35th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090212992 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN ENVIRONNING AIRCRAFT - The device ( | 2009-08-27 |
20090212993 | COLLISION DETECTION APPARATUS, VEHICLE HAVING SAME APPARATUS, AND COLLISION DETECTION METHOD - A collision detection apparatus incorporated in a vehicle has: a radar that detects an object; and a controller that determines whether there is a possibility of collision between the vehicle and the object based on a result of detection by the radar. A detection-direction center axis of the radar is tilted to right or left by 20° to 60° with respect to a straightforward running direction of the vehicle. | 2009-08-27 |
20090212994 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC STABILIZATION OF TARGET DATA DETECTED FROM A MOVING PLATFORM - Systems and methods for detecting a present location of a target from a moving platform are provided. One system includes a movement module for estimating the present location of the target, a prediction module for estimating future locations of the target, and a first processor. The first processor is configured to receive present location estimates, receive future location estimates, store the future location estimates to create a first future location estimate, and determine the present location of the target based on the present location estimate and/or the first future location estimate. One method includes receiving an estimate of the present location of the moving platform, receiving an estimate of a future location of the moving platform, and determining the present location of the target based on the estimate of the present location and/or the estimate of the future location. | 2009-08-27 |
20090212995 | DISTRIBUTED ITERATIVE MULTIMODAL SENSOR FUSION METHOD FOR IMPROVED COLLABORATIVE LOCALIZATION AND NAVIGATION - A computer implemented method for fusing position and range measurements to determine the position of at least one node of a plurality of distributed nodes is disclosed. The method includes (a) measuring the position of at least one node; (b) computing an estimate of the position of the at least one node based on the measured position using a filter that takes account of past estimates of position; (c) receiving an estimate of position of at least a second node; (d) measuring inter-node range to the at least a second node; (e) combining the measured inter-node range with the estimate of position of at least a second node using a second filter that takes account of past estimates of position to generate a refined estimate of the position of the at least one node; and (f) when a change in the position of the at least one node is above a predetermined threshold value, setting the refined estimate of the position of the at least one node to the estimate of the position of the at least one node and repeating (c), (e), and (f). | 2009-08-27 |
20090212996 | Device for determining and monitoring the level of a medium in a container - The invention relates to an apparatus ( | 2009-08-27 |
20090212997 | Method for measuring a distance running time - A method for ascertaining the distance on the basis of the travel-time of high-frequency measuring signals, wherein at least one periodic, pulsed, transmission signal having a pulse repetition frequency is transmitted and at least one reflected measuring signal is received. The transmission signal and the reflected measuring signal are transformed by means of a sampling signal produced with a sampling frequency into a time-expanded, intermediate-frequency signal having an intermediate-frequency. The time-expanded, intermediate-frequency signal is filtered by means of at least one filter and a filtered, intermediate-frequency signal is produced, wherein the intermediate-frequency is matched to a limit frequency and/or a center frequency of the filter. The matching of the filter to the intermediate-frequency of the time-expanded measuring signal results, reducing production costs. | 2009-08-27 |
20090212998 | Object Detection - An object is detected by generating a m-ary primary signal having an irregular sequence of states. Each transition results in the transmission of a pulse encoded according to the type of transition. Reflected pulses are processed with a delayed, reference version of the primary signal. The presence of an object at a range corresponding to the delay is determined from the extent to which the reflected pulses coincide with transitions in the reference signal. In one aspect, transitions between states of the primary signal occur at varying time offsets with respect to nominal regular clock pulses. In another aspect, the object-detection system is operated while inhibiting the transmission of pulses, and if a significant output is obtained, the parameters of the transmitted signal are altered. | 2009-08-27 |
20090212999 | Apparatus and method of correcting moving direction of pedestrian - Provided are an apparatus and a method of correcting a moving direction of a pedestrian, which can estimate a pedestrian location accurately by correcting error components that are included in a moving direction angle, detected by a terrestrial magnetism sensor. The apparatus for correcting a pedestrian moving direction, including a signal receiving unit which estimates a pedestrian location using a satellite signal from a satellite, a sensor unit which detects a first moving direction angle using a terrestrial magnetism sensor, and a control unit which calculates a second moving direction angle using a pedestrian location estimated by using a satellite signal of good reception quality and corrects the first moving direction angle detected by the terrestrial magnetism sensor by using the calculated second moving direction angle. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213000 | Method and Apparatus for Determining the Location of a Stationary Satellite Receiver - The invention refers to a location method and location apparatus for determining the location of a stationary satellite receiver having a stationary satellite antenna by means of ranging packets within satellite payload signals. Said satellite payload signals are transmitted from one or more earth stations at defined earth station positions and are relayed from one or more satellites at different geostationary orbital positions to be received by the same stationary satellite antenna, wherein each ranging packet within the corresponding satellite payload signal is related to a time stamp information with regard to the point of time when the ranging packet was transmitted from the corresponding earth station, and wherein a plurality of the ranging packets is detected by the stationary satellite receiver in the received satellite payload signals, wherein the relative time differences between the points of time of detection of the corresponding ranging packets are measured and wherein the measured relative time differences are collected and are related to the defined earth station positions, the time stamp information and the satellite position information for estimating the location of the stationary satellite receiver by means of a secondary condition for resolving the redundancy of the measured relative time differences. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213001 | Dynamic Location of a Subordinate User - Providing location information to a supervisory user includes providing a parental control, using a computer automatically to determine a location of a subordinate user, and storing location information indicative of the location of the subordinate user in a database. A request of the supervisory user to locate the subordinate user is received and a user interface informs the supervisory user of the location of the subordinate user based on the stored location information. At least one of the storing and/or the informing are based on the parental control. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213002 | Context sensitive mobile device utilization tracking - A method and apparatus for generating context sensitive mobile device utilization data. The method comprises retrieving mobile device utilization data from a mobile device utilization and tracking device, retrieving location data from the tracking device, retrieving context sensitive data relevant to the device, and analyzing the retrieved data to determine context sensitive mobile device utilization. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213003 | POSITIONING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN MULTIPLE POSITIONING DEVICES - A positioning device includes an antenna, a receiving module, a processing module and an output module. The receiving module receives positioning signals transmitted from positioning satellites and a position signal of another positioning device transmitted from a ground monitoring system using the antenna. The processing module determines a position of the positioning device according to the positioning signals, and calculates a distance between the positioning device and another positioning device according to the position signal of the position device and the position signal of the another positioning device. The output module outputs the distance. A method for measuring the distance between the positioning devices is also provided. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213004 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING OPTIMAL SATELLITES FOR A-GPS LOCATION OF HANDSETS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A system and method for determining a set of satellites for which assistance data may be provided to a wireless device. A boundary for an approximate area in which the wireless device is located may be determined and one or more sets of satellites may be determined as a function of the boundary. An optimum set of satellites from the one or more sets of satellites may then be determined using a satellite selection function on the one or more sets of satellites at predetermined points substantially on the boundary. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213005 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A HIGH-PRECISION TIME OF ARRIVAL ULTRA-WIDEBAND POSITIONING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for a high-precision time of arrival ultra-wideband positioning system are provided. In one embodiment, a method for generating precision localizer messages for an ultra-wideband time-of-arrival positioning system is provided. The method comprises receiving a signal from an atomically accurate reference, generating a timing signal based on the atomically accurate reference signal, correcting a system time based on the timing signal when an error is detected, and transmitting an ultra-wideband signal having a localization message based on the system time. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213006 | GNSS RECEIVER WITH REDUCED STORAGE REQUIREMENTS - A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver provided according to an aspect of the present invention contains a buffer to store less than a number of samples spanning a code period of a received GNSS signal, with the samples being used by a correlator and a processor to perform various searches in the receiver. Due to the use of such smaller memory space in the buffer, the overall size of receivers may be reduced. According to another aspect of the present invention, the amount of storage provided for storing local code and carrier samples (used during correlation) is also reduced by dynamically generating the local code and carrier sample as required for generating partial correlation results. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213007 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING COEXISTENCE BEACON PROTOCOL IN A COGNITIVE RADIO SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for transmitting Coexistence Beacon Protocol (CBP) in a cognitive radio system are provided. The apparatus includes a detector, a controller, and a transmitter. The detector scans channels on which neighboring Base Stations (BSs) operate through a plurality of directional antennas. The controller links the plurality of directional antennas with BSs, respectively. The transmitter receives a CBP packet through the directional antenna linked with the BS, and transmits the received CBP packet to at least one or more other BSs linked with at least one or more other directional antennas. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213008 | Multiple RF receiver and locating method using the same - A multiple RF receiver and locating method using the same have developed. The multiple RF receiver includes: a clock generator for generating a clock according to multiple RF receiving modules included in a multiple RF receiving unit; a phase distributor for dividing the clock into clocks having different phases, and providing the clocks to the multiple RF receiving unit as clock sources; the multiple RF receiving unit for generating SFD (Start of Frame Delimiter) signals by using the phases of the clocks provided as the clock sources; and a time measuring unit for measuring the SFD signals for use as data for location measurement. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213009 | POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM, POSITION DETECTION SERVER, AND TERMINAL - A position detection server corrects for the attenuation of the intensity of an electric wave from each AP unit which is caused by walls by using map information to determine a distance between each AP unit and a terminal, acquires, as an existence region, a region of the position of the terminal in which variations are permitted to occur in the electric wave intensity due to the characteristics of the electric wave from the distance, restricts this existence region to an actionable region according to the state of the terminal, excludes any part which is blocked by walls when viewed from the immediately preceding position of the terminal from the actionable region by using the map information to determine a movable region, and narrows this movable region down to a region extending in the direction in which the terminal is moving to determine the position of the terminal. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213010 | POLARIZED ANTENNA WITH REDUCED SIZE - A polarized antenna with reduced size includes a substrate, a ground electrode, a radiation electrode and a side-feeding electrode. The substrate is made of dielectric materials, and the ground electrode, the radiation electrode and the side-feeding electrode are made of electrically conductive materials. By forming a plurality of characteristics-setting elements within the radiation electrode, the polarized antenna can have the advantages of wider bandwidth and smaller size. By changing the design of characteristics-setting elements, the circular polarization characteristics of the antenna can be adjusted or a linear polarization antenna can be obtained. The present invention can be implemented to become a through-hole device or an SMD device. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213011 | Dual-band dual-feed antenna - An antenna includes an open loop conductor, a pair of feeding points, and a conductive arm. The open loop conductor includes a loop element that has opposite first and second ends, and first and second feeding elements, each of which is connected to a respective one of first and second ends of the loop element. Each of the feeding points is provided on a respective one of the first and second feeding elements. The conductive arm extends from the open loop conductor. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213012 | RFID PATCH ANTENNA WITH COPLANAR REFERENCE GROUND AND FLOATING GROUNDS - In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, reader antennas are provided within storage fixtures for transporting RF signals between, for example, an RFID reader and an RFID tag. In a preferred embodiment, the RFID-enabled storage fixtures are implemented using an intelligent network, which may allow enhanced flexibility in controlling systems for interrogation of RFID antennas. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213013 | ANTENNA FEEDING ARRANGEMENT - There is disclosed an antenna element, including at least one antenna patch and a feeding arrangement which comprises: a ground plane including: a first aperture slot and a second aperture slot, where said aperture slots cross each other perpendicularly; a feeding plane including: a first antenna port for feeding microwave energy via a first feeding junction into a first pair of feed lines which extend in parallel along said first aperture slot, on each side thereof; a second antenna port for feeding microwave energy via a second feeding junction into a second pair of feed lines which extend in parallel along said second aperture slot, on each side thereof; and where said feed lines cross each other in at least one point, at a mutual distance. Said feeding arrangement is furthermore irregularly configured for compensating for an imbalance caused by said crossing of said feed lines. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213014 | HYBRID ANTENNA USING PARASITIC EXCITATION OF CONDUCTING ANTENNAS BY DIELECTRIC ANTENNAS - An integrated antenna device comprising a first, dielectric antenna component and a second, electrically-conductive antenna component, wherein the first and second components are not electrically connected to each other but are mutually arranged such that the second component is parasitically driven by the first component when the first component is fed with a predetermined signal. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213015 | PLANAR ANTENNA ASSEMBLY WITH IMPEDANCE MATCHING AND REDUCED USER INTERACTION, FOR A RF COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT - A planar antenna assembly (AA), for an RF communication module, comprises i) a ground plane (GP) and a feeding circuit (FC) defined on a lace of a printed circuit board (PCB), ii) a feed tab (FT | 2009-08-27 |
20090213016 | Antenna device and radio apparatus having a broadband characteristic - An antenna device including a ground plane, a plane conductor and a line conductor is provided. The plane conductor is shaped like a polygon having a first side, a second side and an angle between the first side and the second side. The plane conductor is arranged almost on a same plane as the ground plane. The plane conductor has a feed portion around the angle. The first side faces a side of the ground plane. The line conductor is arranged almost on the same plane as the ground plane. The line conductor has a first end and a second end. The first end is connected to an end of the second side being opposite the feed portion. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213017 | HOUSING, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE HOUSING, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A housing for a wireless communication device includes a substrate and an antenna pattern formed on the substrate. The antenna pattern is an electrically conductive coating of conductive ink. A method for making the housing and a wireless communication device using the housing is also disclosed. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213018 | HOUSING, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE HOUSING, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A housing for a wireless communication device includes a substrate and an antenna pattern formed on the substrate. The antenna pattern is an electroplated metal coating. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213019 | Antenna Device Having A Radome For Installation In A Motor Vehicle - For an antenna device, in particular for a radar antenna device having excitation field and radome in front of it, the thickness of the radome is varied such that a location-dependent phase delay of the emitted or received wave front may be attained. Thus, tilts, in particular for the non-vertical installation of radar devices in motor vehicles, that lead to unwanted radiation lobe deviations, may be compensated for in a simple way. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213020 | Antenna With Dual Band Lumped Element Impedance Matching - An antenna includes a first antenna element and a second antenna element. The first antenna element and the second antenna element are both configured to receive signals in a first band of frequencies and in a second band of frequencies. Frequencies in the second band of frequencies are greater than frequencies in the first band of frequencies. A first impedance matching circuit, coupled to the first antenna element, includes a first plurality of filters having a first shared component. A second impedance matching circuit, coupled to the second antenna element, includes a second plurality of filters having a second shared component. A feed network circuit is coupled to the first impedance matching circuit and to the second impedance matching circuit and has a combined output corresponding to the signals received by the first antenna element and a second antenna element. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213021 | Isolation Antenna For Repeater - Provided is an isolation antenna for a repeater which can acquire high isolation by using loop and dipole antennas, which are positioned in opposite directions to each other based on a shielding means, in a unidirectional repeater generally used in broadcasting or wireless communications even though transmitting antenna/receiving antennas having a co-channel are set up closely to each other. The transmitting/receiving isolation antenna includes: a shielding means including an electric conductor; a first antenna of a dipole antenna type in one side of the shielding means; and a second antenna of a loop antenna type in an opposite side of the shielding means where the first antenna is positioned. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213022 | HORN ANTENNA, WAVEGUIDE OR APPARATUS INCLUDING LOW INDEX DIELECTRIC MATERIAL - A horn antenna includes a conducting horn having an inner wall and a first dielectric layer lining substantially the entire inner wall of the conducting horn. The first dielectric layer includes a metamaterial having a dielectric constant of greater than 0 and less than 1. The horn antenna may further include a dielectric core abutting at least a portion of the first dielectric layer. In one aspect, the dielectric core includes a fluid. A waveguide and a power combiner assembly, each including a metamaterial, are also disclosed. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213023 | Portal Antenna - A portal antenna ( | 2009-08-27 |
20090213024 | Dipole antenna array - A dipole antenna array includes a dielectric substrate; electric tuning elements mounted on a first surface and a second surface of the dielectric substrate; resonance elements and ground elements; and a feed line. Each resonance element includes first resonance parts, second resonance parts and a third resonance part. One of the second resonance parts connects the corresponding first resonance part to the third resonance part. The other second resonance parts respectively connect two neighboring first resonance parts. Each ground element includes first ground parts, second ground parts and a third ground part. One of the second ground parts connects one of the first ground parts to the third ground part. The other second ground parts respectively connect to two neighboring first ground parts. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213025 | Ultra-wideband antenna with excellent design flexibility - An ultra-wideband antenna includes a zone, an excitation means, and an adapting means. The zone is defined between first and second shaped surfaces such as to form a radiating element. The first and second shaped surfaces are also rotationally symmetrical in relation to a longitudinal axis of the antenna, and are disposed opposite one another in respect of a plane that is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and that contains a horizontal axis. The first and second shaped surfaces are configured to control the characteristics of an electromagnetic field in the zone such that the antenna has an essentially-constant gain in the frequency band along an azimuth plane. The excitation means is configured to supply a signal in a localised manner in a central region of the zone. The adapting means is configured to promote a localised coupling between the excitation means and the zone. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213026 | ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT PROVIDED WITH A WAVE TRAP - The present invention related to an antenna arrangement comprising at least a first antenna element and a ground plane means, wherein the antenna arrangement is provided at a first end of the ground plane means. The invention is characterised in that a wave trap is provided at a second end of the ground plane means, and the second end is located opposite to the first end. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213027 | METHODS OF CONNECTING AN ANTENNA TO A TRANSPONDER CHIP - An antenna wire ( | 2009-08-27 |
20090213028 | Antennas and Their Coupling Characteristics for Wireless Power Transfer via Magnetic Coupling - Optimizing a wireless power system by separately optimizing received power and efficiency. Either one or both of received power and/ or efficiency can be optimized in a way that maintains the values to maximize transferred power. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213029 | Antenna contacting assembly - This invention refers to an antenna contacting assembly which allows electrical connection of an antenna element to the RF module of a wireless device when very little space is available on the side of the PCB underneath the antenna element. The antenna contacting assembly provides electrical contact between a first conducting surface and a second conducting surface by engaging in traction mode said first conducting surface with said second conducting surface. Further the invention refers to an antenna system provided with such antenna contacting assembly and the corresponding wireless device with an antenna system provided with such antenna contacting assembly. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213030 | Disconnectable electrical connection - An apparatus including an antenna; a printed wiring board (PWB); and a connection system electrically connecting the antenna to the PWB. The connection system includes a first spring contact and a second spring contact. The first and second spring contacts are removably resiliently biased against each other. The first spring contact is directly connected to the antenna. The second spring contact is electrically connected to the PWB. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213031 | Furlable Shape-Memory Reflector - A shape-memory reflector is disclosed along with methods for manufacturing, packaging and deploying the same. The shape-memory reflector may include an elastic reflector material, a shape-memory stiffener, and a plurality of radial stiffeners. The shape-memory stiffener may be coupled with the elastic reflector material in a band that encloses at least a portion of the elastic reflector surface, for example, the exterior of a paraboloid reflector. The plurality of radial stiffeners is coupled with the bottom surface of the elastic reflector material and extends radially from a central portion of the elastic reflector surface toward the outer edge of the elastic reflector surface. The shape-memory reflector may be packaged in a packaged configuration that includes a plurality of pleats within the elastic reflector material and/or the shape-memory stiffener, and the shape-memory reflector is configured to deploy into a deployed configuration (i.e. a paraboloid) by heating the shape-memory stiffener. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213032 | Computer System Having Shared Display Devices - A computer system includes a first electronic device having a first display. The first display includes a first electronic image having an anchor point. The computer system also includes a second electronic device that is moveable relative to the first electronic device. The second electronic device includes a movement sensor and a second display operatively connected with the first display. The second display includes a second electronic image that is associated with the first electronic image. Upon sensing movement of the second electronic device relative to the first electronic device, the movement sensor determines a direction of the movement relative to the anchor point and triggers a shifting of the second electronic image relative to the anchor point of the first electronic image. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213033 | TIMING CONTROLLER FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - The invention provides a display device with reduced power consumption, comprising a host applied to generate a first image signal, a timing controller connected to the host, applied to generate a second image signal and comprised a memory for storing image data, and a panel connected to the timing controller and applied to receive the second image signal for displaying image frames. When the display device is in a power-saving mode, the host is powered down, and the timing controller generates the second image signal according to the image data stored in the memory and outputs the second image signal to the panel. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213034 | MULTI-MODALITY MEDICAL IMAGE LAYOUT EDITOR - A medical imaging system comprises one or more displays. A viewer device generates an interactive user interface screen on the display, which viewer device enables a user to simultaneously inspect selected image data of multiple patients or multiple images. A layout editor generates a layout editor user interface in the user interface screen, which layout editor device enables the user to create and/or modify a layout of the selected image data on the display. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213035 | Notebook Computer System with Dual Integrated Displays and Method - A second display is integrated into a notebook computer system. The second display is mounted with the primary display and arranged for movement to various working positions which facilitate use with a second viewer or with programs which spread displays over two displays for clarity or working jointly with two programs such as a graphics program and a word processing program. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213036 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY UNIT FOR IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide an image display device in which the number of pixels of arranged light emitting elements or the like can be reduced and the cost can be drastically reduced while image degradation is minimized, and a display unit used therefore. In an image display device in which plural display units including pixels formed by light emitting elements or the like are arranged in a plane, the display unit is configured by two-dimensionally arranging lattice-shaped pixel groups formed by providing pixels in locations corresponding to three lattice points of a square lattice, respectively, and forming a space area in which no pixel exists in a location corresponding to the remaining lattice point. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213037 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY WITH BRIGHTNESS CONTROL - A head-up display system suitable for an aircraft. The head-up display including an image source arranged outside the desired field of view of an observer and where the intensity of symbols of the image source are modulated differ depending on their perceived position relative to the horizon line. A light source is arranged for providing light to an image source which is arranged to modulate the light of the light source thereby creating an image for the head up display. A brightness control unit have inputs for vehicle pitch- and roll angle, and a calculator configured to calculate, based on the pitch and roll angles, the current position in the image of a virtual horizon line, corresponding to the real horizon line as perceived by the observer, and for controlling the brightness of symbols above the virtual horizon line to be different from the brightness of symbols below the line. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213038 | Head Mounted Display and Real-Time Video Device - A head mounted display is disclosed in this invention. The head mounted display includes a display module, a removable supporting frame, and a removable clamping device. The display module is connected to a multi-media player. The removable supporting frame is disposed on the display module. The removable clamping device is disposed on the display module so as to clip eyeglasses of a user. A real-time video device is also disclosed in this invention. The real-time video device includes an image capturing device, a receiving device, and a head mounted display. The image capturing device is able to capture a motion image of a user continuously and transfer a signal of the motion image. The receiving device is used to receive the signal of the motion image. The head mounted display is mounted on the head of the user; the motion image is displayed on a display element of the head mounted display instantaneously. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213039 | Display device - One embodiment of the present invention is a display device being visible from both sides, including a substantially transparent semiconductor circuit having a substantially transparent thin film transistor on one surface of a substantially transparent substrate and a wiring made of a substantially transparent conductive material, the wiring having an electric contact point electrically connected to the transistor, and a display element being driven by the semiconductor circuit. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213040 | Apparatus and Method for Interpolating the Intensities of Scanned Pixels from Source Pixels - A scan assembly of an image generator sweeps an image beam in a first dimension at a first rate and bi-directionally in a second dimension at a slower rate. Sweeping the beam bi-directionally in the vertical dimension (generally the dimension of the lower sweep rate) can reduce the scanning power by eliminating the flyback period, and, where the scan assembly includes a mechanical reflector, can reduce the error in the beam position without a feedback loop by reducing the number of harmonics in the vertical sweep function. Furthermore, because the image beam is “on” longer due to the elimination of the flyback period, the scanned image is often brighter for a given beam intensity. The scan assembly may also sweep the image beam non-linearly in the vertical dimension, and this sweep may be bi-directional or uni-directional. Sweeping the beam non-linearly can also reduce the error in the beam position by reducing the number of harmonics in the vertical sweep function. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213041 | Solar backlight for transmissive displays - A backlighted electronic transmissive display assembly consistent with certain implementations has an electronic transmissive display panel that produces a visual display using light passing through the panel. A solar light collector collects sunlight. Light is received from the solar light collector and supplied as a backlight to the electronic transmissive display panel. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213042 | Matrix Addressing Method and Circuitry and Display Device Using the Same - The invention aims at providing a matrix addressing method and circuitry and display device, which enable power savings without as little degrading the legibility of content of an image as possible. A matrix addressing method for driving pixels arranged over a display area by signals supplied to row electrodes and column electrodes arranged to cross one another. Rich-gray-scale pixel information signals (# | 2009-08-27 |
20090213043 | METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL - A method for driving a display panel includes generating data signals to drive pixels in the display panel. The pixels in the display panel are arranged in a matrix. In addition, the voltage values of the data signals are adjusted to render a sum of voltage values of the data signals in a unit area as zero. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213044 | Sustain Device for Plasma Panel - The present invention concerns a device for generating a rectangular sustain voltage between the line scanning electrodes and the line common electrodes of luminous cells in a plasma panel. The device includes a first sustain amplifier connected to the line scanning electrode of the cells to produce the transitions of the first sustain voltage signal, and a second sustain amplifier connected to the line common electrode of the cells to produce the transitions of the second sustain voltage signal. It also includes an insulated voltage supply circuit which is connected directly to the line scanning electrodes and to the line common electrodes of the cells in order to hold the end-of-transition voltage on said line scanning electrodes and said line common electrodes. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213045 | Display device and driving method thereof - It is provided a display device that prevents, when applying a reverse bias, an anode line and a power supply line included in a signal line driver circuit from being short-circuited, and a driving method thereof. According to the invention, a reverse bias applying circuit is provided in a scan line driver circuit or a signal line driver circuit, a signal from the reverse bias applying circuit is supplied to a transistor disposed between a signal line and an anode line, and thereby the transistor is turned off. The reverse bias applying circuit comprises an analog switch or a clocked inverter and a biasing transistor, and drives so as to invert potentials of the anode line and a cathode line and apply a reverse bias to a light emitting element, while turn off the analog switch and turn on the biasing transistor. Then, a potential of the anode line becomes equal to that of a scan line, and thereby turning off the transistor between the anode line and the signal line assuredly. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213046 | Organic light emitting diode display and method of driving the same - An organic light emitting diode display includes a data line, a gate line that crosses the data line to receive a scan pulse, a high potential driving voltage source to generate a high potential driving voltage, a low potential driving voltage source to generate a low potential driving voltage, a light emitting element to emit light due to a current flowing between the high potential driving voltage source and the low potential driving voltage source, a drive element connected between the high potential driving voltage source and the light emitting element to control a current flowing in the light emitting element depending on a voltage between a gate electrode and a source electrode of the drive element, and a driving current stabilization circuit to apply a first voltage to the gate electrode of the drive element to turn on the drive element and to sink a reference current through the drive element to set a source voltage of the drive element at a sensing voltage and to modify the voltage between the gate and source electrodes of the drive element to scale a current to be applied to the light emitting element from the reference current. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213047 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An electrophoretic display device includes pixels each including an electrophoretic element that has a pixel electrode, an opposing electrode that faces the pixel electrode, and an electrophoretic layer that is configured by electrophoretic particles disposed between the pixel electrode and the opposing electrode. The pixels are arranged two-dimensionally, and an insulating layer formed of a photosensitive insulating material is disposed in areas between the adjacent pixel electrodes. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213048 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND PROCESSING METHOD OF IMAGE SIGNALS THEREOF - The present invention relates to an organic light emitting display device and a method for processing image signals thereof. An organic light emitting display device according to the present invention receives a plurality of input image signals respectively corresponding to the pixels representing a first color, a second color, a third color, and a white color, and converts the input image signals of at least two dots respectively representing the first color to the third color among the input image signals according to a first extension coefficient to generate a plurality of four-color image signals of at least two dots respectively representing the first color, the second color, the third color, and the white color, to respectively sum a distortion amount of a color impression of the four-color image signals of at least two dots, to calculate a partial extension coefficient corresponding to the sum result, and to extension-convert the input image signals of at least two dot according to the partial extension coefficient thereby generating the four-color output image signals of at least two dots. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213049 | CORRECTION OF TFT NON-UNIFORMITY IN AMOLED DISPLAY - Sub-pixel current in an OLED display is forced to converge to a desired level regardless of the source of pixel current error. By using a feedback loop, the pixel transistor current is forced to be equal to a predetermined target current that is established by an analog control circuit. The predetermined target current is selected to generate the desired pixel transistor current through the sub-pixel, and can be set by setting a target voltage. The sub-pixels have a 3T cell structure including 3 TFTs, one TFT for connecting the data line to the storage capacitor, another TFT for driving the sub-pixel current, and still another TFT for connecting the OLED diode anode to the data line of the AMOLED panel. Thus, the feedback loop of the present invention (comprising Taps M and N of a resistor string, and an amplifier, a comparator, and digital logic) senses the pixel transistor current via the data lines of the AMOLED panel to compensate for Mura | 2009-08-27 |
20090213050 | IMAGE OVER-DRIVING DEVICES AND IMAGE OVER-DRIVING CONTROLLING METHODS - An image over-driving device is provided. An image detection device detects a size and a moving speed of an object according to an image signal and outputs an over-driving control signal according to the detected size and moving speed. A first image register receives and temporarily stores first image data of the image signal in a first frame period, and receives second image data of the image signal and outputs the first image data as a buffer data in a sequential second frame period. A first over-driving unit includes first and second lookup tables recording different over-driving parameters. The first over-driving unit generates first and second over-driving signals according to the buffer data and the second image data respectively by using the first and second lookup tables. The first multiplexer selects the first or second over-driving signal according to the over-driving control signal to drive a display device. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213051 | Digital-to-analog converting circuit, data driver and display device - Disclosed is a digital-to-analog converting circuit (DAC) which in accordance with an m-bit digital signal, selects two reference voltages, inclusive of redundant selection of the same reference voltage (inclusive also of reference voltages other than adjacent voltages) out of a plurality of reference voltages and outputs a voltage level that is the result of interpolation from the two reference voltages. The plurality of reference voltages are grouped into first to (3S+1)th reference voltage groups (where S is an integer that is a power of 2). An ith reference voltage group [where i is 1 to (3S+1)] includes [3S×(j−1)+i]th reference voltages (where j=1, 2, . . . h, and h is a prescribed integer). The DAC has a decoder and an interpolation amplifier. The decoder includes first to (3S+1)th subdecoders provided in correspondence with the first to (3S+1)th reference voltage groups for selecting one reference voltage out of the plurality of reference voltages of respective ones of the corresponding reference voltage groups in accordance with values of a first bit group on a higher order side of the input digital signal; and a (3S+1)-input and 2-output subdecoder for selecting two reference voltages, inclusive of redundant selection of the same reference voltage, out of (3S+1) reference voltages selected by the respective first to (3S+1)th subdecoders, in accordance with values of a second bit group on a lower order side of the input digital signal, and outputting the selected two reference voltages. The interpolation amplifier outputs a voltage level obtained by interpolating the two reference voltages with an interpolation ratio 1:1. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213052 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS EMPLOYING LASER BEAM SOURCE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREFOR - An image display apparatus employing a laser beam source includes: a light modulating unit that modulates a laser beam emitted from the laser beam source into image light representing an image; and a driving-signal generating unit that generates, on the basis of an image signal of a frame image updated at a fixed first period, a driving signal for driving the light modulating unit. The driving-signal generating unit periodically inserts a noise image in the driving signal while maintaining timing for updating display of the frame image at the first period. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213053 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixels each connected to a signal line via a switching element. Each pixel includes first and second sub-pixels having voltage vs. luminance characteristics different from each other with respect to a signal voltage supplied from the signal line. A threshold signal voltage of the first sub-pixel is lower than that of the second sub-pixel. The pixels form color display pixels which are red, green pixel and blue pixels. Where the area ratio of the first sub-pixel in each of the red, green and blue pixels is SR1, SG1 and SB1, and the ratio of the lighting-up time period of the first sub-pixel of each of the red, green and blue pixels in one vertical scanning period is TR1, TG1 and TB1, the relationship of (SR1×TR1)>(SG1×TG1)>(SB1×TB1) holds. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213054 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes red, green, and blue sub pixels and red, green, and blue data lines connected to the corresponding sub pixels. Red, green, and blue sampling switches are provided in a peripheral region and are electrically connected to data lines of the corresponding color. The green sampling switch is located at a position that is closer to the pixel region than are the red or blue sampling switches. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213055 | DISPLAY DEVICE CAPABLE OF BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT BY ADJUSTING GAMMA CURVE AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a display device capable of brightness adjustment by adjusting gamma curves thereof, without adjusting brightness of input video signals. The display device includes a memory unit, storing a plurality of gamma reference voltage value sets in accordance with a plurality of gamma curves; a microprocessor, for selecting one of the gamma reference voltage value sets stored in the memory unit; a gamma voltage generator, for generating a plurality of gamma reference voltages in response to the selected gamma reference voltage value set from the microprocessor; a data converter, for converting input video signals into video voltages in response to the gamma reference voltages provided from the gamma voltage generator; and a display panel, for displaying images in response to the video voltages from the data converter. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213056 | Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof - An impulsive driving liquid crystal display and a driving method thereof are provided. The liquid crystal display comprises a liquid crystal display panel on which a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines cross each other; a data driving circuit for supplying a video data voltage and a black voltage to the data lines; and a plurality of gate drive ICs for sequentially supplying a gate pulse, synchronized with the video data voltage during a first period, to adjacent gate lines, and then simultaneously supplying a gate pulse, synchronized with the black voltage during a second period, to the gate lines spaced at intervals of at least one line. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213057 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device including a level shift circuit, which includes a thin film transistor having a polycrystalline semiconductor layer, and which realizes a reliable operation even when a threshold of the thin film transistor varies. The display device includes: a board; and the level shift circuit which includes the thin film transistor having the polycrystalline semiconductor layer, and is formed on the board, in which the level shift circuit includes: a plurality of source-input level shift circuits including a plurality of unit level shift circuits having drain resistors different in value from one another; and a selection circuit, which selects one of outputs from the plurality of unit level shift circuits as an output from a normally operated unit level shift circuit. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213058 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display selectively operates in one of a full screen display mode, in which the full screen of the display panel is set as a display area, and a partial display mode, in which a partial area in the full screen is set as a display area and a remaining area is set as a non-display area. The liquid crystal display includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of source lines, a plurality of storage capacitor lines that are provided to correspond to the plurality of gate lines, a plurality of pixels that are provided at intersections between the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of source lines, a polarity signal generation circuit that generates a polarity signal corresponding to a frame inversion signal to be repeatedly alternately inverted between a first level and a second level different from the first level for each frame in the display area, and generates a polarity signal corresponding to a fixed signal fixed at one of the first level and the second level in the non-display area, a storage capacitor line driving circuit that changes the potentials of the storage capacitor lines depending on the polarity signal generated by the polarity signal generation circuit, and a control circuit that changes the display area at a timing according to the frame inversion signal. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213059 | Liquid crystal display device - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can recover a charge stored in a liquid crystal display panel without using an exteriorly mounted part such as a coil thus achieving the low power consumption. A display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of pixels, a plurality of video lines which apply a video voltage to the plurality of pixels, and a drive circuit which supplies the video voltage to the plurality of video lines. In such a display device, the liquid crystal display panel has a common electrode to which a first voltage and a second voltage having a potential higher than a potential of the first voltage are alternately applied. The liquid crystal display panel further includes a charge recovering circuit which is connected between the respective video lines and a power source line and recovers charge when a voltage applied to the common electrode is changed over from the first voltage to the second voltage or when the voltage applied to the common electrode is changed over from the second voltage to the first voltage. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213060 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes, in each pixel including a pixel electrode and a counter electrode with liquid crystal therebetween, a memory part which stores video data written to the pixel electrode and a switch part which applies a first video voltage to the counter electrode and selects and applies the first video voltage or a second video voltage which is obtained by inverting the first video voltage to the pixel electrode in accordance with the video data stored in the memory part, in which a liquid crystal inversion AC cycle during which the first video voltage and the second video voltage are driven such that a magnitude of the first video voltage and a magnitude of the second video voltage are exchanged in a predetermined cycle is set longer than a rewrite cycle of video data to the pixel electrode. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213061 | Display device - A display device is provided comprising a plurality of pixels disposed in a matrix form in a display area of a substrate, each of the plurality of pixels having a memory which stores written data, a scan line which is provided common to pixels arranged along a row direction and through which a scan signal is supplied to the pixels, and an image line which is provided common to pixels arranged along a column direction and through which an image signal is supplied to the pixels, wherein the scan signal is supplied to the scan line through a vertical address circuit or a vertical shift register circuit, and data is supplied to the image line through a horizontal scan shift register circuit. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213062 | COLOR CONTROL OF A BACKLIGHTING SYSTEM - In an embodiment, the invention provides a method of color control in a backlighting system comprising a plurality of light sources, a plurality of color sensors, a plurality of PWM controllers, and a video input for receiving video data. The plurality of light sources is activated during a first operative mode to produce white light. The plurality of light sources is controlled during a second operative mode to produce white light. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213063 | BACKLIGHT CONTROL CIRCUIT, BACKLIGHT DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - A backlight control circuit includes a shift register, first and second dividers, a counter/decoder, data registers and control signal generators. The shift register stores digital video data based on a transmission clock signal. The first and second dividers divide the transmission clock signal to generate first and second clock signals, respectively. The counter/decoder counts a number of pulses of the first clock signal and outputs a decoding signal. The decoding signal is used to set an output timing of the digital video data stored in the shift register. The data registers receive and store the digital video data stored in the shift register based on the decoding signal. The control signal generators generate brightness control signals based on the second clock signal in response to the digital video data stored in the data registers to locally control a brightness of light sources of a plurality of light sources. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213064 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a plurality of light sources for irradiating onto the liquid crystal display panel, at least two electrode boards at ends of each of the light sources for electrically connecting the light sources, an inverter board aligned parallel to the light sources for providing drive signals to the light sources through the electrode boards, and a first cover for accommodating the liquid crystal display panel, the light sources and the electrode boards on a first side thereof and for accommodating the inverter board on a second side thereof such that the inverter board is substantially on a same plane as a main portion of the cover. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213065 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electrophoretic display device includes pixels planarly arranged and including electrophoretic devices. The electrophoretic devices each include a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode opposing the pixel electrode, and an electrophoretic layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode and including electrophoretic particles. The region between the pixel electrodes adjacent to each other is provided with an insulating layer including a hygroscopic insulating material. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213066 | ONE BUTTON REMOTE CONTROL WITH HAPTIC FEEDBACK - An input system for a TV remote control or other system has a single touch surface with a deformable haptic assembly below the touch surface such that a user placing a finger on the touch surface can feel deformation of the haptic assembly. A pressure sensing assembly is below the haptic assembly and sensing motion of a finger on the touch surface, with a processor receiving input from the pressure sensing assembly and providing output to the haptic assembly in response. Also, a display receives input sent by the processor in response to input from the pressure sensing assembly to cause the display to present a changing image of a keypad as a user moves a finger on the touch surface. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213067 | INTERACTING WITH A COMPUTER VIA INTERACTION WITH A PROJECTED IMAGE - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to user interfaces and provide a novel and non-obvious system for interacting with a computer via a projected image. In one embodiment of the invention, the system includes a projector for generating a projected image onto a surface, wherein the projected image corresponds to a first image on a display of the computer. The system further includes a sensor for sensing a human interaction with the projected image and generating a first information representing the human interaction and a transmitter for transmitting the first information to the computer. The system further includes a program on the computer that receives the first information and translates it into a second information representing a human interaction with the first image. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213068 | Ergonomic Pointing Device - An input device for a computer is described that positions the user's hand in a more ergonomically desirable position, i.e., at an angle of about 45° to the work surface. In preferred embodiments, the input device accommodates either a user's left or right hand, and in either case, positions the hand in an ergonomically desirable position. In another embodiment, the length of the input device of the present invention is adjusted for the size of the user's hand. In further embodiments, the input device of the present invention provides a palm rest. Other desirable features included in preferred embodiments include lateral buttons that are positioned one above the other. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213069 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a sensor portion configured to detect an input by touch; a button portion provided in a vicinity of the sensor portion; a first switch portion provided correspondingly to the button portion and configured to detect an input in response to press-down of the button portions; a second switch portion provided correspondingly to the sensor portion and configured to detect an input in response to press-down of the sensor portion; and a sensor control portion configured to control an input detecting operation at the sensor portion while both the first switch portion and the second switch portion detect the input. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213070 | Processor control and display system - An interactive display system comprising a position coded pattern that is printed on a display surface. An electronic pen is equipped with a decoding real-time processor; the decoding of the surface pattern reveal sets of predetermined (x, y) coordinates embedded within the pattern. A real-time processor works simultaneously to decode (x, y) coordinates while these are sent immediately via wireless communication to a host PC which is normally attached to a projecting device. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213071 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CURSOR IN DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention discloses a control system for a cursor in display device, in which said display device is connected to a data processing device and said system comprises: an image acquisition device for acquiring user image information and sending a signal; a signal receiving unit for receiving the signal from the image acquisition device; a signal processing unit for parsing said signal and determining whether the cursor and the target region the cursor reaches need to be shifted or not; and a cursor control unit for sending a cursor control signal to said display device based on the determination result by the signal processing unit and shifting the cursor to said target region. Accordingly, the present invention further discloses a control method for a cursor in a display device. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213072 | REMOTE INPUT DEVICE - An input device providing users with a pointing capability includes a sender portion and a receiver portion. The sender portion is adapted to be manipulated by a user to specify a target point within a target area. The sender portion projects a light beam including a pattern on to the target area. A receiver portion includes one or more sensor units located in or near the target area. At least some of the sensor units receive a portion of the light beam regardless of the location of the target point within the target area. A processing unit in the receiver portion analyzes the portions of the light beam received by one or more sensor units to determine an attribute of the target point. The attribute can be the location or relative motion of the target point. The receiver portion may be integrated with a display device. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213073 | Multi-Axis Joystick and Transducer Means Therefore - The invention relates to improved multi-axis joysticks and associated multi-axis optical displacement measurement means. The joystick may comprise elements movable with respect to each other in at least, e.g., three degrees of freedom and comprise ionically conductive elements that are utilized to generate a position signal in, e.g., at least three, or at least six degrees of freedom. Various ergonomic configurations of six axis joystick embodiments which may be facilitated by the compact design of the transducer means are disclosed. Means for dynamically adjusting coordinate transformations for construction machinery control are also disclosed. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213074 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ONE OR MORE COMPUTERS - A system for controlling one or more computers comprises one or more host computers, a KVM (Keyboard/Video/Mouse) switching device and a computing device including a keyboard, a cursor control device, a video display unit and a data processing unit, wherein the KVM switching device includes a first driver coupled to the host computers; a video codec for converting video signals from the host computers to digital video signals; an USB (Universal Serial Bus) adapter for receiving the digital video signals and transferring the digital video signals to a second driver and receiving and transferring command signals between the first driver and the second driver bi-directionally; wherein the second driver couples to the computing device for receiving and transmitting the digital video signals and command signals between the computing device and the USB adapter; wherein the data processing unit manages the digital video signals converted from each of the plurality of host computers for simultaneously displaying the digital video signals on the video display unit. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213075 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY CONTROLLER - A display control method includes: generating an input signal according to a mouse input operation; detecting whether the input signal includes a scroll signal generated when a scroll wheel of the mouse is scrolled, and a press signal generated when a predetermined button of the mouse is pressed; and moving the contents of the document being displayed left or right when a detected result is the input signal including the scroll signal and the press signal. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213076 | COLLAPSIBLE WIRELESS INPUT DEVICE - An input device for inputting commands to a host computer includes a base. An upper housing defines a plurality of control buttons for inputting commands to the computer. The base and upper housing are movably coupled to each other to enable the mouse to be placed in a collapsed position and a raised position. A release button is configured to actuate and facilitate raising of the mouse from the collapsed position to the raised position, the raised position placing the mouse a suitable state for inputting commands to the computer using the control buttons. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213077 | Fingertip Mouse and Base - The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a system that includes a tracking device to generate movement information for use in moving a user interface object on a graphical user interface. The tracking device is configured to receive at least a portion of a user's finger. The system also includes a base device configured to receive the tracking device. The base device is configured to translate movement of the base device relative to an adjacent surface for use in moving the user interface object. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213078 | USER INTERFACE DEVICES AND METHODS WITH ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER ENLARGEMENT - Disclosed are devices and methods for rendering, on a display of a mobile communication device, digits and/or characters that may be more easily perceived by a visually impaired user. The display shows a selected digit or character by itself, taking up a substantial part of the display. In an embodiment, the digit or character may be rendered by the display so as to subtend at least 2 degrees of arc at a predetermined viewing distance. In another embodiment a touch screen may be used for digit or character entry. Depending on the portion of the touch screen that receives contact input from the user, a user can select a particular digit or character for entry. In this manner, the digit values could be presented to a visually impaired user, for example, for an account number for online banking, while retaining privacy. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213079 | Multi-Purpose Input Using Remote Control - Systems and methods for inputting text and commands to an electronic device using a remote control device. One method includes displaying a first grid on a display device, wherein at least one cell in the first grid represents alphanumeric characters and at least one cell represents an operation function. The method includes receiving a first input from the remote control device that identifies a first cell that includes first alphanumeric characters, and displaying a second grid in front of the first grid such that the second grid including a plurality of cells, with each cell representing the first alphanumeric characters. The method also includes receiving a second input from the remote control device that identifies a specific alphanumeric character within the second grid, and displaying the identified alphanumeric character on the display device. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213080 | Mobile phone with dialing keys of uneven surface - A mobile phone includes an alphanumeric keypad on a first portion of a front surface thereof and including keys arranged in rows and columns; a direction key on a second portion of the front surface thereof; and a display on a third portion of the front surface thereof, wherein the keys of the keypad have an uneven surface so that dialing by touching the keys can be made, for example, in a dark environment or while driving. In one embodiment, the first portion is an upper portion of the front surface of the mobile phone, and the third portion is a lower portion of the front surface thereof. In another embodiment, the first portion is a lower portion of the front surface of the mobile phone, and the third portion is an upper portion of the front surface thereof. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213081 | Portable Electronic Device Touchpad Input Controller - A touchpad input controller receives user input relating to a display. The input controller includes a facing surface that faces a user when the controller is held in the user's hand or hands during use, and one or more non-facing surfaces that each faces away from the user when the controller is held the user's hand or hands during use. At least one non-facing surface includes a touchpad input area that is positioned to be accessed by at least one user finger for receiving user input. The facing surface including a display on which the results of user input received at the touchpad input area is displayed. The touchpad input area includes a mapping to a virtual keyboard layout for receiving keyboard-equivalent input from the user at the touchpad input area. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213082 | TOUCH PANEL WITH IMPROVED ELECTRODE PATTERN - A touch panel with an improved electrode pattern comprises: an insulating substrate; a conduction layer formed on the surface of the insulating substrate; and an electrode pattern formed on the surface of the conduction layer and arranged along the edges of the touch panel. The electrode pattern further comprises rows of parallel conductive silver traces, and each conductive silver trace has a plurality of electrodes having an identical length and equidistantly spaced. The present invention redesigns the number of the electrodes in each conductive silver trace and the relative position of each two neighboring conductive silver traces. Besides, the number of the electrodes in each conductive silver trace is calculated with an equation. Further, the present invention installs an additional conductive silver trace in the electrode pattern to eliminate the uneven impedance and electric field distributions caused by the print errors occurring in printing the conductive silver traces. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213083 | SIMULATION OF MULTI-POINT GESTURES WITH A SINGLE POINTING DEVICE - This relates to allowing a computer system using a single pointing device to simulate multi-point gesture inputs. Simulating software can receive single pointing inputs (such as, for example, input from a mouse) and convert them to simulated multi-point gesture inputs such as finger pinches, reverse pinches, translations, rotation, and the like. The simulating software can also allow the user to use keyboard keys to give the user additional control when generating the multi-point gesture inputs. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213084 | INPUT AGGREGATION FOR A MULTI-TOUCH DEVICE - The aggregation of multiple inputs in a touch-sensitive input device is disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises receiving multiple inputs related to a virtual object, aggregating the inputs into an aggregated output, and providing the aggregated output to an application that controls the virtual object. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213085 | Entering a Character into an Electronic Device - The present invention provides a method ( | 2009-08-27 |
20090213086 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A touch screen device and an operating method thereof are provided. The touch screen device is operated by touching a touch screen and moving a touch while the touch is maintained on the screen. A detector detects a touch point and a moving trajectory, and a controller selects a user command based on the detected touch point and moving trajectory. Then, when the user releases the touch, the controller executes the user command. User commands are classified and stored in a storage device and then executed by the controller based on operation modes associated with the device. A variety of user commands may be executed even though not all the menus are not displayed on the screen at once. Further, a user may cancel an erroneously entered user command quickly and easily. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213087 | MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The invention disclosed herein describes a man-machine interface device for controlling access to electronic devices. The man-machine interface device comprises an electronic display unit including a transparent finger touch sensor region that is seated above the display apparatus, which is responsible for determining the presence and absence of a finger and for generating fingerprint images when a finger is detected. The man-machine interface device also includes a controller unit that is coupled to the display apparatus, the finger touch sensor region, and at least one electronic device. The method of the invention describes a process for authenticating individuals and verifying their security privileges to access sensitive data, based on a finger-touch selection of an icon presented on the display apparatus of the man-machine interface device. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213088 | EXPEDITED COMMUNICATION KEY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of performing expedited communication functions on a mobile device includes monitoring the duration-of key press on a keyboard of the mobile device and determining if the monitored duration of the key press is greater than a threshold duration. If the monitored duration of the key press is determined to be less than a threshold duration, then a primary key function associated with the pressed key is activated. If the monitored duration of the key press is determined to be greater than a threshold duration, then an expedited communication function associated with the pressed key is activated. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213089 | FLAT DISPLAY DEVICE UNIFIED WITH TOUCH PANEL - A flat display device unified with a touch panel which is adaptive to improve its reliability is disclosed. The flat display device unified with touch panel includes: a liquid crystal display panel having a color filter substrate and a thin film transistor substrate; and the touch panel disposed on the liquid crystal display panel. The touch panel includes: an upper sheet extended to oppose to a driver area of the liquid crystal display panel; a first transparent conduction film formed on the upper sheet; a second transparent conduction film formed on the color filter substrate of the liquid crystal display panel; and a connector connected to the upper sheet. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213090 | Display Panel - A display panel is provided having a capacitive touch panel over a display region, wherein the capacitive touch panel comprises a plurality of X electrodes and a plurality of Y electrodes formed with an insulating layer there between and in a manner to cross each other, each of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes is formed such that a pad portion and a narrow line portion are alternately placed in a direction of extension, and when viewed from top, the pad portion of the X electrode and the pad portion of the Y electrode are placed to not overlap each other and a dummy electrode which is in a floating relationship with the X electrode and the Y electrode is formed between the pad portion of the X electrode and the pad portion of the Y electrode. | 2009-08-27 |
20090213091 | PANEL DISPLAY WITH SELECTIVE TOUCH-ACTIVE SCREEN AREAS - A touchscreen computer display panel apparatus having selected areas able to detect and register touch by a user and at least one selected area of higher screen resolution not being touch-activatable. | 2009-08-27 |