47th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120293373 | RTLS SYSTEM USING TDO - Provided is an RTLS system using TDOA, the RTLS system tracking, by a positioning unit, a position of a transmitter based on a position signal transmitted by the transmitter, the system comprising a plurality of receivers receiving the position signal from the transmitter, and a gateway calculating a time difference of position signal arriving at the plurality of receivers from the transmitter and providing the time difference to the positioning unit. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293374 | Dielectric Antenna and Material for the Same - A dielectric block provided in a dielectric antenna is formed with an organic polymer material containing a liquid crystal polymer and polytetrafluoroethylene. The added amount of polytetrafluoroethylene is 2 to 15% by volume based on the volume of the dielectric block. Preferably, the liquid crystal polymer has a flow beginning temperature of no lower than 310° C. and no higher than 335° C. The dielectric block may further contain a dielectric inorganic filler and in this case, the added amount of dielectric inorganic filler is 45% by volume or less based on the volume of the dielectric block. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293375 | ANTENNA CONFIGURATION FOR CORNER PLACEMENT IN PORTABLE DEVICES - A portable device providing wireless communication capability with a network using an antenna subsystem. The portable device comprises a housing for supporting components of the portable device including the antenna subsystem, such that the housing includes a first housing corner having a first housing wall, a second housing wall in an opposed spaced apart relationship with the first housing wall, a third housing wall connecting the first housing wall with the second housing wall and a fourth housing wall connecting the first, second and third housing walls to one another. The portable device also a first antenna of the antenna subsystem having a first non-planar metal layer positioned adjacent to at least three of the first, second, third and fourth housing walls of the first housing corner, such that the first non-planar metal layer extends away from the first housing corner in at least one of a parallel or non-parallel relationship with each of said at least three of the first, second, third and fourth housing walls. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293376 | ANTENNA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A multi-band antenna includes a grounding portion, a main radiating portion, and a shielding wall. The main radiating portion includes a first radiating portion having a first feed end and a second radiating portion having a second feed end. The first and second radiating portions are structurally symmetrical. The main radiating portion and the shielding wall are arranged on opposite sides of the grounding portion. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293377 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA - A display device includes a display panel and a directional antenna. The directional antenna is disposed behind or under the display panel for radiating or receiving wireless signals. The radiating path of the directional antenna is at a specific angle with respect to a horizontal plane for receiving surrounding wireless signals. Or, the signals radiated from the directional antenna may be reflected or refracted to regions above or in front of the display device by a back-side barrier or penetrate a back-side barrier which does not cause large electromagnetic degradation, thereby receiving wireless signals originated from the front-side or back-side of the display device. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293378 | ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT FOR A PORTABLE RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING A METAL CASING - An exemplary embodiment includes an antenna arrangement for a portable radio communication device having a metal casing. The antenna arrangement generally includes a first antenna device and a second antenna device. The first antenna device comprises the metal casing and has a first radiating antenna pattern. The second antenna device has a second radiating antenna pattern. The second antenna device is outside the metal casing. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293379 | TESTING SYSTEM WITH ELECTRICALLY COUPLED AND WIRELESSLY COUPLED PROBES - Conductive electronic device structures such as a conductive housing member that forms part of an antenna may be tested during manufacturing. A test system may be provided that has a pair of pins or other contacts. Test equipment such as a network analyzer may provide radio-frequency test signals in a range of frequencies. The radio-frequency test signals may be applied to the conductive housing member or other conductive structures under test using the test probe contacts. An antenna may be used to gather corresponding wireless radio-frequency signal data. Forward transfer coefficient data may be computed from the transmitted and received radio-frequency signals. The forward transfer coefficient data or other test data may be compared to reference data to determine whether the conductive electronic device structures contain a fault. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293380 | WIDE BAND EMBEDDED ARMOR ANTENNA - An extremely thin embedded antenna for an armor-carrying vehicle utilizes a dipole driven element to the inside of the armor plate and a parasitically-driven dipole element on top of the armor plate, with the parasitic element providing appropriate forward gain and antenna matching characteristics such that there need be no aperturing of the armor plate in order to feed the antenna. In one embodiment, the bowtie antenna elements are elongated, extended or expanded by outboard antenna sections which are spaced from the distal ends of the corresponding bowties, with a meanderline choke bridging the gap between a bowtie element and its extended portion. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293381 | WIDE BAND EMBEDDED ARMOR ANTENNA - An extremely thin embedded antenna for an armor-carrying vehicle utilizes a dipole driven element to the inside of the armor plate and a parasitically-driven dipole element on top of the armor plate, with the parasitic element providing appropriate forward gain and antenna matching characteristics such that there need be no aperturing of the armor plate in order to feed the antenna. In one embodiment, the bowtie antenna elements are elongated, extended or expanded by outboard antenna sections which are spaced from the distal ends of the corresponding bowties, with a meanderline choke bridging the gap between a bowtie element and its extended portion. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293382 | BODY WEARABLE ANTENNA - A body wearable antenna adapted to be worn against the body, comprising: a first antenna part ( | 2012-11-22 |
20120293383 | FORWARD THROW ANTENNA UTILITY METER - Systems and methods are provided for a utility meter assembly including a plurality of meter components configured for measuring and collecting data, and including a transceiver operative for signal communications over a network; a faceplate, with meter reading information displayed on the front; an exterior cover; and an internal dipole antenna situated within the exterior cover. The internal dipole antenna is typically situated away from the meter components, so as to minimize interference by the meter components. The internal dipole antenna is typically tuned for optimal matching impedance in an 850 MHz or 1900 MHz receiving band, so that the desired receiving band Standing Wave Ration (SWR) is achieved, and also a specified minimum radiated power threshold is maintained. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293384 | IMPEDANCE TUNING OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ANTENNAS - The present disclosure relates to impedance tuning of transmitting and receiving antennas. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293385 | ANTENNA DEVICE - The present disclosure discloses an antenna device, which comprises an array antenna and a power divider. The array antenna comprises a plurality of antenna units, and each of the antenna units comprises a conductive sheet engraved with a groove topology pattern, conductive feeding points and a feeder line. The power divider is adapted to divide a baseband signal into a plurality of weighted signals and then transmit the weighted signals to the antenna units arranged in an array via the conductive feeding points respectively. By arraying the antenna units and using the beam forming method, the directionality of the antenna can be designed as needed through phase superposition between the antenna units; and then, a reflective metal plate is provided on the back side of the antenna so that a back lobe of the antenna is compressed. In this way, the miniaturized antenna array can obtain a high directionality. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293386 | WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK ANTENNA ARRAY - A wireless local area network (“WLAN”) antenna array (“WLANAA”) is disclosed. The WLANAA may include a circular housing having a plurality of radial sectors and a plurality of primary antenna elements. Each individual primary antenna element of the plurality of primary antenna elements may be positioned within an individual radial sector of the plurality of radial sectors. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293387 | ANTENNA APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH DIPOLE ANTENNA AND PARASITIC ELEMENT PAIRS AS ARRANGED AT INTERVALS - Parasitic elements of each parasitic element pair have a strip shape, and are formed on a straight line, which is parallel to a longitudinal direction of a printed dipole antenna and is positioned in a radiation direction of radio wave from the printed dipole antenna, so as to have a gap of a predetermined interval. The parasitic element pairs and the dipole antenna are arranged at predetermined intervals so as to oppose to and to be electromagnetically coupled to each other. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293388 | CONNECTION FOR ANTENNAS OPERATING ABOVE A GROUND PLANE - An antenna system is provided. The antenna system includes a ground plane, an antenna, a feed cable, a cable connector, and an antenna connector. The ground plane has a first ground side and a second ground side. The antenna operates on the first ground side of the ground plane. The feed cable has a center conductor that is configured to transmit signals to and receive signals from the antenna. The cable connector couples the feed cable with the second ground side of the ground plane. The center conductor of the feed cable is electrically isolated from the ground plane and electrically coupled with the antenna connector. The antenna connector electrically couples the center conductor with the antenna. The antenna connector is connected to the center conductor and the feed cable is substantially parallel to the ground plane from the antenna connector to the cable connector. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293389 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE INCLUDING A GROUND PATCH PROVIDING SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR) REDUCTION AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a dielectric substrate carried by the portable housing having a front side facing toward a user and a back side opposite the front side, and a ground plane carried by the dielectric substrate. The device may further include at least one circuit carried by the dielectric substrate, and an antenna carried by the dielectric substrate adjacent an end thereof and electrically connected to the at least one circuit. A ground patch may be adjacent the front side of the dielectric substrate that is electrically connected to the ground plane and spaced apart from and at least partially overlapping the antenna. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293390 | CONVERGED IN-BUILDING NETWORK - A converged network is described. The converged network includes a distributed antenna system hub coupled to the communication lines for wireless communications, horizontal cabling to carry communication lines for wired communications and wireless communications and a remote socket. The horizontal cabling is a duct that carries the wired and wireless communication lines to convey the telecommunication signals within the building. The remote socket connects the wireless communication lines with a remote electronics unit. In addition, one or more antennas can also be coupled to the remote socket to convey analog RF electrical radiation from the remote socket over adhesive backed coaxial cabling to the indoor environment. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293391 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLY FOR CONVERGED IN-BUILDING NETWORK - An antenna assembly is disclosed. The antenna assembly comprises an antenna that includes a radiating element formed on the first major surface of a substrate and connection mechanism for connecting the antenna to an unsevered midspan section of adhesive backed RF distribution cable. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293392 | ANTENNA-IN-PACKAGE STRUCTURE - An electronic device with an antenna of the antenna-in-package type (AIP) includes an upper surface on which a radiating element is provided. The radiating element has an open end and a feeding end. The antenna also includes an adaptation element. The antenna is characterized in that the adaptation element is provided at an area that is different from the upper surface of the antenna holding the radiating element. The adaptation element is connected, at one end, to an intermediate point of the radiating element and grounded at another end. The device allows a further size reduction of standard inverted F antennas (IFA). | 2012-11-22 |
20120293393 | MOBILE IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A mobile image display system includes multiple movable panels, each including a video display. Using a position sensor, the system knows when a particular panel reaches a position in which the displayed image is distorted due to overlapping or misalignment of the panels. Then, a central processing unit provides the panels in the region where distortion is present with a modified image to correct for this distortion. Additionally, the panels may include light and/or weight sensors. In response to these sensors, an image in any location the carousel can be revised in response to the presence of an article such as a suitcase. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293394 | INFORMATION SOURCE FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATORS - An information source device adapted to be in communication with a plurality of users includes a receiver adapted to determine a time-of-visual-gaze duration of a user viewing the information source device, a transmitter adapted to wirelessly transmit information to the user when the time-of-visual-gaze duration exceeds a pre-determined value. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293395 | METHOD OF ALIGNING A HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAY - A method and system of aligning a helmet mounted display mounted to a helmet is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of;—aligning a first helmet mounted display guide symbol with a reference direction;—selecting the alignment of the first helmet mounted display guide symbol with the reference direction;—aligning a first stabilised guide symbol, starting at the position of the aligned first symbol, with a reference direction, the first stabilised symbol being stabilised to reduce the movement of the stabilised symbol with respect to the reference direction in response to movements of the head of the user;—selecting the alignment of the first stabilised guide symbol with the reference direction;—aligning a second helmet mounted display guide symbol with the reference direction;—selecting the alignment of the second helmet mounted display guide symbol with the reference direction;—aligning a second stabilised guide symbol, starting at the position of the aligned second symbol, with a reference direction, the second stabilised symbol being stabilised to reduce the movement of the stabilised symbol with respect to the reference direction in response to movements of the head of the user; —selecting the alignment of the second stabilised display guide symbol with the reference direction;—determining a relative position and orientation between the helmet and the display mounted to the helmet according to the positions and orientations of the helmet at said alignments. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293396 | IMAGING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - An imaging display apparatus, includes: display means for image display; first image signal generation means for generating a display image signal based on a captured image signal captured by an imaging section with a field of view direction of a user being a direction of an object; second image signal generation means for generating a display image signal of an image different from an image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation means; and control means for allowing, simultaneously on the display means, display of the image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation means and display of the image of the display image signal generated by the second image signal generation means. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293397 | BOOTSTRAP CIRCUIT, INVERTER CIRCUIT, SCANNING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a bootstrap circuit including: a transistor; and a capacitor connected between a gate electrode of the transistor, and one of source and drain regions of the transistor, the bootstrap circuit serving to carry out a bootstrap operation in which an electric potential at the gate electrode is changed depending on a change in an electric potential at the one of the source and drain regions, in which the transistor has a structure in which the source region and the drain region have a structure of being asymmetric with respect to a line passing through a center of the gate electrode. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293398 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING A DISPLAY DEVICE - Write in of lower significant bits of a digital video signal to a memory is eliminated by a memory controller of a signal control circuit in a display device during a second display mode in which the number of gray scales is reduced, as compared to a first display mode. Further, read out of the lower significant bits of the digital video signal from the memory is also eliminated. The amount of information of digital image signals input to a source signal line driver circuit is reduced. Corresponding to this operation, a display controller functions to make start pulses and clock pulses input to each driver circuit have a lower frequency, and write in periods and display periods of sub-frame periods participating in display are set longer. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293399 | PERCEIVED DISPLAY RESOLUTION OF A COLOR ELECTRONIC MATRIX DISPLAY - A display panel ( | 2012-11-22 |
20120293400 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD - A target value of a contrast ratio of an image display apparatus is set, and the number of levels, among which the luminance of a backlight is changed over, and each level of luminance are decided according to the target value of the contrast ratio. The backlight is made to emit light at the individual levels of luminance of the backlight thus decided, and at the same time, the image display apparatus is made to display a predetermined color chart thereon, so that color measurement is thereby carried out, and calibration is carried out at each level of luminance of the backlight based on a color value thus measured. The calibration is carried out only on an appropriate number of levels of the luminance of the backlight required to achieve the target value of the contrast ratio. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293401 | SHIFT REGISTER UNIT CIRCUIT, SHIFT REGISTER, ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Embodiments of the disclosed technical solution provides a shift register unit circuit which operates based on two clock signals and comprises input terminals, a pre-charging circuit, a first level pulling-down circuit, a second level pulling-down circuit and a scan signal output terminal. Embodiments of the disclosed technical solution also provides a shift register having at least two shift register unit circuits connected in cascade, and further provides a liquid crystal display array substrate and a liquid crystal display. Embodiments of the disclosed technical solution settles problems that a threshold voltage of the pulling-down TFT would drift under a direct current bias voltage and a output is unstable due to a clock hopping, increases a reliability of the circuit and reduces power consumption. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293402 | MONITORING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TWO OR MORE OBJECTS WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for monitoring interactions by an input object with an interactive interface projected onto an interface object. That is, an input object (e.g., a finger) and an interface object (e.g., a wall, a hand, a notepad, etc.) may be identified and tracked in real-time using depth data (e.g., depth data extracted from images captured by a depth camera). An interactive interface (e.g., a calculator, an email program, a keyboard, etc.) may be projected onto the interface object, such that the input object may be used to interact with the interactive interface. For example, the input object may be tracked to determine whether the input object is touching or hovering above the interface object and/or a projected portion of the interactive interface. If the input object is in a touch state, then a corresponding event associated with the interactive interface may be invoked. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293403 | Method for Controlling Display Device by Using Double Buttons - A method for controlling display device by using double buttons is provided. The method comprises the following steps: pressing a power button of a double buttons so as to turn on the display device when the display device is turned off; pressing a menu button of the double buttons so as to start an On Screen Display (OSD) menu on a screen of the display device when the display device is turned on; after entering the OSD menu, pressing the power button or the menu button and surfing the OSD menu; | 2012-11-22 |
20120293404 | Low Cost Embedded Touchless Gesture Sensor - An array of independently addressable optical emitters, and an array of independently addressable detectors, energized according to an optimized sequence sensing a performed gesture to generate feature vector frames that are compressed by a projection matrix and processed by a trained model to perform touchless gesture recognition. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293405 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD - An image display device and controlling method capable of optimizing a state of the image display device for a user at a desired position. The display device includes: an imaging section that takes an image of a predetermined range of a dynamic image with respect to an image display direction; an image analyzing section that analyzes the dynamic image taken by the imaging section and calculates a position of a user; a system optimization processing section that calculates system control information for optimizing a system based on the position of the user calculated by the image analyzing section; and a system controlling section that optimizes the system based on the system control information calculated by the system optimization processing section. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293406 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING INPUT IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for processing an input in a mobile terminal that recognizes inputs such as a visual input and/or voice input is provided. In the method, a position on a screen corresponding to a viewing direction of a user's eyes is determined. An indicator corresponding to the determined position is displayed on the screen. When a relevant (i.e. actuating) signal is detected, an indicator is arranged on the desired object for selection. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293407 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A Head Mounted Display (HMD) device and an image display control method are disclosed. The device includes a display unit including a left display and a right display for a left eye and a right eye for displaying images for the left eye and the right eye, a vital reaction sensor unit including a first vital reaction sensor for the left eye and a second vital reaction sensor for the right eye, detecting vital reaction changes of a user viewing the left display and the right display, and generating, when a vital reaction change is detected, an interruption signal including coordinates of a position at which the vital reaction change is detected, and a control unit for outputting images for the left eye and the right eye to the display unit. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293408 | TRACKING BIMANUAL MOVEMENTS - Hands may be tracked before, during, and after occlusion, and a gesture may be recognized. Movement of two occluded hands may be tracked as a unit during an occlusion period. A type of synchronization characterizing the two occluded hands during the occlusion period may be determined based on the tracked movement of the occluded hands. Based on the determined type of synchronization, it may be determined whether directions of travel for each of the two occluded hands change during the occlusion period. Implementations may determine that a first hand and a second hand are occluded during an occlusion period, the first hand having come from a first direction and the second hand having come from a second direction. The first hand may be distinguished from the second hand after the occlusion period based on a determined type of synchronization characterizing the two hands, and a behavior of the two hands. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293409 | MOBILE DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to an aspect, a mobile device includes an input unit, a display unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The input unit detects operation input. The display unit displays a standby screen. The storage unit stores a plurality of objects to be displayed on the standby screen. The objects are associated with at least one of shortcut information or character information and being allocated with group information for classifying the objects. The control unit for sets on the standby screen a plurality of divided regions to be divided on a group-by-group basis and causes the plurality of objects to be displayed in the divided regions corresponding to the respective groups to which the objects belong. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293410 | Flexible Input Device Worn on a Finger - Methods and apparatus are directed to an input device including a wearable ring shaped component that is supported on a finger and located between a finger tip and a knuckle of the wearer. The wearable component comprises a touch pad device that is located on an outward surface of the wearable ring shaped component. The touch pad device is contacted to provide an input command. The wearable component includes a transmitter to transmit the input command. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293411 | Methods and apparatus for actuated 3D surface with gestural interactivity - In exemplary implementations of this invention, an array of linear actuators can be used to form a segmented surface. The surface can resemble a low relief sculpture. A user may control the shape of the surface by direct touch manipulation or by making freehand gestures at a distance from the surface. For example, the freehand gestures may comprise input instructions for selecting, translating, and rotating the shape of an object. A projector may augment the rendered shapes by projecting graphics on the surface. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293412 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING OF A SUBJECT - Method, computer program and system for tracking movement of a subject. The method includes receiving data from a distributed network of camera sensors employing one or more emitted light sources associated with one or more of the one or more camera sensors to generate a volumetric three-dimensional representation of the subject, identifying a plurality of clusters within the volumetric three-dimensional representation that correspond to motion features indicative of movement of the motion features of the subject, presenting one or more objects on one or more three dimensional display screens, and using the plurality of fixed position sensors to track motion of the motion features of the subject and track manipulation of the motion features of the volumetric three-dimensional representation to determine interaction of one or more of the motion features of the subject and one or more of the one or more objects on the three dimensional display. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293413 | Method for Controlling Display Device by Using Single Button - A method for controlling display device by using single button is provided. The method comprises the following steps: pressing a single button so as to turn on the display device when the display device is turned off; pressing the single button for seconds so as to start an On Screen Display (OSD) menu on a screen of the display device when the display device is turned on; after entering the OSD menu, pressing the single button and surfing the OSD menu; continuously pressing the single button so as to actuate a optional function when a cursor is at the optional function of the OSD menu; after actuating the optional function, entering a sub menu and then pressing the single button so as to surf the sub menu, continuously pressing the single button so as to actuate the optional function under the sub menu if the optional function contains the sub menu; pressing the single button so as to control the setting of the optional function if the actuated optional function contains numerical or optional setting; continuously pressing the single button for seconds so as to finish the setting and exit the OSD menu. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293414 | WATERPROOF COMPUTER MOUSE - A waterproof computer mouse includes an upper housing, a lower housing, a first waterproof ring, a second waterproof ring, a roller and a circuit board. The upper housing has an upper tubular portion downwardly extended therefrom in a through manner. The lower housing has a lower tubular portion upwardly extended therefrom through a bottom surface thereof. The upper tubular portion connects with the lower tubular portion to form a roller compartment therein. The first waterproof ring is disposed between a bottom edge of the upper housing and a top edge of the lower housing. The second waterproof ring is disposed between a bottom edge of the upper tubular portion and a top edge of the lower tubular portion. The roller is rotatably disposed in the roller compartment formed by the upper tubular portion and the lower tubular portion. The circuit board is disposed on the lower housing. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293415 | HAPTIC DEVICE FOR CARVING AND MOLDING OBJECTS - A system, method, and computer program product for automatically providing a haptic stylus based interface for enhanced user interaction with touch screen devices are disclosed. The stylus communicates with the touch screen device to report stylus operating information from onboard sensors, and to receive application program instructions defining feedback and friction forces to be applied by onboard actuators. The applied feedback and friction forces may be independently controlled. Friction forces are provided via a rolling contact ball gripping mechanism that mimics varying physical engagement between the contact ball and a touch screen display surface by controlling the relative rotational freedom of the contact ball. Embodiments of the invention enable a haptic stylus to mimic three-dimensional interactions for gaming, object manipulation and sculpting, and non-contact proximity-based stylus operation scenarios. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293416 | Configuring the Functionality of Control Elements of a Control Device Based on Orientation - A control device controls the functionality of two or more sets of control elements. A processing unit of the control device determines that it is oriented in a first zone or in a second zone based on input received from a magnetometer. The first and second zones are defined with respect to a magnetic reference point and are oriented relative to a controlled device or an electronic device. If the processing unit determines that the control device is oriented in the first zone, the processing unit configures a first functionality for the first set of control elements. If the control device's orientation changes from being oriented in the first zone to being oriented in the second zone, the processing unit configures the first set of control elements with a second functionality. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293417 | Typing Input Systems, Methods, and Devices - Systems, devices, and techniques are disclosed relating to typing input devices. For example a ten-key input device can be provided for receiving input via ten input elements from the ten fingers on a right hand and a left hand. All of the letters of the alphabet can by typed with the ten input elements according to a translation map that maps the ten input elements or combinations of the ten input elements to the letters of the alphabet. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293418 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR INVOKING AN ELECTRONIC INK OR HANDWRITING INTERFACE - User interfaces, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for activating and/or displaying text input systems on display devices may include: (a) displaying a text input system activation target at a user changeable location on a display device; (b) receiving user input directed to the activation target; and (c) activating a text input system in response to the user input. Such user interfaces, methods, and systems further may include (d) displaying a pre-interaction condition of the activation target; (e) receiving user input directed to the activation target in this pre-interaction condition; and (f) changing an appearance of the activation target from the pre-interaction condition to a larger size and/or a different visual appearance in response to this user input. Additional aspects of this invention relate to computer-readable media for providing user interfaces, systems, and methods as described above. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293419 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided an electronic apparatus that includes a display unit including a planar display region, an operation unit formed on a side on which the planar display region is formed, the operation unit including a plurality of keys, the plurality of keys being allowed to be depressed, and a protrusion member formed between two of the plurality of keys, the protrusion member protruding from a surface of the planar display region. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293420 | DISAMBIGUATING INTENTIONAL AND INCIDENTAL CONTACT AND MOTION IN MULTI-TOUCH POINTING DEVICES - An input device has both a touch sensor and a position sensor. A computer using data from the input device uses the relative motion of a contact on a touch sensor with respect to motion from a position detector to disambiguate intentional from incidental motion. The input device provides synchronized position sensor and touch sensor data to the computer to permit processing the relative motion and performing other computations on both position sensor and touch sensor data. The input device can encode the magnitude and direction of motion of the position sensor and combines it with the touch sensor data from the same time frame, and output the synchronized data to the computer. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293421 | CONTROL OF A DEVICE USING GESTURES - In an operating system running on a processing device, detecting a gesture input via a user interface; identifying an operating system operation that corresponds to the gesture; performing the operating system operation; identifying an application running on the operating system that has subscribed to gesture input; and passing data corresponding to the gesture to the application for use by the application. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293422 | INJURY DISCOVERY AND DOCUMENTATION - A method and apparatus for injury discovery and documentation includes a graphical touchscreen interface of the device operable to show a body image to allow a user to select an area of an injury on the body image and selectable indicia to allow a user to select a relative level of pain due to the injury. The injury information can then be provided for diagnosis and treatment. The device can also include an audio interface operable to determine a native language of the patient, and converse with the patient to ask the patient a set of questions relating to the area of the injury that are pre-stored in a memory of the device. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293423 | USER INTERFACE FOR HANDWRITING INPUTS - A method, medium, device, and user interface are provided for receiving a handwriting input and for presenting prediction candidates based on the handwriting input. A pen down event is detected in a writing panel of a user interface. The writing panel is expanded to overlie function keys and a candidate window of the user interface such that those features are made inaccessible for inadvertent selections thereof. Upon detection of a pen up event the writing panel is decreased in size to again reveal the features. Recognition candidates are identified based on the handwriting input. Prediction candidates are also identified based on a highest ranking recognition candidate and are presented in combination with the highest ranking recognition candidate. Prediction candidates are thereby identifiable with the recognition candidate with which they are associated and selection of a prediction candidate and recognition candidate may be performed in single selection input. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293424 | USER INTERFACE FOR HANDWRITING INPUTS - A method, medium, device, and user interface are provided for receiving a handwriting input and for presenting prediction candidates based on the handwriting input. A pen down event is detected in a writing panel of a user interface. The writing panel is expanded to overlie function keys and a candidate window of the user interface such that those features are made inaccessible for inadvertent selections thereof. Upon detection of a pen up event the writing panel is decreased in size to again reveal the features. Recognition candidates are identified based on the handwriting input. Prediction candidates are also identified based on a highest ranking recognition candidate and are presented in combination with the highest ranking recognition candidate. Prediction candidates are thereby identifiable with the recognition candidate with which they are associated and selection of a prediction candidate and recognition candidate may be performed in single selection input. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293425 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING ERASER FUNCTION OF DIGITIZER PEN IN DIGITIZER SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for supporting an eraser function of a digitizer pen in a digitizer system are provided. The method includes, if it is recognized that an eraser part of the digitizer pen gets contact on a reception device, determining a pressure of the eraser part contacting on a surface of the reception device and, according to the determined pressure, changing a frequency transmitted to the reception device. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293426 | DRIVE SYSTEM ADAPTABLE TO A MATRIX SCANNING DEVICE - The present invention is directed to a drive system adaptable to a matrix scanning device. A number of first drive circuits are disposed on a first periphery along a first direction of a substrate with each said first drive circuit being coupled to at least one column wire of the matrix scanning device. A number of second drive circuits are disposed on a second periphery along a second direction of the substrate with each said second drive circuit being coupled to at least one row wire of the matrix scanning device. A master controller controls the first drive circuits and the second drive circuits. A bus is electrically coupled to the master controller, the first drive circuits and the second drive circuits. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293427 | INFORMATION PROCESSING CONTROL DEVICE - An information processing device that includes a display, a touch panel that detects a gesture operation, a memory that stores a correlation between each of a plurality of effects that can be applied to an object displayed on the display and one of a plurality of gesture operations, and a processor that applies one of the plurality of effects that corresponds to the detected gesture operation to an object displayed on the display, and controls the display to display the object to which the one of the plurality effects is applied. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293428 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH TWO DISPLAY DIRECTIONS OPPOSITE TO EACH OTHER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display panel with two display directions opposite to each other, an electronic device and a method for switching the electronic device are provided. The display panel comprises a substrate, a first switching element, a second switching element, and a light-emitting diode. The first switching element is coupled to a scan line and a data line. The second switching element is coupled to a power source. The light-emitting diode is coupled to the second switching element and another power source. The display panel further comprises a dielectric layer covering the above elements, a pixel electrode formed on the dielectric layer, an opposite substrate formed above the substrate and a non-emission display medium layer formed between the substrate and the opposite substrate. The pixel electrode is coupled to an electrode of the first switching element through the opening and is made of reflective material. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293429 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH SIGNALS THEREOF - A method for detecting touch signals of a touch screen device includes counting a first time slot and a second time slot of an on-off period of a pixel according to a period of a scan signal and a period of a clock signal, and detecting whether the pixel is touched during the second time slot. The first time slot is the time before a noise of the pixel drops to a predetermined value after the pixel is turned on. The second time slot is the time after the noise of the pixel drops to the predetermined value after the pixel is turned on. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293430 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A touch screen device has a screen main body including parallel transmitting electrodes and parallel receiving electrodes disposed in a grid shape; a transmitter sequentially selecting the transmitting electrodes and applying a drive signal; a receiver sequentially selecting the receiving electrodes, receiving a response signal output from the receiving electrode in response to the drive signal, and outputting detection data at each electrode intersection; a controller obtaining a touch position based on the detection data at each electrode intersection output from the receiver; and a reference signal generator outputting a reference signal for synchronized detection. The transmitter generates the drive signal from the reference signal. The receiver uses the reference signal to perform synchronized detection of a signal based on the response signal from the receiving electrode and generates the detection data. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293431 | SWITCHING DEVICE FOR A MACHINE, INSTALLATION, AND/OR TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A switching device for a machine, installation, and/or transportation system has a touch-screen and at least one sensor element that is contained in the touch-screen and by means of which touching of the touch-screen can be registered and a corresponding signal fed out, with its being possible to effect emergency shutdown of the machine, installation, and/or transportation system by means of the switching device as a function of the at least one sensor element's signal. A method for operating a machine, installation, and/or transportation system includes the steps of touching a touch-screen, wherein the touch-screen includes at least one sensor element adapted to register said touching and to feed out a signal in response to the touching, and performing an emergency stopping and/or emergency shutdown of the machine, installation, and/or transportation system with a switching device as a function of the signal. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293432 | METHOD FOR TOUCH DEVICE TO TRANSMIT COORDINATES, METHOD FOR TOUCH DEVICE TO TRANSMIT DISPLACEMENT VECTOR AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A method for a touch device to transmit coordinates is provided. In a multi-object operation, when a number of objects remains unchanged, the method reduce data to be transmitted by only transmitting displacement vectors of the objects that move. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293433 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a portable terminal including a display panel having a display surface with a touch pad, an area management unit which defines a plurality of display areas formed by dividing the display surface, and a display control unit which performs control on an image display in each display area. In a state where two display areas are defined with a first boundary line, in response to a touch operation on the touch pad, the area management unit determines, based on a touch position of the touch operation, a second boundary line passing one point on the first boundary line and one point within a predetermined range from the touch position and defines two areas which are formed by dividing an object area of the two display areas with the second boundary line, as first and second display areas in place of the object area. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293434 | TOUCH ALPHABET AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A touch alphabet and communication system is provided. The communication system uses a predetermined set of touch gestures, such as fingertip touch patterns performable on keyless touch-sensitive surfaces, to express the user's desired communication. The touch-sensitive surface may be the touch screen display of a computer, tablet device, cell phone, or a touch-sensitive pad, for example. The finger touch patterns are based on a limited set of unique and ergonomically pleasing finger positions that may be performed in a limited area. The touch alphabet allows the user to comprehensively communicate without looking at the communication device, and with just one hand, or in another implementation, with two hands. Thus, a user can comfortably tap an entire alphabet and related functions, with one hand, without having to visualize the user interface surface or hunt for individual keys. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293435 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - When an operation to a touch sensor | 2012-11-22 |
20120293436 | APPARATUS, METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND USER INTERFACE - An apparatus, method, computer program and user interface, the apparatus comprising: at least one processor: and at least one memory including computer program code; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to; provide an active area of a touch sensitive display and an inactive area of the touch sensitive display such that in response to the detection of a user input beginning in the active area, a first function is performed and in response to the detection of a user input beginning in the inactive area the first function is not performed; and provide a display area of the touch sensitive display configured to display content where the display area overlaps at least a portion of the active area and the inactive area, wherein the location of the active area is invariant with respect to performance of the first function. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293437 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING LAYOUT OF CONTROL BUTTONS - This disclosure provides a method and a device for adjusting layout of control buttons, used to solve the technical problem that the control buttons in a touch screen device cannot move, and cannot satisfy individual requirements of users. In this disclosure, the control buttons can be implemented with re-layout by receiving a command for adjusting positions of the control buttons, adjusting position information which is corresponding to the control buttons according to the command, saving a corresponding relationship between the adjusted position information and the control buttons, and loading and displaying the control buttons according to the corresponding relationship; thereby, the different and individual requirements of the users can be satisfied, the friendliness of an interface can be enhanced, and the experience quality of the users can be improved. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293438 | Unlocking a Device by Performing Gestures on an Unlock Image - A device with a touch-sensitive display may be unlocked via gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display. The device is unlocked if contact with the display corresponds to a predefined gesture for unlocking the device. The device displays one or more unlock images with respect to which the predefined gesture is to be performed in order to unlock the device. The performance of the predefined gesture with respect to the unlock image may include moving the unlock image to a predefined location and/or moving the unlock image along a predefined path. The device may also display visual cues of the predefined gesture on the touch screen to remind a user of the gesture. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293439 | MONITORING POINTER TRAJECTORY AND MODIFYING DISPLAY INTERFACE - Apparatus and methods for improving touch-screen interface usability and accuracy by determining the trajectory of a pointer as it approaches the touch-screen and modifying the touch-screen display accordingly. The system may predict an object on the display the user is likely to select next. The system may designate this object as a Designated Target Object, or DTO. The system may modify the appearance of the DTO by, for example, changing the size of the DTO, or by changing its shape, style, coloring, perspective, positioning, etc. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293440 | MODE-BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICES - A user interface method is disclosed. The method includes detecting a touch and then determining a user interface mode when a touch is detected. The method further includes activating one or more GUI elements based on the user interface mode and in response to the detected touch. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293441 | Elastomeric Wave Tactile Interface - A tactile interface includes a plurality of individually controllable drivers positioned about a perimeter of a tensioned elastomeric material. Each driver includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric material. A top surface of the first electrode is coupled to the tensioned elastomeric material. The piezoelectric material is disposed between a top surface of the second electrode and a bottom surface of the first electrode. Driver circuitry can apply control information to each of the plurality of individually controllable drivers to produce a wave pattern in the tensioned elastomeric material. Some example methods of providing a tactile image on a tactile interface include producing a time-varying potential difference across the top electrode and the bottom electrode of the drivers so that a standing wave pattern can be created in the elastomeric material. The tactile image can be formed by modulating a subset of the plurality of drivers. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293442 | CONTACT TRACKING AND IDENTIFICATION MODULE FOR TOUCH SENSING - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer input device. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293443 | TOUCH SENSING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A touch sensing method adapted for a touch panel is provided. The touch sensing method includes following steps. An average value of touch values generated by a touch object on the touch panel is calculated during a first frame period. An amplitude value of the touch values generated by the touch object on the touch panel is calculated based on the average value during a second frame period. Whether the touch object is a target to be sensed is determined based on the amplitude value. Furthermore, a touch sensing apparatus is also provided. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293444 | Controller and ADC for Low Power Operation of Touchscreen Device - Various embodiments of a low-power-consumption analog-to-digital converter (“ADC”) for a touchscreen or touch panel in a capacitive sensing system are disclosed. The ADC is configured to operate in a first mode or a second mode. The first mode is characterized by a first resolution having a first number of ADC bits and a first level of power consumption associated therewith. The second mode is characterized by a second resolution having a second number of bits and a second level of power consumption associated therewith. The ADC operates under control of the controller and is configured such that the first number of bits is greater than the second number of bits and the first power level is greater than the second power level. The controller causes the ADC to switch from operating in the first mode to operating in the second mode when low radio frequency (RF) noise conditions are detected by sense circuitry, the ADC and/or the controller. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293445 | Noise Blanking for Capacitive Touch Displays - Disclosed are various embodiments of a capacitive touchscreen or touch panel system comprising a controller operably connected to a first plurality of drive electrodes and a second plurality of sense electrodes. The controller includes a noise disruption detector circuit, a user noise source detector/anticipator circuit, clock control logic circuitry operably connected to the noise disruption detector circuit and to the user noise source detector/anticipator circuit, at least one static-clocked digital filter circuit operably connected to and controlled by the clock control logic circuitry, a central processing unit (CPU) operably connected to the clock control logic circuitry, firmware operably connected to the CPU; and touch position circuitry configured to deliver signals indicative of touch positions on the touchscreen to a host controller. The controller is configured to employ at least one of the CPU and the firmware to cause the clock control logic circuitry to inhibit operation of the digital filter circuit in response to a signal representative of excessive noise levels being provided by either the noise disruption detector circuit or the user noise source detector/anticipator circuit. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293446 | Automatic Gain Control for Capacitive Touch Panel Sensing System - Disclosed are capacitive touchscreen or touch panel systems, devices and methods which increase the dynamic range of touches that may be detected on a capacitive touch screen or touch panel. Increased dynamic range is provided by employing automatic gain control methodologies and circuitry to process signals corresponding to individual mutual capacitance cells in a touch screen or touch panel. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293447 | Circuits and Methods for Differentiating User Input from Unwanted Matter on a Touch Screen - A circuit includes an interface circuit configured to couple to a capacitive array of a touch screen and a driver circuit coupled to the interface circuit and configured to selectively provide signals to the interface circuit. The circuit further includes at least one sensor coupled to the interface circuit for detecting when a change in a capacitance of one a plurality of capacitances associated with the capacitive array exceeds a baseline threshold. The circuit further includes a control circuit coupled to the driver circuit and to the at least one sensor and configured to determine a fluctuation of the capacitance over a period of time. The control circuit determines that the change is caused by unwanted matter when the fluctuation is less than or equal to a noise threshold and by a user input when the fluctuation exceeds the noise threshold. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293448 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE MULTI-TOUCH DEVICE - A pressure-sensitive multi-touch device is provided. The multi-touch device includes a matrix of pressure-sensitive cells, each pressure-sensitive cell configured to change a resistance of the cell inversely proportional to an amount of force applied to that cell. The multi-touch device further includes a force-spreading layer configured to diffuse a force of a touch input at a contact area to two or more pressure-sensitive cells within the matrix of pressure-sensitive cells. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293449 | REMOTE MULTI-TOUCH - A remote multi-touch system includes a pressure-sensitive, multi-touch device, a display separate from the pressure-sensitive, multi-touch device, and a controller communicatively coupled to the pressure-sensitive, multi-touch device and the display. The pressure-sensitive, multi-touch device measures a position at which one or more touches are executed on the pressure-sensitive, multi-touch device and, for each of the one or more touches, a force with which that touch is executed. The controller receives a touch report for each of the one or more touches from the pressure-sensitive, multi-touch device. Each touch report indicates the position at which that touch is executed and the force with which that touch is executed. The controller outputs to the display a pre-touch visualization command for displaying a pre-touch visualization. The pre-touch visualization is displayed at a location of the display mapped from the position at which that touch is executed on the pressure-sensitive, multi-touch device. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293450 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE MULTI-TOUCH DEVICE - A pressure-sensitive multi-touch device is provided. The multi-touch device includes a matrix of pressure-sensitive cells, each pressure-sensitive cell configured to change a resistance of the cell inversely proportional to an amount of force applied to that cell. The multi-touch device further includes a spacer assembly between pressure-sensitive cells. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293451 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CAPACITIVE TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A method includes utilizing a plurality of electrodes of a capacitive touch-sensitive display to detect touches on the touch-sensitive display, concurrently driving a first group of the plurality of electrodes, and detecting an object spaced from the touch-sensitive display utilizing a second group of the plurality of electrodes while concurrently driving the first group of the plurality of electrodes. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293452 | OPERATING METHOD OF CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH CONTROL BARRIER-TYPE 3D DISPLAY DEVICE - An exemplary operating method of a capacitive touch panel adapted to a touch control barrier-type three-dimensional display device and including a sensing device is disclosed. In the operating method, a sensing voltage readout operation is performed only during a signal caused by a transient of a barrier voltage is smaller than a preset value. The voltage readout operation includes steps of: providing a first driving signal to the sensing device for performing the sensing voltage readout operation during the barrier voltage is at a logic high level; and providing a second driving signal to the sensing device for performing the sensing voltage readout operation during the barrier voltage is at a logic low level. A pulse amplitude of the first driving signal is smaller than that of the second driving signal. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293453 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A touch screen device includes a panel body having electrodes arranged in a grid pattern; a sensitivity calculator configured to calculate a sensitivity for each electrode intersection based on an amount of change in a signal output from the electrodes in response to a touch operation; a touch position detector configured to detect the touch position based on the sensitivity obtained by the sensitivity calculator; and a pointing device determiner configured to correct the sensitivity obtained by the sensitivity calculator, based on the touch position obtained by the touch position detector, and to determine whether a pointing device performing the touch operation is a pen or a finger, based on the corrected sensitivity. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293454 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING PALM AREA FOR TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR UPDATING THE IDENTIFIED PALM AREA - A method of identifying a palm area for a touch panel has steps of: receiving sensing frame information having multiple touching sensing points from the touch panel; selecting one of the touching sensing points; outwardly extending a distance from an outline of the selected touching sensing point to define a searching range; checking whether other touching sensing points are within the searching range; marking the touching sensing points in the searching range and expanding the searching range based on the currently marked touching sensing points; sequentially selecting and checking each touching sensing point if it is within the present searching range; and finally merging all the outlines of the marked touching sensing points to form a final outline as a palm area. Other unmarked touching sensing points are defined as touching reference points. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293455 | TOUCH PANEL TESTING USING MUTUAL CAPACITOR MEASUREMENTS - A capacitive touch panel is tested for the presence or absence of short and open circuits in drive and sense lines without the use of a tool that touches the surface of the panel. During a first stage of testing, drive lines of the touch panel are sequentially driven while the remaining drive lines are floated. Sense lines are read to indicate whether a driven drive line is shorted to an adjacent drive line, an open circuit, or coupled to a sense line that is an open circuit. During a second stage of testing, drive lines are driven while alternate sense lines are floated or enabled. The signals on the enabled sense lines are acquired to indicate whether the enabled sense lines are shorted to adjacent sense lines. This second stage can be repeated, switching the roles of the sense lines, to determine the locations of short and/or open circuits. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293456 | INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS, INFORMATION INPUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information input apparatus includes: a touch pad; a touch information detecting unit which detects touch information that is information resulting from an operator contacting the touch sensor with a finger; a touch operation start position detecting unit which detects, using the touch information, a touch operation start position that is a start position of a touch operation performed by the operator; a touch operation recognition condition storage unit which stores a plurality of touch operation recognition conditions each for recognizing one of types of touch operation, in association with each of touch operation start positions; and a touch recognizing unit, which recognizes the touch operation, using the touch operation recognition conditions stored in association with the touch operation start position detected by the touch operation start position detecting unit, to determine a type of the touch operation. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293457 | TOUCH SCREEN, TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A detection column wiring includes a set of a first metal wiring having a zigzag pattern and a second metal wiring having a structure axisymmetric with the first metal wiring about a column direction. The first metal wiring includes first sloped portions obliquely sloped by an inclination angle of 45° with respect to the column direction, and first parallel portions parallel with the column direction and continuous with the first sloped portions; the first sloped portions and the first parallel portions being repeatedly placed in a zigzag shape along the column direction. Each detection row wiring has the same structure. A sloped portion of the first sloped portions of the first metal wiring is always orthogonally and spatially intersected, at its middle point, with a sloped portion of the second sloped portions of the third metal wiring at its middle point. Other portions have the same orthogonal relationship. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293458 | TOUCH DETECTION FOR A DIGITIZER - A detector for providing position detection of objects over a sensor with a first and second set of conductor lines forming a grid with a plurality of junctions there between at which the conductor lines do not contact, includes a signal generator providing a signal to at least one conductor line of the first set of conductor lines, and circuitry detecting output arising from one or both of an electromagnetic stylus and one or more fingers when present. The output arising from each of the one or more fingers is detected from at least one conductor line of the second set of conductor lines in response to the signal provided to the at least one conductor line of the first set of conductor lines. The circuitry detects positions of one or both the electromagnetic stylus and each of the one or more fingers when present responsive to the output detected. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293459 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TOUCH DETECTION METHOD FOR THE SAME - An exemplary display apparatus includes a plurality of pixel units, a plurality of gate lines, a readout line and a plurality of touch control units. The gate lines are for deciding whether to enable the pixel units. Each of the touch control units is electrically coupled to the readout line and a corresponding one of the gate lines and includes a switching element. When one of the touch control units is touched, the switching element of the touched touch control unit is turned on, and thereby a waveform on the gate line corresponding to the touched touch control unit is coupled to the readout line and a position of the touched touch control unit is determined according to a timing sequence of a waveform on the readout line. The present invention also provides a touch detection method adapted to be implemented on the above-mentioned display apparatus. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293460 | PHOTO SENSING DEVICE SUITABLE FOR OPTICAL TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A photo sensing device suitable for an optical touch display panel and applications thereof are provided. The photo sensing device includes a photo sensing unit and a coupling unit. The photo sensing unit is used for sensing whether a touch event is happened/occurred or not, and accordingly outputting a judging signal. The coupling unit is coupled to the photo sensing unit, and is used for enhancing the sensitivity of the sensing unit, so as to increase a difference between the judging signal associated with occurrence of the touch event and the judging signal associated with non-occurrence of the touch event. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293461 | INFRARED TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE CAPABLE OF MULTI-TOUCH POINTS SENSING - An infrared touch screen device capable of smoothly sensing contact positions of a plurality of touch points and sensing multi-touch points, when a plurality of touch points are produced, are provided. The infrared touch screen comprises a screen provided with a display panel on which an image is projected and a reinforced glass plate formed on a front surface of the display panel, an reinforced glass plate formed on a front surface of the screen to protect the screen and on which a touch is made, an optical scanner formed on one side of the screen and scanning the screen with the infrared, a light guide bar formed on a border of the reinforced glass plate, a light receiving portion provided on a distal end of the light guide bar, and a position detector for detecting the touch position with a scanning angle of the optical scanner. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293462 | OPTICAL DISPLAY AND CONTROL ELEMENT AND METHOD OF OPTICALLY DETERMINING A POSITION - An optical display and control element comprises an at least partially transparent display screen, at least one light source for illuminating a rear side of the display screen, and at least one light sensor for detecting a temporal signal of the light scattered on the display screen. The light source is able to produce a time-variable light pattern while illuminating the rear side of the display screen. A control and processing unit is able to evaluate the temporal signal, detected by the light sensor, in combination with the time-variable light pattern and to determine a position of at least one object located on the display screen from this evaluation. The invention further relates to a method of optically determining the position of an object which is located on an at least partially transparent display screen of an optical display and control element. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293463 | STYLUS BASED HAPTIC PERIPHERAL FOR TOUCH SCREEN AND TABLET DEVICES - A system, method, and computer program product for automatically providing a haptic stylus based interface for enhanced user interaction with touch screen devices are disclosed. The stylus communicates with the touch screen device to report stylus operating information from onboard sensors, and to receive application program instructions defining feedback and friction forces to be applied by onboard actuators. The applied feedback and friction forces may be independently controlled. Friction forces are provided via a rolling contact ball gripping mechanism that mimics varying physical engagement between the contact ball and a touch screen display surface by controlling the relative rotational freedom of the contact ball. Embodiments of the invention enable a haptic stylus to mimic three-dimensional interactions for gaming, object manipulation and sculpting, and non-contact proximity-based stylus operation scenarios. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293464 | HAPTIC DEVICE FOR POSITION DETECTION - A system, method, and computer program product for automatically providing a haptic stylus based interface for enhanced user interaction with touch screen devices are disclosed. The stylus communicates with the touch screen device to report stylus operating information from onboard sensors, and to receive application program instructions defining feedback and friction forces to be applied by onboard actuators. The applied feedback and friction forces may be independently controlled. Friction forces are provided via a rolling contact ball gripping mechanism that mimics varying physical engagement between the contact ball and a touch screen display surface by controlling the relative rotational freedom of the contact ball. Embodiments of the invention enable a haptic stylus to mimic three-dimensional interactions for gaming, object manipulation and sculpting, and non-contact proximity-based stylus operation scenarios. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293465 | SOLUTION FOR LOCATION BASED NOTIFICATION OF INTELLIGENT DISCOVERY APPLICATION TO USER - In accordance with an example embodiment, there is disclosed herein an apparatus including a processor, a data storage in data communication with the processor, a display, a wireless data transceiver, and a display driver. The data storage is operable for storage of application programs and application data. Identification data is disposed in the data storage, wherein the identification data is uniquely associated with the wireless data transceiver. The wireless data transceiver is operable to broadcast the identification data to at least one associated wireless access point having a predefined location relative to an associated premises prior to establishing a networked data connection therewith, and is further operable to receive notification data, responsive to broadcast identification data, from an associated networked data server. The display driver is operative to display data corresponding to the received notification data on the display. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293466 | DRIVING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A driving apparatus of a liquid crystal display includes a signal modification unit which modifies a signal based on a data signal input to the liquid crystal display, where the signal modification unit determines whether the data signal corresponds to an image to be displayed with a quality deterioration and outputs at least one of a first signal and a second signal, where the first signal is output when the signal modification unit determines the data signal corresponds to the image to be displayed with the quality deterioration, and where the second signal is output when the signal modification unit determines the data signal does not corresponds to the image to be displayed with the quality deterioration. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293467 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A gate driving circuit includes a shift register and a vertical start line. The shift register includes first to N-th circuit stages sequentially providing first to N-th gate-on signals to first to N-th gate lines, respectively, at least one reverse dummy stage adjacent to the first circuit stage and at least one forward dummy stage adjacent to the N-th circuit stage (N is a natural number). The vertical start line is electrically connected to the first circuit stage or the N-th circuit stage according to a scan direction and transfers a vertical start signal to the first or N-th circuit stage. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293468 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES - A disclosed apparatus includes a display device having a polarizer, a liquid crystal panel having a first liquid crystal region and a second liquid crystal region of different liquid crystal orientations, and a lenticular lens having a cavity to contain a third liquid crystal region and a fourth liquid crystal region of different liquid crystal orientations, wherein the liquid crystal panel is disposed between the lenticular lens and the display device, and the first liquid crystal region corresponds to the third liquid crystal region, and the second liquid crystal region corresponds to the fourth liquid crystal region. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293469 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - Stable address discharge is caused in a plasma display panel. For this purpose, the image display region of the panel is divided into a plurality of partial display regions, and scan electrodes in each partial display region are classified into two scan electrode groups based on the arranging sequence of the scan electrodes on the panel. The two scan electrode groups are a first scan electrode group including odd-numbered scan electrodes, and a second scan electrode group including even-numbered scan electrodes, In each partial display region in the address period, an overshoot address operation is performed. To the scan electrodes to which scan pulses are to be applied from the first time to a predetermined-number-th time in each scan electrode group, scan pulses are applied where the pulse cycle is set longer than that of the scan pulses to be applied to the other scan electrodes. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293470 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display apparatus comprising a display device, a circuit board including first and second connectors each disposed at one of the two surfaces thereof, and a flexible circuit board connecting the display device and the circuit board. The flexible circuit board includes: a common circuit part and first and second circuit parts extending from one side of the common circuit part separately from each other; first and second wires respectively extending from the first and second circuit parts and meeting side-by-side at the common circuit part; device connection terminals disposed at the common circuit part; and first and second circuit connection terminals respectively disposed at the first and second circuit parts. The first and second circuit connection terminals are respectively connected with the first and second connectors while the flexible circuit board is folded at at least one of the first and second circuit parts. | 2012-11-22 |
20120293471 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A gate driving circuit ( | 2012-11-22 |
20120293472 | Ambient Light Sensor Configured to Determine the Direction of a Beam of Ambient Light Incident Thereon - Various embodiments of an ambient light sensor configured to determine the direction of a beam of light incident thereon are disclosed. In one embodiment, an ambient light sensor is provided that comprises a plurality of light detectors arranged in a spatial array upon a light sensing surface. Each of the light detectors in the array is configured to generate an analog output voltage in response to the beam of ambient light falling thereon. The amount of light incident on the individual light detectors in the spatial array varies according to the position of each such sensor with respect to direction of the beam of ambient light. An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is operably coupled to the plurality of light detectors and is configured to receive the analog output signals generated thereby as inputs thereto, and to provide digital output values representative of the analog signals. Control logic circuitry is operably coupled to the ADC and configured to receive the digital output values therefrom, and is further configured to process such digital output values to determine the direction of the beam of light incident upon the spatial array. | 2012-11-22 |