29th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130181823 | Visual Driver Information and Warning System for a Driver of a Motor Vehicle - The invention describes a visual driver information and warning system for a driver of a motor vehicle, which driver information and warning system comprises an information display device, at least one data detection means for information relating to the surrounding area and at least one data interchange device for information relating of he surrounding area, wherein a two-dimensional projection of at least one three-dimensional model of an actually existing, stationary or moving object which cannot be seen by the driver is displayed to the driver. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181824 | VEHICLE RECEIVER SYSTEM, VEHICLE RECEIVER, AND OPERATING METHOD FOR VEHICLE RECEIVER - A vehicle receiver system includes: a receiver provided in a vehicle cabin, wherein an operating mode of the receiver includes a first mode for receiving a first wireless signal transmitted from a portable key, and a second mode for receiving a second wireless signal relating to a tire air pressure, transmitted from a transmitter provided on a tire; and a key verification device that performs key verification on the portable key in the vehicle cabin on the basis of the first wireless signal. In a predetermined situation, the receiver is configured such that the operating mode of the receiver is switched between the first mode and the second mode, and proportion of a second mode operation time in which the receiver operates in the second mode is set to be greater when a vehicle speed is relatively high than when the vehicle speed is relatively low. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181825 | Guardian Warning System - A Guardian Warning System comprising a multi-axis accelerometer, a micro-controller, an audible alarm, a visual indication and a GPS chip. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181826 | BATTERY PACK AND LIQUID LEAKAGE DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - A battery pack and a liquid leakage detection method thereof are provided. The battery pack comprises a plurality of battery cells, a isolated liquid and a battery box containing the isolated liquid. The battery cells are soaked in the isolated liquid. The battery box comprising a box body and a cover plate. The isolated liquid is a fire-retardant and insulating liquid that has a specific gravity smaller than an electrolyte and is insoluble in the electrolyte. A collection portion is disposed at the bottom of the battery box, and a detection component is disposed in the collection portion. The present disclosure encloses the leaked electrolyte in the fire-retardant isolated liquid and uses the detection component to detect a resistance value of the isolated liquid so as to improve the safety of the box body. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181827 | AUTOMATED INCORPORATION OF EXPERT FEEDBACK INTO A MONITORING SYSTEM - A system, computer-readable medium, and method for updating a decisioning algorithm are provided. In the method, operational parameter data from a first device is evaluated using a decisioning algorithm to determine if an alert should be sent. The alert indicates a possible performance issue associated with a component of the first device. The operational parameter data includes a value of an operating characteristic of the first device. When a determination is made to send the alert, an alert message including a first indicator indicating the possible performance issue of the component of the first device is created. The alert message is sent to a second device. The decisioning algorithm is updated based on a second indicator received from a third device. The second indicator indicates either that the alert was useful or that the alert was not useful. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181828 | DELIVERING AN ITEM OF INTEREST - In a method for delivering an item of interest, identification of the item of interest is received and identification of an action context to trigger delivery of the identified item of interest is received. In addition, the item of interest, the action context, and an association of the item of interest to the action context are stored. Moreover, a determination that an indication regarding the action context has been received is made and the item of interest is delivered. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181829 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING AND REPORTING CHANGING LEVELS OF LIQUIDS IN STORAGE TANKS - A system for measuring and reporting changing levels of liquids in a storage tank includes a sensing device having a fluid level sensor, an accelerometer, a wireless transceiver, and a microcontroller for detecting the volume of liquid in the storage tank in response to determining that the storage tank is not moving and sending an alert message if the volume of liquid in the storage tank has changed from a previous volume by a threshold amount. The system also includes a central tracking computer having a tracking database and being interfaced to the Internet, and a master control unit attached to the storage tank. The master control unit is for: receiving the alert message from the sensing device; obtaining the location of the storage tank; and communicating the alert message and the location of the storage tank to the central tracking computer for storage in the tracking database. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181830 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTACTLESS TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY AND/OR ELECTRIC SIGNALS BETWEEN A WALL AND A WING FASTENED TO SAID WALL - A method for a contactless transmission of electric energy and/or an electric signal between a wall and a wing fastened to the wall includes providing a first coil fastened to the wall and a second coil fastened to the wing which are actively inductively connected to each other. A control signal is applied to the first coil within a control time interval to induce a first signal in the second coil, which is then detected. A second control signal is applied to the second coil within the control time interval to induce a second signal in the first coil, which is then detected. A fault signal is generated if the first or second control signal, or a part thereof, is not applied during the control time interval, or if the first or second signal, or a part thereof, is not detected during the control time interval. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181831 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING AND ALERTING BODY TEMPERATURE - Embodiments disclosed herein relate to devices and methods for monitoring and alerting a body temperature: sewing a wireless signal emitting body temperature sensor onto clothing, or wearing or putting such a sensor into a pocket of the clothing, during a static state a guardian makes sure that a person under guardianship is in a comfortable and warm condition, and setting up a maximum value and a minimum value. After a signal processing chip receives and processes a detected value received from the wireless signal emitting body temperature sensor, if the detected value is over the maximum value or is under the minimum value, an alarming signal will be transmitted to a wireless signal receiving and processing precaution device carried by the guardian, thus timely notify the guardian about abnormality in the body temperature of the person under guardianship. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181832 | INTERACTIVE REMOTE DISEASE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system that requests clinical data from a patient and then provides the clinical data wirelessly to be reviewed or analyzed with a certified medical algorithm and/or decision tree. The certified algorithm and/or decision tree can provide a summary of the data, indication of severity, “smart” decision or intervention protocol to a nurse, doctor, and the like. In addition, the system with the certified algorithm and/or decision tree can provide the summary of the data, indication of severity, “smart” decision or intervention protocol to the nurse, doctor, and the like within a short time frame, e.g. within 5 minutes from the data being provided by the patient. The certified decision and/or protocol can be agreed to or changed by an individual, e.g. a doctor, which can then be forwarded or sent back to the patient. If the patient doesn't respond to the certified decision within a short time frame, e.g. within 3 minutes from the data being provided to the patient, then a series of triggers can take place, e.g., a text message to a caregiver and the like. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181833 | MONITORING SYSTEM FOR SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME FOR BLIND AND DEAF PARENTS - A monitoring system for sudden infant death syndrome alerts parents, including parents who are blind and deaf, of changes in their infant's health condition. The system comprises three parts: a portable monitoring and warning control unit, a sensor bracelet that would be placed around the infant's wrist and an alarm bracelet for blind and deaf parents. The infant sensor bracelet comprises multiple sensors and a microphone and transceiver to receive and transmit data to a portable control monitoring unit. A similar system is provided for blind and deaf parents. The vibration alarm units each have Braille characters printed in the top to enable a blind person to identify the vibration alarm. A portable monitoring and warning control unit comprises at least a transceiver to communicate with the bracelets and a processing control unit to collect data and compare it with thresholds/acceptable ranges. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181834 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING IN MULTI-STORY BUILDINGS - System and method to locate a person in a multi-level building, including: a portable transmitter coupled to the person, the portable transmitter configured to transmit a signal comprising an identification code; a plurality of receivers located in a multi-level building to receive the signal, substantially each receiver producing a received signal, wherein at least a first receiver is located on a first level and at least a second receiver is located on a second level, wherein the second level is different than the first level; a signal strength estimator coupled to at least one receiver, the signal strength estimator configured to produce a signal strength estimation of the received signal received by the at least one receiver; and a processor configured to receive the signal strength estimations, and from the signal strength estimations calculate a level of the multi-level building on which the person is located. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181835 | THEFT TRACKING DEVICE - A theft tracking device includes a circuit board, a battery, a battery case, a housing, and an engagement part. The circuit board specifies a current position and transmits current position information regarding the current position specified through a wireless communication: The battery case houses at least a part of the battery. The housing houses the circuit board, the battery case and the battery housed in the battery case. The engagement part is provided by the housing, and engages with the battery case such that a first space of the housing in which the circuit board is located is separated from a second space of the housing that faces the battery. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181836 | IMAGE-BASED DETERMINATION OF CO AND CO2 CONCENTRATIONS IN VEHICLE EXHAUST GAS EMISSIONS - What is disclosed is a system and method for image-based determination of concentration of CO and CO | 2013-07-18 |
20130181837 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEACTIVATING AN ALARMING UNIT - A system and method for displaying merchandise item is presented. A merchandise display system includes a display cabinet, an alarm unit and a key extension device. The display cabinet can display several different kinds of merchandise items. The alarm unit generates an alarm when one of the merchandise items is removed from a predetermined distance from the display cabinet. The key extension device can be mounted on the display cabinet away from the alarm unit to allow an electronic key to be inserted into the key extension devise to control the alarm unit. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181838 | SECURITY-ENHANCED RADIO FREQUENCY OBJECT LOCATOR SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE DEVICE - Disclosed are an object locator system, a method and a program storage device. In the embodiments, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are on objects within a defined area and each RFID tag can be activated by an RF activation signal. When a request (e.g., a verbal or keyed-in request) to locate a specific object is received from a specific user, the required permission to locate the object is verified and, optionally, the identity of the specific user is authenticated. Once the required permission is verified and the identity of the specific user is authenticated, one of three RFID readers transmits an RF activation signal. RF response signals received back at the three RFID readers from the specific object's RFID tag are used to triangulate the position of the specific object. Once determined, the position is communicated (e.g., by map display, verbal message, or text message) to the specific user. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181839 | Method and Apparatus for Energy Efficient and Low Maintenance Cost Wireless Monitoring of Physical Items and Animals from the Internet - Method and an apparatus for giving notifications such as sound, ring-tone, vibration, e-mails, text messages, or phone calls to users when a physical item such as doors, gates, windows, cars, or household items have been moved from its original location, or has its orientation changed, comprising a tag manager connected to the Internet, and one or more sensor tags coupled to the tag manager through wireless connection. Notifications may also be given when the physical item has returned to its original orientation. Notifications may also be given when communication link is disrupted. Methods are provided to reduce power consumption of each sensor tag sufficiently to allow powered solely from an energy harvesting unit, such as one comprising a solar panel, without requiring need of battery maintenance. The users may configure and control the tag manager and each sensor tag, and issue commands to each sensor tag, from the Internet. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181840 | Attention Assistance and Monitoring - An attention assistance device configured to help maintain a user's focus on a given task. In one embodiment, text is presenting to a user on a touchscreen. The user tracking the text using a finger is monitored. The user is stimulated when the finger stops tracking the text for a predetermined period of time. In another embodiment, an electronic device presents an output configured to be tracked by a user. A monitoring device observes the user tracking the output. A sensory stimulating device stimulates the user when the “tracking” falls below an attention threshold. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181841 | SLEEP SYSTEM - A stimulation execution portion of a sleep system applies a stimulus (S | 2013-07-18 |
20130181842 | RIP CURRENT SENSOR AND WARNING SYSTEM WITH ANCHOR - A rip current can include a dangerous flow of water from an area proximate to a beach out to deeper water. An apparatus for generating a rip current warning indication includes an anchor device situated in the water, a flow sensor affixed to the anchor device and monitoring a water current speed, and a warning device in signal communication with the flow sensor. The warning device includes a control module comparing the monitored water current speed to a water current speed threshold. The warning device generates the rip current warning indication based upon the comparing. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181843 | INTERFERENCE REDUCTION METHOD FOR DOWNHOLE TELEMETRY SYSTEMS - A method for reducing interference in a received downhole telemetry signal includes: segmenting a received signal; windowing each signal segment; transforming each windowed signal segment into a complex variable domain to generate a plurality of complex variable domain segments with an in-phase component vector I and a quadrature component vector Q; calculating a real amplitude vector A from the I and the Q vectors; filtering interferers in the amplitude vector A for each complex variable domain segment to generate a filtered amplitude vector Ã; recalculating an amplitude of the amplitude vector A using the filtered amplitude vector à to generate an output amplitude vector Â; scaling the I and the Q vectors by a factor Â/A to generate an output in-phase component vector I′ and an output quadrature component vector Q′; and transforming I′ and Q′ into the time domain to provide an interference-reduced output signal in the time domain. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181844 | INSTRUMENTED ROD ROTATOR - Methods and apparatus are provided for monitoring the rotation of a member in a reciprocating rod lift system. In this manner, rod and tubing wear of the system may be minimized. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181845 | AMI NETWORK WITH WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT HOTSPOT ACCESS - Disclosed are apparatus and methodology for providing communications functionality between a utility central facility and a field worker. A WiFi Hotpoint is associated with a cell relay in an Advanced Metering System (AMS). Field workers using WiFi enabled communications devices may securely receive information including work orders from the utility central facility via the WiFi connection, thereby reducing or eliminating need for the worker to visit the utility central facility. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181846 | METER APPARATUS, METERING NETWORK, AND METERING METHOD THEREOF - A meter apparatus, a metering network, and a metering method thereof are provided. The meter apparatus includes a pulse generator, an optical sensor, a spinning disc, and a magnetic sensor. The pulse generator is configured to generate a number of pulses proportional to an amount of a consumed resource. The optical sensor is configured to detect the number of pulses to generate a first signal, and transmit the first signal to a meter reader. The spinning disc is configured to produce an amount of rotation proportional to the amount of the consumed resource. The magnetic sensor is configured to detect the amount of the rotation to generate a second signal, and transmit the second signal to the meter reader. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181847 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND TRANSPORTING REAL TIME ENERGY DATA - An apparatus is provided for receiving and transporting real time resource usage data. The apparatus includes a plurality of narrowband receivers and a controller. The a plurality of narrowband receivers is deployed geographically within a grid, where each of the plurality of narrowband receivers is configured to receive transmissions from a least one of a plurality of transmitting devices, and where each of the plurality of transmitting devices transmits identical data on each of a plurality of frequency bands that are hopped according to a hopping sequence. The controller is coupled to the plurality of narrowband receivers, and is configured to control the plurality of narrowband receivers such that the each of the plurality of transmitting devices is identified, and is configured to control the plurality of receivers such that corresponding data from the each of the transmitting devices is received on at least one of the plurality of frequency bands. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181848 | USE OF MINIMAL PROPAGATION DELAY PATH TO OPTIMIZE A MESH NETWORK - The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various international standards, while economically supporting a 2-way mesh network solution in a wireless environment, such as for operating in a residential electricity meter field. The present subject matter supports meters within an ANSI standard C12.22/C12.19 system while economically supporting a 2-way mesh network solution in a wireless environment, such as for operating in a residential electricity meter field, all to permit cell-based adaptive insertion of C12.22 meters within an open framework. Particular present features relate to the use of minimal propagation delay path to optimize a mesh network. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181849 | LUMINOUS TRAFFIC SIGN PLATE WITH SPEED DETECTING AND WARNING FUNCTION - A luminous traffic sign plate with speed detecting and warning function has a vertical polar frame, with a landing end and a functioning section. An indicating plate is fitted on the functioning section and has a marking surface. The marking surface has a traffic sign. An LED lighting unit has a plurality of LED components and conducting wires to connect the LED components. Said LED lighting unit is fitted and distributed on the marking surface so that the traffic sign is in a luminous state. A speed detecting device is fitted on the functioning section and detects the speed of the vehicle from predetermined direction. A warning device generates a warning signal. An electro-control device is for connecting and integrating the LED lighting unit, speed detecting device, and warning device, and to control the lighting state of the LED lighting unit. A power supply device supplies electric power. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181850 | ACCIDENT/NEAR-MISS FACTOR AREA SPECIFYING DEVICE AND ACCIDENT/NEAR-MISS FACTOR AREA SPECIFYING METHOD - Disclosed is an accident/near-miss factor area specifying device capable of specifying accident/near-miss factor areas, the presentation of which is highly required. The accident/near-miss factor area specifying device ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130181851 | ENCODING METHOD, ENCODING APPARATUS, DECODING METHOD, DECODING APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - An encoding method includes searching a search target symbol string within a specific range from the end of a symbol string, which has been utilized for encoding, for a match symbol string corresponding to a beginning symbol string of a symbol string to be encoded, encoding the beginning symbol string based on a distance between the match symbol string and the beginning symbol string, and a length of the match symbol string. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181852 | CODING CIRCUITRY FOR DIFFERENCE-BASED DATA TRANSFORMATION - Coding circuitry for difference-based data transformation in an illustrative embodiment comprises a difference-based encoder having a plurality of processing stages, with the difference-based encoder being configured to generate respective orders of difference from a sequence of data samples and to output encoded data determined based on at least a selected one of the orders of difference. The coding circuitry may be configured to implement lossless, linear compression of the sequence of data samples. The coding circuitry may additionally or alternatively comprise a difference-based decoder having a plurality of processing stages, with the difference-based encoder being configured to process encoded data comprising selected ones of a plurality of orders of difference and to reconstruct a sequence of data samples based on the selected orders of difference. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181853 | PARALLEL DIFFERENTIAL ENCODING CIRCUITS - A first differential encoding circuit is configured to perform a differential encoding on n-lines parallel input data to generate n-lines parallel output data. A second differential encoding circuit is configured to perform a differential encoding on n-lines parallel input data to generate n-lines parallel output data. A multiplexing circuit is configured to alternately multiplex the generated parallel output data from the first differential encoding circuit and the second differential encoding circuit, and configured to output the multiplexed data. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181854 | CIRCUIT, SENSOR CIRCUIT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SENSOR CIRCUIT - A sensor circuit for obtaining physical quantities with a small margin of error even when the temperature varies is provided. The sensor circuit includes a sensor, a sampling circuit for obtaining a voltage value or a current value of a signal output from the sensor during a predetermined period and holding the value, and an analog-to-digital converter circuit for converting the held analog voltage value or current value into a digital value. The sampling circuit includes a switch for obtaining the voltage value or the current value and holding the value. The switch includes a transistor including an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181855 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTING CIRCUIT AND ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTING METHOD - An analog-to-digital converting circuit includes a reference circuit and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The reference circuit provides a base voltage, which has one end grounded. The ADC receives an analog input signal and a base voltage signal. The ADC includes a first DC buffer and an ADC core unit. The first DC buffer internally receives an offset voltage signal and a data voltage signal to be digitized, and outputs two converting control signals. The ADC core unit receives the two converting control signals from the first DC buffer and an ADC input range voltage signal, and outputs a digital code. All of the offset voltage signal and the data voltage signal and the ADC input range voltage signal have been added with the base voltage signal. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181856 | DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER - An embodiment of the present invention provides a digital-to-analog converter including: a primary modulator; a secondary modulator, connected to the primary modulator; a delay unit, connected to the primary modulator; a subtractor, connected to the delay unit and the secondary modulator separately; a first processing module, configured to perform decoding, dynamic matching, and digital-to-analog conversion in sequence on a B-bit digital signal output by the secondary modulator, so as to obtain a first analog signal; a second processing module, configured to perform decoding, dynamic matching, and digital-to-analog conversion in sequence on an (N−B+1) -bit quantization noise signal output by the subtractor, so as to obtain an analog noise signal; and an adder, connected to the first processing module and the second processing module separately, and configured to add the first analog signal and the analog noise signal, so as to obtain and output a second analog signal. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181857 | MEMORY BASED ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED ARRAY ANTENNA CONTROL - A system for controlling an active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna, which enables the AESA antenna to switch rapidly between different antenna states, includes memories ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130181858 | RADAR SYSTEM, TRANSPONDER DEVICE, METHOD FOR RADAR PROCESSING AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA - A radar system is provided. The system includes a radar transceiving device equipped in a movable body and for transmitting an electromagnetic wave at a first frequency, and a transponder device arranged in a beacon and for transmitting a response wave upon receiving the electromagnetic wave. The transponder device includes a response wave transmitting module for transmitting, when a radar classification of the radar transceiving device is a solid-state radar, a response wave at a second frequency different from the first frequency in response to receiving the transmitted electromagnetic wave. The radar transceiving device includes a transmitting module for transmitting the electromagnetic wave, a receiving module for receiving a radar echo at the first frequency and the response wave at the second frequency, and a display controlling module for displaying, on a predetermined radar display unit, locations of the beacon and another movable body existing around the movable body. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181859 | RADOME FOR RADAR SENSOR IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND CORRESPONDING RADAR SENSOR - A radome for a radar sensor in a motor vehicle. The radome includes a first region, which is permeable to at least one specific type of electromagnetic waves, in particular radar waves, and a second region, which includes a shield, so that the second region is impermeable to the specific type of electromagnetic waves. Also, a radar sensor is described. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181860 | RADAR BASED MULTIFUNCTIONAL SAFETY SYSTEM - A system and method for providing multifunctional safety in a vehicle through a remote sensor is described. The remote sensor is configured to detect surrounding objects through a radar wave at a predefined angle, and within a predefined distance. A control module calculates velocity, severity and likelihood of the object impacting the vehicle through a calculated approach vector of a detected object. The control module further compares the severity of impact, to a pre-determined threshold value, and configures an impact algorithm to initialize and deploy in-vehicle safety systems upon the object crossing a calculated threshold of distance. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181861 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED POINT-TO-POINT DIRECTION FINDING - A system, device and method that enables units to communicate with each other and point to each other's location without requiring line-of-sight to satellites or any other infrastructure. Further, the system, device and method are able to operate outdoors as well as indoors and overcome multipath interference in a deterministic algorithm, while providing bearings at three dimensions, not only location but actual direction. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181862 | DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD - Disclosed is a distance measuring apparatus which includes: a first pulse generating means ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130181863 | Antenna Sidelobe Reduction Using Phase Only Control - A method for reducing sidelobe interference in a radar or communication system. The method includes selecting a desired amplitude weight (W | 2013-07-18 |
20130181864 | RADAR APPARATUS AND METHOD MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a radar apparatus. More particularly, the present invention relates to a radar apparatus having a configuration which is reduced in the number of parts and size, and a method of assembling the same. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181865 | Autonomous Transmit Chain Delay Measurements - A system and method for determining transmission delay in a communications system. In some embodiments, satellite positioning information may be received for a mobile device and enhanced cell identification (E-CID) positioning information received for the mobile device. A location of the mobile device may be determined as a function of the received satellite positioning information, and transmission delay between a node serving the mobile device and an antenna serving the mobile device determined as a function of the received E-CID positioning information and the determined location of the mobile device. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181866 | AUTONOMOUS ORBIT PROPAGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of predicting a location of a satellite is provided wherein the GPS device, based on previously received information about the position of a satellite, such as an ephemeris, generates a correction acceleration of the satellite that can be used to predict the position of the satellite outside of the time frame in which the previously received information was valid. The calculations can be performed entirely on the GPS device, and do not require assistance from a server. However, if assistance from a server is available to the GPS device, the assistance information can be used to increase the accuracy of the predicted position. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181867 | Location Determination System and Method Using Array Elements for Location Tracking - A location based system is disclosed. One or more phased array modules are configured to scan to determine a signal strength indicator of a signal broadcasted from at least one wireless mobile device within a distance area. Based on a signal strength indicator measured at multiple angular directions by the one or more phased array modules from the at least one wireless mobile device, a location of each wireless mobile device is determined within a room, building, or outside location. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181868 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED TRANSMISSION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS USING AN ACTIVE ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT - A transmission system and method for use in a mobile communication network comprising an active antenna arrangement of multiple antennas. The active antenna arrangement comprising several pairs of radiofrequency sub-modules each radiofrequency sub-module including a first phase shifter module, a TRX module and a radiating antenna element and where an dynamic phase offset is applied to one of the sub-modules of each pair, and where the phase offset vector is selected according to the signal quality received by users of the mobile communication network using an algorithm which minimizes the duration of the selection process. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181869 | OBJECT LOCALIZATION WITH RFID INFRASTRUCTURE - Object localization with an radio-frequency identification (RFID) infrastructure is described. A plurality of transmission power levels established by an RFID reader can be searched to determine a measurement power level corresponding to a target. A region that includes the target can then be determined using information about a physical relationship between the RFID reader and a reference location via correlating the measurement power level to a reference power level corresponding to the reference location. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181870 | ANTENNA AND MOBILE TERMINAL INCLUDING THE ANTENNA - Provided is an antenna capable of preventing deterioration of antenna radiation characteristics in any of the open state, the closed state, and the reverse state of a mobile terminal. The antenna includes: a pair of antenna elements | 2013-07-18 |
20130181871 | ANTENNA DEVICE FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL - An antenna device for a portable terminal having a printed circuit board (PCB) is disclosed. The antenna device is comprised of first and second antenna elements. The first antenna element includes at least a portion of one or more metal members disposed within the portable terminal; is electrically connected with a ground surface of the PCB; and has a slot. The second antenna element, is disposed in proximity to the slot, spaced from and electromagnetically coupled to the first antenna element. The second antenna element receives RF power from the PCB and is configured to resonate at a frequency of the RF power. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181872 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - The purpose of the present invention is to reduce the cost of a product while ensuring reliability of the product as a wireless transmission/reception apparatus. Provided is communication apparatus (ODU) (1) installed outside, which includes a case that houses a transmission unit for transmitting a signal and a reception unit for receiving the signal, and a waveguide connected to an external antenna and configured to receive/transmit a signal. In the apparatus, the waveguide is formed integrally with the case, and taper (16) is formed in a part of the tube hole of the waveguide. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181873 | WATCH WITH IMPROVED GROUND PLANE - Watches comprising an antenna are described herein. In an implementation, a watch includes a housing enclosing an antenna, a printed circuit board, and a conductive cage. The antenna may be provided with a ground plane including a first portion and second portion. The first portion of the ground plane may be formed by the printed circuit board electrically coupled with the antenna and the second portion of the ground plane may be formed by the conductive cage supporting the printed circuit board and electrically coupled thereto. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181874 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wearable communication system including an antenna pattern configured to transmit or receive a radio-frequency (RF) signal, a main board configured to control the wearable communication system, and a power supply unit configured to supply power to the main board, wherein the antenna pattern is spaced apart from the main board and the power supply unit. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181875 | NFC ANTENNA WITH INTERLEAVED COILS - An antenna circuit for near-field communications includes a planar active winding, connected between a first and a second access terminal; an auxiliary winding coplanar with the active winding and connected by a first end to the first access terminal; and a tuning capacitor connected to the second end of the auxiliary winding. The turns of the active and auxiliary windings are interleaved. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181876 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS - An antenna device that includes coil antennas each having a coil conductor wound around a winding axis and a planar conductor including a surface and an edge end portion, the surface extending along the winding axis of the coil conductor, the edge end portion being adjacent to a coil opening of the coil conductor. A current flowing through the coil conductor induces a current in the planar conductor, this current produces a magnetic flux in a direction normal to the planar conductor, and thus the planar conductor acts as a booster antenna. The antenna device has directivity in the direction normal to the planar conductor because the magnetic flux produced by the coil antennas and that produced by the planar conductor are combined. This enables the antenna device to occupy a small area while achieving a predetermined communication distance. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181877 | METHOD TO PRODUCE A ROD TAG AND TAG PRODUCED BY THE METHOD - A method to produce a rod tag and tag produced according to the method, wherein the method comprises at least the steps of:
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20130181878 | ANTENNA - A bowtie antenna is presented. The antenna includes a substrate with a metal layer. The bowtie-shaped dipole antenna is formed in the metal layer with two triangle elements and a gap between the two triangle elements. The bowtie-shaped antenna is shaped to receive signals in a lower portion of the UHF band. A pair of transmission lines is formed in the metal extending from the gap. At least one pair of tuning stubs is formed in the metal. The pair of tuning stubs extends from the transmission lines and is tuned to a frequency band that is different than the lower portion of the UHF band. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181879 | EMBEDDED ANTENNA - An embedded antenna is disclosed. The embedded antenna comprises a coaxial cable and a grounding connecting part. The coaxial cable comprises a center conductor, an insulating layer and an outer sheath. The center conductor comprises a signal transmission part and a radiating part. The radiating part electrically connects the signal transmission part and provides a resonance frequency. The insulating layer covers the signal transmission part and the radiating part. The outer sheath covers the signal transmission part but not the radiating part. The grounding connecting part electrically connects the system grounding part and the outer sheath. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181880 | LOW PROFILE WIDEBAND MULTIBEAM INTEGRATED DUAL POLARIZATION ANTENNA ARRAY WITH COMPENSATED MUTUAL COUPLING - A low profile wideband multi-beam integrated dual polarization antenna array with compensated mutual coupling effect. Instead of suppressing mutual coupling with post-element-design techniques by attempting to block the reflections between elements, an element of the array is designed using its active impedance, i.e. its impedance with mutual coupling once the element is part of the array. The active impedance is determined using various simulation techniques and the element is then designed such that its impedance is shifted in order to modify its active impedance. This technique does not reduce the mutual coupling itself but instead, compensates for the mutual coupling effect and improves the return loss of the element. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181881 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLY - Among the embodiments disclosed herein is an antenna assembly comprising the combination of a dielectrically loaded antenna and a housing, the housing incorporating a connector for coupling the antenna to host equipment. The antenna comprises an insulative core which has an outer surface and is shaped to define a central axis, and a laminate board on the central axis, the laminate board extending proximally from a proximal core surface portion oriented transversely with respect to the axis. The housing comprises a housing body which forms a hollow conductive shield for the laminate board, and is centred on the antenna axis, and the housing is shaped to provide a mounting surface which, in a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the axis, defines a periphery of an area in the said plane which area is at least as great as the cross-sectional area of the said proximal portion of the antenna. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181882 | DUAL BAND DUAL POLARIZATION ANTENNA ARRAY - A horizontally polarized antenna array allows for the efficient distribution of RF energy into a communications environment through selectable antenna elements and redirectors that create a particular radiation pattern such as a substantially omnidirectional radiation pattern. In conjunction with a vertically polarized array, a particular high-gain wireless environment may be created such that one environment does not interfere with other nearby wireless environments and avoids interference created by those other environments. Lower gain patterns may also be created by using particular configurations of a horizontal and/or vertical antenna array. In a preferred embodiment, the antenna systems disclosed herein are utilized in a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) wireless environment. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181883 | DUAL DISPLAY LAPTOP COMPUTER WITH PROGRAM LOGIC FOR DUAL DISPLAY MODES - A Dual Display Laptop Computer with Logic for display modes includes a Base, a Dual display assembly, and Program Logic. This Dual Display Laptop Computer with Logic for display modes is used for the purpose of enabling one or more persons to view various multimedia from a laptop operator standing at an opposite side of the laptop relative to the laptop operator. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181884 | CONFIGURABLE IMAGING SYSTEM - A configurable imaging system and methods therefor are provided. For each respective display unit in an imaging system having an image source and display units, presence of adjacent display units is detected, each of the display units configured to generate respective portions of an image, the display units arranged in a geometrical configuration. A map of the one of the geometrical configurations is generated based on detection of the presence of the adjacent display units. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181885 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, A CONTROL METHOD AND A PROGRAM - The problem addressed by the present invention is to increase usability at the same time as causing the usable time to be a long period of time in a portable terminal that is battery driven and that is mounted with two image display devices. The dual-screen portable terminal ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130181886 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING HYPERLINK ASSOCIATED WITH SECONDARY RESOURCE AND RELATED METHODS - A wireless communication system may include a mobile wireless communications device having a first display configured to display a primary resource having a hyperlink therein associated with a secondary resource, a first near field communication (NFC) transceiver, and a first controller coupled to the first display and the first NFC transceiver. The wireless communication system may also include a computing device having a second display, a second NFC transceiver, and a second controller coupled to the second display and the second NFC transceiver. The first controller may be configured to store the hyperlink based upon displaying of the primary resource on the first display without displaying the secondary resource on the first display, and to send the stored hyperlink to the computing device using the first and second NFC transceivers, and the second controller may be configured to display the secondary resource associated with the hyperlink on the second display. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181887 | HEAD UP DISPLAY, VEHICLE AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF HEAD UP DISPLAY - A head up display including a casing, a control circuit board, a display panel, and a plate is provided. The control circuit board is disposed in the casing. The display panel is disposed in the casing and electrically connected to the control circuit board. The plate is fixed to the casing and covers the display panel. The transmittance of the plate is capable of being changed, so that an image displayed on the display panel is projected out through the plate, or external light is stopped from illuminating the display panel through the plate. Besides, a vehicle having the head up display and a controlling method of the head up display are provided as well. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181888 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - A head-mounted display includes a display portion, a support portion, and an input operation unit. The display portion is configured to present an image to a user. The support portion is configured to support the display portion and be mountable on a head of the user. The input operation unit serves to control the image and includes a touch sensor provided to the display portion. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181889 | Method and System for Providing a Fault Tolerant Display Unit in an Electronic Device - Method and apparatus for providing a fault tolerant display unit for an electronic device such as a glucose meter, including display unit, and a controller unit operatively coupled to the display unit, the controller unit configured to control the display unit to display an information, where when a failure mode of the display unit occurs, the display unit is configured to display a modified information, where the modified information is different from the information for display under the control of the controller unit, is provided. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181890 | SCANNING LINE DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND SCANNING LINE DRIVING METHOD - A scanning line driving circuit includes a first transistor having a source electrode connected to a power supply and a drain electrode to a scanning line and a second transistor having a source electrode connected to the scanning line and a drain electrode connected to a clock signal line. The conductivity type of the second transistor is identical to that of the first transistor. A bias can be supplied, so that the first and second transistors are caused to be in an off-state simultaneously. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181891 | DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide a plural-viewpoint display device having an image separating optical element such as a lenticular lens or a parallax barrier, which is capable of achieving a high image quality by suppressing deterioration in the display image quality caused when a block division driving method is employed, and to provide a terminal device, a display panel, and a driving method thereof, which can be preferably used for those devices. A pixel group configured with pixels for displaying a right-eye image includes a pixel connected to a data line phase-deployed in the first phase of a block division driving method, and a pixel connected to a data line phase-deployed in the third phase, and a pixel connected to a data line phase-deployed in the second phase. In this manner, it is designed to have no deviation in the phase deployment orders in the pixel groups for each viewpoint. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181892 | Image Adjusting - An apparatus including a display configured to display an image; and a system for adjusting the image on the display based upon location of a user of the apparatus relative to the apparatus. The system for adjusting includes a camera and an orientation sensor. The system for adjusting is configured to use signals from both the camera and the sensor to determine the location of the user relative to the display. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181893 | ELECTROSTATICALLY TRANSDUCED SENSORS COMPOSED OF PHOTOCHEMICALLY ETCHED GLASS - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for glass electromechanical systems (EMS) electrostatic devices. In one aspect, a glass EMS electrostatic device includes sidewall electrodes. Structural components of a glass EMS electrostatic device such as stationary support structures, movable masses, coupling flexures, and sidewall electrode supports, can be formed from a single glass body. The glass body can be a photochemically etched. In some implementations, pairs of sidewall electrodes can be arranged in interdigitated comb or parallel plate configurations and can include plated metal layers and narrow capacitive gap spacing. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181894 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LARGE SCREEN - A display device includes a display screen, a distance sensing unit, set on an appropriate position of the display screen to sense a relative distance from a user to the display device; a processing unit comprising a projection position determining module, a stretching area determining module, and a display control module. The projection position determining module calculates a projected position of the user on the display screen according to a position of the distance sensing unit on the display screen, the projected position is the position on the display screen where the user is projected on. The stretching area determining module determines an area needed to be stretched on the display screen according to the projected position on the display screen and a predetermined distance. The display control module stretches content displayed on the area needed to be stretched according to a predetermined percentage. The display method is also provided. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181895 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING TIME DIVISION - An autostereoscopic 3D image display device using time division is provided. The image display device includes a backlight, an image display panel, a controller, and a viewer position tracking system. The backlight includes a plurality of line sources which are disposed at certain intervals. The image display panel displays a 3D image. The controller controls the backlight and a viewing point image of the image display panel. The viewer position tracking system determines a pupil position of a viewer and transfers position information to the controller. The image display panel provides two or more viewing points. The line sources configure two or more line source sets that are separately driven at the same time. The two or more line source sets are sequentially driven. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181896 | INTEGRATED LIGHT EMITTING AND LIGHT DETECTING DEVICE - Methods and systems for providing a light device that can emit light and sense light are disclosed. In one embodiment, a lighting device includes a light guide having a planar first surface, the light guide configured such that at least some ambient light enters the light guide through the first surface and propagates therein, and at least one light detector disposed along an edge of the light guide, the at least one detector optically coupled to the light guide to receive light propagating therein. The light detector can be configured to produce a control signal. In some embodiments, the lighting device also includes at least one light turning feature disposed on the first surface, the at least one light turning feature configured to direct light incident into the light guide through the first surface. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181897 | OPERATION INPUT APPARATUS, OPERATION INPUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A motion input is appropriately identified. A display is disposed in front of an operator, and a motion, performed by the operator within ranges set in predetermined right and left positions between the operator and the display, is identified. In certain circumstances, the shape of a finger of the operator may be handled as an object of an operational determination. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZED OPERATION OF TOUCH DEVICE - A system and method for synchronized operation of touch device has a mobile touch device which includes a USB transmission interface and a touch screen and an electronic facility host. The USB transmission interface connects to the USB interface of the electronic facility host and synchronizes image displaying, synchronized keyboard operation, and cursor operation so an image of the touch screen of the mobile touch device synchronously opens an image displaying zone on the display device of the electronic facility host and the keyboard and the cursor device directly simulate and synchronously operate touch display operation functions of the mobile touch device in the image displaying zone, operation of file duplication, writing, deletion, and edition between the facility host and the mobile touch device with at least one window of the operation platform of the electronic facility host. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181899 | REMOTE CONTROL FOR SENSING MOVEMENT, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING POINTER BY THE REMOTE CONTROL, AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A remote control is provided including a plurality of sensors which sense movement of the remote control, and a control unit which turns on at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors and thereby senses movement of the remote control, and determines whether to turn on or off the remaining sensors according to whether or not the at least one sensor senses movement of the remote control. Consequently, battery consumption is reduced. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181900 | NON-CONTACT SELECTION DEVICE - A non-contract selecting device is disclosed. The non-contract selecting device include a light source, emitting light to an outside; a camera unit, generating and outputting a video signal corresponding to an external video; a video data generating unit, generating video data corresponding to the video signal; and an identity unit, detecting a location of a detected area formed by light, reflected by pointing-means and inputted, of the light emitted from the video data in units of each frame, recognizing a moving locus of the detected area by comparing at least two continuous frames and generating and outputting corresponding change information. With the present invention, the function-selecting can be more quickly and easily and increase making the most use of elements. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181901 | Multiple Screens for Immersive Audio/Video Experience - A audio/video experience comprises two or more viewing screens of at least one front-located screen in front and at least one of either an above, ceiling screen located above and/or one bottom screen located below or slightly forward of the viewer. Side, wall-mounted screens located on at least one side of the viewer can be provided. The images projected on each screen are visually integrated with that of the front-located screen to provide fully immersive, realistic yet virtual viewing. The above, ceiling-mounted screen provides an overhead view of what would be projected above a viewer (coordinated to the front screen images) while the bottom screen provides a downward view of images visually coordinated to the images projected and viewable on the front screen. The bottom screen can be a stage. Alternatively, the various screens can be screen sections of a single video monitor. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181902 | SKINNABLE TOUCH DEVICE GRIP PATTERNS - Skinnable touch device grip pattern techniques are described herein. A touch-aware skin may be configured to substantially cover the outer surfaces of a computing device. The touch-aware skin may include a plurality of skin sensors configured to detect interaction with the skin at defined locations. The computing device may include one or more modules operable to obtain input from the plurality of skin sensors and decode the input to determine grips patterns that indicate how the computing device is being held by a user. Various functionality provided by the computing device may be selectively enabled and/or adapted based on a determined grip pattern such that the provided functionality may change to match the grip pattern. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181903 | PROTECTION COVER SUPPORT SEAT STRUCTURE FOR TABLET DISPLAY APPARATUS - A protection cover support seat structure for tablet display apparatus includes a support member, a display adjustment seat and a connection assembly. The support member has a first end section and a second end section opposite to the first end section. The display adjustment seat is pivotally connected to the first end section via at least one first pivot member. An engagement locating assembly with elastic engagement function is disposed between the display adjustment seat and the connection assembly. One side of the connection assembly is connectable with the tablet display apparatus. The second end section is pivotally connected with a base seat, which is further pivotally connected with a board body. Accordingly, the tablet display apparatus can be co-used with the board body and rotated and tilted by different angles and supported in an inclined position in adaptation to different use situations and requirements. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181904 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FINGER POSITION - A finger position detection device includes a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute, detecting a hand region that includes a plurality of fingers from an image captured by an image capturing unit that captures an image of the plurality of fingers from in front of the fingers; dividing a first region that is at least a part of the hand region into a plurality of first cells of a first size and extracting, from each of the plurality of first cells, a first feature value that represents a feature of a position of one of the plurality of fingers in a depth direction with respect to the image capturing unit; dividing a second region that is at least a part of the hand region into a plurality of second cells of a second size. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181905 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INSTANT MESSAGING - An electronic device includes a touch screen, a virtual keyboard projector, and a content projector. When a first touch gesture is detected by the touch screen, the virtual keyboard projector produces a projected virtual keyboard. An input content is obtained through the projected virtual keyboard and transmitted to a remote electronic device through a communication interface. The electronic device receives a messaging content from the remote electronic device. When a second touch gesture is detected by the touch screen, the content projector projects a projected display and presents the messaging content in the projected display. A method of managing instant messaging in the electronic device is also provided. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181906 | ADJUSTABLE KEYBOARD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING ADJUSTABLE KEYBOARD - A keyboard includes an upper frame, a main body, a lower frame, and an adjustment mechanism. The two frames cooperate with each other to sandwich the main body. The lower frame includes a bottom plate defining a though hole. The adjustment mechanism is configured to adjust an inclined angle of the keyboard, and includes an adjustment member, a supporting member, a driving member and a position stopper. The adjustment member is operated by a user. The supporting member protrudes from the bottom plate via the through hole to support the keyboard on a supporting surface. The driving member drives the supporting member to move along a central axis of the through hole to adjust a protruding distance of the supporting member when the adjustment member is operated. The position stopper resists the supporting member to secure the supporting member when the adjustment member is free. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181907 | FLEXIBLE ELECTRONIC FLOOR MAT WITH KEY SWITCHES, OPTIONAL POINTING DEVICE AND OVERLAYS SELECTED BY JUMPING OR HOPPING - A flexible, reflective electronic floor mat has keys, play zones, an optional pointing device and optional overlays for games, texting, browsing, internet and social media, with switches selected by physical movement, such as jumping or hopping. The mat can be from about 3 feet to about 6 feet wide and from about 6 feet to about 12 feet long, typically under 7/16 inch in thickness, allowing rolling and carrying, with an attached controller and one or two handheld controllers with optional loopback sensing for games. The mat is compatible with internet television boxes, desktops, laptops, tablets and game consoles, along with wireless protocols and wired systems. The mat can be used to text, email, browse, play games or engage in social media with one's feet by jumping and hopping, providing tremendous physical benefit. This is an aerobic alternative to texting, browsing, email, social media and gaming for children and adults. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181908 | PREDICTIVE COMPENSATION FOR A LATENCY OF AN INPUT DEVICE - A computer configured to selectively use prediction to compensate for a latency of an input device. The input device may be a touch screen. Processing of touch inputs may lead to a latency between the user performing a touch input and the touch screen display responding to the touch input. A touch screen component predicts a subsequent position of a touch contact point based on the sensed positions of the touch contact point. The component may be a software component that provides a predictive output that can be selectively used based on a characteristic of a touch input. The component may be generic such that it may be applied on multiple types of computers equipped with different types of touch sensing hardware configured with any suitable settings. The component's output may be used to control the touch screen display. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181909 | CONVERTIBLE CLAMSHELL TO SLATE DEVICE - In one embodiment, a clamshell-slate hybrid may act as either a clamshell or slate computing device. The clamshell-slate hybrid | 2013-07-18 |
20130181910 | Dual-Substrate-Sensor Stack - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first dielectric layer between a first substrate and a second substrate; and the first and second substrates. The first and second substrates each having drive or sense electrodes of a touch sensor disposed on it. The drive or sense electrodes are made of a conductive mesh of conductive material. The drive and sense electrodes are disposed on a surface of the first and second substrates that face a display. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181911 | On-Display-Sensor Stack - In one embodiment, an electronic display includes a display stack including one or more layers; and drive or sense electrodes of a touch sensor substantially disposed on one or more of the layers on or within the display stack. The drive or sense electrodes are made of a conductive mesh of conductive material. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181912 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel including first sense electrodes including a plurality of first sense cells arranged on a substrate in a first direction and first connection patterns electrically connecting adjacent first sense cells of the plurality of first sense cells; second sense electrodes including a plurality of second sense cells arranged on the substrate in a second direction that crosses the first direction, relay patterns arranged within the first sense electrodes, and metal patterns connected between the relay patterns and second sense cells of the plurality of second sense cells adjacent to the relay patterns; and auxiliary patterns electrically connecting two regions of the first sense electrodes divided by the relay patterns and the metal patterns. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181913 | PROVIDING A SENSE OF TOUCH IN A MOBILE DEVICE USING VIBRATION - Controlling haptic feedback in a mobile communication device is provided. Metadata associated with a set of objects within requested content is parsed to identify each object within the requested content having an associated frequency pattern included in the metadata. The requested content is displayed in a display device. A touch input is received on the display device at a location of an identified object that has an associated frequency pattern within the requested content. A frequency and a duration of a vibration generated by a variable frequency vibration device simulating a tactile texture of the identified object touched within the requested content is controlled using the associated frequency pattern of the identified object. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181914 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING OBJECTS OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for selecting objects of an electronic device, a touch operation performed on a touch screen of the electronic device is detected. A selection region on the touch screen is determined according to a touch operation that is detected from the touch screen. The selection region is scaled according to one or more predetermined ratios when contact points of the touch operation move on the touch screen. Objects displayed on the touch screen are selected according to the determined selection region. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181915 | TOUCH DISPLAY, COMPUTER SYSTEM HAVING A TOUCH DISPLAY, AND METHOD OF SWITCHING MODES OF A TOUCH DISPLAY - A touch display capable of switching modes is disclosed in the present invention. The touch display includes a touch panel, an image controller electrically connected to the touch panel, a switch, and a touch signal processor electrically connected to the touch panel, the image controller and the switch. The touch panel generates a touch signal according to a plurality of blocks triggered on the touch panel. The image controller receives an image signal outputted from a host and drives the touch panel to display a corresponding image. The switch can be used to switch the touch signal processor to a first operating mode or a second operating mode. The touch signal processor receives the touch signal, and transmits the touch signal to the image controller or to the host according to the mode switched by the switch. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181916 | SCAN METHOD FOR A TOUCH PANEL - A scan method for a touch panel has steps of: receiving a self-sensing frame; calculating sensing slopes between each sensing line and its neighboring sensing lines in the self-sensing frame; determining whether any sensing slope is larger than a slope threshold, and marking the sensing line if the sensing slope is larger than the slope threshold; and executing a mutual scan approach on the marked sensing lines to produce a mutual sensing frame without sensing point caused by noise. Further, the present invention also increases the frame rate since only a part of sensing lines need to be scanned. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181917 | TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS - A touch screen apparatus including: a touch sensing unit; a memory configured to store sensing information transmitted from the touch sensing unit; and a display unit associated with the memory, the display unit configured to receive and display the sensing information stored in the memory. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181918 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Electronic device and method for controlling the same are provided. A first block and a second block are displayed on a touch screen of the electronic device. The first block is displayed on a lower portion on the display screen of the touch panel. The second block is displayed on an upper portion on the display screen of the touch panel. Contact movement between the first block and the second block on the display screen of the touch panel is detected. An arrangement line for arranging icons on the display screen is determined according to a moving path corresponding to the contact movement on the touch panel. Icons are arranged along the arrangement line on the display screen to generate a graphical user interface for the electronic device. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181919 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling an electronic device is provided. A file image is displayed on a touch screen of the electronic device. The file image is designated as an object for adjusting in response to a detection of a first contact with the touch screen on the file image. In addition, a location of the first contact is recorded as a standard point. When a second contact with the touch screen is detected, a location of the second contact is recorded as an operation point. An adjusting process is performed on the file image according to a distance between the standard point and the operation point and the relative position of the operation point corresponding to the standard point. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181920 | DISPLAY NAVIGATION - Navigating on a display includes tracking motion of an input tool on a display, comparing a motion of the input tool to a threshold, and changing a position of the visible portion of a page of information on the display if the input tool motion exceeds the threshold. The position of the visible portion of the page of information on the display is constrained if the motion does not exceed the threshold. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181921 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a transparent electrode for sensing and a metal mark that overlaps with the transparent electrode in a sensing enable area, and a metal line that extends along a contour of the sensing enable area in a peripheral area. The transparent electrode is electrically connected to the metal line. A light shielding area of a cover substrate includes a first portion that overlaps with the peripheral area, and a second portion that partially overlaps with the sensing enable area so as to cover the transparent electrode and the metal mark. | 2013-07-18 |
20130181922 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - Provided is a display device which includes: a display panel having a display screen on which an image is displayed; and a touch panel which is arranged on a display screen side of the display panel. The display panel includes: a first substrate; a second substrate which is arranged on a side closer to the touch panel than the first substrate; and a polarizer which is arranged on a touch panel side of the second substrate. The touch panel is formed larger than the polarizer and is laminated to the polarizer. An auxiliary member is arranged between the touch panel and a portion of the second substrate which is exposed from the polarizer. | 2013-07-18 |