44th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150309531 | CAPACITIVE SENSORS HAVING IMPROVED RESPONSE SYMMETRY - Embodiments of the present invention generally provide an input device. The input device includes a first plurality of sensor electrodes disposed substantially parallel to each other and a second plurality of sensor electrodes disposed substantially perpendicular to the first plurality of sensor electrodes. An areal extent of the first and second sensor electrodes defines a sensor region. The input devices further includes a plurality of routing traces disposed within the sensor region of the input device. A first sensor electrode included in the first plurality of sensor electrodes is coupled to a first routing trace included in the plurality of routing traces, and the first routing trace is routed through a second sensor electrode included in the first plurality of sensor electrodes. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309532 | SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE DISPLAY DEVICES - A support apparatus for supporting multiple display devices includes an elongated member having at least one groove and/or spline positioned in a rear surface of the elongated member. A connector is attached to the rear surface of the elongated member adjacent a central portion of the rear surface. A first display device collar is attached to the elongated member adjacent a first end of the elongated member and is slideable along the groove or spline of the elongated member from adjacent the first end to adjacent the connector. A second display device collar is attached to the elongated member adjacent a second end of the elongated member and is slideable along the groove or spline of the elongated member from adjacent the second end to adjacent the connector. Display device mounting devices are pivotally connectable to the first and second display device collars for attachment to the elongated member. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309533 | SIGNAL LINES IN WRIST APPARATUS - A wrist apparatus includes a frame arranged to house at least one electronic circuitry of the wrist apparatus, and at least one antenna integrated on a surface of the frame with a laser direct structuring process, in which conductive material is disposed at laser-defined locations on the frame. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309534 | EAR HORN ASSEMBLY FOR HEADWORN COMPUTER - Aspects of the present invention relate to ear horn assemblies for head worn computers. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309535 | Wearable Computing Devices and Methods for the Wrist and/or Forearm - This invention comprises wearable computing devices and methods for the wrist and/or forearm including a bifurcating attachment member and/or proximal and distal display members. These wearable devices can provide relatively-large display areas without looking too clunky or being uncomfortable to wear. This invention also comprises methods for conserving energy and for modifying the communication interface between a human and a computer based on data from environmental sensors and/or body sensors. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309536 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A WEARABLE TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - Systems and methods are provided for controlling functions associated with a touch-sensitive device ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150309537 | MULTIPLE DISPLAY MOUNTING USING A SINGLE BASE - An embodiment provides a device, including: a primary display unit; and at least one mounting mechanism operatively coupled to at least one side of said primary display unit that allows the mounting of at least one additional display unit; the mounting mechanism including electrical connections that facilitate detection of said additional display unit. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309538 | FOLDABLE KEYBOARD - A foldable keyboard includes a casing and a plurality of input modules. The casing includes interconnected top and bottom sheets. Each of the top and bottom sheets is made of a flexible material. The top and bottom sheets cooperatively define a plurality of retaining spaces that are spaced apart from each other, and cooperatively form a plurality of foldable sections each being disposed between two adjacent ones of the retaining spaces. The input modules are retained respectively in the retaining spaces. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309539 | Information Handling System Housing Synchronization with Differential Torque Hinge - An information handling system hinge assembly simulates synchronous and other types of motions by applying friction varied based upon dual-axis hinge rotational position to generate differential torque at an information handling system chassis and lid portion. A connecting device maintains first and second hinges in position relative to each other during rotation of the chassis and lid portions, such as through 360 degrees of rotation between closed and tablet positions. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309540 | Information Handling System Hinge Support Frame - Low profile portable information handling systems rotationally couple a lid and chassis portion with a dual axis hinge that couples at one axis with an extension and countersink engagement to enhance system strength. For example, a conical boss in a lid support frame extends into a countersink formed in a hinge axis and includes threads to accept a screw inserted from the hinge axis into the conical boss. The conical boss inner diameter extends the space available for placement of threads to engage a screw to provide enhanced coupling strength between the hinge axis and lid support frame. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309541 | SMOOTHLY OPENABLE AND CLOSABLE DUAL-SHAFT HINGE - A smoothly openable and closable dual-shaft hinge includes an axle housing, and a pivot shaft set including a first pivot shaft and a second pivot shaft respectively pivotally coupled to first and second pivot shaft chambers of the axle housing and respectively affixed to a cover member and a base member. When the cover member is turned between opposing top side and bottom side of the base member first pivot shaft, the friction resistance produced between the first pivot shaft and the axle housing is different from the friction resistance produced between the second pivot shaft and the axle housing. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309542 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DEVICE-SECURING STRUCTURE THEREOF - A device-securing structure comprises a base, a first positioning module and a second positioning module. The base comprises a containing portion and a receiving part disposed at a bottom of the containing portion. The first positioning module comprises a first positioning member and a second positioning member movably connected with the base, such that the first positioning member and the second positioning member may be moved into the receiving part. The second positioning module comprises a third positioning member and a fourth positioning member connected with the base, and the first positioning module is disposed between the third positioning member and the fourth positioning member. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309543 | COMPUTERIZED SHOWER UNIT FOR MULTI-MEDIA AND INTERNET - A waterproof shower system | 2015-10-29 |
20150309544 | ARTICULATED SCREEN COVER FOR ACCOMMODATING OBJECTS - A cover for a mobile computing device is described. The cover comprises two or more hinges so constructed that the hinges are substantially rigid when in-plane and flexible when out-of-plane. The cover includes segments made of a rigid material disposed between the hinges, The cover, when swiveled to the back side of the computing device, forms a contour around an object such as a stylus to secure the object to the back side of the computing device when the object is present. The cover becomes substantially flat and parallel to the back side of the computing device when the object is absent. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309545 | POWER METER DISCONNECT SWITCH OPERATION - Techniques are disclosed herein for improved power meter disconnect switch operation, which may include opening and/or closing of the disconnect switch. In particular, for reasons such as reduction of electromechanical stress on the disconnect switch, the disconnect switch may be operated based, at least in part, on a voltage at the load side of the disconnect switch. For example, in some cases, the disconnect switch may be opened slightly before a zero crossover of a waveform corresponding to the load side voltage. As another example, in some cases, the disconnect switch may be closed slightly before or slightly after a zero crossover of a waveform corresponding to the load side voltage. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309546 | Computing Devices - Two computing elements ( | 2015-10-29 |
20150309547 | LOAD SCHEDULING IN MULTI-BATTERY DEVICES - Various embodiments provide techniques and devices for scheduling power loads in devices having multiple batteries. Loads are characterized based on the power required to serve them. Loads are then assigned to batteries in response to the type of load and relative monitored characteristics of the batteries. The monitored battery characteristics can change over time. In some embodiments, stored profile information of the batteries can also be used in scheduling loads. In further embodiments, estimated workloads can also be used to schedule loads. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309548 | REMOTE POWER MANAGEMENT OF AN ADAPTER - Methods and systems are described for controlling a power management of a remote adapter. According to at least one embodiment, an adapter assembly for controlling a power supply includes an electrical interface arranged to receive power from a power source, a first circuit arranged to supply power to a light emitting device from the electrical interface, a second circuit arranged to supply power to a security device from the electrical interface, and a controller in communication with a wired or wireless receiver where the controller is configured to independently control a level of power of the first circuit. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309549 | POWER DISTRIBUTION DETERMINATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A supply information acquisition unit acquires supply information indicating supply energy from a power supply unit. A demand information acquisition unit acquires demand information indicating a demand energy from a power receiving unit and accepting conditions. A first matching unit performs first matching for determining the power supply unit that supplies power to each power receiving unit so as to fulfill accepting conditions of each power receiving unit. A surplus power supply unit determination unit determines a surplus power supply unit, which is the power supply unit having a surplus supply energy. An arbitrary power receiving unit determination unit determines an arbitrary power receiving unit, which is the power receiving unit in which a demand energy is not fulfilled. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309550 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY PANEL DRIVER - A power circuit section generates a first logic power supply voltage and an analog power supply voltage to supply to a first power supply line and a second power supply line, respectively. A regulator steps the first logic power supply voltage down to generate a second logic power supply voltage and supplies the second logic power supply voltage to a third power supply line. A logic circuit controls A source line driving section and A gate line driving section in response to a decrease of a voltage of the first power supply line so that the charge stored in the display panel is discharged. A charge transporting path is configured to transport the charge from the second power supply line to a third power supply line in response to the decrease of the voltage of the first power supply line. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309551 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING LOCAL HARDWARE LIMIT MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT - Systems and methods for providing local hardware limit management and enforcement are described. One embodiment includes a system for managing and enforcing hardware limits on a system on chip (SoC). The system includes a plurality of chip components provided on a system on chip (SoC). A network of local limit manager (LLM) components is distributed on the SoC. Each LLM component is in communication with a corresponding sensor module that monitors one or more of the chip components. Each LLM component comprises a generic hardware structure for enforcing one or more hardware limits associated with the corresponding sensor module. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309552 | ENHANCEMENT IN LINUX ONDEMAND GOVERNOR FOR PERIODIC LOADS - An enhanced OnDemand Governor is disclosed that computes a steady-state frequency based on prior recommended CPU frequencies and applies a steady-state frequency when available. When not available, a turbo frequency or a computed lower frequency is applied. For increased loads, the steady-state frequency can be applied for one or more cycles until it becomes apparent that gradual frequency increases are not sufficient to meet a large CPU load, at which point the turbo frequency is applied and the history of CPU frequencies can be flushed. The enhanced OnDemand Governor can be turned on where periodic loads are detected while the traditional OnDemand Governor can be used in all other use cases. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309553 | SERVER AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTMENT OF FREQUENCY OF MONITORING COMPONENTS OF SERVER - A monitoring frequency adjustment method monitors a power state of each of the plurality of components at preset intervals, determines a monitoring frequency of each of the plurality of components associated with the determined power state of a corresponding one of the plurality of components, and adjusts the preset intervals for monitoring each of the plurality of components to the determined monitoring frequency of the corresponding one of the plurality of components. A related server and a related non-transitory storage medium are provided. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309554 | MANAGING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM - Managing power consumption in a computing system that includes a plurality of integrated technology elements (‘ITEs’) that receive power from a plurality of common form factor power supplies, including: determining the maximum amount of power that can be delivered by each of the common form factor power supplies; determining whether the maximum amount of power that can be delivered by a first common form factor power supply is different than the maximum amount of power that can be delivered by a second common form factor power supply; and responsive to determining that the maximum amount of power that can be delivered by the first common form factor power supply is different than the maximum amount of power that can be delivered by the second common form factor power supply, throttling one or more of the ITEs. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309555 | ELECTRIC POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An electric power management system includes an electric power generating unit, an electric power storage device and a central control unit. The electric power generating unit generates a first electric power. The electric power storage device, electrically connected to the electric power generating unit, stores the first electric power. The central control unit includes an electric power shunting module and a calculating and processing module. The electric power shunting module, electrically connected to the electric power storage device, controls the electric power storage device to output a second electric power to a client end through an output end of the electric power storage device. The calculating and processing module, electrically connected to the electric power shunting module, records amounts of the first electric power generated by the electric power generating unit and the second electric power consumed by the client end and accordingly outputs analysis information. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309556 | POWER SYSTEM MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM - A system for monitoring a power system and controlling an operation is provided. The system includes: a process setting unit receiving a process modeling file from a user and setting, as a process setting model, a process modeling file on which process verification is completed; a process verification unit performing the verification of preset process modeling items on the process modeling files received from the user; and a data storage unit storing file information for the operation of a system, the process modeling file, process modeling verification results, and the process setting file. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309557 | INSERTABLE HOUSING FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In one embodiment an electronic device comprises a body dimensioned to fit within a cavity of a housing, a display, an electrical interface comprising electrical contacts to establish an electrical connection with electrical contacts disposed in the cavity of the housing, logic configured to detect an activation signal for the display when the electronic device is disposed in the cavity in a first orientation and in response to the activation signal, activate at least a portion of the display that is visible through a viewing region when the electronic device is disposed in the cavity in the first orientation. Other embodiments may be described. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309558 | DATA INTERFACE POWER CONSUMPTION CONTROL - Apparatus and techniques relating to data interface power consumption control are disclosed. Components of a data transfer module may be selectively moved between their normal operating states and reduced power states at times when the data transfer module is not to be used for transferring data. Decisions as to particular components that are to be moved to their reduced power states may be based on respective timing characteristics of the components and/or respective power consumption characteristics of the components, for example. In some embodiments, an action may be performed to reduce a powering up time of the data transfer module when normal operation of the data transfer module is to resume. In the case of a multiple-connection interface having respective data transfer modules for each connection, the interface may be partially shut down by moving a subset of the data transfer modules into reduced power states. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309559 | VOLTAGE REGULATOR STRESS REDUCING SYSTEM - According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for reducing electrical component stress from power cycling is provided. The method may include receiving an indication associated with power cycling an electronic apparatus. The method may also include identifying, based on the received indication, a first one or more groups of electrical components that will not be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus. The method may further include identifying, based on the received indication, a second one or more groups of electrical components that will be powered off during the power cycling of the electronic apparatus. The method may finally include powering off the second one or more groups of electrical components. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309560 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CORE SWAPPING METHOD THEREOF - A portable electronic device is provided. A power management unit provides a first voltage and a second voltage. A multi-core cluster includes a first processing core configured to be powered by the first voltage and operate at a first operating frequency and a second processing core configured to be powered by the first voltage or the second voltage and operate at a second operating frequency. A third processing core is configured to be powered by the second voltage and operate at a third operating frequency. A first switch is configured to selectively provide the second voltage to the third processing core or stop providing the second voltage to the third processing core according to a first control signal. A second switch is configured to selectively provide the first voltage or the second voltage to the second processing core according to a second control signal. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309561 | STRENGTHENING PREDICTION CONFIDENCE AND COMMAND PRIORITY USING NATURAL USER INTERFACE (NUI) INPUTS - An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a device having at least one input device, a plurality of user inputs within a predetermined time; determining, using a processor of the device, a collective intent based on the plurality of user inputs; said determining comprising mapping at least two of the plurality of user inputs to a common command; and committing, using a processor of the device, an action according to the common command. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309562 | IN-VEHICLE USE IN HEAD WORN COMPUTING - A head-worn computer including a see-through display includes a positional sensor system adapted to provide position feedback indicative of an alignment of the see-through display with a forward facing view through a windshield of a vehicle, a communication system adapted to connect the head-worn computer with a vehicle warning system, and a processor adapted to cause the head-worn computer to produce tactile feedback when the positional sensor system indicates that the see-through display is not aligned with the forward facing view and the vehicle warning system produces a warning signal. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309563 | Motion Recognition Clothing [TM] with Flexible Electromagnetic, Light, or Sonic Energy Pathways - This invention is an article of clothing or clothing accessory for measuring body motion, posture, and/or configuration comprising sets of multiple flexible electromagnetic, light, and/or sound energy pathways, wherein each set longitudinally spans the same body joint in a selected configuration to increase measurement accuracy. Multiple flexible energy pathways longitudinally spanning the same body joint can transmit the same type or different types of energy (e.g. electromagnetic, light, or sound) and can transmit energy flows with the same flow parameters or different flow parameters. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309564 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE ORIENTATION OF CONTENTS ON AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - A method for adjusting an orientation of contents on a display of an electronic display device includes taking a picture of a potential user of the electronic display device with a camera having a defined relative orientation to the display of the electronic display device; identifying at least one human face in the taken picture; determining the relative orientation of the at least one identified human face with respect to the display; adjusting the orientation of contents on the display based on a set of pre-set rules concerning the determined relative orientation, the set of pre-set rules comprising at least one pre-set rule; and repeating these operations. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309565 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF DIGITAL CONTENT USING EYE MOVEMENT - A computer implemented method and apparatus for controlling display of displayed digital content using eye movement. The method comprises mapping eye movements, tracked by a camera of a display device, to an area of interest of displayed content. A window containing a magnified version of display content from within the area of interest is generated. The magnified display content from the area of interest is displayed together with display content from outside the area of interest. A hovering pointer gesture is optionally displayed within the area of interest or a selectable function is performed if display content within the area of interest corresponds to a user interface function or a navigation option. According to some embodiments, the window containing magnified display content is only generated and displayed when the display content within the area of interest does not correspond to a user selectable function. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309566 | GAZE TRACKING SYSTEM - A gaze tracking system is provided with a user interface that is configured to display content and a camera that is configured to provide a signal indicative of an image of a user viewing the content. The gaze tracking system also includes a controller that communicates with the user interface and the camera. The controller is configured to determine a user interest level in the content displayed on the user interface based on movement of the user over time and to provide updated content to the user interface based on the user interest level. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309567 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRACKING GAZE - A gaze tracking device includes a first image acquisition unit installed at a right side of a face of a user to acquire a side image of a right eye, a second image acquisition unit installed at a left side of the face of the user to acquire a side image of a left eye, a fixing unit to fix the first image acquisition unit and the second image acquisition unit, and a gaze tracking unit to track a gaze position of the user by deriving a pupil and iris area, a sclera area, and an angle between eyelids from the side image of the right eye and the side image of the left eye. Accordingly, accurate gaze tracking is ensured while realizing a compact and lightweight gaze tracking device. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309568 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND EYE-GAZE INPUT METHOD - A mobile phone has a display etc. and detects an eye-gaze input based on a point of gaze of a user. The mobile phone performs predetermined processing relevant to an object if the eye-gaze input to the object displayed on the display is detected. If the point of gaze of the user is included to an area that displays a text of a digital book when a digital book application is performed, for example, a detection precision of the eye-gaze input is set in a low precision mode. On the other hand, when the point of gaze of the user is included to another area that does not display the text, the detection precision of the eye-gaze input is set in a high precision mode. Then, after the detection precision of the eye-gaze input is thus set, an eye-gaze of the user is detected. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309569 | USER INTERFACE CONTROL USING GAZE TRACKING - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying a direction in which a user is looking. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an image of a sequence of images. The image can depict a face of a user. A template image for each particular facial feature point can be compared to one or more image portions of the image. The template image for the particular facial feature point can include a portion of a previous image of the sequence of images that depicted the facial feature point. Based on the comparison, a matching image portion of the image that matches the template image for the particular facial feature point is identified. A location of the matching image portion is identified in the image. A direction in which the user is looking is determined based on the identified location for each template image. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309570 | EYE TRACKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH EFFICIENT TEXT ENTRY INPUT FEATURES - Eye tracking systems and methods include such exemplary features as a display device, at least one image capture device and a processing device. The display device displays a user interface including one or more interface elements to a user. The at least one image capture device detects a user's gaze location relative to the display device. The processing device electronically analyzes the location of user elements within the user interface relative to the user's gaze location and dynamically determine whether to initiate the display of a zoom window. The dynamic determination of whether to initiate display of the zoom window may further include analysis of the number, size and density of user elements within the user interface relative to the user's gaze location, the application type associated with the user interface or at the user's gaze location, and/or the structure of eye movements relative to the user interface. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309571 | EYE TRACKING ENABLING 3D VIEWING ON CONVENTIONAL 2D DISPLAY - The exemplary illustrative non-limiting technology herein enables 3D viewing on conventional 2D displays such as home television sets by tracking a person's viewpoint. Detecting a player's viewpoint movement to change the viewing of the displayed object gives the illusion that the object is physically present in three-dimensional space. Viewpoint movement detection can provide collision-related game logic benefits such as allowing a player to dodge projectiles, giving a game character an ability to “see” the player when not behind line-of-sight obstacles, and other advantages. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309572 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING P300 COMPONENT-BASED BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE - An apparatus, system and method for implementing a P300 component-based BCI are provided. The apparatus may include a display unit to display to a user the P300 component-based BCI, which includes a plurality of items to be selected, an item division unit to divide the plurality of items into N subsets according to usage frequencies of respective items, wherein N is an integer larger than 1, wherein a higher usage frequency the item has, a smaller subset the item belongs to, and a flashing unit to cause N items in the BCI to illuminate each time in a desired (and/or predetermined) frequency so as to make the user aware of, or feel, flashing of the respective items, wherein one item may be randomly selected from each of the subsets to constitute the N items. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309573 | AUTOMOTIVE TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS WITH SIMULATED TEXTURE FOR HAPTIC FEEDBACK - A vehicle control system uses a touchscreen display to displaying a graphical HMI and detect a contact point where touched by a user's finger. A haptic texture system has an electrode disposed across the touchscreen display and a signal generator generating an oscillating signal to produce a potential difference between the finger and the electrode resulting in a corresponding perceived texture as the finger slides over the touchscreen. A control circuit is configured to set at least a frequency or amplitude of the oscillating signal to vary the perceived texture according to first and second modes while navigating the graphical HMI. The first mode uses a localized texture mapping defined by respective feature icon selection regions on the touchscreen display. The second mode uses a status texture mapping relating the perceived texture to each potential adjustment setting available for a feature icon that has been selected using the first mode. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309574 | STEREOSCOPIC TOUCH DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereoscopic touch device and a display device are provided. The stereoscopic touch device is arranged in the front of the stereoscopic display panel and comprises: an air injection panel which comprises a plurality of air injection holes in array distribution thereon; an image processing chip which generates a control signal for controlling strengths of airflows from respective air injection holes depending on a stereoscopic image signal; an airflow regulating device which is in signal connection with the image processing chip and is configured for providing air with the airflow strengths to the respective air injection holes depending on the control signal. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309575 | STEREO INTERACTIVE METHOD, DISPLAY DEVICE, OPERATING STICK AND SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a stereo interactive method adapted for an interactive scene of a stereo display device and a stereo interactive operating stick. The method includes: obtaining motion trajectory information of the operating stick; calculating invasion degree information of an invasion that the operating stick applies to a virtual object displayed by the display device according to motion trajectory information and preset property information of the virtual object; calculating interaction feedback information according to motion trajectory information, invasion degree information and the preset property information; and controlling the operating stick and the virtual object to make responses matched with the preset property of the virtual object according to the interaction feedback information. The present further provides stereo interactive display device, operating stick and system. When using the operating stick to interact with the virtual object, real operation tactile can be experienced by the user of operation. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309576 | TACTILE CONTROL INTERFACE - A tactile control interface including an outer surface and means for locating a pressure by a finger of a user on the outer surface is disclosed. The outer surface is implemented by a rigid plate and said locating means include at least three force sensors onto which the plate is attached and which are configured for measuring a force in a direction substantially normal to the plane of the plate, means for calculating the position of the pressure of a finger on the plate on the basis of the measurements supplied by said at least three force sensors. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309577 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED DISPLAY METHOD - A display system, a remote control device, and a display method are provided. The display system includes the remote control device and a display device. The display method includes following steps. The remote control device generates a vibration signal of housing by sensing an acceleration of a movement of the housing in a space. The remote control device transmits the vibration signal of housing to the display device. The display device displays a display image. In the display image, the indication path is pointed to an intersection position. An indication pattern is displayed at the intersection position, wherein an appearance of the indication pattern changes according to a number of times that the vibration signal of housing is received. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309578 | CONTROL OF A REAL WORLD OBJECT USER INTERFACE - Systems and methods described allow users to select and obtain significant information about objects in the real world, and further to employ gestures as a “real world” interface to manipulate information and to manipulate the selection of objects. In this way, users may be enabled to make better decisions when, e.g., traveling and shopping, and may further be enabled to obtain significant information about objects with which they are surrounded. The systems and methods may include a camera which monitors a user's hand movements or gestures to control a UI, particularly where a user is interacting with real-world objects. Gestures can move the focus of a UI from one real world object to another. The systems and methods may also include a projector to illuminate selected objects, or to display information about objects. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309579 | LOW-LATENCY GESTURE DETECTION - Low-latency gesture detection is described, for example, to compute a gesture class from a live stream of image frames of a user making a gesture, for example, as part of a natural user interface controlling a game system or other system. In examples, machine learning components are trained to learn gesture primitives and at test time, are able to detect gestures using the learned primitives, in a fast, accurate manner. For example, a gesture primitive is a latent (unobserved) variable describing features of a subset of frames from a sequence of frames depicting a gesture. For example, the subset of frames has many fewer frames than a sequence of frames depicting a complete gesture. In various examples gesture primitives are learnt from instance level features computed by aggregating frame level features to capture temporal structure. In examples frame level features comprise body position and body part articulation state features. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309580 | METHOD AND COMPUTING UNIT FOR FACILITATING INTERACTIONS OF A GROUP OF USERS WITH GESTURE-BASED APPLICATION - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for facilitating interactions, with a gesture-based application, of a group of users. The method comprises identifying, by a computing unit of an interactive device, the group based on information received from sensors associated with the interactive device. Then, an interaction intensity value associated with each of the users is determined. The interaction intensity value is indicative of the level of activity of the each of the users. Next, at least one active user among the group of users is identified based on an order of the interaction intensity values. Lastly, gestures of the at least one active user towards the gesture-based application are tracked for facilitating interactions with the gesture-based application. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309581 | CROSS-USER HAND TRACKING AND SHAPE RECOGNITION USER INTERFACE - Embodiments include vision-based interfaces performing hand or object tracking and shape recognition. The vision-based interface receives data from a sensor, and the data corresponds to an object detected by the sensor. The interface generates images from each frame of the data, and the images represent numerous resolutions. The interface detects blobs in the images and tracks the object by associating the blobs with tracks of the object. The interface detects a pose of the object by classifying each blob as corresponding to one of a number of object shapes. The interface controls a gestural interface in response to the pose and the tracks. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309582 | GESTURE OPERATED WRIST MOUNTED CAMERA SYSTEM - A system and method for capturing media are disclosed. In a first aspect, the system comprises a wristband device that includes at least one sensor and a camera coupled to the wristband device. The camera is controlled by at least one gesture determined using the at least one sensor. In a second aspect, the method comprises providing a wristband device that includes at least one sensor, coupling a camera to the wristband device, determining at least one gesture using the at least one sensor, and controlling the camera by using the at least one gesture. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309583 | MOTION RECOGNIZING METHOD THROUGH MOTION PREDICTION - A motion recognition method is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: detecting a user's motion in real time by using a motion recognition sensor; predicting a motion pattern to be drawn by the detected motion by comparing the detected motion with pre-set pattern information, wherein the motion pattern includes information on a type of a figure to be drawn by the detected motion and an anticipated time of the detected motion to be completed; and executing a control function corresponding to the predicted type of figure at the time when the anticipated time lapses. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309584 | INPUT CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD - A processor recognizes a shape of an indicator that performs an operation in a space on an object to be operated that is displayed on a display surface. The processor specifies an operation assigned to the recognized shape of the indicator. The processor changes a size of the space in which the operation is performed in accordance with the specified operation. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309585 | GESTURE DETECTION AND COMPACT REPRESENTATION THEREOF - Techniques are described that may be implemented with an electronic device to detect a gesture within a field of view of a sensor and generate a compact data representation of the detected gesture. In implementations, a sensor is configured to detect a gesture and provide a signal in response thereto. An estimator, which is in communication with the sensor, is configured to generate an elliptical representation of the gesture. Multiple coefficients for the compact representation of the gesture can be used to define the ellipse representing the gesture. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309586 | Computer Input Device - A computer input method is described which comprises providing a plurality of light emitting and receiving devices for detecting one or more touches on a first area of a computer keyboard, coarsely scanning the first area using the plurality of light emitting and receiving devices when no contact on the first area being detected, and densely scanning a second area using a subset of the plurality of light emitting and receiving devices when one or more contact on the first area being detected, the second area being smaller than and situated within the first area. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309587 | PROTECTIVE COVER FOR PORTABLE ELECTRICAL DEVICE - A protective cover allowing unrestricted functionality to an electronic device includes a foldable protective board and a receiving portion containing the electronic device. The protective cover also includes a solar panel, a keyboard with touch input function and a wireless module. The wireless module is configured for wirelessly connecting the keyboard with the electronic device. A method for operating the protective cover is also provided. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309588 | ULTRA-COMPACT MOBILE TOUCH-TYPE KEYBOARD - An ultra compact mobile keyboard. The keyboard has a plurality of mechanical keys suitable for touch typing. Each such key has a travel distance sufficient to provide a touch type feel and a rigid cap for crisp actuation by a user. The keyboard has a deployed configuration for touch-typing use and a collapsed configuration for transport and storage. In the collapsed configuration, the keyboard fits within bounding volume of less than 180 cubic centimeters. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309589 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An electronic device and associated control method and computer program product are provided. The electronic device has a keyboard, a touchpad and a controller. The control method is applied to select an input source of the electronic device. The computer program product stores the control method including steps of: detecting a key input of the keyboard; detecting a touch input of the touchpad; and controlling the electronic device firstly according to the key input. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309590 | INPUTTING METHOD AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Inputting methods and associated electronic devices are provided. The method is applied to the electronic device to generate a key output. The electronic device includes an input method service framework and an input method application. The method includes: receiving a software keyboard layout from the input method application; receiving a user input; calculating a key value of the software keyboard layout corresponding to the user input; and determining the key output according to the key value. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309591 | MULTILINGUAL KEYBOARD - A diacritic chording system uses a single standard keyboard layout to generate diacritical characters used, for example, by Latin-based languages or languages based on a Roman character set, providing a universal keyboard. The key combination required to select a diacritic is consistent, independent of the language the user is typing. The diacritic chording system uses chording to obtain characters modified by diacritics, i.e., diacritical characters. The key combinations in the diacritic chord are chosen in such a way to aid memorization by positional association of the keys or by logic association of the keys within the diacritic chord. The use of a combination of positional association and logical association eliminates conflicts in mapping diacritics for different languages. The diacritic chording system also provides a screen overlay as a mnemonic to illustrate which diacritic chords provide the desired diacritical character. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309592 | HUMAN INTERFACE APPARATUS HAVING INPUT UNIT FOR POINTER LOCATION INFORMATION AND POINTER COMMAND EXECUTION UNIT - A human interface apparatus comprising the steps of: receiving text input from a user; switching to input mode for pointing location information; receiving input for pointing location information from the user; and switching the human interface apparatus to a text input mode, wherein the text input area and the pointing location information input area have at least a part of the area in common. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309593 | KEYBOARD - Disclosed is a computing device for use with touch input used by a user to input alphanumeric characters to the computing device. Included is a computing device made up of an electronic control unit in communication with a touch input device and a display screen. A database is stored in the electronic control unit. The database contains basic shape combinations correlated with alphanumeric characters. To input the basic shape combination, a user touches a basic shape, and slides to another basic shape. The computing device correlates the basic shape combination with an alphanumeric character. The electronic control unit is additionally configured to define a first border profile for each zone with a basic shape and to determine when a user is touching one of the zones and to change the first border profile to a second border profile for the zones adjacent the zone being touched by the user. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309594 | TOY CONTROLLER FOR PROVIDING INPUT TO A COMPUTING DEVICE - A toy for providing input to a computing device includes a main body sized and shaped to fit within a grasp of a user of the toy. The toy also includes input switches mounted to the main body. Each of the input switches can switch between a first position and a second position responsive to an action performed on the input switch. The toy also includes a removable outer covering that is configured to substantially encapsulate the main body. A top surface of the covering includes openings sized and shaped to receive a portion of each of the input switches. The toy includes a programmable processing circuit enclosed within the main body. The circuit includes input ports coupled to the input switches. The circuit includes an output port coupled to a communications port to transmit output signals and programmable processing circuitry configured to operate in a plurality of operating modes. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309595 | ERGONOMIC MOUSE DEVICE WITH MULTI-PROGRAMMABLE BUTTONS - Pointing devices such as computer mouse are commonly used for making selections on computer screens. However, prolong or frequent use of such pointing devices might result in users suffering from repetitive stress disorder. Further, due to the widespread use of personal computers (PC), this problem is made more even pronounced. In addition, users increasingly require additional buttons to be provided on the computer mouse for purposes such as PC gaming. Although device manufacturers have started building more buttons on existing computer mice, the buttons are typically not ergonomically positioned. An embodiment of the invention describes an ergonomic input device with multi-programmable buttons. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309596 | STYLUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A stylus and an electronic device are provided, wherein the electronic device includes a body and a stylus. The body has a capacitive touch panel. The stylus includes a handle, a head, an elastic member and an electret. The handle has a main body and a chamber disposed within the main body. The main body has a holding portion and a first end. The holding portion is electrically connected with the first end. The head is assembled to the first end so as to be capable of sliding into the chamber, and the head is a rigid body. The elastic member is disposed in the chamber and located between chamber walls of the chamber and the head. The electret is assembled to the head and located within the chamber. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309597 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CORRECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display, a storage, a generator and a processor. The display detects a contact position with a first object on the display. The storage stores first data relating to a difference caused by at least a manufacture of a hardware of the electronic apparatus. The generator generates second data relating to a difference in a contact state of a second object with the display. The processor corrects a contact position detected by the display, using the first data and the second data. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309598 | STYLUS FOR CAPACITIVE TOCHSCREEN - Embodiments of amplifiers and electrodes for capacitive styluses are disclosed. The amplifiers detect an input signal from a capacitive touch sensor, such as a touchscreen or touchpad, amplify and invert the signal, and emit the amplified and inverted signal to cause the capacitive touch sensor to detect a touch. The electrode sets, or tips, pair a sensing electrode and an emitting electrode, shielded from each other to limit interference, in a fine-point non-deforming configuration that improves usability over existing stylus tips. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309599 | Data Input System, Active Stylus and Method of Controlling of Active Stylus - According to one embodiment, a data input system includes an active stylus and an apparatus. The active stylus switches a mode from a first mode in which the signal is output with a first transmission interval to a second mode in which the signal is output with a second transmission interval longer than the first transmission interval when a pressure in a handwriting input operation is not detected for more than a first period. The apparatus displays an object indicative of a position pointed to by the active stylus based on the signal. The apparatus maintains, when the active stylus is in the second mode, a display state of the object displayed on the basis of the signal output at a first timing until the signal is output at a second timing following the first timing. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309600 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A CONDUCTIVE PATTERN WITH HIGH OPTICAL TRANSMISSION, LOW REFLECTANCE, AND LOW VISIBILITY - A method of fabricating a conductive pattern includes disposing an image of the conductive pattern on a substrate. The image includes material capable of being electroless plated. The image is electroless plated with a first metal forming a plated image. The first metal includes copper. The plated image is bathed in an immersion bath that includes a metal ion source of a second metal that reacts with the first metal. The second metal includes palladium. The conductive pattern includes a first metal layer having a first metal thickness, an intermetallic first metal-second metal interface layer, and a second metal layer having a second metal thickness. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309601 | TOUCH INPUT SYSTEM AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - A touch input system has an operation input device having a sensor and a CPU. The CPU is configured to display a mark as a selection object on a display based on a first touch operation. The CPU is further configured to determine an operation mode of a series of touch operations including the first touch operation and the second touch operation. In determining, the CPU is configured to classify the touch operations into any of groups of first touch operations and second touch operations based on a time difference between the touch operations detected. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309602 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND PROGRAM - A portable electronic device provided with a detection section for detecting a contact pattern of a contact object to a housing; a storage section capable of storing an operating state of the portable electronic device and the contact pattern in association with each other; a judgment section for judging whether or not a contact pattern corresponding to the detected contact pattern has been stored in the storage section; a control section for controlling the portable electronic device to enter the operating state associated with the contact pattern and stored in the storage section when the corresponding contact pattern is judged to have been stored in the storage section; and a learning section for storing in the storage section the detected contact pattern and an operating state of the portable electronic device executed by a user when or immediately after the contact pattern is detected in association with each other. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309603 | PHASE COMPENSATION METHOD FOR MULTI-SCAN IN TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM AND PHASE COMPENSATION CIRCUIT THEREOF - A phase compensation method for multi-scan in touch sensing system is provided. The phase compensation method includes the following steps. A plurality of carrier signals are received, and a demodulating operation is preformed on each of the carrier signals to obtain a first component signal and a second component signal of each of the carrier signals. An inverse matrix operation is respectively preformed on the first component signal and the second component signal both demodulated by the demodulating operation. A signal mixing operation is preformed on the first component signal and the second component signal both processed by the inverse matrix operation to obtain raw data of each of the carrier signals. Furthermore, a phase compensation circuit applying afore-said phase compensation method is also provided. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309604 | TOUCH PANEL MODULE - A touch panel module including a touch panel area and a non-touch panel area is provided. The touch panel module includes a touch panel. The touch panel is located in the touch panel area. The touch panel senses a touch gesture by using a plurality of first and second sensing electrodes. At least one part of the first sensing electrodes is located in the non-touch panel area. Another one part of the first sensing electrodes and a whole of the second sensing electrodes are located in the touch panel area. The touch gesture touches the touch panel module to generate a touch area. A touch position corresponding to the touch gesture on the touch panel is determined based on a ratio of an area of the first sensing electrodes touched by the touch gesture and the touch area. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309605 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - The disclosure provides a touch panel. The touch panel includes a substrate which includes a visible region and a border region outside the visible region. The touch panel also includes a shielding layer disposed over the border region of the substrate. The touch panel also includes a sensing electrode layer disposed over the substrate, and the sensing electrode layer extends from the visible region to the border region. The sensing electrode layer includes a plurality of first electrodes, and each of the first electrodes includes a plurality of first electrode pads arranged along a first direction and electrically connected to each other. The sensing electrode layer also includes a plurality of second electrodes, and each of the second electrodes includes a plurality of second electrode pads arranged along a second direction. The sensing electrode layer also includes a plurality of bridge portions across the first electrodes for electrically connecting the adjacent second electrode pads, and the bridge portions comprise a plurality of first bridge parts disposed above the border region. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309606 | CONDUCTIVE MESH AND TOUCH PANEL USING THE SAME - A conductive mesh for a touch panel consists of a plurality of carbon nanotube composite wires. The carbon nanotube composite wire comprises a carbon nanotube wire and a metal layer. The carbon nanotube wire comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes spirally arranged along an axial direction of the carbon nanotube wire. A touch panel using the conductive mesh is also provided. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309607 | MECHANISM FOR EMPLOYING AND FACILITATING AN EDGE THUMB SENSOR AT A COMPUTING DEVICE - A mechanism is described for employing and facilitating a thumb sensor at a computing device. A method of embodiments of the invention includes extending a touch panel of a computing device into a flap of the touch panel to be used as a side sensor of the computing device, and sensing a use of the side sensor, the use including touching of the side sensor by a user, where sensing may include detecting a change at one or more intersecting points of a plurality of intersecting points of conductive lines. The method may further include facilitating an action in response to the use of the side sensor. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309608 | ESD DETECTION ON A TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch sensitive device that detects the occurrence of an electrostatic discharge event on the device by analyzing an acquired touch image for characteristics associated with the occurrence of an ESD event is provided. An acquired touch image is analyzed for characteristics that differentiate it from a touch image generated by a user input and are correlated with an expected touch image generated by an ESD event. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309609 | TOUCH SCREEN SHIELD - A shield that is attachable to a touch sensitive screen is disclosed. The shield may be attached to the touch sensitive screen only at its outer peripheral portion. An air gap is enclosed between the shield and the touch sensitive screen to form a planar air bearing. The shield preferably does not touch the active area of the touch sensitive screen when the user is not touching the shield but only viewing the touch sensitive screen through the shield. This mitigates unwanted optical artifacts such as trapped air bubbles, Newton rings and chromatic interference while maintaining the sensitivity of the touch sensitive screen. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309610 | TOUCH PANEL SCAN CONTROL - Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for scan control for scanning a touch panel. The scan control system can alternate adaptively between scanning the touch panel in a passive scan mode requiring minimal power and in a focused active scan mode that sequentially scans only a portion of the touch panel. The scan control system can monitor the absolute capacitance of some or all of the sensors of the touch panel in passive scan mode and can monitor the mutual capacitance of a portion of the touch panel in focused active scan mode. If the absolute capacitance of any sensor is greater than the baseline capacitance, then the scan control can use this absolute capacitance touch data to determine one or more sub-regions of the touch panel for scanning in focused active scan mode. The mutual capacitance touch data can be used for determining features of the touch event. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309611 | INTERACTION TECHNIQUES FOR FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS - The invention relates to a set of interaction techniques for obtaining input to a computer system based on methods and apparatus for detecting properties of the shape, location and orientation of flexible display surfaces, as determined through manual or gestural interactions of a user with said display surfaces. Such input may be used to alter graphical content and functionality displayed on said surfaces or some other display or computing system. The invention also relates to interactive food or beverage container with associated computing apparatus inside its body, and a curved multitouch display on its surface, associated interaction techniques for curved multitouch displays, methods of use, and apparatus for refilling said electronic food or beverage container. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309612 | COMPENSATING FOR SOURCE LINE INTERFERENCE - Embodiments of the present invention generally provide an input device including a display device having an integrated capacitive sensing device. The input device includes a plurality of source lines, a plurality of routing traces coupled to a plurality of sensor electrodes, and a processing system. The processing system is configured to update a first sub-pixel coupled to a first source line by driving the first source line with a first voltage. The processing system is further configured to drive one or more routing traces included in the plurality of routing traces with a second voltage that is an inverted version of the first voltage. The processing system is further configured to receive resulting signals from at least one sensor electrode via the one or more routing traces while the one or more routing traces are driven with the second voltage, and determine positional information based on the resulting signals. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309613 | INPUT SENSING USING A GATE SELECT LINE OF A DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention generally provide an input device including a display device having an integrated capacitive sensing device. The input device includes a plurality of select line blocks, a plurality of gate low voltage lines, a gate high voltage line coupled to at least one select line included in at least one of the select line blocks, a plurality of transmitter electrodes, and a processing system coupled to the plurality gate low voltage lines and the plurality of transmitter electrodes. Each select line block includes a plurality of select lines. Each gate low voltage line is coupled to a different select line block. The processing system is configured to drive the plurality of transmitter electrodes for capacitive sensing, receive resulting signals from the plurality of gate low voltage lines, and determine positional information based on the resulting signals. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309614 | INTERFERENCE DETECTION USING FREQUENCY MODULATION - This disclosure generally provides embodiments to reduce the likelihood that an input device fails to detect an interfering signal when performing interference detection using interference bursts that are phase offset from sensor bursts used to perform capacitive sensing. In one embodiment, the input device adjusts the frequency of the interference bursts instead of using interference bursts with the same frequency. Doing so adjusts the phases of the interference bursts relative to each other such that even if one of the interference bursts is aligned with the interfering signal in a manner that the signal is not detected, an interference burst with a different frequency has a different alignment relative to the interfering signal. The measurements acquired by the differently aligned interference burst can be used to detect the presence of the interfering signal. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309615 | TOUCH MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch module and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The touch module includes a substrate, at least two first touch electrodes, at least two second touch electrodes, at least one electrode channel, and at least one bridge. All of the first touch electrodes, the second touch electrodes, and the electrode channel are embedded in the substrate. The electrode channel is configured to connect the second touch electrodes to each other. The bridge crosses over the electrode channel, is configured to electrically connect the first touch electrodes to each other. The first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes are insulated from each other. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309616 | DETECTION WITH A CAPACITIVE BASED DIGITIZER SENSOR - A method for capacitive based detection with a digitizer sensor including a plurality of conductive elements that are capacitively coupled is described. The method includes generating a drive signal including transient sections separated in time by flat sections, providing the drive signal generated to at least one conductive element of the digitizer sensor, and sampling outputs transferred to a second conductive element that is capacitively coupled to the at least one conductive element in response to providing the signal generated to the at least one conductive element. The sampling events of the sampling are timed to take place both in response to the transient sections of the drive signal and to the flat sections of the drive signal. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309617 | OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL - Provided is an optically transparent conductive material which has low visibility and reduced occurrence of short circuit and therefore is suitable as an optically transparent electrode for projected capacitive touchscreens. The optically transparent conductive material has, on a base material, a sensor part composed of a metal pattern electrically connected to a terminal part and a dummy part composed of a metal pattern not electrically connected to the terminal part. When a line dividing the sensor part and the dummy part is referred to as an imaginary boundary line, the metal pattern of the sensor part and/or the metal pattern of the dummy part is displaced along the imaginary boundary line. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309618 | WEIGHTING FOR DISPLAY NOISE REMOVAL IN CAPACITIVE SENSORS - A processing system for a capacitive sensing input device comprises a sensor module and a determination module. The sensor module acquires a plurality of capacitive resulting signals by operating a plurality of sensor electrodes for capacitive sensing. The determination module weights values of the plurality of capacitive resulting signals to achieve a plurality of weighted capacitive resulting signals, wherein a first capacitive resulting signal of the plurality of capacitive resulting signals is weighted according to a weighted noise parameter derived from a component of a variable noise associated with a respective sensor electrode used for acquisition of the first capacitive resulting signal, wherein the variable noise varies across the plurality of sensor electrodes. The determination module also determines positional information for an least input object in a sensing region of the capacitive sensing input device based on resulting signals processed from the weighted capacitive resulting signals. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309619 | Method of Producing In-Cell Touch Panel and In-Cell Touch Panel Thereof - A method of producing in-cell touch panel is disclosed. The method of producing an in-cell touch panel includes the following steps: providing a base layer that includes an inner side; providing a light-shading layer located on the inner side, wherein the light-shading layer includes a light-shading area and a plurality of holes; providing a plurality of metal lines located on the light-shading area and not covering the holes; providing a color filter film layer located on the light-shading layer and a portion of the metal lines; and providing a conductive film layer located on the color filter film layer, the other portion of the metal lines, and the light-shading layer. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309620 | TOUCH PANEL - The disclosure relates to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a conductive layer including a number of first electrodes, a number of second electrodes and a number of conductive wires. Each first electrode and second electrode is electrically connected to one conductive wire. Each first electrode includes at least one first bus bar extending along a Y direction, and each second electrode includes at least one second bus bar extending along the Y direction. The first bus bars and the second bus bars are alternately arranged along a X direction. The touch panel further includes a first offset electrode adjacent to an edge of the conductive layer, spaced from the outermost first bus bar, and electrically connected to one of the second bus bars that is adjacent to the outermost first bus bar. The first offset electrode includes a third bus bar extending along the Y direction. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309621 | Systems and Methods for Capacitive Touch Detection - System and methods are provided for touch detection. The system includes: a sensing capacitive network configured to generate a touch-sensing signal based at least in part on a touch panel capacitance; an internal capacitive network configured to generate an input signal based at least in part on a predetermined internal capacitance; a comparative network configured to compare the touch-sensing signal with a reference signal to generate a first comparison result and compare the input signal with the reference signal to generate a second comparison result; and a signal processing component configured to generate a detection result to indicate ether a touch event occurs on the touch panel based at least in part on the first comparison result and the second comparison result. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309622 | ACTIVE ONE-LAYER MULTI-TOUCH SENSOR PANEL DEVICE - An active one-layer multi-touch sensor panel device includes a one-layer multi-touch sensor panel, a die of touch controller IC, and a flexible printed circuit board. The one-layer multi-touch sensor panel has a plurality of conductive lines for forming a plurality of touch sensing areas thereon. The die of touch controller IC is bonded onto the one-layer multi-touch sensor panel by a chip-on-glass method. The die of touch controller IC is connected to the plurality of conductive lines to drive the plurality of conductive lines and receive sensing signals associated with the plurality of conductive lines for detecting touch positions on the one-layer multi-touch sensor panel. The flexible printed circuit board is electrically connected to the die of touch controller IC by the one-layer multi-touch sensor panel to transmit the sensing signals received. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309623 | DISPLAY WITH DUAL-FUNCTION CAPACITIVE ELEMENTS - A touch screen including display pixels with capacitive elements is provided. The touch screen includes first common voltage lines connecting capacitive elements in adjacent display pixels, and a second common voltage line connecting first common voltage lines. Groups of pixels can be formed as electrically separated regions by including breaks in the common voltage lines. The regions can include a drive region that is stimulated by stimulation signals, a sense region that receives sense signals corresponding to the stimulation signals. A grounded region can also be included, for example, between a sense region and a drive region. A shield layer can be formed of a substantially high resistance material and disposed to shield a sense region. A black mask line and conductive line under the black mask line can be included, for example, to provide low-resistance paths between a region of pixels and touch circuitry outside the touch screen borders. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309624 | INTEGRATED IN-PLANE SWITCHING - This relates to adding multi-touch functionality to a display without the need of a separate multi-touch panel or layer overlaying the display. Instead, embodiments of the invention can advantageously utilize existing display circuitry to provide multi-touch functionality while adding relatively little circuitry that is specific to the multi-touch functionality. Thus, by sharing circuitry for the display and the multi-touch functionalities, embodiments of the invention can be implemented at a lower cost than the alternative of superimposing additional multi-touch related layers onto an existing display panel. Furthermore, since the display and multi-touch functionality can be implemented on the same circuit, they can be synchronized so that noise resulting from the display functionality does not detrimentally affect the multi-touch functionality and vice versa. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309625 | TOUCH PANEL MODULE AND ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGING METHOD - A touch panel module including a touch panel and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit is provided. The touch panel includes one or more conductive electrodes and one or more dummy electrodes. The one or more conductive electrodes include at least one of one or more driving electrodes and one or more sensing electrodes. The one or more dummy electrodes are configured to fill areas between the one or more conductive electrodes or areas outside the one or more conductive electrodes. The ESD protection circuit is electrically connected to at least one dummy electrode of the one or more dummy electrodes, and configured to provide an electrostatic discharging path to the at least one dummy electrode. Furthermore, an electrostatic discharging method of the touch panel module is also provided. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309626 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EMBEDDING ANTENNA ARRAY STRUCTURES IN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM DISPLAY - In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor, a user interface, and a flexible integrated circuit. The user interface may include a user interface comprising a display, a touch sensor overlaid on the display and configured to detect tactile touches on the user interface, a cover overlaid on the touch sensor, and an antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas. The flexible integrated circuit may be configured to couple the antenna array to the processor, the flexible integrated circuit comprising a radio-frequency module for controlling radio-frequency communications to and from the antenna array and a baseband controller for controlling communication of information between the processor and the antenna. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309627 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention discloses a touch panel and a touch display panel, and the touch panel comprises driving lines and sensing lines crossing with each other, and in the extending direction of the driving lines, two line ends of each row/column of the driving lines having the largest distance therebetween are connected with a drive signal input line, and each row/column of the sensing lines is connected with a signal gathering line; and/or, in the extending direction of the sensing lines, two line ends of each row/column of the sensing lines having the largest distance therebetween are connected with a signal gathering line. The present invention achieves the following advantageous effects: through driving the touch panel bilaterally, or dividing the panel into a plurality of touch units, each touch unit is individually driven, which is equivalent to dividing a large-sized touch panel into small-sized touch panels; then the delay of the drive signal of the large-sized panel is improved, and the touch sensitivity is enhanced and the yield of the touch panel is also improved. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309628 | PANEL PACKAGE STRUCTURE - A package structure includes a first panel having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a second panel having a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface, a first adhesive layer disposed between the first surface of the first panel and the third surface of the second panel, and a frame disposed on the side of the first panel and the first adhesive layer and disposed on the second surface of the first panel and the third surface of the second panel. The difference of the adhesive strength between the frame and the first adhesive layer is equal to or larger than 0.5N/25 mm. The width of the first panel is larger than the width of the frame, and the ratio of the width of the first panel to the width of the frame is between 15 and 83. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309629 | UTILIZING REAL WORLD OBJECTS FOR USER INPUT - Methods, systems, apparatuses and computer-readable media for utilizing real world objects to interact with a user interface are presented. The method may comprise a device processing image data to identify an interactive surface area and an interacting object. Subsequently, the device may determine at least two regions of the interactive surface area. In addition, the device may map commands of a user interface to the at least two regions of the interactive surface area. Subsequently, the device may determine a selected region of the interactive surface area based on a proximity of the interacting object to the interactive surface area. In addition, the device may perform a mapped command of the user interface, wherein the mapped command is determined based on the selected region. | 2015-10-29 |
20150309630 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - An array substrate, a capacitive in-cell touch panel and a touch display device are provided. The common electrode layer ( | 2015-10-29 |