08th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120044130 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a pixel unit in which pixels are arranged in a matrix pattern; and a driving circuit for driving the pixel unit. Each of the pixels includes a signal level holding capacitor; a first transistor that is turned on/off in response to a writing signal and via which one end of the signal level holding capacitor is connected to a signal line; a second transistor having one end of the signal level holding capacitor connected to a gate thereof and the other end of the signal level holding capacitor connected to a source thereof; a current-driven self-light-emitting element whose cathode is held at a cathode potential and whose anode is connected to the source of the second transistor; a third transistor that is turned on/off in response to a driving pulse signal; and a fourth transistor that is turned on/off in response to a control signal. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044131 | FLAT SCREEN AND HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE EQUIPPED THEREWITH - A flat screen includes an LCD matrix display element; a frame, an image field which is surrounded by the frame and set back behind a front face of the frame, and a cover pane disposed in front of the LCD matrix display element. The cover pane has a core zone which is arranged opposite the image field and has a flat inner surface, and a peripheral zone arranged opposite the frame. The flat inner surface of the core zone faces the image field and extends in an intermediate space between the image field and a plane defined by the front face of the frame. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044132 | SHIFT REGISTER, SCANNING LINE DRIVE CIRCUIT, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a shift register including shift register unit circuits of a plurality of stages. Each of the shift register unit circuits of the plurality of stages includes a first transistor having a source and a drain to one of which a first clock signal is input and a gate to which a second clock signal obtained by substantially inverting the first clock signal is input. When the second clock signal at one of an H level and an L level is input to the gate of the first transistor, the first clock signal at the other of the H level and the L level is input to one of the source and the drain of the first transistor. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044133 | SHIFT REGISTER AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Each stage (Xi) of a shift register includes a first output transistor (M | 2012-02-23 |
20120044134 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid crystal display apparatus having a heat dissipation mechanism which can effectively dissipate heat generated in a heat generating part generating a large amount of heat. The liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight, a backlight chassis ( | 2012-02-23 |
20120044135 | REMOTE CONTROL FOR ELECTRONIC READER AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD - A remote control comprises a button generating control signals; a transmission unit configured to transmit the control signals to an electronic reader; a microprocessor unit configured to analyze an operation type according to the control signals and generate operation signals corresponding to the operation type to signal the electronic reader to flip page. A remote control method applied in a remote control of an electronic reader is also provided. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044136 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed with are a display device and a control method thereof. The method includes recognizing a first motion of a user; and assigning a control right to perform functions of the display devices through motions to the user in response to the recognized first motion. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044137 | SCREEN CAPTURE - A screen capture system ( | 2012-02-23 |
20120044138 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERACTION IN LASeR - A method and an apparatus for providing user interaction are provided. The apparatus for providing user interaction includes an input unit configured to receive control by a user; a control processing unit configured to analyze the control and generate drag event information including event type information indicating a type of the control and event attribute information; and an action processing unit configured to generate drag element information for showing an action corresponding to the control on a display. The drag element information includes action mode information indicating a mode of the action and action attribute information. The proposed method and apparatus make it possible to apply various data formats defined by existing standard specifications to other standard specifications and interaction devices. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044139 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein are a display device and a control method thereof. The method includes recognizing a first motion to start to control the display device of a user; performing an indicator in response to the recognized first motion; recognizing a second motion; and displaying information of at least one of the recognized second motion and the display device's function corresponding to the second motion using the indicator. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044140 | INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND PROGRAM, AND OPTICAL INPUT SYSTEM, PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGES AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An information display system includes a pointing device and a control apparatus for detecting the locus of tip of the pointing device. The pointing device includes a light emitting part for irradiating the radiated light that radiates with the tip of the pointing device as the center on a predetermined plane. A camera captures images of a region including the radiated light on the predetermined plane. A radiated light detector detects the radiated light from the images captured by the camera. An estimation unit estimates the position of the tip of the pointing device from the radiated light detected by the radiated light detector. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044141 | INPUT SYSTEM, INPUT METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A position of a cursor | 2012-02-23 |
20120044142 | DISPLAY HAVING AUTO-OFF FUNCTION BY PERSON INFRARED SENSING - A display having an auto-off function by person infrared sensing includes a display unit, an infrared sensor module, a control unit and a power supply unit. The infrared sensor module senses whether or not a person is within a zone surrounding the display, and generates a sensing trigger signal when sensing no person within the zone. A processor of the control unit stops outputting a control signal when keeping on receiving the sensing trigger signal for a predetermined period of time. The power supply unit supplies power to the control unit or to the display unit and the control unit when receiving the control signal, and enters a DC off mode to stop supplying power when not receiving the control signal. The present invention can automatically turn off the display when sensing no person within the zone for the predetermined period of time so as to achieve power saving. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044143 | OPTICAL IMAGING SECONDARY INPUT MEANS - An optical imaging secondary input means for a computing system. The computing system includes a display screen having a viewing area and a computing device interfaced therewith. At least one primary input means, such as a coordinate input system, keyboard, mouse, etc., is interfaced with the computing device. The optical imaging secondary input means includes a reflective surface external to the viewing area of the display screen, at least one energy emitter for emitting energy toward the reflective surface, and at least one optical sensor for detecting the energy reflected from the reflective surface and outputting signals representing the same to the computing device. The computing device also executes one or more program modules for determining whether an object interacts with the secondary input means based on changes in the energy reflected from the reflective surface, as represented by the signals from the at least one optical sensor. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044144 | COMPUTER MOUSE HAVING SOUND-BOX FUNCTION - A computer mouse includes a connector, a mouse circuit, a sound box, an audio circuit, and a hub. The audio circuit is connected to the sound box. The hub is connected to the connector through a cable, and connected to the mouse circuit and the audio circuit. The audio circuit receives audio signals from the connector through the hub, and outputs the received audio signals through the sound box. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044145 | SCROLL MOUSE WITH A SCREEN SCROLL FUNCTION - A scroll mouse that includes a housing; a mouse body arranged in the housing; pressure-sensing unit configured to sense the direction and magnitude of an external force applied to the mouse body, and generating a pointer movement signal or a screen scroll signal in the direction of the external force applied to the mouse body; and a press button which, when pressed by a user, switches the pressure-sensing means between a mode for generating the pointer movement signal and a mode for generating the screen scroll signal. The scroll mouse can move a pointer to a distance without significantly moving the mouse body, can freely scroll a screen in various directions, and can easily implement various operations such as dragging, line-drawing, etc. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044146 | Optical User Input Devices - Embodiments provisioning various electronic devices with optical user input devices having one or more optical sensors are described. Embodiments broadly contemplate expanding the functionality of current user input devices through use of a variety of optical sensors in a variety of configurations, as described further herein. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044147 | Split Keyboard and Handles for Mobile Devices - Embodiments of the invention include split keyboard and handles adaptable for use with mobile devices. According to one embodiment, a mobile device is provided that includes a body, which houses a display, and a split keyboard configured as a first keypad half and a second keypad half. The first keypad half and the second keypad half are configured to separately extend and retract from the body. In addition, each keypad half may include a retractable handle. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044148 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING WORD SPACING IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - Disclosed is an apparatus and a method capable of performing a word spacing function without a separate key input for the word spacing in a portable terminal. The method includes determining interval duration for which a key is pressed; and displaying data assigned to the pressed key and performing a word spacing function when the key is pressed for a duration equal to or more than a predetermined time interval. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044149 | MISINPUT AVOIDANCE METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - A misinput avoidance method of a mobile terminal may be implemented to prevent a misinput caused by contacting unintended keys around the target key. A misinput avoidance method of a mobile terminal according to the present invention includes detecting inputs of a plurality of keys and discriminating a target key from other keys. The method also includes extracting keys around the target key and registering the keys around the target keys as neighbor keys. The method further includes processing the input of the target key while blocking the inputs of the neighbor keys. The method further includes releasing, when the target key is released, the blocking of the inputs of the neighbor keys. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044150 | Touch Identification for Multi-Touch Technology - A method of operating a touch-sensing surface may include determining a first plurality of contact locations including a first contact location, determining a second plurality of contact locations including a second contact location, performing a first correlation process for correlating the second contact location with the first contact location when the number of contacts is less than or equal to a first threshold number, and performing a second correlation process for correlating the second contact location with the first contact location when the number of contacts is greater than a second threshold number. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044151 | SORTING TOUCH POSITION DATA - A method and apparatus for sorting raw touch position data. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044152 | HANDWRITTEN BOARD WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A handwritten board includes a wireless Universal Serial Bus (USB) unit, a USB hub unit, a USB/Video Graphic Array (VGA) conversion unit, a liquid crystal display (LCD) driver unit, a LCD unit, a touch pad controller unit and a touch pad unit. The USB hub unit is electrically connected to the wireless USB unit, the USB/VGA conversion unit and the touch pad controller unit. The touch pad unit is electrically connected to the touch pad controller unit. The LCD driver unit is electrically connected to the USB/VGA conversion unit and the LCD unit. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044153 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BROWSING CONTENT FILES - An approach is presented for browsing content files. The data manager determines to present a file at a device. Further, the data manager receives an input for selecting one or more of elements of metadata associated with the file based, at least in part, on the presentation of the file. Then, the data manager determines to select one or more other files based, at least in part, on the input. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044154 | SELF-SERVICE TERMINAL - A self-service terminal is described. The terminal includes first and second touch sensitive units. Each of these touch sensitive units includes a display and a touch sensitive panel overlying the display. The second customer display is configured differently to the first customer display. The terminal also includes a processor operable to present (i) a screen comprising a plurality of different selectable options to a customer on the first customer display, and (ii) a screen associated with a selected selectable option on the second customer display, so that the customer can use the second touch sensitive unit to enter transaction details in a more private manner than by using the first touch sensitive unit. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044155 | CONVERTIBLE PC HAVING A WATERPROOFING STRUCTURE - An electronic apparatus includes a lower housing, a folding linkage, an upper housing, and a gasket. The lower housing may contain a keyboard. The folding linkage assembly may be adapted to connect to the lower housing at the second end and to the upper housing at the first end. The upper housing may contain a screen. The upper housing may be operably mounted to and pivotable with respect to the folding linkage. The gasket may be used to effect a seal between the lower housing and the upper housing. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044156 | MULTI-FINGER SLIDING DETECTION USING FINGERPRINTS TO GENERATE DIFFERENT EVENTS - Fingerprint portions of two or more different fingers are detected on a detection surface, such as an optical surface, a touch pad, a touchscreen, or the like, and then a further detection made that the person has moved their finger(s), for example, apart, together or relative to one another. The movement can be detected based on identifying the fingerprint portion sliding across the screen. The combination of fingerprint information associated with a corresponding motion is correlatable to one or more actions or triggering events that are used to control one or more electronic devices. Further aspects are directed toward utilizing one or more of the techniques herein for a security application. For example, two users, each placing one or more fingers on a touch screen or touch pad, with the fingerprints thereafter being recognized, perform a certain movement with this triggering the unlocking, or locking, of an object. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044157 | IMAGE BASED CONTROL METHOD, PROCESSING METHOD, AND SYSTEM - An image based control method and a image based processing method are applicable to a system including a controller and a terminal device. The control method includes the steps of receiving a selected image and displaying the selected image on a touch screen of the controller, in which the selected image is corresponding to a window-of-interest (WOI) of a terminal screen of the terminal device; receiving a user command corresponding to the selected image through the touch screen; and transferring a control command to the terminal device according to the user command for controlling the terminal device. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044158 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR UPDATING TOUCH PANEL - An electronic apparatus with a touch panel including a host controller, an interface unit, and a touch panel control unit is provided. The host controller is used to control an electronic apparatus implemented with the host controller. The touch panel control unit is coupled to the host controller through the interface unit. The host controller transmits an updating information to the touch panel control unit with a format of the interface unit, in which the updating data is used to update the touch panel control unit. The touch panel control unit decodes the updating data to accordingly update. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044159 | TOUCH SCREEN PALM-TYPE DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - A touch screen palm-type data processing device includes a microprocessor; a memory electrically connected to the microprocessor for storing operation programs and function programs, the operation programs, when executed by the microprocessor, displaying a preset keyboard configuration for a user to input data thereon, and the function programs, when executed by the microprocessor, providing a processing functions; a function display unit electrically connected to the microprocessor for displaying a processing function picture after the microprocessor executes the function programs; and a key switch touch control display unit electrically connected to the microprocessor for displaying a preset keyboard configuration after the microprocessor executes the operation programs, thereby eliminating the need to design varied molds for fitting various keyboard configurations and physical keyboards for displaying varied symbols due to different languages and thus reducing the costs for manufacturing and maintaining inventory stock. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044160 | Touch Panel and Peripheral Circuit Thereof - A touch panel and a peripheral circuit thereof are provided. Each bonding pad of the peripheral circuit includes a first conductive layer, a first protective layer, a second conductive layer, and a second protective layer sequentially arranged on a substrate from bottom to top. A covered area of the second conductive layer provided by the second protective layer is increased to cover a portion of the second conductive layer located above a junction area between the first protective layer and a terminal part of the first conductive layer, thereby increasing the reliability of the bonding pads. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044161 | INPUT DEVICE - Implementations of the present invention relate to an input device for a home appliance for operation with a finger, includes a) sensitive keys arranged below a surface in a two-dimensional array, wherein a key voltage based on the nearness of the finger is generatable by each sensitive key dependant on the distance from the key and the size of the finger, c) wherein in a detection unit all key voltages are comparable, d) wherein in the detection unit the position of the finger is detectable, e) wherein an acceleration of the finger movement is detected by comparing detected positions of the finger. Furthermore, implementations the present invention include a method for data input for a home appliance for operation with a finger, especially for an input device according to the invention. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044162 | POSITIONING METHOD AND DRIVING APPARATUS FOR TOUCH PANEL - A positioning method and a driving apparatus for a touch panel having a plurality of sense electrodes in an axis direction are disclosed. The driving apparatus detects the sense electrodes to obtain a plurality of sensed values. The driving apparatus counts the number of multiple candidate electrodes, wherein the candidate electrode is an electrode having a sensed value larger than a first threshold value. The first threshold value is increased and the number of the candidate electrodes is counted again if the number of the candidate electrodes is larger than a second threshold value. At least one electrode is selected as a positioning electrode from the candidate electrodes if the number of the candidate electrode is not larger than the second threshold value. A position of a touch point on the touch panel in the axis direction is calculated based on the position and sensed value of the positioning electrode. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044163 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. The mobile terminal comprises a camera; a display displaying an image obtained by the camera; and a controller superposing one or more information items corresponding to one or more specific locations included in the obtained image on the one or more specific locations and displaying the obtained image with the one or more information items. The one or more information items and position information tagged on the one or more specific locations are acquired from a social network service (SNS) server. The present invention acquires information on which position information is tagged from the SNS server, superposes the information on a obtained image and displays the obtained image with the information superposed thereon to thereby effectively transmit information to a user of the mobile terminal. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044164 | INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING A CONTROL AREA ON A TOUCH SCREEN - An interfacing apparatus and method for setting a control area of a touch screen. The interface apparatus includes a touch screen, an area setting unit to set a selected area of the touch screen as a control area, a function setting unit to set a function to the control area, and a function executing unit to execute the function at the control area. The interface method includes setting the selected area as a control area, setting a function for the control area, and executing the set function if a touch is sensed on the control area. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044165 | Touch screen panel - The present embodiments provide a touch screen panel. The touch screen panel may include: a plurality of first sensing patterns connected to each other in a long side direction of a screen, the plurality of first sensing patterns having at least one indenting unit inwardly indented from respective sides of a polygon; and a plurality of second sensing patterns connected to each other in a short side direction of the screen, the second sensing patterns having at least one protrusion protruding outwardly from respective sides of a polygon. Vertical and horizontal edges of the first sensing patterns and the second sensing patterns are tilted by a predetermined angle. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044166 | Touch detecting function display apparatus, driving circuit, driving method of touch detecting function display apparatus and electronic equipment - A touch detecting function display apparatus includes a plurality of common driving electrodes, a display element performing display, a touch detection element detecting an external approaching object, and a scanning driving unit performing first scanning driving for sequentially applying a display driving signal to the plurality of common driving electrodes in a time division manner and second scanning driving for sequentially applying a touch detection driving signal to the plurality of common driving electrodes in a time division manner, wherein the scanning driving unit performs the second scanning driving at a scanning speed higher than that of the first scanning driving, and applies the display driving signal to an overlapping common driving electrode when the common driving electrode selected as a target of the first scanning driving overlaps with the common driving electrode selected as a target of the second scanning driving. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044167 | Display apparatus with touch detection function, drive circuit, method of driving display apparatus with touch detection function, and electronic devices - A display apparatus with a touch detection function, includes: a plurality of common drive electrodes disposed in parallel so as to extend in one direction; a display element displaying on the basis of a pixel signal and a display drive signal; a touch detection element detecting an external approaching object on the basis of a touch-detection drive signal; and a scan drive section performing first scan driving to apply the display drive signal to the plurality of common drive electrodes sequentially by time division and second scan driving having a scan speed different from a scan speed of the first scan driving to apply the touch-detection drive signal to the plurality of common drive electrodes sequentially by time division, wherein the scan drive section drives the common drive electrodes for each plurality of the electrodes in the first and the second scan driving. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044168 | TOUCH-CONTROLLED SYSTEM AND METHOD - A touch-controlled system and a touch-controlled method are provided. The touch-controlled system includes a screen, a host, and an electronic pen. The screen is used to display an image with hidden coding. The host is used to drive the screen for displaying. When the electronic touches the screen, the electronic pen captures a part of the image of the screen and sends captured image to the host. At least one hidden information in the captured image. The host analyses and decodes the hidden information, to get a cursor position where the electronic pen touches, and the cursor position is displayed on the screen. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044169 | Operation display device and operation display method - An operation display device includes: a display unit that displays an image; a touch panel that is mounted on the display unit; a detecting unit that detects a pressed position on the touch panel and detects a pressing force against the touch panel; and an execution control unit. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044170 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection section configured to detect contact/proximity of an operating object with/to a display surface of a display section on which objects classified into groups in accordance with a relationship between the objects are displayed, a proximity determination section configured to determine a degree of proximity of the operating object to the display surface based on a detection result obtained by the detection section, and an operation-lock determination section configured, when the proximity determination section determines that the operating object touches the display surface, to disable an operation input to an object belonging to a group different from a group which an object that the operating object touches belongs to, until the operating object is positioned outside a proximity detection region, the proximity detection region being a region from the display surface to positions which are a predetermined distance away therefrom. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044171 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel integrated liquid crystal display device in which a mutual capacitive touch screen panel is integrated with a liquid crystal display panel is provided. The device includes a first substrate, a plurality of pixels on the first substrate and including respective pixel electrodes, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a common electrode on a first surface of the second substrate facing the pixel electrodes, a plurality of sensor electrodes on a second surface of the second substrate and including a plurality of transparent pairs extending in a first direction and having a plurality of protrusions extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a liquid crystal layer between the substrates, wherein the device senses a touch position by detecting a change of capacitance applied to the sensor electrodes corresponding to an alternating current common voltage applied to the common electrode. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044172 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a detection unit for detecting pressure applied by user input performed on a touch screen; a determination unit for determining which of two or more input states the user input belongs to, in accordance with the pressure detected by the detection unit; and an operation control unit for enabling or disabling a limitation imposed on operation with a user interface displayed on the touch screen, in accordance with the state of the user input determined by the determination unit. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044173 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An apparatus, method and computer program product cooperate to prepare frame information that causes a frame to be displayed on a display unit at an operation target position that is an offset of a predetermined distance on said display from an operation detection position. The frame information is then sent to the display unit for displaying the frame. A recognition unit detects the operation detection position in response to a contact made with the display. The display may be a touch panel or a proximity detection display, and the frame has a shape with an interior portion, a border portion and an exterior portion. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044174 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TOUCH INPUT IN PORTABLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for providing a touch input in a portable terminal are provided. In particular, an apparatus and method capable of determining through tactile sense a plurality of input buttons included in a virtual input window, which is displayed on a touch screen of the portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a pattern apply unit for applying a pattern used to determine an activation of an input button, the pattern being provided on a layer having a plurality of tactile materials during a touch input mode. When a power is supplied, an arrangement position of the tactile materials is changed according to the applied pattern, and a controller for controlling the pattern apply unit to determine the input button, position, or location of the input button through tactile sense. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044175 | LETTER INPUT METHOD AND MOBILE DEVICE ADAPTED THERETO - A letter input method and a mobile device allow users to input letters via a virtual keypad on a touch screen. A letter input field and a virtual keypad with a number of keys are displayed. A touched key and a movement direction of a touch location movement gesture are detected. A letter to be input is chosen according to the touched key and the movement direction. And the chosen letter is displayed on the letter input field. The letter input method can allow users to rapidly and easily type letters to the touch screen of a mobile device. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044176 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In one embodiment, a display device having a touch function includes an insulating substrate and a plurality of pixels formed on the insulating substrate and arranged in a matrix of rows and columns. The pixels form a plurality of pixel blocks formed of a plurality of rows and columns of the pixels. A sensor circuit is arranged in a space between adjacent pixels on the insulating substrate and includes a coupling electrode, a detection electrode arranged adjacent to the coupling electrode for forming a coupling capacitance therebetween, and a reading-out circuit to read out a potential of the detection electrode. At least one sensor circuit is arranged in each pixel block. The contact or non-contact by a fingertip or a nib is detected by a potential difference of the detection electrode. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044177 | POSITION CALCULATION SYSTEM, POSITION CALCULATION DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING POSITION CALCULATION PROGRAM, AND POSITION CALCULATION METHOD - An example position calculation system calculates a position in a three-dimensional virtual space based on an operation on a controller device. In the position calculation system, the position in the virtual space is calculated based on an attitude of the controller device and an input position on a predetermined input surface of the controller device. More specifically, the position calculation system may calculate, as the position in the virtual space, a position on a surface which is determined in accordance with the attitude of the controller device in the virtual space, based on the input position. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044178 | Liquid Crystal Display Device with Built-In Touch Screen - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device with built-in touch screen, which facilitates to enhance electrostatic discharge (ESD) and touch-sensing efficiency, the LCD device with built-in touch screen comprising a lower substrate which has a pixel array including lines for defining a plurality of pixels, and electrodes for detecting a user's touch; a ground pad which is formed in the periphery of an active area on the lower substrate; an upper substrate which is bonded to the lower substrate with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; a polarizing film which is provided on the upper substrate, the polarizing film for polarizing light emitted; a conductive adhesive layer which is formed of a conductive adhesive material on the upper substrate, the conductive adhesive layer for adhering the polarizing film to the upper substrate; a contact electrode which is provided on the upper substrate, and is electrically connected with the conductive adhesive layer; and a conductive layer which is electrically connected with the contact electrode and the ground pad. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044179 | TOUCH-BASED GESTURE DETECTION FOR A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - This disclosure is directed to techniques for improved detection of user input via a touch-sensitive surface of a touch-sensitive device. A touch-sensitive device may detect a continuous gesture that comprises a first gesture portion and a second gesture portion. The first gesture portion may indicate functionality to be initiated in response to the continuous gesture. The second gesture portion may indicate content for which the functionality indicated by the first gesture portion is based. Detection that a user has completed a continuous gesture may cause automatic initiation of the functionality indicated by the first gesture portion based on the content indicated by the second gesture portion. In one specific example, the first gesture portion indicates that the user seeks to perform a search, and the second gesture portion indicates content to be searched. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044180 | TOUCH PANEL, DRIVING METHOD FOR THE TOUCH PANEL, PROGRAM FOR GETTING TOUCH INFORMATION, AND MEMORY MEDIA - The purpose of the invention is to provide a touch panel, a driving method for the touch panel, a program for getting touch information, and a memory media, capable of reducing the influence caused by the operation of a display device to the touch panel. The touch panel having a display driven by alternative voltage and a touch sensor reading the touch information from the input interface periodically, includes a touch information detection part synchronizing the beginning timing of a reading operation of the touch sensor with a frame of the display and detecting the touch data in each frame, and a touch information calculation part calculating an average with respect to an even number of successive frames to get a calculated touch data corresponding to a predetermined frame. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044181 | ON-CELL TSP ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE STRUCTURE - An on-cell Touch Screen Panel (TSP) Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) structure is provided. The on-cell TSP AMOLED structure includes an AMOLED, a display driver for driving the AMOLED, a display driver reinforcing material positioned at an upper part of the display driver, and a window positioned at an upper part of the display driver reinforcing material, wherein a resin or Optical Clear Adhesive (OCA) is applied between an upper surface of the display driver reinforcing material and a lower surface of the window. Therefore, separation and twist of a display driver reinforcing material can be prevented. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044182 | Touch Panel and Flat Panel Display Device Having the Same - A touch panel may have lower electrodes formed thereon each with a preset inclination, which allows fabrication of a touch panel with high transmittance, and implementation of a high-quality screen upon driving a flat panel display device having the touch panel. The touch panel includes an insulating substrate, a plurality of lower electrodes formed on the substrate, each of the lower electrodes having a preset inclination, an insulating layer formed on the lower electrodes and having a plurality of contact holes for partially exposing the plurality of lower electrodes, a plurality of upper electrodes formed on the insulating layer and electrically connected to the plurality of lower electrodes via the plurality of contact holes, and a passivation layer formed on the upper electrodes. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044183 | MULTIMODAL AGGREGATING UNIT - In a voice processing system, a multimodal request is received from a plurality of modality input devices, and the requested application is run to provide a user with the feedback of the multimodal request. In the voice processing system, a multimodal aggregating unit is provided which receives a multimodal input from a plurality of modality input devices, and provides an aggregated result to an application control based on the interpretation of the interaction ergonomics of the multimodal input within the temporal constraints of the multimodal input. Thus, the multimodal input from the user is recognized within a temporal window. Interpretation of the interaction ergonomics of the multimodal input include interpretation of interaction biometrics and interaction mechani-metrics, wherein the interaction input of at least one modality may be used to bring meaning to at least one other input of another modality. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044184 | HANDHELD DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING PROCESSOR FOR RENDERING DISPLAY OUTPUT TO PROVIDE REAL-TIME VIRTUAL TRANSPARENCY - A handheld display device for interacting with printed content. The device includes: an optical sensor for imaging an area of a printed substrate containing the printed content and generating image data; an opaque touch-sensitive display screen for displaying display output to a user; a processor configured for: monitoring the identity of the substrate and the position of the device relative to the substrate using the image data; retrieving display data; rendering the display output to the display screen; and interpreting user input captured via the display screen. The opaque touch-sensitive display screen has real-time virtual transparency through the screen to the printed content from a user's perspective to provide a virtual window to the printed content. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044185 | HANDHELD DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING PROCESSOR FOR RENDERING DISPLAY OUTPUT WITH REAL-TIME VIRTUAL TRANSPARENCY AND VIDEO PLAYBACK OPTION - A handheld display device for interacting with printed content and playing associated video. The device includes: an optical sensor for imaging an area of a printed substrate containing the printed content and generating image data; an opaque touch-sensitive display screen for displaying display output to a user; a processor configured for: monitoring the identity of the substrate and the position of the device relative to the substrate using the image data; retrieving display data; rendering the display output to the display screen; interpreting user interaction with a video playback icon via the touch-sensitive display screen; retrieving video data; and initiating video playback. The opaque touch-sensitive display screen has real-time virtual transparency through the screen to the printed content from a user's perspective to provide a virtual window to the printed content. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044186 | HANDHELD DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING PROCESSOR FOR RENDERING DISPLAY OUTPUT WITH REAL-TIME VIRTUAL TRANSPARENCY AND FORM-FILLING OPTION - A handheld display device for interacting with printed content and filling in a form. The device includes: an optical sensor for imaging an area of a printed substrate containing the printed content and generating image data; an opaque touch-sensitive display screen for displaying display output to a user; a processor configured for: monitoring the identity of the substrate and the position of the device relative to the substrate using the image data; retrieving display data; rendering the display output to the display screen; and interpreting user input to a displayed form via the touch-sensitive display screen. The opaque touch-sensitive display screen has real-time virtual transparency through the screen to the printed content from a user's perspective to provide a virtual window to the printed content. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044187 | Capacitive Touch Screen - One embodiment in accordance with the invention can include a capacitive touch screen. The capacitive touch screen includes a substantially transparent substrate and a plurality of electrodes formed on the substantially transparent substrate. The plurality of electrodes are substantially parallel in a first direction and each of the plurality of electrodes includes a layer of light altering material. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044188 | Method and Apparatus for Identification of Touch Panels - A method for configuring a touchscreen controller may include identifying a model of a touchscreen by measuring a capacitance or resistance of at least one element integrated in the touchscreen, identifying the model of the touchscreen based on the measured capacitance or resistance, and configuring the touchscreen controller based on the identified model of the touchscreen. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044189 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PAD - A capacitive touch panel has precise etching lines formed on a transparent conductive film so as to form with a desired pattern. As a result, the hollowed portion on the conductive film will be reduced greatly and thus the flatness of the capacitance sensing structure will be improved and the transmittances in different areas will tend to be uniform. Thus the image distortion in the screen below the touch panel will be improved. Besides, the etching lines will divide the waste etching areas on the conductive lines into a plurality of small units which can reduce the capacitances of the noises. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044190 | ELECTRONIC INK TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY - An electronic ink display incorporating a touch sensitive screen which does not significantly increase the thickness of the electronic ink display as compared to conventional touch screen displays. The touch screen has a first and second electrode layers each having electrodes arranged to form nodes where the electrodes overlap. The electronic ink display contains microcapsules having different positively and negatively charged inks of different colors which are attracted the oppositely charged electrode to form an image. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044191 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a touch screen panel includes a first process, a second process, and a third process. Each of a plurality of first electrode serials includes a plurality of first electrode patterns which are separated from each other, neighboring first electrode patterns are electrically connected to each other via a first connection pattern, and a first insulation pattern electrically insulates the first electrode serial from the second electrode serial at an intersection of the first electrode serial and the second electrode serial. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044192 | TOUCH CONTROL SYSTEM WITH MULTI-TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTIONS - The touch control system with multi-touch detection functions includes a touch panel, a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and a processor. The first transceiver scans N first sensing lines along a first axis of a touch panel, and detects at least one first sensing line touched by at least one object according to the scanning result. The first transceiver inputs at least one high frequency signal to the at least one first sensing line touched by the at least one object, and the second transceiver inputs M low frequency signals to M second sensing lines along a second axis of the touch panel. The processor receives and detects M feedback signals of the M second sensing lines along the second axis, and determines a position of at least one touch point according to the M feedback signals. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044193 | TRACE PATTERN FOR TOUCH-SENSING APPLICATION - One embodiment of a capacitive sensor array comprises a plurality of row sensor elements including a first row sensor element, a plurality of column sensor elements including a first column sensor element, and a plurality of unit cells, wherein a first unit cell contains an intersection between the first row sensor element and the first column sensor element, and wherein a ratio between 1) a boundary length between the first row sensor element and the first column sensor element within the first unit cell and 2) a perimeter of the first unit cell is greater than √{square root over (2)}/2. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044194 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING AVERAGE SCAN RATE TO DETECT A CONDUCTIVE OBJECT ON A SENSING DEVICE - A switch circuit and method is described. In one embodiment, the switch circuit is configured to couple each of a plurality of plurality of capacitive sense elements and a plurality of capacitance sensors in different modes. In a first mode, the switch circuit is configured to couple each of the plurality of capacitance sensors to a group of two or more of the plurality of capacitive sense elements. In a second mode, the switch circuit is configured to couple the plurality of capacitance sensors to individual ones of the two or more of the plurality of capacitive sense elements in one of the groups. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044195 | Display device with touch detection function, drive circuit, driving method of display device with touch detection function, and electronic unit - A display device with a touch detection function includes a plurality of common drive electrodes arranged side by side to extend in one direction, a display element performing display, based on a pixel signal and a display drive signal, a touch detection element of electrostatic capacitance type detecting an external proximity object based on a touch detection drive signal with an amplitude larger than that of the display drive signal, and a scan drive section performing first scan drive and second scan drive, the first scan drive allowing the plurality of common drive electrodes to be sequentially supplied with the display drive signal in a time-divisional manner, and the second scan drive allowing the plurality of common drive electrodes to be sequentially supplied with the touch detection drive signal in a time-divisional manner. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044196 | Position detection apparatus, display apparatus and electronic apparatus - Disclosed herein is a position detection apparatus including: a sensor section having a plurality of detection electrodes laid out on a detection surface; a select section configured to select one or more detection electrodes from the detection electrodes; an oscillation section having an oscillation frequency determined by a capacitance generated in the one or more detection electrodes selected by the select section; a conversion section configured to output an output signal representing the frequency of an oscillation signal generated by the oscillation section; and a control section configured to change the frequency of the oscillation signal generated by the oscillation section in accordance with the output signal output by the conversion section. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044197 | Capacitive Sensor Arrangement - An example capacitive sensor arrangement includes an integrated member residing within an interior region of a capacitive sensor element. The capacitive sensor element has a first resistance to a flow of current and the integrated member has a second resistance to the flow of current that is less than the first resistance. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044198 | SELF SHIELDING CAPACITANCE SENSING PANEL - A self-shielding capacitive sensor array may include a first plurality of sensor elements and a second plurality of sensor elements, where each of the second plurality of sensor elements intersects each of the first plurality of sensor elements, such that each of the first plurality of sensor elements may be capacitively coupled with each of the second plurality of sensor elements. The first plurality of sensor elements may be configured to shield each of the second plurality of sensor elements from a noise source. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044199 | Capacitance Scanning Proximity Detection - A method and apparatus for scanning a first set of electrodes of a capacitive sense array using a first sensing mode to identify a presence of an object in proximity to the capacitive sense array, where scanning using the first sensing mode identifies objects not in physical contact with the capacitive sense array. The first set of electrodes is scanned using a second sensing mode to determine a location of the object in relation to the capacitive sense array, where rescanning using the second sensing mode determines locations of objects in physical contact with the capacitive sense array. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044200 | POINTER DETECTION APPARATUS, POSITION DETECTION SENSOR, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR POSITION DETECTION SENSOR - A pointer detection apparatus and a position detection sensor are provided, with which a signal transmission characteristic of a conductor for detecting a position at a periphery of a transparent region (valid area) is improved. Also, a simplified method of manufacturing the position detection sensor is provided. The position detection sensor includes a first glass substrate, a transmission conductor group formed of a plurality of transparent conductors disposed on one face of the first glass substrate, a reception conductor group formed of a plurality of transparent conductors disposed in a direction crossing the transmission conductor group, and a signal detection circuit for detecting a signal generated in the reception conductor group based on the existence of a pointer near the position detection sensor. The position detection sensor further includes a metal wiring line pattern disposed in parallel with the transmission conductor group in a non-transparent region (outside the valid area) so as to reduce resistance of that portion of the transmission conductor group to thereby improve its signal transmission characteristic. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044201 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A CONDUCTIVE OBJECT AT A LOCATION - A method and apparatus to detect a conductive object at a location determines a capacitance variation of a first sensor element and a capacitance variation of a second sensor element. The method and apparatus detects a touch at a first location if the capacitance variation of the first sensor element is greater than a reference value and the capacitance variation of the second sensor element is not greater than the reference value. The method and apparatus detects the touch at a second location if the capacitance variation of the first sensor element is not greater than the reference value and the capacitance variation of the second sensor element is greater than the reference value. The method and apparatus detects the touch at a third location if the capacitance variation of the first sensor element and the capacitance variation of the second sensor element are both greater than the reference value. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044202 | DISPLAY UNIT WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display unit with a touch detection function includes: a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged side by side to extend in a direction, each of the touch detection electrodes being formed in a predetermined electrode pattern including electrode portion and opening portion and outputting a detection signal, based on a variation in capacitance due to an external proximity object; and a plurality of display elements formed in a layer different from a layer of the touch detection electrodes, a predetermined number of the display elements being arranged within a width dimension of a region corresponding to each of the touch detection electrodes. The predetermined electrode pattern corresponds to a layout pattern of the display elements. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044203 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION, TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - A display device with a touch detection function includes a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged in parallel to extend in one direction, formed with a predetermined electrode pattern including an electrode portion and aperture portions, and each outputting a detection signal based on a change of an electrostatic capacitance in response to an external proximity object, a plurality of display elements formed in a layer different from a layer provided with the touch detection electrodes, and arranged by a predetermined number in a width direction in a region corresponding to the touch detection electrode, and a plurality of dummy electrodes arranged in an inter-detection-electrode region of the plurality of touch detection electrodes. The aperture portions are provided to allow an arrangement area ratio of the touch detection electrode to be almost equal to an arrangement area ratio of the dummy electrodes in the inter-detection-electrode region. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044204 | INPUT DETECTION METHOD, INPUT DETECTION DEVICE, INPUT DETECTION PROGRAM AND MEDIA STORING THE SAME - The invention provides an input detection method, wherein when multiple touch points are input a touch sensor | 2012-02-23 |
20120044205 | Surface Capacitive Touch Panel and Electronic Device (As Amended) - The invention provides a surface capacitive touch panel and an electronic device, said surface capacitive touch panel comprising: a resistive film, on which an electrode setting area divided into at least two layers is set; and a plurality of conductive electrodes, set in said electrode setting area; said plurality of conductive electrodes including at least one set of electrodes; wherein, said set of electrodes includes: a first strip electrode; a second strip electrode, in parallel with said first strip electrode, but in a different layer; a third strip electrode, in parallel with said first strip electrode, but in a different layer; said second strip electrode and said third strip electrode being located on the same side of said first strip electrode; a fourth strip electrode, both ends of which are connected with said first strip electrode and said second strip electrode, respectively; and a fifth strip electrode, both ends of which are connected with said first strip electrode and said third strip electrode, respectively. The invention enhances the linear degree of the electrical field applied to the resistive film, thereby enhancing the positioning accuracy. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044206 | Touch Screen Element - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving one or more first output signals from a first area of a touch-sensitive position sensor; receiving one or more second output signals from a second area of the touch-sensitive position sensor; calculating a first touch-position estimate based on the first output signals; calculating a second touch-position estimate based on the second output signals; and determining, based at least in part on the first and second touch-position estimates, an intended-touch location with respect to the touch-sensitive position sensor. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044207 | OPTICAL TOUCH MODULE AND OPTICAL TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - An optical touch module and an optical touch display panel are provided. The optical touch module includes a first photo sensor, a second photo sensor, and a signal processing unit. The first photo sensor is disposed in one of the plurality of pixels of a pixel array. A first terminal and a control terminal of the first photo sensor are coupled to a first scan line. The second photo sensor has a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the first photo sensor and outputting a sensing voltage, a control terminal coupled to the first terminal of the second photo sensor, and a second terminal receiving a first voltage. The signal processing unit is coupled to the first terminal of the second photo sensor, so as to convert the sensing voltage to a touch signal. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044208 | Electronic Switch Apparatus for Vehicle - An electronic switch apparatus for a vehicle, may include a projector module implementing a plurality of switch images, a sensor module detecting locations of respective switch image by recognizing the switch images implemented by the projector module as two-dimensional images, an infrared module emitting infrared rays to areas of the switch images displayed by the projector module, and a control module for, when a specific area of the switch images may be touched, detecting coordinates of the specific area by measuring light reflected from emitted infrared rays of the infrared module, and executing an operation of a switch corresponding to the coordinates. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044209 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel includes: a touch input region; infrared ray emitters at first and second sides of the touch input region for emitting infrared rays toward infrared ray sensors disposed at third and fourth sides, respectively, of the touch input region, each of the infrared ray emitters including: a light guide plate having a light emitting surface on a side of the light guide plate facing the touch input region, V-shaped oblique grooves at an angle on another side of the light guide plate facing the light emitting surface, and a light incident surface; an infrared ray light source facing the light incident surface of the light guide plate; and a reverse prism seat between the touch input region and the light guide plate and having a light incident surface at a side facing the light guide plate and polygonal reverse prism threads on the light incident surface. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044210 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SLIDING TOUCH CONTROL FUNCTION AND SLIDING TOUCH CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device with sliding touch control includes a main body, a main processing unit, and a touch sensing apparatus. The touch sensing apparatus includes a transparent panel mounted on an outer surface of the main body, a circuit board allocated under the transparent panel, a number of photoelectric sensors mounted on the circuit board, and a microprocessor electrically connected to the number of photoelectric sensors. The number of photoelectric sensors generates current signals changing with intensities of light passing through the transparent panel. The microprocessor determines whether the touch sensing apparatus is touched according to received current signals, and transmits the touch information to the main processing unit when a valid touch operation exists. The main processing unit determines a touch track according to the touch information to execute a control command corresponding to the touch track. A sliding touch control method is also provided. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044211 | OPTICAL TOUCH LOCATING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An optical touch locating system and method thereof is disclosed herein. The method includes the following steps. A step is used for activating the coordinate detecting module. A step is used for calculating the distance between two optical touch apparatuses. A step is used for sequentially locating a plurality of anchor points. When indicating to detect a first anchor point, a step is used to touch one of four corners on a display device by a touch object. A step is used for sequentially detecting and locating the remaining anchor points. At final step, according to the distance between two optical touch apparatuses and the coordinates of the anchor points, the touch working area. is confirmed. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044212 | OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL - Light emitting optical waveguide cores are provided in one of opposite side portions located on opposite sides of a detection area, and light receiving optical waveguide cores are provided in the other side portion. Light beams are emitted from distal ends of the light emitting cores disposed along an inner edge of the one side portion, and received on distal ends of the light receiving cores disposed along an inner edge of the other side portion, whereby an optical lattice is defined on the detection area for detection of a touch position. The detection area includes a higher resolution detection portion defined by arranging distal ends of at least some of the light receiving cores at a pitch that is smaller than the pitch of distal ends of the other light receiving cores. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044213 | Optical Touch Display System - Optical touch display system includes a light source, a reflector, an image sensor, and a processing device. The light source emits light to at least one object directly and emits light to the at least one object via the reflector at the same time. Then the image sensor receives light reflected from the at least one object directly and light reflected via the reflector simultaneously to form a set of imaging objects which have similar color parameters on an image. Then the processing device produces a set of still image parameters of the image objects such as gravity centers and border boundaries. Based on the still image parameters, the processing device determines the coordinates of the least one object on the optical touch display. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044214 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE ACCESSORY AND METHOD OF PROVIDING THE SAME - Some embodiments include an electronic device accessory. Other embodiments of related electronic device accessories and methods of providing the same are disclosed. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044215 | Memory Circuit, Pixel Circuit, and Data Accessing Method Thereof - A pixel circuit includes a pixel unit and a memory circuit. The memory circuit includes a first switch, a switch unit, a second switch, and a plurality of memory units. Each of the memory units includes a third switch and a capacitor, where the capacitors of the memory units have a same capacitance. A data accessing method applied on the pixel circuit includes determining an order of writing a plurality of first voltages, which are loaded from a data line, according to weights of bits within a first bit string, where the bits are respectively corresponding to the first voltages, and includes determining an order and loading durations of loading a plurality of second voltages, which are previously stored in the memory units, according to weights of bits within a second bit string, where the bits are respectively corresponding to the second voltages. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044216 | Display system and display device driver - A display system includes: a display device, a transmitting device which generates compressed data by performing a compression process on image data corresponding to a display image, and a driver which drives the display device in response to the compressed data received from the transmitting device. The driver includes: a decompression circuit which generates decompressed data by decompressing the compressed data, an FRC circuit configured to perform an FEC process on the decompressed data to generate display data and a drive circuit which drives the display device in response to the display data. The following relation holds: | 2012-02-23 |
20120044217 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display section, a control section, and a cooling section including a first ceiling section, a second ceiling section, a first connecting section and an air stream generating section. The first ceiling section is formed such that a distance of the first ceiling section from a non-display surface of the display section is shorter than that of the second ceiling section, and a ventilating area of a first ventilating passage is smaller than that of a second ventilating passage. The air stream generating section is configured such that an air stream is generated from the second ventilating passage toward the first ventilating passage so as to take the air out of the first ventilating passage and the second ventilating passage, and replenish the taken air with the ambient air. The control section is provided on a control section mounting surface of the first ceiling section. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044218 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSOR SYSTEM - A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first high-speed serial interface circuit which has one differential serial data channel and a second high-speed serial interface circuit which has a plurality of differential serial data channels, the first high-speed serial interface circuit performs interface with the outside for control information, and a control circuit performs an internal operation on the basis of the control information. Both of the high-speed serial interface circuits share a RAM for storage of display data information. Whether the data information to be supplied to the RAM is received by using the first high-speed serial interface circuit or the second high-speed serial interface circuit is determined by the control circuit in accordance with the control information that is input to the first high-speed serial interface circuit. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044219 | REDUNDANCY IN COLUMN PARALLEL OR ROW ARCHITECTURES - A column circuitry architecture for an imager includes redundant column or row circuits. The column or row circuitry includes a number of redundant column or row circuits. Each column or row circuit include circuitry for controllably coupling the column or row circuit to one of plural signal lines from an array of pixels. A control mechanism is used to select a configuration of plural column or row circuits in the column or row circuitry. In this manner, some column or row circuits are decoupled from the pixel in favor of other column or row circuits. The decoupled column or row circuits may include defective or noisy circuits. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044220 | METHOD OF FORMING MULTILAYER CONDUCTOR LINE, AND ELECTRONIC PAPER PANEL USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a method of forming a multilayer conductor line and an electronic paper panel using the same. The electronic paper panel includes a substrate: a lower electrode disposed on the upper portion of the substrate and formed with a wiring layer to electrically connect each of the segments so that it drives an electronic paper; an upper electrode disposed on the upper portion of the lower electrode to display information to be represented; an insulating layer disposed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode; a driving chip mounted on the upper surface of the lower electrode, whereby the conductor lines can be designed in the multilayer structure type at the time of forming the conductor lines of the electronic paper panel, such that it is possible to variously design the conductor lines even though the substrate size is small. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044221 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display includes: an organic light emitting display panel including a display unit; pixel power source out lead bonding (OLB) pads located on first through fourth external side edges of the display unit to supply a pixel power to the display unit; pixel power source lines coupled to the pixel power source OLB pads to provide the pixel power to the display unit; pixel power supply flexible printed circuit boards bonded to the pixel power source OLB pads; signal OLB pads located on at least one external side edge among the first through fourth external side edges to supply a plurality of driving signals to the display unit; signal lines coupled to the signal OLB pads to provide the driving signals to the display unit; and tape carrier packages mounted with driving ICs and bonded to the signal OLB pads. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044222 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BACKLIGHT - Provided are a display apparatus and a method for controlling a backlight. A display apparatus including a backlight partitioned into a plurality of sections according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an external brightness measurer measuring and providing front brightness values of the display apparatus corresponding to the sections; an image signal analyzer analyzing an inputted image signal and calculating and providing a brightness influence value of each section by adjacent sections; and a control signal corrector converting a source backlight control signal of each section corresponding to the image signal into an intermediate backlight control signal of each section on the basis of the front brightness values and the brightness influence values of the sections and comparing the intermediate backlight control signal with the previous final backlight control signal to generate the current final backlight control signal. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044223 | INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE - It is an object to increase applications. The present invention shows a driving method of an input-output device which provided with an input-output portion including a pixel portion, and a data processing portion including an image processing circuit, a memory circuit storing a plurality of programs, and a CPU. The pixel portion includes display circuits and photodetector circuits. To the display circuits, a display selection signal is input and a display data signal is input in accordance with the display selection signal. The display circuits become a display state in accordance with a datum of the display data signal which is input. The photodetector circuits generate an optical datum corresponding to an illuminance of incident light. In the method, optical data are stored in the memory circuit, the optical data are read as an image datum from the memory circuit by the image processing circuit sequentially, a label is imprinted on an optical datum with a value larger than a value of a reference datum, optical data on each of which the label of the same group is imprinted is counted, and the process performed by a CPU is changed in accordance with the result of count. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044224 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to a liquid crystal display device | 2012-02-23 |
20120044225 | Flat Display Device and Method of Driving the Same - A flat display device includes a flat panel including a plurality of gate lines; a first gate driving portion connected to odd gate lines among the plurality of gate lines; a second gate driving portion connected to even gate lines among the plurality of gate lines; a driving mode selection portion generating a driving mode signal corresponding to source output inputted thereto; and a timing control portion operating in a moving image mode or a still image mode in response to the driving mode signal, wherein the first and second gate driving portions alternately operate per a frame in the still image mode, or wherein the first and second gate driving portions alternately operate per a field in the moving image mode, in which the field is shorter than the frame. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044226 | IMAGE PROCESSING ARRANGEMENT - An image processing arrangement includes an input to receive an indicator of a power characteristic related to an image processing arrangement and an image processor to process an image based on the indicator of the power characteristic. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044227 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A power supply circuit of a liquid crystal display device includes a first positive polarity charge charging unit including a first capacitor connected to positive and negative power terminals through switches to charge a charge, a second positive polarity charge charging unit including a second capacitor connected to the positive power terminal and a ground terminal through switches to charge a charge, a first positive polarity charge loading unit loading the charge supplied through the positive power terminal to a negative polarity terminal, a second positive polarity charge loading unit loading the charge charged in the first capacitor to a negative polarity terminal, a third positive polarity charge loading unit loading the charge charged in the second capacitor, and a positive polarity charge charging/loading control unit outputting charging control signals with a same phase to the switches, and periodically or irregularly changing durations of the charging and loading control signals. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044228 | DISPLAY MEDIUM, METHOD OF PRODUCING DISPLAY MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display medium includes: a pair of substrates; a spacing member that maintain a gap between the pair of substrates and has a first portion projecting in an intersecting direction, the intersecting direction intersecting a direction in which the pair of substrates face each other; and a holding layer that is provided on at least one of the pair of substrates such that the holding layer fills a space between the at least one of the pair of substrates and an end face of the spacing member, the holding layer covers the first portion from the end face of the spacing member, and the holding layer holds an end part of the spacing member in the direction in which the pair of substrates face each other. | 2012-02-23 |
20120044229 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY - An electrophoretic display includes a display area where images are displayed, and an edge area around the display area and where a single color is displayed. The display area includes a plurality of display pixels which include gate lines on a first substrate, data lines intersecting the gate lines, thin film transistors connected to the gate lines and data lines, display pixel electrodes on the first substrate and connected to the thin film transistors, a common electrode on a second substrate and facing the first substrate, and an electronic ink layer between the display pixel electrodes and the common electrode The edge area includes a plurality of edge pixels which include edge pixel electrodes in a same shape as the display pixel electrodes. | 2012-02-23 |