27th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110163925 | EMBEDDED ANTENNA APPARATUS FOR UTILITY METERING APPLICATIONS - An embedded antenna for facilitating wireless transmission of utility meter data is disclosed, where in one embodiment an RF antenna is a part of the faceplate of the utility meter. In another embodiment the utility meter faceplate is a single-layer or a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) with the RF antenna printed on any desired layer. Such faceplates may be labeled to be viewable from outside of the meter housing and/or have openings to accommodate visual access to an output display of the meter consumption information. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163926 | DEVICE FOR PROPAGATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES THROUGH WATER - The invention concerns a device ( | 2011-07-07 |
20110163927 | AMPLIFIED ANTENNA HAVING SMART ANTENNA INTERFACE - An amplified antenna includes an antenna element configured to receive over-the-air television broadcast signals and an amplification circuit for amplifying those received signals. The amplified signal is transmitted via an RF output terminal through an RF cable to a second device that is compatible with smart antenna technology as prescribed by the EIC-909 standard, Antenna Control Interface. The amplified antenna further includes an EIC-909 type jack, into which one end of a modular connector cable conforming to the EIC-909 standard is connected. The opposite end of the modular connector cable is connected to the EIC-909 interface jack of the second device. The amplified antenna can then draw electrical power from the smart antenna control module of the second device through the modular connector cable to drive the amplification circuit. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163928 | BROADBAND ANTENNA - An antenna comprises a monopole and a dipole. The dipole provides a first antenna element and a second antenna element, which provide a common longitudinal axis with the longitudinal axis of a monopole. The first antenna element of the dipole is connected to the second antenna element of the dipole and to the monopole. The monopole bears the dipole. The antenna further contains a decoupling element, which is disposed between the monopole and the dipole. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163929 | SHEET-LIKE DIPOLE ANTENNA - A sheet-like dipole antenna includes a substrate ( | 2011-07-07 |
20110163930 | Steerable Electronic Microwave Antenna - A steerable microwave antenna includes a resonant cavity comprising a partially reflecting surface (PRS) formed of an array of transmitting-receiving cells (CF | 2011-07-07 |
20110163931 | SLOT-FED YAGI AERIAL - A slot-fed Yagi aerial includes: a cable, a reflector, an active dipole and directors, wherein, the reflector, the active dipole, etc. are provided on a support tube; the feeding section of the Yagi aerial is of a shielded slot structure in which the distance between the ends of the slot is approximately one half of the wavelength of the electromagnetic signal desired to be received; the two pieces of thin metal rods composing the half wavelength dipole are located at two external sides of the slot; the outer conductor of the cable is connected to one side of the slot, and the inner conductor of the cable is connected to the other side of the slot or the inner conductor of the cable isolated by a dielectric layer is wound around at the other side of the slot, so as to realize a direct connection feed or a coupling feed. The slot-fed Yagi aerial employs a half wavelength dipole composed of two pieces of thin metal rods, and its feeding section is of a shielded slot structure, and its feeding is realized by the slot. After simulation test and examination, the Yagi aerial according to the present invention can provide a better gain and front-to-rear ratio over a folded dipole in the case that they have same size, so that the production cost is saved and the occupation space of the aerial is reduced while the gain and the front-to-rear ratio is maintained. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163932 | Monolithically-Integrated Matched Antennas - This disclosure relates to monolithic focal plane arrays including an antenna coupled to a backwards diode to make large scale arrays. The antennas may be, for example, a bow-tie antenna, a planar log-periodic antenna, a double-slot with microstrip feed antenna, a spiral antenna, a helical antenna, a ring antenna, a dielectric rod antenna, or a double slot antenna with co-planar waveguide feed antenna. There is no restriction on the type of antenna coupled with the backwards diodes to make monolithic large scale arrays. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163933 | BOTTOM FEED CAVITY APERTURE ANTENNA - A bottom feed cavity aperture antenna is provided. The bottom feed cavity aperture antenna includes a patch and a ground structure. The patch feeds a signal to the bottom feed cavity aperture antenna. The ground structure includes a continuous wall, and a top end and a bottom end, wherein the continuous wall surrounds the patch, a thickness of the ground structure is formed between the top end and the bottom end, a patch height is formed between the patch and the bottom end, and a ratio of the patch height to the thickness is substantially lower than ½, and a magnetic field is formed at the top end, and magnetic resonance directions of the magnetic field are parallel to a first axis. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163934 | ANTENNA STRUCTURE - An antenna structure includes a radiation element, a grounding element, a short element, and a feeding element. The radiation element includes a first radiator and a second radiator, wherein the second radiator is extended from the first radiator and coupled to the first radiator. The short element includes a first end as well as a second end, wherein the first end of the short element is coupled to a joint in between the first radiator and the second radiator, and the second end of the short element is coupled to the grounding element. The feeding element includes a first end and a second end, and the first end of the feeding element is electrically connected with the radiation element. The short element is located on a first plane, and the feeding element is located on a second plane being different from the first plane. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163935 | Dynamic Impedance Matching Network and Method for Matching an Impedance Between a Source and a Load - An impedance matching network includes an impedance matching circuit for dynamically matching an impedance between a source and a load. Matching is done by varying the real part and the imaginary part of the impedance of the impedance matching circuit independently. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163936 | Smart Antenna Systems Suitable for Reception of Digital Television Signals - A reconfigurable antenna is disclosed that includes a ground plane, an electrically-conductive microstrip patch element, and a plurality of switches. The patch element is spaced-apart from the ground plane with a dielectric medium between the patch element and the ground plane. The switches are coupled between the ground plane and the patch element. The switches are openable and closable, for example, in response to a control signal from an external television device to configure the state of the reconfigurable antenna. Additional reconfigurable antenna elements are disclosed. Antenna arrays including reconfigurable antenna elements, switchable fixed elements, or a combination thereof are also disclosed. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163937 | MULTIBAND ANTENNA USING ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING - A multi-band antenna using electromagnetic coupling includes a first carrier; a first antenna pattern, which is formed on the first carrier and which includes a power feed part and a radiator part; a second carrier; and a second antenna pattern formed on the second carrier. The first and second carriers are arranged such that the first and second antenna patterns are separated by a particular distance, and the second antenna pattern is not connected to a ground or a power feed line but is formed independently on the second carrier to be fed by electromagnetic coupling with the power feed part of the first antenna pattern. Thus, the multi-band antenna can employ a single power feed setup. Also, the impact on the human body of the frequency signals generated by a terminal can be reduced, and property changes caused by the hand effect and the head effect can be minimized. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163938 | CIRCUIT ELEMENT - A circuit element | 2011-07-07 |
20110163939 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING CONTENT BETWEEN USER EQUIPMENT AND A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A wireless communications device provides users with opportunities to access interactive media guidance or other applications and to control user equipment and interactive media guidance applications. In an exemplary embodiment, if the wireless communications device goes outside of a predetermined range from the user equipment, content that was playing on user equipment may automatically be streamed to the wireless communications device. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163940 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF - An optical assembly is provided that may include a light emitting module that includes a plurality of light emitting devices to emit light, a light guide plate, and a side cover. The light guide plate may include at least one protrusion on a top surface of a first part of the light guide plate. The side cover includes a plurality of holes to receive the at least one protrusion. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163941 | LED PANEL - An LED panel system comprises a plurality of LEDs arranged into an LED array with rows and columns, each LED having an anode and a cathode, wherein the LEDs are of the same color or of different colors. The LED panel system has a plurality of common cathode nodes, each common cathode node connecting cathodes of the LEDs in a same row; a plurality of common anode nodes, each common anode node connecting anodes of the LEDs of a same color in a same column; and a plurality of power sources, each power source supplying electric power to at least one common anode node. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163942 | PIXEL INTERLEAVING CONFIGURATIONS FOR USE IN HIGH DEFINITION ELECTRONIC SIGN DISPLAYS - Pixel interleaving configurations for use in high definition electronic sign displays where each and every scan line includes full red, green, and blue color representation to provide for high resolution electronic video sign displays. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163943 | Image display device and electronic appliance - An image display device includes: a pixel array part formed of first to fourth scanning lines arranged in rows, signal lines arranged in columns, pixel circuits in a matrix connected to the scanning lines and signal lines, and a plurality of power source lines which supplies first to third potentials necessary for the operations of pixel circuit; a signal part which supplies a video signal to the signal lines; and a scanner part which supplies a control signal to the first to fourth scanning lines, and in turn scans the pixel circuit for every row, wherein the pixel circuits include a sampling transistor, a drive transistor, first to third switching transistors, a pixel capacitance, and a light emitting device, and a channel length of the drive transistor is made longer than a channel length of the switching transistors to suppress fluctuations in threshold voltage. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163944 | INTUITIVE, GESTURE-BASED COMMUNICATIONS WITH PHYSICS METAPHORS - A user can make an intuitive, physical gesture with a first device, which can be detected by one or more onboard motion sensors. The detected motion triggers an animation having a “physics metaphor,” where the object appears to react to forces in a real world, physical environment. The first device detects the presence of a second device and a communication link is established allowing a transfer of data represented by the object to the second device. During the transfer, the first device can animate the object to simulate the object leaving the first device and the second device can animate the object to simulate the object entering the second device. In some implementations, in response to an intuitive, gesture made on a touch sensitive surface of a first device or by physically moving the device, an object can be transferred or broadcast to other devices or a network resource based on a direction, velocity or speed of the gesture. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163945 | PORTABLE DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING INSTRUCTION EXECUTION BY MEANS OF ACTUATORS PLACED ON A REAR SURFACE - The invention relates to a device (D) for controlling the execution of instructions, that comprises: i) a receptacle (RP) that can be held by a user in at least one hand and has a rear surface (FAR) provided with rear actuators (AC); ii) a storing means (MS) capable of storing, for at least one application, a table of correspondence between at least one operation mode and a set of selected instructions associated with icons of relative positions defined according to a selected arrangement; and ii) control means (MC) for, in case an application operation mode is selected, determining the table corresponding thereto and associating the instructions contained in said table to actuation types of the rear actuators (AC) selected on the basis of the relative positions of icons respectively associated with these instructions, at least some of said icons being displayed on at least one screen (EC | 2011-07-07 |
20110163946 | SIMULATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOUCH SENSATION USING HAPTICS - An apparatus includes a processing system, a display, and a plurality of haptic actuators. The display and the haptic actuators are coupled to the processing system. The processing system is configured to control the haptic actuators to simulate movement in a particular direction corresponding to movement in the particular direction in a visual depiction in the display. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163947 | Rolling Gesture Detection Using a Multi-Dimensional Pointing Device - A system and a method for performing a rolling gesture using a multi-dimensional pointing device. An initiation of a gesture by a user of the multi-dimensional pointing device is detected. A rolling gesture metric corresponding to performance of a rolling gesture comprising rotation of the multi-dimensional pointing device about a longitudinal axis of the multi-dimensional pointing device is determined. Information corresponding the rolling gesture metric is conveyed to a client computer system, wherein the client computer system is configured to manipulate an object in a user interface of the client computer system in accordance with the rolling gesture metric. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163948 | METHOD SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE FOR PROVIDING IMAGE SENSOR BASED HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACING - Disclosed is a method system and associated modules and software components for providing image sensor based human machine interfacing (“IBHMI”). According to some embodiments of the present invention, output of an IBHMI may be converted into an output string or into a digital output command based on a first mapping table. An IBHMI mapping module may receive one or more outputs from an IBHMI and may reference a first mapping table when generating a string or command for a first application running the same or another functionally associated computing platform. The mapping module may emulate a keyboard, a mouse, a joystick, a touchpad or any other interface device compatible, suitable or congruous with the computing platform on which the first application is running. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163949 | CONTROL SYSTEM USING PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS - A control system using a portable electronic device for performing operations comprises a portable electronic device and one of a plurality of monitors. During performing operations, the portable electronic device simulates a mouse to send control signals for controlling applications executed by the portable electronic device or remotely control applications executed in an operation processing device. Via sending signal with a wired cable or wireless connection, the images and sounds generated by the portable electronic device or the operation processing device are transmitted to and displayed with one or the plurality monitor. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163950 | 3D POINTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING MOVEMENT THEREOF - A three-dimensional (3D) pointing device capable of accurately outputting a deviation including yaw, pitch and roll angles in a 3D reference frame and preferably in an absolute manner is provided. Said 3D pointing device comprises a six-axis motion sensor module including a rotation sensor and an accelerometer, and a processing and transmitting module. The six-axis motion sensor module generates a first signal set comprising angular velocities and a second signal set comprising axial accelerations associated with said movements and rotations of the 3D pointing device in the 3D reference frame. The processing and transmitting module utilizes a comparison method to compare the first signal set with the second signal set to obtain an updated state of the six-axis motion sensor module based on a current state and a measured state thereof in order to output the resulting deviation in the 3D reference frame and preferably in an absolute manner. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163951 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH ON-SCREEN OPTICAL NAVIGATION - A mobile computing device, including a main body, a processor and associated memory housed within the main body, a display screen housed within the main body and responsive to signals from the processor, an optical sensor fixed to the main body for capturing successive images and providing image signals representative of the captured images to the processor, and a navigation module associated with the processor for determining, based on the image signals, a relative movement between the main body and a reference surface and moving a pointer on the display screen based on the determined relative movement. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163952 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND MEDIUM FOR IMPLEMENTING POINTING USER INTERFACE USING SIGNALS OF LIGHT EMITTERS - An apparatus, method, and medium for implementing a pointing user interface using light emitters are disclosed. The pointing device includes a light-noise removing unit which receives signals emitted from a plurality of light emitters included in a display device in predetermined manners, a light emitter position detecting unit which calculates position information of the received signals, a pointed-to position calculating unit which calculates pointed-to position information using the calculated position information, and a data transmitting unit which transmits the pointed-to position information to the display device. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163953 | Lapdesk with Retractable Touchpad - A lapdesk for use with a laptop computer includes a housing having a top configured to support the laptop computer. The housing is configured to block heat emitted from the laptop computer from passing through the housing. The lapdesk further includes a tray having a touchpad disposed thereon. The tray is configured to slide into the housing and slide out from the housing. The lapdesk further includes a circuit coupled to the touchpad where the circuit is configured to transmit control signals from the touchpad to the laptop computer. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163954 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display device and a control method thereof are provided. The display device includes a camera obtaining an image and a controller obtaining the direction of a user included in the obtained image and correcting the image such that the direction of the user is synchronized with the photographing direction of the camera. Even when the direction of the user does not correspond to the photographing direction of the camera, an image of the user can be corrected to correctly recognize a user's gesture. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163955 | MOTION SENSING AND PROCESSING ON MOBILE DEVICES - Handheld electronic devices including motion sensing and processing. In one aspect, a handheld electronic device includes a set of motion sensors provided on a single sensor wafer, including at least one gyroscope sensing rotational rate of the device around at least three axes and at least one accelerometer sensing gravity and linear acceleration of the device along the at least three axes. Memory stores sensor data derived from the at least one gyroscope and accelerometer, where the sensor data describes movement of the device including a rotation of the device around at least one of the three axes of the device, the rotation causing interaction with the device. The memory is provided on an electronics wafer positioned vertically with respect to the sensor wafer and substantially parallel to the sensor wafer. The electronics wafer is vertically bonded to and electrically connected to the sensor wafer. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163956 | Bimanual Gesture Based Input and Device Control System - A user conveys information to a receiving device with a data input tool which uses combinatorial gesture patterns from the cursor or track point of two single point devices. The input method is independent from hardware and language limitations, improves the user's ability to focus on the data stream being entered and reduces the footprint of the data input tool. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163957 | JOYSTICK WITH COMPENSATION SPRINGS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD OF MANUFACTURE AND CONTROLLER - A joystick biased to return its stick to a neutral position and with compensation of the force applied by the biasing. The joystick has a stick that is moveable in relation to a base at least in rotation around two axes and biasing element mounted between said base and a movable element acting on said stick, tending to return said stick to a neutral position. The joystick further comprises compensator, mounted between the base and the movable element, and applying on the latter a force to compensate at least partially the force applied by the biasing, at least when said stick is located in the vicinity of said neutral position. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163958 | MULTIPURPOSE WIRELESS TOUCHPAD MOUSE - A multipurpose wireless touchpad mouse includes a mouse body, a first button set and a second button set respectively mounted in the top and bottom sides of the mouse body, and a control module mounted in an accommodation chamber inside the mouse body and electrically connected with the first button set and the second button set for sensing the upside-up position or upside-down position of the mouse body by means of a direction sensor and for enabling a changeover switch controller thereof to switch between the first button set and the second button set subject to the upside-up or upside-down position of the mouse body sensed by the direction sensor so that the mouse body can be used with the first button set as a mouse, or used with the second button set as a remote controller, laser pointer, A/V controller, presentation remote controller, direction controller or game controller. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163959 | COMPUTER MOUSE WITH VIRTUAL KEYS - A computer mouse in one embodiment includes an arcuate cover comprising a plurality of projections on a top surface; a capacitance trigger assembly aligned with the projections thereabove and comprising a flexible arcuate first capacitive film and a flexible arcuate second capacitive film therebelow; a printed circuit board disposed under the capacitance trigger assembly and comprising a photodetector array on an underside and a microprocessor; and a base releasably secured to the cover and comprising a light guide. In response to a touch of the projection, a button clicking action is triggered. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163960 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus includes a case, an operation body stored rotatably in the case, a magnetic body fixed to the operation body, a magnet provided around the operation body, a magnetic detection element for detecting a magnetic flux from the magnetic body, and a frame for retaining the case. The magnetic detection element faces the operation body with a predetermined space therebetween. The frame includes depression sections for causing the magnetic detection element to elastically contact the lower surface of the case. This input apparatus can accurately detect a rotation angle. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163961 | APPARATUS FOR ENTERING USER INPUTS INTO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Electronic devices such as mobile telephones have the ability for a wide range of commands to be implemented via a number of keys. Because the number of keys is limited it is usually necessary to map more than one possible command to a particular key. For example, each command may be an instruction to a texting software application running on the mobile to insert a particular character into the text. Each key may be used to enter four characters. However, it is desirable to provide a capability to handle even greater number of characters per key in a convenient manner and this is achieved by providing different map levels where each level provides a set of characters to be “mapped” to the key. A command is provided at each level for the selection of another map level. Thus, by using this command, the key may be mapped to more characters in a very convenient manner. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163962 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - According to one embodiment, a character input device is configured as follows. Based on a key operation on a remote controller, any of alphabetic characters displayed on a screen is selected and input. A plurality of graphemes present for the alphabetic character selected based on the key operation on the remote controller are displayed on the screen. Any of the plurality of graphemes displayed on the screen is selected and input. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163963 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable electronic device includes rendering characters on a display of the portable electronic device, detecting a touch and determining a touch location on a touch-sensitive input device, determining a plurality of the characters that are rendered near the touch location, the plurality of the characters rendered in a first area, and re-rendering the plurality of the characters in a second area, the second area being larger than the first area. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163964 | Dual type touch display device - A dual type touch display device includes a display unit that includes a display panel and a backlight plate. A finger-operation detector is mounted to the display panel of the display unit and a stylus-operation detector is mounted to the backlight plate of the display unit so as to allow the finger-operation detector and the stylus-operation detector to detect the sites of touches applied thereto fore realizing a dual type touch display device that operates with both multiple touch operation and single touch operation. Thus, a single electronic device may realize different types of touch operations of both finger input and stylus input. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163965 | TOUCH PANEL AND DETECTING METHOD FOR MULTIPLE-TOUCHING OF THE SAME, AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch panel including a substrate, a sensing array and a signal detecting layer is provided. The sensing array disposed over the substrate comprises a plurality of sensing pads arranged in array, wherein the sensing pads includes a plurality of first sensing pads arranged along a first direction and a plurality of second sensing pads arranged along a second direction, and the first direction intersects the second direction. The signal detecting layer is interlaid between the sensing array and the substrate, wherein the signal detecting layer includes a plurality of individual signal detecting units. Each of the signal detecting units is corresponding to more than one sensing pads for detecting a variation of electric field due to a touching event. By which, erroneous sensing of the touch panel can be prevented. Furthermore, a detecting method for multiple-touching applied to the touch panel and a touch display apparatus are provided. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163966 | Apparatus and Method Having Multiple Application Display Modes Including Mode with Display Resolution of Another Apparatus - A method is performed at a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display. In a first mode of operation, an application is executed and a graphical user interface of the application is displayed at a first resolution that matches the display resolution of the application when executed on a handheld device distinct from the multifunction device. In a second mode of operation, the application is executed and the graphical user interface of the application is displayed at a second resolution that is larger than the first resolution. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163967 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Changing Pages in an Electronic Document - A method is performed at a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display. The touch-sensitive display includes a touch area with a first touch area border region and a second touch area border region that is distinct from the first touch area border region. The device displays a current portion of an electronic document. The device detects a first contact at the first touch area border region and also detects movement of the first contact from the first touch area border region to the second touch area border region. The device displays a next portion of the electronic document in response to detecting movement of the first contact from the first touch area border region to the second touch area border region. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163968 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Tables Using Multi-Contact Gestures - An electronic device having a display and a touch-sensitive surface, displays a table having a plurality of rows, a plurality of columns, and a plurality of cells. The device detects a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that includes movement of one or more of a first contact and a second contact. When the detected gesture is a pinch gesture at a location that corresponds to one or more respective columns in the table and has a component that is perpendicular to the one or more respective columns, the device decreases the width of the one or more respective columns. When the detected gesture is a de-pinch gesture at a location that corresponds to one or more respective columns in the table and has a component that is perpendicular to the one or more respective columns, the device increases the width of the one or more respective columns. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163969 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface with Content Display Modes and Display Rotation Heuristics - A method is performed at a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display. The method includes: playing a first piece of content in a full-size mode on the display at a predefined aspect ratio; while playing the first piece of content on the display in the full-size mode, detecting a first gesture on the display; in response to detecting the first gesture: shrinking the playing of the first piece of content to a first region of the display while keeping the predefined aspect ratio and displaying information related to the first piece of content in a second region of the display. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163970 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Information Items in Folders - A method includes: displaying a group of selectable objects in a first region of a display, each selectable object corresponding to a respective information item; detecting selection of a plurality of selectable objects in the group of selectable objects; in response to detecting selection of the plurality of selectable objects, displaying a pile of two or more information items corresponding to the plurality of selectable objects at a first location in a second region of the display, each information item having a partially overlapping position with a neighboring information item in the pile; detecting a gesture on the pile on the display; in response to detecting the gesture on the pile, moving the pile away from the first location in the second region; detecting lift-off of the gesture from the pile; and in response to detecting the lift-off, moving the pile back to the first location in the second region. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163971 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigating and Displaying Content in Context - An electronic device displays one or more thumbnails. The device detects a first multi-contact gesture that includes movement of a first contact and a second contact; and, in response to detecting the first multi-contact gesture, the device displays content associated with a respective thumbnail and enlarges the content associated with the respective thumbnail to a respective enlarged size in accordance with the first multi-contact gesture. The device detects termination of the first multi-contact gesture; and, in response to detecting termination of the first multi-contact gesture: when a resizing metric based on the first multi-contact gesture is below a predefined threshold, the device ceases to display the content at the respective enlarged size; and, when the resizing metric based on the first multi-contact gesture is above the predefined threshold, the device displays the content on the display in a predefined arrangement. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163972 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Interacting with a Digital Photo Frame - A multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display displays an unlock image on the touch-sensitive display and concurrently displays a slide show initiation icon while the device is in a user-interface locked mode. The unlock image is a graphical user interface object with which the user interacts in order to transition the multifunction device to a user-interface unlocked mode. The device detects a first user input while the multifunction device is in the user-interface locked mode and presenting a slide show, and in response to detecting the first user input, displays the unlock image and the slide show initiation icon. When the device detects user activation of the slide show initiation icon, it presents the slide show on the touch-sensitive display and maintains the device in the user-interface locked mode. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163973 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Accessing Alternative Keys - A method at a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display includes: displaying a text entry region and a soft keyboard with default keys; detecting a contact at a first location on the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to an activation region associated with a respective default key, and detecting an immediate subsequent movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive display; in response to detecting the immediate subsequent movement, displaying an array of keys including alternate keys for the respective default key; detecting liftoff of the contact at a second location on the touch-sensitive display; and, in response to detecting the liftoff: when the second location corresponds to an activation region associated with a respective alternate key, ceasing to display the array and inserting a character associated with the respective alternate key into the text entry region. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163974 | MULTI-TOUCH INPUT PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A multi-touch input processing method performed by a multi-touch input device and a multi-touch recognition apparatus, the method including: recognizing a touch input from at least one input device; connecting the at least one input device via a radio communication; receiving touch input data from the at least one input device; and executing an application based on the touch input and the touch input data. The apparatus includes a multi-touch processing unit for recognizing a touch input from at least one input device; a radio communicating unit for connecting the at least one input device with the multi-touch processing unit via a radio communication; a touch input data receiving unit for receiving touch input data from the at least one input device, and an application executing unit for executing an application based on the touch input and the touch input data. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163975 | TOUCH SCREEN STRUCTURE - A touch screen includes a touch panel, adhesive layers, a display screen, a printed circuit board assembly and a spacer fixed between the touch panel and the display screen by the adhesive layers. The spacer includes a baseplate and a sidewall substantially perpendicularly extending from the periphery of the baseplate. The printed circuit board assembly is fixed on the sidewall of the spacer. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163976 | Portable Electronic Device Having Mode Dependent User Input Controls - Improved approaches to provide user interaction with a portable electronic device operating to in a particular mode, such as an e-reader mode, are disclosed. In one embodiment, the portable electronic device is a multi-function portable electronic device that can be configured differently based on a particular mode being used. Based on the mode of operation or application being used, the user inputs to the device can be characterized differently. Advantageously, with mode-based configurations, the portable electronic device can operate to make use of user interface controls in an efficient manner. The mode-based configuration can save power, increase efficiency, and/or speed up operation of the device. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163977 | Mode Dependent Configuration of Portable Electronic Device - Improved ways to operate a portable electronic device in a mode-dependent manner are disclosed. In one embodiment, the portable electronic device is a multi-function portable electronic device that can be configured differently based on a particular mode being used. Advantageously, with mode-based configurations, the portable electronic device can operate efficiently and effectively in various different modes. The mode-based configurations can save power, increase efficiency, and/or speed up operation of the device. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163978 | TOUCH PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A touch panel and an electronic device including the same are provided. The touch panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an electro-rheological fluid, a sensor, and a controller. The second substrate is spaced apart from the first substrate by a gap and includes a touch surface. The electro-rheological fluid is filled in a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate. The sensor senses an input on the touch surface and determines an input location at which the input occurs, and the controller varies a viscosity of the electro-rheological fluid in a location corresponding to a peripheral region of the input location. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163979 | TOUCH SENSOR AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch sensor and an organic light-emitting display including the sensor are disclosed. In one embodiment, the touch sensor includes i) a substrate, ii) a sensing unit formed on or over the substrate and containing hydrogen ions, iii) a touch sensor active layer formed on or above the sensing unit and iv) a touch sensor source electrode and a touch sensor drain electrode that are electrically connected to the touch sensor active layer. The touch sensor further includes a protective layer covering the touch sensor source electrode and the touch sensor drain electrode, and an opposite electrode formed on the protective layer, wherein at least part of the opposite electrode is formed substantially directly above the touch sensor active layer. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163980 | Organic light emitting diode display and method of manufacturing the same - A method of manufacturing an organic light emitting diode display includes forming an organic layer on a support, forming a touch sensor on the organic layer, the touch sensor including a touch electrode pattern and a polarizing layer, separating the touch sensor from the support by removing the organic layer, and attaching the touch sensor to an organic light emitting diode display panel. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163981 | Manipulation direction judgment device, remote manipulation system, manipulation direction judgment method and program - There is provided a manipulation direction judgment device including a touch panel for detecting a movement start point and a movement end point of a pointer moving on a display panel, an angle area setting unit for setting a first angle area including at least two primary areas assigned different movement directions, respectively, and boundary areas forming boundaries between the primary areas, an angle area specifying unit for specifying an area in which an angle of a vector connecting the movement start point with the movement end point is located on the first angle area, and a manipulation direction judgment unit for judging the movement direction assigned to the primary area in which the angle of the vector is located, as a manipulation direction, using the first angle area only when the angle of the vector is located in the primary area. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163982 | SOLID STATE POSITIVE FORCE TOUCH SENSING - A touch sensor pad, including a touch sensor that senses the presence of a touching member placed proximate the touch sensor. A layer of protective material overlies the touch sensor. The layer of protective material has a first surface proximate the touch sensor and an opposing second surface distal from the touch sensor. The second surface includes a resting surface portion and a developed surface portion. The developed surface portion is recessed below the resting surface portion such that the developed surface portion is nearer to the touch sensor than the resting surface portion. The touch sensor has a sensitivity such that the presence of a touching member in contact with the resting surface portion does not result in an actuation of the touch sensor while the presence of a touching member pressed into the developed surface portion does result in the actuation of the touch sensor. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163983 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A touch screen device includes a surface board on which a touch surface is provided. A plurality of first electrodes, extending parallel to each other, are provided on a surface of the surface board opposite to the touch surface. A plurality of second electrodes, extending parallel to each other, are provided such that the first electrodes and the second electrodes are arranged in a grid pattern. First and second protectors respectively protect the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The first protector is provided on a portion of the surface of the surface board on which the first electrodes are provided such that a space is provided between the first electrodes. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163984 | INPUT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus has a touch sensor for receiving an input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor, a tactile sensation providing unit for vibrating the touch face, and a control unit, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a standard for providing a tactile sensation, for controlling drive of the tactile sensation providing unit to vibrate the touch face at a frequency such that a click sensation is provided to an object (means) pressing the touch face. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided when an operator operates the touch sensor. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163985 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A WIRELESS TERMINAL HAVING A TOUCH SCREEN - A haptic feedback control method and apparatus for a wireless terminal including a touch screen. The haptic feedback control method includes receiving a touch input from a user, sensing a voltage or current signal at a position where the touch input is received, transmitting a driving signal to an actuator based on the sensed signal, generating, by the actuator, a vibration output based on the driving signal at the position on the touch screen where the touch input is received, generating a control pulse having a predetermined time delay while generating the vibration output, and stopping the vibration output by applying the control pulse to the vibration output. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163986 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING CONTENT DISPLAYED ON TRANSPARENT DISPLAY PANEL - A mobile device for operating displayed content having a dual touch screen based on a transparent display panel is provided. The mobile device allows a method for operating displayed content in response to a touch event using at least one of front and back faces of the dual touch screen. The mobile device displays the content on the transparent display panel with a predefined brightness. When receiving a touch event through the transparent display panel, the mobile device modifies the brightness of parts or whole of the displayed content in response to the touch event. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163987 | Systems and Methods for Facilitating Finger Placement on a Touch Pad and the Surrounding Areas - Systems and methods for facilitating touch pad finger placement including systems and methods for identifying the perimeters of a touch pad and various locations adjacent thereto to facilitate finger placement upon a touch pad and the surrounding areas. Systems include a border surrounding a perimeter of a touch pad and/or one or more pegs located in an area adjacent to the touch pad and/or border. Methods include affixing a border and/or one or more pegs to a touch pad and/or its surrounding area to alert a user when his or her finger(s) have strayed too far from a desired position or to assist a user in proper finger placement relative to the attached border and/or one or more pegs. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163988 | IMAGE OBJECT CONTROL SYSTEM, IMAGE OBJECT CONTROL METHOD AND IMAGE OBJECT CONTROL PROGRAM - An inside/outside determining unit determines whether a touch position of a contact body is located outside or inside an inside/outside determining target region defined with respect to a display position of an image object as a target region for inside/outside determination of the touch position of the contact body. The signal generating unit generates a signal indicating the operation performed with respect to the image object when it is determined that the touch position of the contact body is located outside the inside/outside determining target region. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163989 | Apparatus and method for touch screen user interface for electronic devices part IC - A user interface in handheld devices has a touch screen for generating control signals for control of an electronic device, with a continuous touch movement detection on the touch area from a begin cell to an end cell via a middle cell, in the logic memory of the touch screen. The continuous touch movement detection in the logic memory creates substantially an arc touch movement from the begin cell to the end cell. The arc touch movement in the logic memory of the touch screen is used to generate a control command signal for the electronic device. The continuous touch movement creates substantially a ninety degree arc, or a semi-circle, or closed figure touch movement in the logic memory. The touch movement detections, clockwise or anticlockwise, convex or concave are used to generate different control signals for the device and thus provide a large number of navigation control functions. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163990 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide an information processing device capable of improving operability of the information processing device in which, if an input of a position in a reference region that is set on a screen is received, processing corresponding to the reference region is executed. First execution means ( | 2011-07-07 |
20110163991 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes applying, utilizing an actuator of a portable electronic device, a force of a magnitude to a touch-sensitive display of the portable electronic device, measuring a value resulting from the force at a force sensor, and calibrating the force sensor based on the value and the magnitude of the force. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163992 | HIGH SPEED NOISE TOLERANT MULTI-TOUCH TOUCH DEVICE AND CONTROLLER THEREFOR - A touch-sensitive device includes a touch panel, a drive unit, a sense unit, and a measurement unit. A touch applied to a node of the panel changes a capacitive coupling between two electrodes (a drive electrode and a sense electrode) of the touch panel. The drive unit delivers a drive signal, which may comprise one or more drive pulses, to the drive electrode. The sense unit couples to the sense electrode, and generates a response signal that includes a differentiated representation of the drive signal, which is then fed through a resistor. The amplitude of the response signal is responsive to the capacitive coupling between the electrodes, and is measured to provide an indication of a touch at the node. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163993 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A capacitive touch panel consists of a touch panel having a plural conductive wires, a multiplex selector electrically connected to the plural conductive wires of the touch panel, a first switch electrically connected to the multiplex selector, a first resistor having a first resistor value, a second switch electrically connected to the resistor and the first switch, a capacitor having a capacitance value, the capacitor electrically connected to the first switch and the second switch, a third switch electrically connected to the capacitor, an Analogue to Digital converter, a fourth switch electrically connected to the Analogue to Digital converter and the third switch, and an integrating circuit electrically connected to the second switch and the fourth switch. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163994 | TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM, CAPACITANCE SENSING APPARATUS AND CAPACITANCE SENSING METHOD THEREOF - A touch sensing system includes a touch input interface and at least one capacitance sensing apparatus. The capacitance sensing apparatus includes a plurality of switch units and a differential sensing circuit. Each of the switch units is coupled to a corresponding sensing capacitor. A sensing input end of the differential sensing circuit receives a capacitance under test provided by at least one of the sensing capacitors. A reference input end of the differential sensing circuit receives a reference capacitance provided by at least one of the sensing capacitors. The differential sensing circuit compares the capacitance under test and the reference capacitance to output a first difference between the capacitance under test and the reference capacitance through an output end of the differential sensing circuit. A capacitance sensing method is also provided. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163995 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD - A touch panel including a plurality of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) columns, a plurality of FBG rows, a wideband light source emitter, a plurality of column sensors, a plurality of row sensors, and two optical couplers is provided. The FBG columns and the FBG rows are interlaced configuration. The wideband light source emitter is connected to the FBG columns and the FBG rows. Each of the column sensors is connected to the corresponding FBG column. Each of the row sensors is connected to the corresponding FBG row. One optical coupler is connected between a first column end of each FBG column and the wideband light source emitter. The other optical coupler is connected between a first row end of each FBG rows and the wideband light source emitter. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163996 | DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF ONE OR MORE OBJECTS ON A TOUTH SURFACE - An apparatus is operated to determine a location of at least one object on a touch surface of a light transmissive panel. An illumination arrangement in the apparatus is operated to introduce beams of radiation into the panel for propagation by internal reflection between the touch surface and the opposite surface, and to sweep each beam along the touch surface within a sensing area. Thereby, the sensing area is illuminated such that an object that touches the touch surface within the sensing area causes at least two beams to be temporarily attenuated. The illumination arrangement is arranged such that each beam, downstream of the sensing area, is swept along one or more elongate outcoupling sites on the panel. At least one light sensor, which is optically coupled to the outcoupling site, is operated to measure the received energy of the beam within the outcoupling site. A data processor is operated to obtain, from the light sensor, an output signal indicative of the received energy of the beam within the outcoupling site as a function of time, and to identify, based on the output signals for the different beams, the location of the object. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163997 | METHOD OF DETECTING TOUCH POSITION, TOUCH POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE TOUCH POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS - In a method of detecting a touch position, light is emitted. A plurality of light beams derived from the emitted light is received. The light beams have different paths from each other. The light beams are partially reflected according to a touch. The touch position is detected based on an amount of light in the received light beams. According to the present invention, the touch positions of several touching elements may be individually detected. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163998 | LIGHT-BASED TOUCH SCREEN WITH SHIFT-ALIGNED EMITTER AND RECEIVER LENSES - A touch screen including a housing, a display mounted in the housing, a plurality of collimating lenses mounted in the housing along two opposite edges of the display and arranged along the two edges so as to be shift-aligned relative to one another, a plurality of light pulse emitters mounted in the housing that are spaced apart from and transmit light pulses through the collimating lenses of one of the two edges over the display, a plurality of light pulse receivers mounted in the housing that are spaced apart from and receive the light pulses through the collimating lenses of the opposite of the two edges, and a calculating unit, mounted in the housing and connected to the receivers, that determines a location of a pointer on the display that partially blocks the light pulses transmitted by the emitters, based on outputs of the receivers. | 2011-07-07 |
20110163999 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE THEREOF - A touch control device includes a bracket, a first circuit board and a second circuit board electrically connected to each other, and a light guiding sheet. The first circuit board is disposed on the bracket, and the first circuit board has at least one light emitting element. The second circuit board is a flexible printed circuit (FPC), and has at least one trigger region aligned with the light emitting element. The light guiding sheet is attached to the second circuit board, for guiding light emitted by the light emitting element. The touch control device is disposed on a display device having a curve shape through the flexible second circuit board. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164000 | COMMUNICATING STYLUS - A stylus for writing on any type of surface, such as a piece of paper or a whiteboard and subsequently displaying the written images or text on a display of a digital computing device. The stylus may likewise be moved in three-dimensional space and corresponding images displayed on a display of a computing device. The stylus tracks its different positions while a user is writing or drawing and then either stores the data to be uploaded later or transmits the data simultaneously to a computing device. The computing device then displays the images and text drawn on the surface. The computing device may be located anywhere, as long as it is able to communicate with the stylus, and be able to display the written text or images. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164001 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PEN AND METHOD FOR USING MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PEN - A multi-functional pen apparatus and a method for using the multi-functional pen are provided. The method includes switching an operation mode of the multi-functional pen to a pen mode according to a predetermined key input; receiving pen data in the switched pen mode; and transmitting the pen data to a portable terminal, wherein the portable terminal transmits a call based on the transmitted pen data. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164002 | DISPLAY AND CONTROLS FOR A CPAP DEVICE - A user interface for respiratory apparatus comprises a combination of a menu display ( | 2011-07-07 |
20110164003 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes: a display panel having at least a first region and a second region arranged in a scanning direction; a scanning circuit provided in common to the first region and the second region; a first modulation circuit provided for the first region; and a second modulation circuit provided for the second region, wherein a modulated signal applied by the first modulation circuit and a modulated signal applied by the second modulation circuit are pulse signals having a varying pulse height part and a fixed pulse height part, and the first modulation circuit and the second modulation circuit apply the modulated signals at timings ensuring that the fixed pulse height part of the modulated signal applied by the first modulation circuit does not temporally overlap the fixed pulse height part of the modulated signal applied by the second modulation circuit. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164004 | Flexible Control of Charge Share in Display Panel - A source driver of a display panel includes a channel state signal generator, first switches, and second switches. The channel state signal generator generates first and second channel state signals that are each activated for a respective time period depending on adjustable state length data. The first switches are opened for uncoupling channel output signals from source lines of the display panel when the first channel state signal is activated. The second switches are closed for coupling together the source lines of the display panel for charge sharing when the second channel state signal is activated. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164005 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device ( | 2011-07-07 |
20110164006 | DISPLAY DRIVE CIRCUIT - A display driving circuit includes a buffer section, an N-dot switch circuit, a charge sharing switch circuit, and a sharing voltage level control switch circuit. The buffer section buffers a plurality of pixel driving signals outputted from a plurality of DACs. The N-dot switch circuit selects paths of the plurality of pixel driving signals outputted from the buffer section in response to a first path selecting signal or a second path selecting signal that is determined depending upon a dot inversion method, and switches the paths to a plurality of output terminals. The charge sharing switch circuit shares charges among the plurality of output terminals in response to a charge sharing control signal. The sharing voltage level control switch circuit controls charge sharing between the plurality of output terminals and a voltage level upon charge sharing, in response to a sharing voltage level control signal. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164007 | Delay circuit, semiconductor control circuit, display device and electronic device - Disclosed herein is a delay circuit for performing one of a charge and a discharge in two stages, and delaying a signal, the delay circuit including an output section configured to output a delayed signal; two power supplies; and a delay inverter; wherein the delay inverter has a first transistor and a second transistor of an identical channel type for one of a first charge and a first discharge, the first transistor and the second transistor being connected in series with each other between the output section and one power supply, and the delay inverter has a third transistor of a different channel type from the first transistor and the second transistor for one of a second charge and a second discharge, the third transistor being connected in parallel with one of the first transistor and the second transistor. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164008 | Image display system - An image display system that includes an image supply device, a projector, and a network for connecting the image supply device and the projector. When images are supplied to the projector via the network from the image supply device, the images are projected by the projector. When projecting and displaying a second image having a second image size based on a first image having a first image size in a projection screen of the projector, the image supply device generates supplied image data including first image data for representing the first image, position data for indicating the display position of the second image in the projection screen, and second image size data for indicating the second image size, and also supplies this to the projector via the network. By doing this, increases in network traffic for the image display system are suppressed. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164009 | CHARGE PUMP FOR PRODUCING DISPLAY DRIVER OUTPUT - A system for driving an array of display elements includes a supply line, at least one capacitor, a plurality of drive lines and overdrive lines, a plurality of switches and a controller configured to activate and deactivate subsets of the switches in order to selectively couple the at least one capacitor to the drive lines and to the overdrive lines. A method for generating an overdrive voltage includes activating and deactivating a plurality of switches to couple a drive voltage line and/or an overdrive voltage line to at least one capacitor. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164010 | Display apparatus, light detection method and electronic apparatus - Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including a plurality of pixel circuits, a displaying driving section, and a light amount information detection section. The pixel circuits are disposed in a matrix at positions at which a signal line and a plurality of scanning lines cross with each other. The displaying driving section applies a signal value to each pixel circuit and drives the scanning lines to cause the pixel circuit to emit light with a luminance according to the signal value to carry out image display. The light amount information detection section detects light amount information. Each pixel circuit includes a light emitting element, a driving transistor, a sampling transistor, and a switching transistor. Each pixel circuit can execute light detection operation of varying the gate potential of the driving transistor in response to a received light amount and outputting the source potential of the driving transistor. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164011 | Display apparatus, light detection method and electronic apparatus - Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including pixel circuits disposed in a matrix at positions at which signal lines and scanning lines cross each other and individually including a light emitting element; a light emission driving section to apply a signal value to each of the pixel circuits to cause the circuit to emit light of a luminance; and a light detection section provided in each of the pixel circuits and including a sensor-switch serving element which functions by switching thereof between an on state and an off state and functions, in the off state thereof, as a light sensor for detecting light from the light emitting element of the pixel circuit, and a detection signal outputting transistor connected to a light detection line for outputting light detection information corresponding to a variation amount of current of the sensor-switch serving element in the off state to the light detection line. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164012 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In a photosensor in the pixel region of an active matrix substrate, the potential of a storage node is read out to output wiring as sensor circuit output, the potential of the storage node having changed in accordance with the amount of light received by a photodetection element in a sensing period, the sensing period being from when a reset signal (RS) is supplied until when a readout signal (RW) is supplied. A sensor startup period whose length is greater than or equal to the length of the sensing period is provided after a sensor data unnecessary period in which the sensor circuit output is not necessary, and furthermore before a valid sensor data period in which the sensor circuit output is necessary, and the sensor circuit output is read out in the valid sensor data period from the photosensor to which the reset signal was applied in the sensor startup period. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164013 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY PANEL INSPECTION METHOD - The present invention provides a display panel ( | 2011-07-07 |
20110164014 | DISPLAY DRIVE SWITCH CONFIGURATION - An apparatus and method for driving a display a display. Two switches for each common line are used to couple the common line to a respective first and second hold voltage supply lines. A third switch for each common line is used to couple the common line to a drive line. A waveform generator is used to generate the driving waveform on the drive line. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164015 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device for transmitting data using demultiplexers is provided. The organic light emitting display device includes: a demultiplexer controller for sequentially supplying control signals during a first period of a horizontal period; scan lines for transferring a scan signal; a scan driving unit for supplying the scan signal to the scan lines during a second period of the horizontal period; output lines for transferring data signals; a data driving unit for sequentially supplying the data signals to respective output lines during the first period; data lines for transferring the data signals; demultiplexers coupled to the respective output lines, for delivering the data signals to the data lines in response to the control signals; an initializing unit coupled to the data lines and an initial power source; and pixels located at crossing regions of the scan lines and the data lines. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164016 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A pixel circuit includes: an OLED; a second transistor including gate, first, and second terminals coupled to a first scan line, a data line, and a first node, respectively; a fourth transistor including gate, first, and second terminals coupled to a third scan line, the first node, and a second node, respectively; a third transistor including gate, first, and second terminals coupled to a second scan line, a reference power source, and the second node, respectively; a fifth transistor including gate, first, and second terminals coupled to a light emission control line, a third node, and an anode of the OLED, respectively; a first capacitor coupled between the first and second nodes; a second capacitor coupled between the second and third nodes; and a first transistor including gate, first, and second terminals coupled to the first node, a first power source, and the third node, respectively. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164017 | SCAN DRIVER AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A scan driver includes a plurality of stages. Each of the plurality of stages includes an odd-numbered scan unit, an even-numbered scan unit, and a signal shift unit. The scan driver can selectively perform progressive scan and interlaced scan by varying logic levels of mode signals and clock signals applied to the stages. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164018 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A pixel circuit including an organic light emitting diode. Also, the pixel circuit includes: a second transistor connected to a first scanning line, a data line, and a first node; a fifth transistor connected to a third scanning line, the first node, and a second node; a fourth transistor connected to a second scanning line, a first reference voltage, and the second node; a third transistor connected to the first scanning line, a second reference voltage, and a third node; a first capacitor connected between the first node and the second node; a second capacitor connected between the second node and the third node; and a first transistor connected to the first node, a first power, and the third node, and configured to drive the organic light emitting diode. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164019 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode display that includes a substrate defined with a plurality of pixels, an organic light emitting diode formed at each pixel with a first electrode, an organic emissive layer, and a second electrode, a driving circuit with a thin film transistor electrically connected to the organic light emitting diode, and a wire electrically connected to the driving circuit with a gate line, a data line, and a common power line to transmit external signals to the driving circuit. The data line and the common power line are formed in different geometric planes. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164020 | DISPLAY DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DRIVE METHOD - A display driving circuit and method is capable of minimizing the residual image of a display panel as well as consumption electric current. The display driving circuit generates driving signals corresponding to valid data and black data and transmits the driving signals to a display panel, and includes N data selection switches (where N is the integer), N buffers, N buffer output selection switches, and multiple charge sharing switches. The N data selection switches select one of the valid data and the black data. The N buffers buffer the signal selected by the respective data selection switches. The N buffer output selection switches switch outputs of the buffers to output the respective driving signals. The multiple charge sharing switches connect the neighboring pairs of the driving signals. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164021 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A predetermined voltage is set to a gate terminal of a drive transistor in each of pixel circuits in a predetermined pixel circuit row in a period of selecting a pixel circuit row that is different from the predetermined pixel circuit row before a period of selecting the predetermined pixel circuit. A parasitic capacitance of the light-emitting element in each of the pixel circuits in the predetermined pixel circuit row is charged based on the set predetermined voltage, and detection of a threshold voltage of the drive transistor in each of the pixel circuits is started. Detection is completed within the period of selecting the predetermined pixel circuit row, and drive voltage is set to the drive transistor in each of the pixel-circuits in the predetermined pixel circuit row. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164022 | Common Voltage Driving Circuit for High-Resolution TFT-LCD - A common voltage driving circuit configured to output a common voltage to high-resolution TFT-LCD is provided. The common voltage driving circuit includes: a first pad coupled to a common electrode loading of an LCD for sensing a common voltage of the common electrode loading; a second pad coupled to the common electrode loading; a first amplifying device receiving a high level voltage and the sensed common voltage of the common electrode loading for generating a first overdrive voltage to the second pad thereby improving transient response of the common voltage with high level; and a second amplifying device receiving a low voltage level voltage and the sensed common voltage of the common electrode loading for generating a second overdrive voltage to the second pad thereby improving transient response of the common voltage with low level. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164023 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes: a display panel including a display area having an organic light emitting element for emitting light and a plurality of peripheral areas neighboring the display area; a driver corresponding to one of the plurality of peripheral areas and supplying driving power to the organic light emitting element; a plurality of power transferring units respectively corresponding to the plurality of peripheral areas thereby being respectively connected to the display panel and receiving the driving power from the driver thereby supplying the driving power to the organic light emitting element; and a power connecting unit connecting between the driver and the power transferring unit and at least one power connecting unit between the neighboring power transferring units among the plurality of power transferring units and transmitting the driving power from the driver to the power transferring unit. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164024 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image display device includes a driver having a gate connected to a first electrode of a first capacitor and a source connected to an anode of a luminescence element. A second capacitor is connected to a second electrode of the first capacitor. A first switch supplies a reference voltage to the first electrode of the first capacitor. A second switch supplies a signal voltage to the second electrode of the first capacitor. A third switch connects the anode of the luminescence element to the second capacitor. A method of controlling the image display device includes: supplying the signal voltage to the first capacitor by switching ON the first and second switches when the third switch is OFF; switching OFF the first and second switches to turn ON the third switch after the first capacitor holds a capacitor voltage; and causing the second capacitor to hold a source potential of the driver while the third switch is ON. | 2011-07-07 |