supply a driving voltage to each of the pixels and extend in the second direction, wherein an active layer of a thin film transistor serpentinely extends along an inclined direction with respect to the second direction. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009109 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display panel includes a plurality of pixels which is arranged in a pixel column and a pixel row, a gate line which is connected to pixels in a same pixel row, a first data line which is connected to pixels in a same pixel column, and a second data line which is connected to remaining pixels except for the pixels connected to the first data line among the pixels in the same pixel column. Two odd-numbered pixel rows and two even-numbered pixel rows are alternately driven so that a charge period of the pixel may be extended by 2H. In addition, a kickback difference between the odd-numbered pixel row and the even-numbered pixel row may be decreased so that a display quality may be improved. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009110 | DISPLAY PANEL AND REPAIR METHOD THEREOF - A flat display panel and a related repairing method are provided. The flat display panel includes multiple horizontal repair lines parallel to scan lines and multiple vertical repair lines parallel to data lines. The vertical repair lines are disposed on one side of the data lines one to one, and the horizontal repair lines are disposed on one side of the scan lines one to one. When one of the data lines or one of the scan lines is broken, an electrical route formed by a use of the vertical repair lines or the horizontal repair lines detours the broken scan line or data line, so as to deliver signal to pixel electrode normally. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009111 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a pixel circuit and a display device which support multi-gradation display and can prevent display quality from deteriorating with low power consumption. A pixel circuit ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150009112 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention includes first pixels formed to have a first slit having an inclination angle with respect to a rubbing direction and second pixels formed to have a second slit having an inclination angle opposite to the first slit, and at least one of the first pixels having a positive polarity allocated thereto and at least one of the first pixels having a negative polarity allocated thereto exist in the same frame, and at least one of the second pixels having the positive polarity allocated thereto and at least one of the second pixels having the negative polarity allocated thereto exist in the same frame. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009113 | Gate Driver on Array Circuit - The present invention provides a gate driver on array circuit. The gate driver on array circuit comprises: multiple gate driver on array units connected in cascade. The n-th gate driver on array unit of the gate driver on array circuit comprises a (n−2)-th signal input terminal | 2015-01-08 |
20150009114 | DIMMING METHOD AND DIMMING DEVICE FOR BACKLIGHT MODULE - A dimming method and dimming device for a backlight module are provided. The dimming method includes the following steps. Light distribution information of a plurality of light sources of the backlight module corresponding to a display panel is provided. According to the light distribution information of each of the light sources, a plurality of light contribution ratios of the light sources corresponding to a plurality of different positions of the display panel are obtained respectively. According to the light contribution ratios corresponding to the different positions, the needed intensity of each of the light sources is determined respectively. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009115 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY, BACKLIGHT UNIT INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE BACKLIGHT UNIT - An optical assembly includes a plurality of light sources emitting light in a first direction at a predetermined orientation angle, and a light guide panel having a light incident section and a light emitting section. The light incident section has a first surface to receive the light emitted from the light sources in the first direction and the light emitting section is to emit light received from the light incident section in a second direction. Also included is at least one cover having a first surface adjacent the light sources and a second surface adjacent at least one portion of the light emitting section. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009116 | FACILITATING GESTURE-BASED ASSOCIATION OF MULTIPLE DEVICES - Gesture-based association of multiple devices may be facilitated, which may effectuate presentation of content related to associated devices. Gesture detection may reduce or completely eliminate any ambiguity of whether the association is wanted or not. Some implementations may be employed in a theme park in which park guests wear an RFID wristband. During a park visit, when merchandise goods with embedded RFIDs are purchased (e.g., toys and/or other merchandise), the merchandise may be associated with the wristband and, therefore, the park guest wearing the wristband. Such association may give the theme park environment and/or the toy itself a mechanism to adapt their behavior depending on which toy the park guest is carrying. This may contribute to richer storytelling and personalized experiences, which may be realized by using location information, knowledge about the park guest's preferences or previous park visits, favorite attractions, age, language-specific information, and/or other information. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009117 | DYNAMIC EYE TRACKCING DATA REPRESENTATION - Disclosed are a system, method, and article of manufacture of a dynamic eye-tracking data representation. A first eye-tracking data of a first environmental attribute of a mobile device can be obtained. A second eye-tracking data of a second environmental attribute of the mobile device can be obtained. A tag cloud comprising a first component that describes a first relationship between the first eye-tracking data and the first environmental attributes and a second component that describes a second relationship between the second eye-tracking data and the second environmental attribute can be generated. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009118 | INTELLIGENT PAGE TURNER AND SCROLLER - Provided is a method for changing an image on a display. The method, in one embodiment, includes providing a first image on a display. The method, in this embodiment, further includes tracking a movement of a user's facial feature as it relates to the first image on the display, and generating a command to provide a second different image on the display based upon the tracking. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009119 | Built-in design of camera system for imaging and gesture processing applications - Systems and method are disclosed for enabling a user to interact with gestures in a natural way with image(s) displayed on the surface of an integrated monitor whose display contents are governed by an appliance, perhaps a PC, smart phone or tablet. Some embodiments include the display as well as the appliance, in a single package such as all-in-one computers. User interaction includes gestures that may occur within a three-dimensional hover zone spaced apart from the display surface. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009120 | GESTURE-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - Disclosed are a system and method for detecting a gesture performed by a user of a device. The device includes a screen having a backlight as with a liquid-crystal type display or which provides its own illumination as with a light-emitting diode type display. The device is programmed to emit a detectable optical signal from one or more distinct zones of the display. The device further includes an optical receiver for detecting any reflections of the emitted detectable optical signal. When a user's hand is located in proximity to the device display, the reflections of the detectable optical signal from that appendage are detected by the optical receiver and are used by the device to determine the presence and direction of travel of the user hand, signifying a user gesture. The distinct zones of the backlight may consist of a single zone, and the optical receiver may comprise multiple receivers. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009121 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF AUTOMATIC DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS CONTROL - A device and a method of automatic display brightness control are provided. Human fatigue index and environmental factors for dry eyes are combined as an indicator to dynamically adjust the display brightness. Heart rate variability (HRV) is used as the human fatigue index, and the environmental CO | 2015-01-08 |
20150009122 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING DISPLAY DEVICE FOR SYNC BRIGHTNESS CONTROL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device having a display device for sync brightness control includes a brightness key, an embedded controller, a storage unit, a processing unit, a peripheral controlling circuit and BIOS. The storage unit stores an operating system and a brightness application. The processing unit executes the brightness control application in the operating system. The peripheral controlling circuit receives a request from the brightness key. The BIOS acquires the request from the peripheral controlling circuit and send an event to notify a brightness user interface of the operating system, so that the brightness user interface notifies a driver in the operating system and sends a brightness adjusting command to the brightness control application according to the event. The brightness control application notifies the embedded controller to adjust the brightness of the display device according to the brightness adjusting command. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009123 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE EYES OF A PHOTOGRAPHED USER - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a photographing unit configured to photograph the shape of a face; a detector is configured to detect a direction and angle of the face shape; a transformer is configured to mix the photographed face shape and a 3D face model and to transform the mixed face shape by using the detected direction and angle of the face shape; and an output interface is configured to output the transformed face shape. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009124 | GESTURE BASED USER INTERFACE - A system and method for recognition of hand gesture in computing devices. The system recognizes a hand of a user by identifying a predefined first gesture and further collects visual information related to the hand identified on the basis of the first predefined gesture. The visual information is used to extract a second gesture (and all other gestures after the second) from the video/image captured by the camera and finally interpreting the second gesture as a user input to the computing device. The system enables gesture recognition in various light conditions and can be operated by various user hands including the ones wearing gloves. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009125 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and corresponding method, the mobile terminal including a flexible display configured to be warped between configurations having different radiuses of curvature, a sensor configured to sense the warpage, and a controller configured to display first screen information in a first configuration, and display a first image object corresponding to the first screen information when the flexible display is warped from the first configuration to a second configuration. When a different application is driven, a second image object corresponding to the different application is displayed along with the first image object, in the second configuration, and when the flexible display is warped again from the second configuration to the first configuration, screen information corresponding to part of the first image object and the second image object is displayed. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009126 | ADJUSTING A TRANSPARENT DISPLAY WITH AN IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - A system and method for adjusting a transparent display an image capturing device is provided. The system includes an image receiving module to receive an image from the image capturing device, the image capturing device being situated on an opposing side in which the transparent display presents content; an interfacing module to interface with the transparent display; an analysis module to analyze the received image with the interfacing module to perform an analysis; and an output module to perform a display modification or an error indication based on the analysis. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009127 | DEFORMABLE USER INTERFACE DEVICES, APPARATUS, AND METHODS - User interface devices using magnetic sensing to provide output signals associated with motion and/or deformation of an actuator element of the interface devices are described. The output signals may be provided to an electronic computing system to provide commands, controls, and/or other data or information. In one embodiment, a user interface device may include a plurality of permanent magnets and a plurality of multi-axis magnetic sensors to generate motion and/or deformation signals to be provided to a processing element to generate the output signals. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009128 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - To provide a highly browsable data processing device or a highly portable data processing device, a data processing device including the following is devised: an input/output unit provided with a display portion which can be folded and unfolded and a sensor portion that can sense the folded and unfolded states of the display portion and can supply data on fold, and an arithmetic unit that stores a program for executing different processing depending on the data on fold. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009129 | METHOD FOR OPERATING PANORAMA IMAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for operating an electronic device is provided, which includes detecting bending of a flexible display, determining bending information corresponding to the bending, obtaining a plurality of images according to the detected bending information, and generating a panorama image by combining the obtained plurality of images. Thus, an intuitive user interface using the flexible display can be provided. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009130 | Three Dimensional User Interface Effects On A Display - The techniques disclosed herein may use various sensors to infer a frame of reference for a hand-held device. In fact, with various inertial clues from accelerometer, gyrometer, and other instruments that report their states in real time, it is possible to track a Frenet frame of the device in real time to provide an instantaneous (or continuous) 3D frame-of-reference. In addition to—or in place of—calculating this instantaneous (or continuous) frame of reference, the position of a user's head may either be inferred or calculated directly by using one or more of a device's optical sensors, e.g., an optical camera, infrared camera, laser, etc. With knowledge of the 3D frame-of-reference for the display and/or knowledge of the position of the user's head, more realistic virtual 3D depictions of the graphical objects on the device's display may be created—and interacted with—by the user. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009131 | System for Determining Three-Dimensional Position of Transmission Device Relative to Detecting Device - An objective of the present invention is to provide a system for determining a three-dimensional location of an emitting apparatus with respect to a detecting apparatus. The system comprising: an emitting apparatus comprising a light-emitting source for sending a control signal and an optical unit for facilitating transmitting the control signal; a detecting apparatus comprising a camera, for obtaining imaging information of the control signal in the camera via the optical unit; a computing apparatus for determining three-dimensional location information of the emitting apparatus with respect to the detecting apparatus according to the imaging information. Compared with the prior art, the present invention, through providing in the emitting apparatus an optical unit for facilitating transmitting the control signal, realizes determining the three-dimensional location of the emitting apparatus with respect to the detecting apparatus, which not only reduces the configuration costs and lowers the energy consumption level, but also makes three-dimensional location information-based control feasible, thereby further enhancing control efficiency and improving user manipulation experience. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009132 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - A head-mounted display comprising a display and a detector. The detector is configured to detect a direction of at least one of the head-mounted display and a line of vision. The display is configured to display an output image of an application, wherein the application is selected based on the direction being outside a range of a front direction. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009133 | INTEGRATED PROCESSOR FOR 3D MAPPING - A device for processing data includes a first input port for receiving color image data from a first image sensor and a second input port for receiving depth-related image data from a second image sensor. Processing circuitry generates a depth map using the depth-related image data. At least one output port conveys the depth map and the color image data to a host computer. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009134 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE TAKING APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAYING INFORMATION - An information display apparatus includes an input device adapted to input user operation information, a touch sensor adapted to detect the state of the input device in terms of whether the input device is touched by a user, a display adapted to display information, and a control unit adapted to receive user operation information from the input device and sensor detection information from the touch sensor, and control displaying of the information on the display in accordance with the received user operation information and the sensor detection information. If the touch information indicating that the input device is touched by the user is received from the touch sensor, the control unit displays first information associated with the input device on the display. If the input device is maintained in the touched state longer than a predetermined period, the control unit switches the displayed information into second information. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009135 | GESTURE RECOGNIZER SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE - Systems, methods and computer readable media are disclosed for a gesture recognizer system architecture. A recognizer engine is provided, which receives user motion data and provides that data to a plurality of filters. A filter corresponds to a gesture, that may then be tuned by an application receiving information from the gesture recognizer so that the specific parameters of the gesture—such as an arm acceleration for a throwing gesture—may be set on a per-application level, or multiple times within a single application. Each filter may output to an application using it a confidence level that the corresponding gesture occurred, as well as further details about the user motion data. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009136 | OPERATION INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT OPERATION PROCESSING METHOD - The operation input device includes: an operation determination unit configured to determine which one of the floating touch operation and the touch operation is input; a calculation unit configured to calculate an input position of the operation on the operation panel; a display information generation unit configured to generate display information for displaying a pointer at a position on a display screen corresponding to an input position calculated by the calculation unit when the operation determination unit determines that the floating touch operation is input; and a display device output unit configured to output the display information generated by the display information generation unit to a display device having the display screen displaying the pointer. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009137 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes: an operating information obtaining unit which receives, from a remote control, button-press information indicating that an enter button has been pressed; a display control unit which displays, on a display screen, one or more objects each associated with an executable function, and a pointer at a position designated by the remote control; and an executing unit which executes a function associated with a first object out of the objects when the operating information obtaining unit receives the button-press information during a period that starts when a predetermined first period lapses from a first time point at which the pointer enters a region of the first object, and ends when a predetermined second period lapses from a second time point at which the pointer deviates from the region. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009138 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPERATION INPUT DETECTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a recognition section which recognizes an irradiation position of laser light by a laser pointer on a projection image, an acquisition section which acquires information of a user operation detected by an operation section provided in the laser pointer, and a detection section which detects operation input information for the projection image based on the irradiation position recognized by the recognition section and the user operation acquired by the acquisition section. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009139 | GENERATING POSITION INFORMATION EMPLOYING AN IMAGER - An application control approach using generated position information of a control device and adapted for use with a display, such as a monitor or TV, is disclosed. The control device may be conveniently held by a user. An imager is employed to image the control device to detect reference fields and generate position information. This information is used by the control device to control an application. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009140 | NAVIGATION DEVICE INCLUDING THERMAL SENSOR - A navigation device includes a thermal sensor and a processing unit. The thermal sensor is configured to output temperature readings of a work surface. The processing unit is configured to identify a lift event according to the temperature readings. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009141 | POINTER POSITIONING METHOD OF HANDHELD POINTER DEVICE - A pointer positioning method of a handheld pointer device, which includes capturing a first image frame containing a reference point to compute a first pointing coordinate according to the image position of the reference point in the first image frame; generating a cursor parameter of a cursor according to the first pointing coordinate; when the handheld pointer device enters a pointer-lock mode, records the first pointing coordinate and positions the cursor at the first pointing coordinate on a display apparatus; when the handheld pointer device exits the pointer-lock mode, captures a second image frame to compute a second pointing coordinate according to the image position of the reference point in the second image frame to obtain a displacement vector between the first and the second pointing coordinates; generating the cursor parameter and controlling the movement of the cursor according to the displacement vector and the first pointing coordinate. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009142 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD FOR OPERATING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An STB that receives (i) a selection button operation corresponding to a press of one of selection buttons of a remote control and (ii) a cursor operation corresponding to a tilt of a case of the remote control, the STB including: a display control unit that displays a pointer on a display screen according to the cursor operation and displays, if the pointer is on an object displayed on the display screen, a plurality of input items assigned to the object; and an input item receiving unit that receives one of the input items displayed by the display control unit, according to the selection button operation. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009143 | OPERATING SYSTEM - An operating system includes a coordinate information generating unit configured to, when a touch on a touch panel is detected, deem that a virtual hovering operation that is performed virtually in air above the touch panel surface was performed and shift to a hovering operation mode that generates two-dimensional coordinate information indicating the touched position and height position information having a positive value, and then, when a particular operation is received during the virtual hovering operation, deem that a virtual touch operation was performed and generate two-dimensional coordinates indicating the touched position and height position information with a value of zero, a display control unit configured and programmed to display on a display unit a specified hovering cursor at the display position that corresponds to the two-dimensional position of the virtual hovering operation so as to be superimposed on key images, and a function information output unit configured to output, when the virtual touch operation is performed, function information assigned to the corresponding key. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009144 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATING ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH GESTURES - An electronic device with gesture activation includes a body having at least one infrared (IR) transmissive window, an IR gesture detection sensor aligned with the transmissive window, a processor coupled to the gesture detection sensor and digital memory coupled to the processor. The digital memory includes code segments executable on the processor for starting a timer if a first gesture of an activation gesture sequence including an ordered plurality of gestures is received while at least one process of the electronic device is in an inactive mode, and for activating the at least one process of the electronic device if the remainder of ordered plurality of gestures is received before the timer has elapsed. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009145 | INTERACTION PERIPHERAL DEVICE CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING AN ELEMENT FOR TOUCHING AND GRASPING MULTIDIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL OBJECTS - An interaction peripheral device ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150009146 | Navigational Device with Adjustable Tracking Parameter - A navigation device includes an image sensor, a memory unit and a processing unit. The image sensor is configured to capture an image frame of a work surface. The memory unit previously saves a lookup table including surface quality profiles of different surface categories. The processing unit is configured to calculate surface qualities of the work surface associated with different quality thresholds and to compare the surface qualities with the lookup table to determine the surface category of the work surface thereby selecting a tracking strategy associated with the surface category of the work surface. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009147 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND RELATED ACTUATING METHOD - A method capable of detecting position of an object for actuating a navigation apparatus is disclosed in the present invention. The navigation apparatus includes a casing, an optical touch unit and a touch processing unit. The optical touch unit is disposed on an upper surface of the casing. The touch processing unit is disposed inside the casing and electrically connected to the optical touch unit. The actuating method includes outputting an optical detecting signal, receiving an optical reflecting signal from the object, analyzing the optical reflecting signal to obtain intensity of the optical reflecting signal, determining whether the object is located above the optical touch unit according to the intensity, and switching the touch processing unit into a normal mode when the object is located above the optical touch unit. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009148 | Universal User Interface Device - A flexible, scalable hardware input device for interacting with a variety of devices ranging from a phone, to a media playback device to a steering wheel or a tablet PC is provided. The input device includes a set of mechanical input controls, each mapping to one or more independent functions and a set of touch sensitive input control areas (e.g., capacitive), where each touch sensitive input control area receives touch input independently. In addition, one or more of the touch sensitive input control areas interchangeably overlay one or more of the mechanical input controls, whereby interaction with the touch sensitive input control areas is processed together to determine a corresponding function for controlling the application, service or computing device. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009149 | IMAGING SURROUND SYSTEM FOR TOUCH-FREE DISPLAY CONTROL - The subject system hardware and methodology combine disparate cameras into a cohesive gesture recognition environment. To render an intended computer, gaming, display, etc. control function, two or more cameras with non-coaxial axes are trained on a space to detect and lock onto an object image regardless of its depth coordinate. Each camera captures one 2D view of the gesture and the plurality of 2D gestures are combined to infer the 3D input. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009150 | INPUT DEVICE AND PORTABLE TERMINAL THEREWITH - An input device and a portable terminal. The input device includes a tactile member which varies at positions of input keys, and a contact sensing layer which is disposed under the tactile member so as to detect an input operation through the tactile member. Further, the portable terminal includes a body which has an input/output unit, an input device which is detachably connected to the body so as to implement an input to the body, and a controller which controls an operation of the input/output unit and the input device, wherein the input device further includes a tactile member which varies at a position of a contacted input key, and a contact sensing layer which is disposed under the tactile member so as to detect an input operation through the tactile member. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009151 | TOUCH KEYBOARD - A touch keyboard includes a main touch keyboard and an auxiliary touch keyboard. The main touch keyboard includes a main touch sensing element and a main processor. The main touch sensing element is provided for touching to generate a user touching signal. The main processor electrically connected with the main touch sensing element and is provided for receiving user touching signal and switching the keyboard type which is indicated by the main touch sensing element. The auxiliary touch keyboard can detachable connected to the main touch keyboard. The auxiliary touch keyboard includes an auxiliary touch sensing element that is electrically connected with and is controlled by the main processor. The detachable main touch keyboard and the auxiliary touch keyboard are switched to other keyboard type by the main processor and the switched keyboard is provided for variety application to achieve the multifunctional intelligent keyboard. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009152 | METHOD OF SHARING APPLICATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a method of sharing a software application from one handheld mobile electronic device to another handheld mobile electronic device and a handheld mobile electronic device using the same method. The method and device performs displaying an image which corresponds to the application on the touch screen, receiving a first touch input on the image, displaying a sharing area of the touch screen in response to a long hold of the first touch input, moving the image to the sharing area according to a moving action of the first touch input, and sharing the application in response to a release action of the first touch input. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009153 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OF USER INTERFACE EQUIPPED TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for controlling a user interface having a touch screen which includes an input and output unit having a touch screen, a camera which is installed to be separated from the input and output unit, and obtains at least one of an image data corresponding to a space within a critical distance from a front of the touch screen, and a controller which verifies an expected touch position of an object when a movement of the object is detected in the space as a result of an analysis of the image data, and controls the input and output unit to enlarge and output an area corresponding to the expected touch position. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009154 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device, adapted for interacting with a stylus, wherein the stylus transmits a control signal to the electronic device, is provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen, a communicating unit and a processing unit. The touch screen receives a touch action made by the stylus. The communicating unit receives the control signal transmitted by the stylus. The processing unit is coupled to the touch screen and the communicating unit, receives the touch action and the control signal. The processing unit determines a touch gesture corresponding to a touch action according to the touch action, and determines an operating state of the stylus according to the control signal. Also, the processing unit executes a corresponding action according to the touch gesture, the operating state and/or an application program which is currently executed by the electronic device. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009155 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and a touch operating method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen, a storage unit and at least one processing unit, and the touch operating method includes following steps. A touch object above the touch screen is detected by using the touch screen, and a distance between the touch object and the touch screen is estimated. A relative angle of a pointing direction of the touch object with respect to a normal direction of the touch screen is detected. According to the distance and the relative angle, a function is performed on an object displayed by the touch screen. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009156 | INPUT DEVICE AND LIFTING STRUCTURE FOR THE INPUT DEVICE - An input device has a base, two shafts, a touchpad and a switch. The shafts are pivotally connected between the base and the touchpad, and intersect each other. When the touchpad is pressed, the shafts rotate relative to the base and the touchpad simultaneously. As the shafts intersect each other, an intersection of the shafts is nearby or exactly on a center of the touchpad, such that the shafts can pull down the touchpad from the center. Thus, no matter what location on the touchpad is pressed, a pressing force is spread uniformly, which makes the touchpad move down evenly without tilting. Besides, pulling down the touchpad from the center can further prevent leverage and deformation of the touchpad, thereby avoiding affecting the user's feel of pressing. To sum up, the input device can make the touchpad move down evenly, and prevent the touchpad from deformation. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009157 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a touch screen display unit configured to display content; and a controller configured to receive a setting of a region included in the displayed content, display a first graphic object corresponding to a first type of data included in the content in the set region and display a second graphic object corresponding to a second type of data included in the content in the set region, receive a selection of the first graphic object, extract the first type of data included in the content, and display the first type of data extracted from the content without the second type of data. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009158 | ACTIVE SOLID-STATE TOUCH DISPLAY - An exemplary light emitting touch display includes a nitride light emitting diode, a thin film transistor, and a touch unit. The nitride light emitting diode is formed on a first substrate. The thin film transistor is formed on a second substrate. The nitride light emitting diode and the thin film transistor are located between the first substrate and the second substrate and offset from each other. The touch unit includes a conductive connecting layer and a patterned wire. At least a part of the touch unit is formed between the first and second substrates. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009159 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a housing, a touch panel, and a circuit board accommodated in the housing of the device. The housing includes a frame, a connecting member, and a base. The touch panel is accommodated in the frame. The connecting member is made of elastic materials. The circuit board includes a plurality of sensors resisting against the frame. When the touch panel is pressed, the touch panel drives the frame and the connecting member to move forcibly towards the sensors and squeeze the sensors by force, and the sensors output different electrical signals to the circuit board according to the force. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009160 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING TOUCH AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A device and a method for controlling a touch event in an electronic device are provided. The method include receiving at least one touch event occurring in a touch panel unit; recognizing that a ghost touch has occurred based on time information and coordinate information of the received at least one touch event; and performing at least one of initialization or calibration of the touch panel unit, when recognizing that a ghost touch has occurred. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009161 | COORDINATE MEASURING APPARATUS FOR MEASURING INPUT POSITION OF COORDINATE INDICATING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An apparatus and method are provided for controlling a coordinate measuring apparatus including a first touch panel that detects a contact of a portion of a human body and a contact of a coordinate indicating apparatus, and a second touch panel for detecting an electromagnetic signal from the coordinate indicating apparatus. The method includes determining a detection state of the coordinate indicating apparatus based on the electromagnetic signal detected by the second touch panel; and determining an activated area of the first touch panel based on the detection state of the coordinate indicating apparatus. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009162 | MOBILE TERMINAL INCLUDING TOUCH SCREEN SUPPORTING MULTI-TOUCH INPUT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling a mobile terminal including a touch screen supporting a multi-touch input. The method includes: determining a number of one or more points inputted as a first touch input on the touch screen; when the number is 3, determining the first touch input as a three-point input; determining a size of a largest internal angle of a triangle generated by connecting points of the three-point input on the touch screen; displaying one of a linear tool and a circular tool based on a size of the largest internal angle of the triangle; receiving a second touch input; generating a line corresponding to the second touch input by interworking with one of the linear tool and the circular tool; and displaying the generated line on the touch screen. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009163 | ON-BOARD APPARATUS - Provided is an on-board apparatus such that a function that is not displayed on an image display unit can be safely operated in a simple operation even during travel without watching the image display unit. An on-board apparatus ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150009164 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a tactile sensation providing unit | 2015-01-08 |
20150009165 | COUNTER-TACTILE KEYPAD - An electronic device, including electronic circuitry contained within a housing, an orientation sensor for detecting an orientation of the housing, a button-based user interface on a first side of the housing including physical buttons for enabling button-press user inputs to the electronic circuitry, and a touch-sensitive screen on a second side of the housing for enabling touch-based user inputs to the electronic circuitry, the second side being opposite the first side, wherein the electronic circuitry is operative (i) to process button-press user inputs and to ignore touch-based user inputs, when the orientation sensor detects an orientation of the housing wherein the second side is facing down and the first side is facing up, and (ii) to process touch-based user inputs and to ignore button-press user inputs, when the orientation sensor detects an orientation of the housing wherein the first side is facing down and the second side is facing up. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009166 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A display device; a method for driving the display device; and electronic equipment, each enabling a detection device to perform detection with a frequency higher than a refresh frequency of the display device and with improved accuracy are provided. The display device has a screen including pixels and repeatedly alternates between a scanning frame during which the pixels are scanned to be sequentially brought into a selected state and a pause frame during which the pixels are not scanned, and includes a detection instructing circuit configured to output detection operation control signals corresponding to touch panel detection periods to the detection device in at least one pause frame. The detection instruction signal instructs the detection device to detect at least one of detection targets which are input by touching or approaching the screen and a radio wave coming from outside the display device. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009167 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING GESTURE TOWARD TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - Examples of sensing a gesture with respect to a touch input device are described. For example, a method to sense a gesture may include acquiring a distance between a finger, which may not be in contact with the touch input device, and at least two heat sensing spots on the touch input device. The acquired distances may be compared to identify the shortest distance. The gesture of the finger toward the touch input device may be identified based on the shortest distance being less than a predetermined threshold. The described techniques and examples may improve overall performance of system that may be equipped with the touch input device. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009168 | Systems and Methods For Perceptual Normalization of Haptic Effects - Systems and methods for perceptual normalization of haptic effects are disclosed. One system may include a first sensor configured to detect a user interaction with a touch surface and transmit a first sensor signal associated with the user interaction; a second sensor configured to detect a feature associated with the touch surface and transmit a second sensor signal associated with the feature; a processor in communication with the first sensor and the second sensor, the processor configured to: determine a first haptic effect based on the user interaction; determine a modified haptic effect based in part first haptic effect and on the feature; output a haptic signal associated with the modified haptic effect; and a haptic output device in communication with the processor and coupled to the touch surface, the haptic output device configured to receive the haptic signal and output the modified haptic effect to the touch surface. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009169 | POSITION DETECTING SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a position detecting system. The position detecting system includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels. The position detecting system also includes a data driving unit configured to apply a first data voltage and a second data voltage to the display panel, wherein the first data voltage is associated with display of an image on the display panel during a first frame and the second data voltage is associated with display of patterns on the display panel during a second frame. The position detecting system further includes a position detecting sensor configured to capture an image of the patterns when a position detecting mode of the position detecting sensor is turned on. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009170 | ELECTRONIC PAPER TOUCH DEVICE - An electronic paper touch device including: a first substrate; a first electrode layer located on the first substrate; an electronic paper display layer located on the first electrode layer; a transparent electrode layer located on the electronic paper display layer and having plural transparent electrodes; a second substrate located on the transparent electrode layer; and a control unit having a touch mode and an electronic paper mode, wherein, when the control unit is in the touch mode, the control unit will couple a touch detection unit with the first electrode layer and with the transparent electrode layer to perform a capacitive touch detection procedure. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009171 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING AN INTEGRATED SENSING DEVICE WITH IMPROVED PROXIMITY SENSING - Embodiments described herein include a method and apparatus for capacitive sensing in input devices integrated with a display device. In one embodiment, a processing system for a display device comprising an integrated capacitive sensing device is provided that includes a display driver module, a transmitter module, and a receiver module. The display driver and transmitter modules are configured to operate in a display update mode and a sleep mode. The receiver module is configured to, while operating in a doze mode, communicate with and trigger the transmitter module to enter the active sensing mode while the display driver module remains in the sleep mode when presence of an object is detected based on the resulting signals. | 2015-01-08 |
20150009172 | TOUCH POSITIONING METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL - An object positioning method for touch panel is disclosed. The method includes steps as follows: obtaining a motion estimation vector according to the operational analysis of a positioning coordinate and a sensing coordinate, and determining whether the length of the motion estimation vector is smaller than a predetermined distance or not, if the length of the motion estimation vector is smaller than the predetermined distance, outputting the positioning coordinate; on the contrary, if the length of the motion estimation vector is larger than the predetermined distance, updating the value of the positioning coordinate and outputting the positioning coordinate updated. | 2015-01-08 |