49th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130321272 | WHEEL MOUSE - The present invention discloses a wheel mouse including a wheel module, a trigger switch and a switch module. The trigger switch is located under the wheel module, which is capable of being pressed to generate a wheel button signal, so as to enable the wheel mouse to execute a wheel button command. The switch module is capable of controlling the wheel module to be operated in a first stage mode or a second stage mode. As a result, the wheel mouse not only has a switch function for the stage modes but also can generate the wheel button signal by pressing the wheel module. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321273 | PROGRAMMABLE ANALOG KEYS FOR A CONTROL DEVICE - A control devices includes a key having a top surface configured to be pressed by a user, and a resistance device coupled to the key and configured to provide a resistance force to the key that opposes a user force applied to the top surface. A force sensor is coupled to the resistance device and is configured to detect the user force applied to top surface. A control circuit is coupled to the resistance device and is configured to change the resistance force of the resistance device according to a force profile. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321274 | LOW POWER IMAGE SENSOR ADJUSTING REFERENCE VOLTAGE AUTOMATICALLY AND OPTICAL POINTING DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - The low power image sensor includes: an image sensing unit which senses light from an object, converts the light into an electric signal, and outputs the electric signal; a comparing unit which receives an electric signal from the image sensor, compares a voltage level of the electric signal with a reference voltage, and outputs an image signal as a 1 bit signal per pixel; and an effective image adjuster which compares bit value distribution of an image signal output from the comperator with a preset effective range, and adjusts the effective image to output an effective image. Further, an optical pointing device includes: an image sensor which senses light from an object and outputs an image signal; and a motion computing unit which receives the image signal and compares before and after images to calculate a motion vector. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321275 | ILLUMINATED KEYBOARD - An illuminated keyboard includes a keyset portion and at least one light source substrate. The keyset portion includes a plurality of keys and a baseboard to hold the keys and allow the keys to respectively generate a trigger displacement. The keys are arranged in parallel rows to form a plurality of key clusters. The light source substrate is located between any two neighboring key clusters and includes a light transmission channel with an electrode electrically connected to at least one light emitting diode (LED) and is covered by a light transmission element. The LED receives electric power provided by the light source substrate to generate light transmitted via the light transmission channel and projected uniformly to the key clusters via the light transmission element. Hence the illuminated keyboard of the invention can be made thinner and assembled simpler. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321276 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an input module, a controller and a determination module. The input module includes a plurality of keys. The controller displays a primary image and a secondary image which indicates an input position on the primary image. The determination module determines a position of the secondary image in an area of the primary image based on a position of the key inputted in an area of the input module. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321277 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, KEY INPUTTING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An electronic apparatus includes a key pad unit which is disposed on the key board and displays a plurality of divided button areas, a mode determination unit which determines an operation mode of the key pad unit, and a control unit which controls the key pad unit to display information regarding a plurality of keys corresponding to the determined operation mode on the plurality of button areas. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321278 | METHODS FOR DRIVING ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS - A touch screen electro-optic display is arranged such that upon a touch being detected on the display surface, the display surface surrounding the touch “blinks” by being driven to a different optical state, then back to its original state. A second method uses a display having a pen or stylus which can draw lines upon the display. A first line segment is detected and its area updated using a first drive scheme having short waveforms. The area of a second line segment is updated using the first drive scheme. Thereafter, the areas of both line segments are updated using a second drive scheme different from the first drive scheme. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321279 | METHOD OF CAPTURING SYSTEM INPUT BY RELATIVE FINGER POSITIONING - A reader is utilized to detect motion of a user's fingers when a user mimics a typing motion. The system can be used to define various key press states for particular finger positions and then monitor the motion of fingers to detect when a key state is entered. The system can then provide the detected key state as input to a system expecting the data input. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321280 | Method and System for Rendering Diacritic Characters - A method and system for enabling input of diacritic characters on a handheld electronic device. The method includes detecting an input associated with a selected key and determining likelihood that the input reflects selection of a diacritic character. The time after which the set of possible diacritic characters that are utilized is rendered in response to a selected key being engaged in a press-and-hold operation is based on the determined likelihood. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321281 | Keypad - The invention provides a keypad comprising at least consonant keys and vowel keys such that the vowel keys are arranged in a column between two edge columns of consonant keys, or in a row between two edge rows of consonant keys, wherein the consonant keys other than Z follow an alphabetic progression. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321282 | ROW AND COLUMN NAVIGATION - Concepts and technologies are described herein for row and column navigation. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a user device executes an application program configured to present data in a user interface (“UI”). The user device can execute a navigation controller to detect touch events at the user device. The navigation controller can determine if touch events correspond to input for panning or scrolling the UIs and for implementing the requested panning or scrolling. The navigation controller can include functionality for providing a touch event handler to detect input for panning or scrolling the data and a UI scrolling manager that implements the requested panning or scrolling. The panning or scrolling can be tracked and the data, as modified in accordance with the tracked movement, can be presented to a user in a UI. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321283 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes displaying a plurality of display elements on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device; in response to detecting a touch lasting at least a first duration and associated with a first portion of the plurality of display elements, selecting the first portion; and in response to the touch lasting at least a second duration longer than the first duration, selecting a second portion of the plurality of display elements. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321284 | DYNAMIC MODULAR CONTROL SYSTEM - A modular control system including a plurality of individual touch screen devices, each touch screen device including a display unit, a touch input, a computing device, a network connection, and a programming logic for controlling a remote system and displaying a status of the remote system on the touch screen device, the remote system having network connectivity to enable the remote system to exchange information with and respond to instructions from the touch screen devices, the touch screen devices configured for automatic self-synchronization based on a status of the remote system or a status of at least one of the touch screen devices. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321285 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE DATA FILTERING - A data filtering menu enabling a user to select different characteristics and values may be displayed. Each of the characteristics may be displayed in a first selectable list in the filtering menu. Once a user selects one of the characteristics, a second list containing selectable values associated with the selected characteristic may be displayed in a second list. The selected values may filter a set of data and the list of characteristics may be modified to display a representation of values selected from one or more of the second lists. Additionally, a selectable object associated with a characteristic having user selected values may also be displayed with a filtered result. If this object is selected, a list of values from the second list may be redisplayed. The user may then select different values and re-executed the filter with the new values. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321286 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERFACING WITH AN ULTRASOUND SYSTEM - Systems and methods for enabling a user to interact with a medical imaging system using a touch screen display are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a primary imaging area displaying images captured by the medical imaging system may be displayed in a first area of the touch screen display. A touchpad configured to receive input from a user may be displayed in a second area of the touch screen display that is different than the first area. Input provided by the user using the touchpad display may be used to control and/or interact with the medical imaging system. By utilizing a touchpad displayed separate from the primary imaging area, a user may precisely position a cursor, annotation, and/or measurement marker point within the primary imaging area without obscuring the primary imaging area with their body. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321287 | DUAL TOUCH SURFACE MULTIPLE FUNCTION INPUT DEVICE - For one disclosed embodiment, an apparatus includes a first housing and a touch input device supported by the first housing. The touch input device includes a first touch surface layer, a second touch surface layer, and a touch sensor disposed between the first touch surface layer and the second touch surface layer. The touch sensor is configured to detect a first touch input associated with the first touch surface layer and a second touch input associated with the second touch surface layer. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321288 | DUAL TOUCH SURFACE MULTIPLE FUNCTION INPUT DEVICE - For one disclosed embodiment, an apparatus includes a first housing and a second housing coupled to the first housing. The first housing and the second housing are rotatable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The apparatus further includes and a touch input device supported by the first housing. The touch input device is configured to have a first active touch surface when the first housing and the second housing are in the open configuration, and a second active touch surface when the first housing and the second housing are in the closed configuration. The first active touch surface is smaller than the second active touch surface. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321289 | Combined Accumulator and Maximum/Minimum Comparator - In one embodiment, a method comprises detecting, by a hardware accelerator, that a value has been written to a first location of a memory, the first location identified by a first address. The method further includes adding the value to an accumulated value stored in an accumulator register of the hardware accelerator and storing the result in the accumulator register. The method further includes comparing the value to a maximum value stored in a first register of the hardware accelerator and overwriting the maximum value with the value if the value is greater than the maximum value. The method also includes comparing the value to a minimum value stored in a second register of the hardware accelerator and overwriting the minimum value with the value if the value is less than the minimum value. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321290 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING TOUCH INPUT - There are provided a method and an apparatus for sensing a touch input. The method of sensing a touch input includes selecting at least a portion of a plurality of nodes in which a sensing signal is generated by a touch input, defining a node group according to the plurality of selected nodes, generating two or more first sub-node groups by dividing a plurality of nodes included in the node group, based on a first axial direction, and determining a first touch vector of the node group by calculating centric coordinates of the respective two or more first sub-node groups. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321291 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - There are provided an electronic apparatus and an operating method thereof. The electronic apparatus includes: at least one mechanical button unit receiving a mechanical button input from a user; a touch screen receiving a touch input from the user; and a control unit detecting a first input signal generated from the at least one mechanical button unit to generate a first control signal and detecting a second input signal generated from the touch screen to generate a second control signal, wherein the control unit generates a third control signal different from the first control signal when the first input signal and the second input signal are simultaneously detected. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321292 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY INTEGRATED WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - Embodiment of the present invention provide for an organic light emitting display with a touch screen panel, including a first substrate; a plurality of pixels on the first substrate; a plurality of signal lines and control lines on the first substrate and coupled to the pixels; a second substrate covering the first substrate; and first electrodes of a touch screen panel on the second substrate. Here, the control lines are second electrodes of the touch screen panel and are arranged in a direction that crosses the first electrodes. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321293 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a display device capable of decreasing a bezel width, wherein the display device comprises a display panel; a cover glass on an upper surface of the display panel; a housing member for receiving the display panel, and covering lateral and rear sides of the display panel and a lateral side of the cover glass; and a touch sensing film for sealing a gap between the lateral side of the cover glass and the housing member, the touch sensing film adhered to a lower surface of the cover glass. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321294 | DRIVING METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSING DEVICE THEREOF - A driving method for a touch panel is provided. The touch panel has a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes are coupled to a driving circuit respectively via different electrical paths. The driving method includes: defining a plurality of sub-frame periods in a first frame period; converting a driving configuration for providing the driving configuration that is different from each other respectively to each of the sub-frame periods; the driving circuit drives the electrodes respectively with the driving configuration corresponding to one of the sub-frame periods during the sub-frame periods for obtaining at least one of the sub-frame sensing values from each of the sub-frame periods; and the driving circuit integrates the sub-frame sensing values respectively obtained during the sub-frame periods for obtaining a touch information of the touch panel during the first frame period. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321295 | DRIVING METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSING DEVICE THEREOF - A driving method for a touch panel is provided. The touch panel has a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes are coupled to a driving circuit respectively via different electrical paths. The driving method includes: defining a plurality of sub-frame periods in a first frame period; converting a driving configuration for providing the driving configuration that is different from each other respectively to each of the sub-frame periods; the driving circuit drives the electrodes respectively with the driving configuration corresponding to one of the sub-frame periods during the sub-frame periods for obtaining at least one of the sub-frame sensing values from each of the sub-frame periods; and the driving circuit integrates the sub-frame sensing values respectively obtained during the sub-frame periods for obtaining a touch information of the touch panel during the first frame period. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321296 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A display device with an integrated touch screen including a display panel including electrodes divided into a plurality of block type groups and a plurality of data lines; a display driver IC configured to apply a common voltage to the electrodes when a driving mode of the panel is a display driving mode, sequentially apply a touch scan signal to each block type group when the driving mode of the panel is a touch driving mode, and apply a data signal to the data lines associated with a corresponding block type group when the touch scan signal is applied to the corresponding block type group; and a touch IC configured to generate the touch scan signal and apply the touch scan signal to the display driver IC. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321297 | UNLOCKING METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A TOUCH SCREEN - An unlocking method for an electronic device with a touch screen, comprises displaying a plurality of unlocking buttons and indicating the touching sequence for touching the buttons on the touch screen when the touch screen is in a locked state in which the user interface is locked; detecting contact with the touch screen and determining whether the plurality of unlocking buttons are touched according to the indicated touching sequence; switching the user interface into an unlocked state if the plurality of buttons is touched according to the indicated touching sequence; and keeping the user interface in the locked state if the plurality of buttons are not touched according to the indicated touching sequence. The method is simple and convenient and can prevent unlocking through incorrect operation. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321298 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND COMMAND INPUT METHODS THEREOF - An electronic device is provided, including a housing, at least one tap sensing unit and a processing unit. The housing has a touch surface, in which, when the touch surface is tapped more than one time in a predetermined interval, shock waves are generated. The tap sensing unit receives the shock waves to generate a moire signal. The processing unit obtains a shock wave source number of each of the shock waves according to the moire signal, and generates a string code according to a generation order of the shock waves and the shock wave source number of each of the shock waves, such that the processing unit controls the electronic device according to a control command corresponding to the string code. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321299 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TACTILE DISPLAY USING SQUEEZE FILM EFFECT - An electronic device has a touch screen, a protecting panel for protecting the touch screen by covering the touch screen, a vibration actuator coupled to the protecting panel to vibrate the protecting panel, and a control module for collecting location information of an input unit which touches the protecting panel, wherein the control module controls vibration characteristics of the vibration actuator according to a location of the input unit and forms a squeeze film between the input unit and the protecting panel to decrease a frictional force between the input unit and the protecting panel. The protecting panel has a visible area where the touch screen is exposed to be checked by the naked eyes, and an invisible area other than the visible area, and the vibration actuator is coupled to the invisible area. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321300 | Reverse Touchpad for Portable Computers - A portable computer is described including a reverse-mounted touchpad and associated buttons where the touchpad is mounted on the reverse surface of the panel containing the portable computer's display and facing away from the user. One or more associated buttons are mounted on the surface of the display panel facing the user and function as the buttons normally associated with a touchpad, traditionally called the “mouse buttons”. The buttons are mounted in close proximity to the reverse-mounted touchpad such that the user can operate both the touchpad and the buttons simultaneously with a finger and the thumb of the same hand. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321301 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - When a touch panel is operated and erroneous processing has been performed, the probability of the same operation error next time is reduced. For this purpose, when a touch to the touch panel is detected, one of respective items in a menu, which the touch position belongs to is determined. Then processing regarding the determined item is performed. At this time, when a designation input indicating that the selection of the item corresponding to the executed processing was not intended by the operator has been made, to narrow a decision area to decide selection of the item, information indicating the decision area is updated. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321302 | DEVICE FOR KEYING IN DATA IN BRAILLE, CORRESPONDING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A device is provided for logging data in Braille. The device includes a touch-sensitive surface and is configured to detect a plurality of pressures on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the plurality of pressures form a Braille character, construct an image formed from the points associated with the plurality of pressures; and recognize the Braille character based on an analysis of the image. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321303 | TOUCH DETECTION - A method of tracking one or more inputs at a touch sensitive surface, comprising: detecting one or more touch inputs in a first scanning frame; for each detected touch input, defining a scanning window around a determined location of the detected touch input; scanning each defined scanning window, in a second scanning frame, to detect one or more touch inputs; associating a touch input detected in each scanning window in the second scanning frame with the touch input in the first scanning frame for which the scanning window was defined. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321304 | TOUCH PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A touch panel, a manufacturing method and a display device using the same are provided. The touch panel includes a substrate, a conductive layer, an insulating layer, a shielding layer and a flexible printed circuit board. The conductive layer is disposed on the substrate. The insulating layer is disposed on the conductive layer. The shielding layer is disposed on the insulating layer. The flexible printed circuit board has a ground trace electronically connected to the conductive layer. The shielding layer is electronically connected to the ground trace through at least one conductive through hole. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321305 | Touch Unlocking Method and Apparatus, and Electronic Device - A touch unlocking method includes obtaining position information of a plurality of touch points on a device screen in response to sliding of a touch medium on the device screen. A value that reflects a change of a distance between touch points of the plurality of touch points is monitored when the plurality of touch points are located in plurality of touch areas on the device screen respectively. The unlocking control on the device screen is performed according to a result of a comparison between the value that reflects the change of the distance between the touch points and a distance change threshold. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321306 | COMMON DRAWING MODEL - An approach for sharing a master version of a drawing with multiple clients is provided, wherein an example embodiment comprises capturing a first gesture associated with a first digital resource at a first device, transmitting data representing the first gesture from the first device to a server, processing the data representing the first gesture at the server, storing the data representing the first gesture at the server, transmitting the data representing the first gesture to a second device, processing the data representing the first gesture at the second device, and rendering the first gesture on the second device. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321307 | HANDWRITING INPUT DEVICE - The advantage of the invention is to provide a handwriting input device in which a thickness of a line can be set while confirming a thickness of a line actually drawn in a more intuitive way. In the handwriting input device in which a line is drawn in the drawing region based on a stroke of a coordinate designated by pen inputting, a circular image of a size corresponding to the thickness of the line (the number of points) set in the setting region is displayed on the drawing area, and when the setting are completed, the circular image is faded out. With this configuration, a user can set the thickness of the line while seeing the thickness of the line to be drawn in the drawing region intuitively by observing the circular image displayed on the drawing region. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321308 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOVING OBJECT IN TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN - Provided are a method and an apparatus for moving an object in a terminal having a touch screen. The method of moving an object in a terminal having a touch screen, includes detecting a first touch on the touch screen, determining whether a contact time of multi-touch exceeds a threshold time when the first touch is the multi-touch, changing an operation mode of the terminal from a standby mode to a moving mode when the contact time of the multi-touch exceeds the threshold time, and moving an object in response to motion of second touch when the operation mode of the terminal is the moving mode. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321309 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - To improve ease of operation in a case where a display device and a small terminal apparatus are connected to each other, and coordinated display is performed. When a contact or approach of an object having a size greater than or equal to a threshold value with or toward the surface of a display panel is detected, a video or an instruction corresponding to the motion detected by the motion sensor is output. The display device, on the basis of the video or the instruction that is output, displays a video in which the position of a pointer or the like is changed in response to the motion detected by a motion sensor. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321310 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING POSITION OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for determining a position of a first electronic device including a first touch screen relative to a second electronic device including a second touch screen, a communication connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is established. When a user slides an object from the first touch screen to the second touch screen, a departure touch point and a departure time that the object departs from the first touch screen, an arrival touch point and an arrival time that the object arrives at the second touch screen are obtained. If a difference between the departure time and the arrival time falls within a specified range, the position of the first electronic device is determined. The position of the first electronic device is stored into a storage system of the first electronic device. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321311 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided an information processing apparatus, including: a display unit including a display area, the display area being configured to display an image; and a touchscreen unit including a facing area and an outer area, the facing area facing the display area, the outer area being outside of the facing area. An area of the touchscreen unit is attached to the display unit, the area including the facing area and the outer area. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321312 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - An information processing apparatus include a position detecting unit that detects positions of a plurality of users existing in a detection target area; a calculating unit that calculates a plurality of feature quantities representing a relation between the positions of the users detected by the position detecting unit and a projection plane on which a projection image is projected; and a determining unit that determines display control processing for the projection image depending on the feature quantities calculated by the calculating unit. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321313 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CROPPING SCREEN FRAME - A screen frame cropping method, a screen frame cropping apparatus, and a computer program product adapted to an electronic apparatus having a touch screen are provided. In the screen frame cropping method, a frame is displayed on the touch screen, and a first touch and a second touch preformed by a user on the touch screen are detected. When the first touch and the second touch satisfy a predetermined condition, a cropped frame of the frame is stored as an image file. The cropped frame is determined according to at least one first touch position of the first touch and at least one second touch position of the second touch. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321314 | METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR ACTIVATING APPLICATION BASED ON HANDWRITING INPUT - A method for controlling an application based on a handwriting input includes recognizing a handwriting input received on a touch panel of a terminal; determining a symbol corresponding to the handwriting input; selecting an application capable of being associated with the symbol; and associating the symbol with a function of the application. A terminal to control an application based on a handwriting input includes a determination unit to recognize a handwriting input received on a touch panel of the terminal, and to determine a symbol corresponding to the handwriting input; and a processor configured to select an application capable of being associated with the symbol, and to associate the symbol with a function of the application. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321315 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING A CHARACTER IN A TOUCH KEYPAD - A method and apparatus for inputting characters using a touch keypad with a plurality of keys are provided, in which upon detection of a user's touch on one of the plurality of keys, a character corresponding to the touched key is acquired, a pop-up character set is generated using the acquired character and a character which has been completely input before the user's touch and displayed in an input character display area, and a touch pop-up including the pop-up character set is displayed in the vicinity of the touched key. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321316 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel includes a first substrate, a first axis signal receiving electrode, a second axis signal receiving electrode, and a signal transmitting electrode. The first axis signal receiving electrode is disposed on a first inner surface of the first substrate, and the first axis signal receiving electrode includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes extending along a first direction. The second axis signal receiving electrode is disposed on a side of the first inner surface, and the second axis signal receiving electrode includes a plurality of second sensing electrodes extending along a second direction. The signal transmitting electrode is disposed on the side of the first inner surface. The signal transmitting electrode is used to transmit a touch driving signal. The touch driving signal is received by the first axis signal receiving electrode and the second axis signal receiving electrode. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321317 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device ( | 2013-12-05 |
20130321318 | COORDINATE INPUT DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - A coordinate input device and a touch panel device determine a correction value with a plurality of output values obtained from a plurality of sensors arranged in a touch panel based on the output value of a 1st peak sensor that outputs the largest output value, the output value of a 2nd peak sensor having the second largest output value, the output value of a 3rd peak sensor having the third largest output value, and the output value of a 4th peak sensor having the fourth largest output value. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321319 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL SETTING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An electronic device includes a touch position receiving unit which receives from a touch panel, touch position information indicating each of touch positions of a first object and at least one of second objects with respect to the touch panel for each object, the second object being different from the first object, a change type setting unit which calculates a movement direction of each of the first object and the second object based on the touch position information, and determines a change type of a display of the touch panel based on the movement direction, and a change amount setting unit which recognizes the number of the second objects based on the touch position information, and determines a change amount of the display based on the number. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321320 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND INPUT METHOD - There is provided a touch input device which is capable of changing inputs based on the intuitive selection of a finger. Controller | 2013-12-05 |
20130321321 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The electronic device | 2013-12-05 |
20130321322 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes a touch screen acquiring a touch signal regarding at least one region, and a controller selectively executing a function corresponding to a valid touch signal of the acquired touch signal, the valid touch signal having a touch intensity equal to or greater than a preset critical value, on the basis of an increment rate of the touch intensity of the valid touch signal. Since the function is executed on the basis of the increment rate of the touch intensity, a function corresponding to a user's intentional touch may be executed. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321323 | PROJECTED CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR CIRCUIT - A method for measuring a mutual capacitance between electrodes of a touch sensitive device includes generating a periodic pulse, communicating the pulse to a drive electrode, and measuring a mutual capacitance between the drive electrode and a sense electrode at a point of intersection between the drive electrode and the sense electrode. Measuring further includes continuously integrating a sense signal from the sense electrode to thereby generate an integrated sense signal, periodically sampling the integrated sense signal at a first time that is prior to a falling edge of the pulse, and at a second time that is prior to a rising edge of the pulse to thereby sample a maximum value and a minimum value of the integrated sense signal, digitizing the maximum value and the minimum value, and determining a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value to thereby determine a mutual capacitance between the drive electrode and the sense electrode. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321324 | SYSTEM FOR REDUCING FINGER-COUPLED NOISE IN CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSORS - The invention is a system for reducing finger-coupling capacitance of a touch-sensor panel such that finger-coupled noise signals do not overwhelm the sensing circuit and render the panel unable to detect the finger position. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321325 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENSING CAPACITANCE, AND TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS - There are provided an apparatus for sensing capacitance, a method for sensing capacitance, and a touch screen apparatus. The apparatus for sensing capacitance includes; a first integration circuit unit including a first capacitor charged by a change in capacitance occurring in a sensing electrode; a comparison circuit unit comparing a level of an output signal of the first integration circuit unit with a predetermined reference level; and a noise removal unit including a plurality of switches operating according to an output of the comparison circuit unit, wherein the comparison circuit unit controls an operation of each of the plurality of switches to discharge charges charged in the first capacitor when the level of the output signal of the first integration circuit unit is higher than the reference level. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321326 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENSING CAPACITANCE, AND TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS - There are provided an apparatus for sensing capacitance, a method for sensing capacitance, and a touch screen apparatus. The apparatus for sensing capacitance includes; a driving circuit unit applying driving signals to a first capacitor; an integration circuit unit including a second capacitor and a third capacitor respectively charged by a change in capacitance generated in the first capacitor based on the driving signals to generate a predetermined output voltage and calculating a voltage difference between the output voltage of the second capacitor and the output voltage of the third capacitor; and a control unit determining characteristics of a noise signal based on the voltage difference and controlling the driving signals based on the characteristics of the noise signal. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321327 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a data processing method and a touch sensing apparatus. The data processing method includes (a) obtaining a plurality of pieces of sensing data according to one or more touch inputs; (b) selecting one or more pieces of temporary reference data having the minimum difference value between adjacent other pieces of sensing data; (c) calculating difference values between the one or more pieces of temporary reference data; (d) calculating an N number of difference values between the N number of pieces of sensing data obtained from the nodes included in the Kth row and an N number of pieces of sensing data obtained from nodes included in the K-1th row; and (e) determining the temporary reference data having a relatively small representative value as reference sensing data of the Kth row. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321328 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING PEN INPUT IN TERMINAL - A method of correcting touch input in a terminal is provided. The method includes detecting touched locations of a pen and a hand when a pen touch is input, determining a rotation direction of the terminal and a pen use type of a user by comparing and analyzing the detected touched location of the pen and the hand, and determining a correction value of the pen touch input corresponding to the determined rotation direction and pen use type. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321329 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that controls a display disposed on a casing of the information processing apparatus to display an image; outputs, by a communication interface of the information processing apparatus, the image displayed on the display; detects an orientation of the casing; and generates different images as the image displayed on the display and the image output by the communication interface when a predetermined change of orientation of the casing is detected. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321330 | SIGNAL MEASURING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TOUCH SCREEN - Each one or each set of driving electrodes of a touch screen corresponds to a delay phase difference. Whenever a driving signal is provided to one or a set of the driving electrodes, a signal on at least one of sensing electrodes of the touch screen is measured after being delayed by the delay phase difference corresponding to the one or the set of the driving electrodes being provided with the driving signal. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321331 | DETECTING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TOUCH SCREEN - One driving electrode or one set of driving electrode of a touch screen are designated as a base electrode or base electrodes. When the base electrode or base electrodes are provided by a driving signal, the detected signal from the sensing electrodes is designated as a level signal. The level signal is used to adjust the detected signal when other non-base electrodes are provided by the driving signal, whereby the detected image from the touch screen can be leveled. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321332 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL SENSOR AND TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A capacitive touch panel sensor includes a plurality of driving-lines in a first direction, a plurality of sensing-lines in a second direction, a scan signal generator configured to generate a scan signal corresponding to at least one scan pulse, and to output the scan signal to the driving-lines, and a capacitance detector configured to receive a capacitance sensing signal output from the sensing-lines, and to detect a touched location based on the capacitance sensing signal, wherein the scan signal generator is configured to output the scan signal during first noise avoidance time periods, each first noise avoidance time period being in a respective horizontal time period of a display driving operation, and wherein the capacitance detector is configured to receive the capacitance sensing signal during the first noise avoidance time periods. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321333 | CONTROLLER, TOUCH PANEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE - To simplify an operation at the time when a controller which can control a touch panel returns to the normal mode. The touch panel includes a capacitive sensor having a pair of electrodes. The controller includes a control switch controlling supply of a potential to one electrode of the capacitive sensor; a current detection circuit detecting current flowing through the other electrode of the capacitive sensor; a power source circuit controlling supply of power source voltage to the current detection circuit; a power supply start switch including a power supply selection transistor whose gate potential is changed in accordance with a potential of the one of the pair of electrodes and controlling output of the power supply start signal to the power source circuit in accordance with a gate potential of the power supply selection transistor; and a control circuit controlling the control switch and the power source circuit. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321334 | TOUCH SENSOR SYSTEM - A detecting section of a touch sensor system detects a hand placing region in accordance with (i) a strength threshold for determining a strength of an electrostatic capacitance signal in a detection region so as to determine whether or not a touch input is carried out by a finger and (ii) a peripheral threshold which is lower than the strength threshold and is set so as to determine strengths of electrostatic capacitance signals in a plurality of peripheral regions surrounding the detection region. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321335 | TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that detects, at a touch panel formed on or integrally with a display, an object touching or approaching the touch panel; determines a change in an angle that the object forms with the touch panel based on an output of the touch panel; and controls content displayed on the display based on the determined change in angle between the object and the touch panel. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321336 | Method for Acquiring Information, Electronic Device and Identifier Apparatus - A method for acquiring information, an electric device and an identifier apparatus are described. The electronic device includes a wireless receiving apparatus capable of receiving information from a trigger object, and a display screen, the trigger object includes at least three surfaces each of which has a corresponding wireless communication apparatus. The method includes detecting trigger information from the wireless communication apparatus in the trigger object; determining a first surface among the at least three surfaces corresponding to the trigger information; acquiring first wireless RF information transmitted from the wireless communication apparatus corresponding to the first surface; and determining data information on the first surface corresponding to the first wireless RF information, according to the correspondence between wireless RF information and surface information. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321337 | Additional Touch-Gesture Sensors for Rear or Sides of Mobile Devices - A method for providing user interface features to a mobile device involving locating a touch-responsive sensor touchpad to the rear and/or at least one side of a mobile device. Touch-gesture measurement information from the touch-responsive sensor touchpad is processed and used to create an output signal responsive to a touch gesture imparted wherein the output signal is used to control an aspect of a software application operating on the mobile device. The mobile device can be configured to be selectively responsive to particular temporal patterns of touch, particular regions of touch, and/or particular movements of touch. Touch gestures can include various types of squeezing gestures, path-tracing touch gestures, and touch pattern gestures. Recognized gestures can be used to control the mobile device and/or software application running on the mobile device. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321338 | Firmware Methods and Devices for a Mutual Capacitance Touch Sensing Device - Disclosed are various embodiments of methods and devices for operating a processor or host controller in a mutual capacitance sensing device. Methods and devices for sorting motion reports provided to a host controller or other processor in a mutual capacitance sensing device, reporting touch points to a host controller or other processor in a mutual capacitance sensing device, improving noise robustness and navigation performance in a mutual capacitance sensing device, determining a touch area of a user's finger on a touch panel or touchpad of a mutual capacitance sensing device, and avoiding false wakeups and minimizing power consumption in a mutual capacitance sensing device having a touch panel or touchpad are described. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321339 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a plurality of display screens, a joining part configured to join the display screens relatively movably, touch panels provided on the display screens, a touch panel control module configured to receive signals from the touch panels, a movement sensing sensor configured to sense relative movement between the display screens, and a control module to which signals from the touch panel control module are inputted, the control module being configured to invalidate the input of the signals from the touch panel control module, when the relative movement between the display screens is sensed by the movement sensing sensor. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321340 | PORTABLE DEVICE COMPRISING A TOUCH-SCREEN DISPLAY, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable device including at least one foldable panel and first and second touch screens is provided. The method includes displaying, on the first touch screen, a first page designated as a home screen and an icon related to at least one application, and a dock area, and displaying, on the second touch screen, first information in a state where the foldable panel is unfolded. The method also includes replacing the first page and the dock area with an outgoing call screen, receiving a phone number input, replacing the outgoing call screen with a dialing screen, and displaying, on the second touch screen, a guide message indicating to fold the portable device for a call. The method also includes replacing the dialing screen with a mid-call screen, and removing the guide message displayed on the second touch screen, and displaying the first information. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321341 | COORDINATE INPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A coordinate input device of the present invention includes: an M-sequence generator ( | 2013-12-05 |
20130321342 | OPTICAL TOUCH SCREEN EXPANSION METHOD - An optical touch screen expansion method comprises a primary optical touch module setting process and at least one expanded optical touch module setting process that respectively enable a host to acquire original touch position information according to an identification code thereof and work out information of an absolute position of a touch point via a touch position calibration algorithm, whereby the host can simultaneously control several optical touch modules. Therefore, the present invention enables a single host (i.e., identical software) to control several optical touch modules. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321343 | TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch panel system includes a touch panel having sense lines, and drive lines which intersect the sense lines and form capacitance with the sense lines, a touch panel controller for processing signals of the sense lines, and a drive line driving circuit for driving the drive lines in parallel. The touch panel controller includes a subtracting section for finding differences in signals between the sense lines adjacent to each other, a decoding section for calculating a distribution of differences between the capacitances by calculating an inner product of code sequences for driving the drive lines in parallel and difference output sequences which correspond to the code sequences, a touch detecting section for obtaining touch information based on the distribution of differences between the capacitances calculated by the decoding section, and a region setting section for setting an effective region in the touch panel based on the touch information. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321344 | OPTICAL TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - An optical touch display panel includes a supporting substrate, a flexible display panel, a transparent elastomer, at least one light emitting element and at least one sensing element. The flexible display panel is disposed above the supporting substrate. The transparent elastomer is disposed between the supporting substrate and the flexible display panel. The light emitting element is disposed beside a first side of the transparent elastomer and adapted to provide a light toward the transparent elastomer. The sensing element is disposed beside a second side of the transparent elastomer. The light is transmitted through the transparent elastomer to between the supporting substrate and the flexible display panel to define a sensing space. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321345 | OPTICAL TOUCH INPUT DEVICE WITH EMBEDDED LIGHT TURNING FEATURES - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for optical touch detection systems. In one aspect, the optical touch detection systems include a light detector and a light guide including a plurality of angled slots. The angled slots can be configured to reflect light towards the light detector. A processor can be utilized to correlate the light, or the change in light, detected by the light detector with the touch event or a gesture. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321346 | Interactive Surface - In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes accessing, by a computing device, a real-time three dimensional (“3D”) image of at least a portion of a user who is standing in front a surface; identifying, by the computing device, coordinates in 3D space for at least one appendage of the user from the 3D image; determining, by the computing device, a position of the at least one appendage of the user over the surface based on the coordinates of the at least one appendage in 3D space; determining whether the position of the appendage is within one or more active areas of the surface; and based on the determination of whether the appendage is within the one or more active areas of the surface, updating a visual image that is being projected onto the surface by a projector that is located above the surface. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321347 | VIRTUAL TOUCH DEVICE WITHOUT POINTER - Provided is a virtual touch device for remotely controlling electronic equipment having a display surface. The virtual touch apparatus include an image acquisition unit, a spatial coordinate calculation unit, a touch location calculation unit, and a virtual touch processing unit. The image acquisition unit includes two image sensors disposed at different locations and photographs a user's body at the front of the display surface. The spatial coordinate calculation unit calculates three-dimensional coordinate data of the user's body using an image from the image acquisition unit. The touch location calculation unit calculates a contact point coordinate where a straight line connecting between a first spatial coordinate and a second spatial coordinate meets the display surface using the first and second spatial coordinates received from the spatial coordinate calculation unit. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321348 | PEN TABLET DEVICE, AND PEN TABLET SYSTEM - An ultrasonic detector ( | 2013-12-05 |
20130321349 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING FALSE TOUCH - An electronic device for preventing a false touch and a method thereof are provided. An operation method of an electronic device includes identifying each node value detected in at least one node positioned in a range that is set on a basis of a node where a maximum node value is detected, identifying a number of nodes where node values equal to or greater than a set percentage of the maximum node value are detected among nodes within the set range, and, based on the number of nodes, determining whether to receive an input of a touch region on the node where the maximum node value is detected. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321350 | VIRTUAL RULER FOR STYLUS INPUT - The present disclosure provides for electronic drawing using a virtual ruler. An image rendered on a display of an electronic device executing a drawing application in response to stylus input is bounded by an edge of a virtual ruler. The virtual ruler is rendered in a region of the display in response to user input, the region being bounded by an edge of the virtual ruler. In response to a received stylus gesture, a line is rendered on the display outside of the region bounded by the edge of the virtual ruler. Stylus input inside the region may be ignored or auto-corrected to the edge of the ruler. Stylus input outside of the region may be auto-corrected to the edge of the virtual ruler or used without correction. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321351 | GRAPHICAL DISPLAY WITH OPTICAL PEN INPUT - Methods and apparatuses of obtaining user input. A display of an optical tracking grid is initiated on an electronic graphical display. Changes are determined among images of at least a portion of the optical tracking grid that are captured by a tracking pen device. Based on the determined changes in the images, a movement of a portion of the tracking pen device is determined. A data set characterizing movement is produced in response to determining the movement. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321352 | MODIFYING INFORMATION ON A HAND WRITABLE PHYSICAL MEDIUM WITH A DIGITAL PEN - One embodiment provides a method for modifying information stored in storage by modifying information on a hand writable physical medium with a digital pen, wherein the hand writable physical medium includes a predetermined field including one or more item field name and one or more first region for information entry associated with the one or more item field name. The information stored in the storage includes attribute values corresponding to each of the one or more item field name of the physical medium, and attribute values corresponding to information entered into each of the one or more first region. The method for modifying includes an apparatus communicable with the digital pen detecting that a modification symbol is added, by using the digital pen, to information which has been entered into any of the one or more first region in the predetermined field. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321353 | PEN-SHAPED COORDINATE INDICATOR - A pen-shaped coordinate indicator is provided, which is capable of preventing erroneous detection of the pressing force (writing pressure) and widening the detection range of the pressing force. The indicator includes a core body that forms a pen tip; a columnar first magnetic body having one end in contact with the core body and having another end opposing a columnar second magnetic body; and an elastic body provided between the first and second magnetic bodies. The elastic body is composed of a main body and at least one projection provided thereon, wherein the projection has a smaller resistance to the pressing force applied to the core body than the main body. When the pressing force is applied, initially the projection is mainly deformed, and thereafter the main body is mainly deformed to thereby change a distance between the first and second magnetic bodies according to the pressing force device. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321354 | MULTI-TIP STYLUS - A multi-tip stylus has a penholder and multiple tips longitudinally mounted on the penholder and mutually spaced apart. Any adjacent two of the tips form a tip-combined stroke set. When the multi-tip stylus is operated, the penholder is held horizontally for adjacent two of the tips on the penholder to contact the touch panel. A continuous stroke can be formed by using the two adjacent tips to contact a touch panel and collaborating corresponding charcoal sketching software. Accordingly, the multi-tip stylus can be operated in a similar way of holding a charcoal crayon and drawing with the charcoal crayon as in a traditional charcoal sketch so as to do the traditional charcoal sketching techniques, such as shading, blending, toning, and the like. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321355 | WRITING TIP FOR A STYLUS - A stylus includes a housing, a writing tip at least partially extending out of the housing, and circuitry electrically connected to the writing tip, the circuitry operative to providing a signal for transmission via the writing tip. The writing tip of the stylus is formed with a compound material including a non-conductive base material and conductive filler. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321356 | TRACKING MOVEMENT OF A WRITING INSTRUMENT ON A GENERAL SURFACE - Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for capturing, using a camera, an image of a general writing surface. The captured image is compared with one or more previously saved images. A related image is determined based upon syntax and semantics of handwriting recognized in the captured image and the one or more previously saved images. A previous document associated with the related image is retrieved and set as the active document. A position of a writing instrument is mapped to a position within the previous document. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321357 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - In a display panel | 2013-12-05 |
20130321358 | COORDINATE INDICATING DEVICE AND COORDINATE MEASURING DEVICE FOR MEASURING INPUT COORDINATES OF COORDINATE INDICATING DEVICE - A coordinate indicating device which inputs coordinates to a coordinate measuring device is provided. The coordinate indicating device includes a power receiver for wirelessly receiving drive power from the coordinate measuring device, a rectifier for rectifying the wirelessly received drive power into Direct Current (DC) drive power, a battery for storing the rectified drive power, an actuator for outputting at least one of preset vibration, frictional force, and electrostatic force, based on relative positions of the coordinate measuring device and the coordinate indicating device by using the rectified drive power provided from the battery, a coordinate indicator for indicating coordinates at predetermined coordinates on the coordinate measuring device, and a shielding portion for shielding the coordinate indicator. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321359 | STYLUS WITH PRESSURE SENSOR - A pressure-sensitive stylus includes a tip operationally coupled to a pressure sensor, where the tip is constrained to depress longitudinally, and the tip is mechanically coupled to a first spring. The tip engages a second spring when depressed longitudinally by a force of a first magnitude. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321360 | HAND-WRITING PEN AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A hand-writing pen and a mobile terminal are provided by the disclosure, wherein the hand-writing pen includes a penholder, the penholder includes a first rod and a second rod, the first rod and the second rod are connected by a rotation structure, an angle sensor module is set in the rotation structure, the angle sensor module is configured to obtain an angle signal of rotation of the first rod or the second rod and transmit the angle signal of the rotation to the mobile terminal used in coordination with the hand-writing pen. Calibration marks are also set on the penholder. By using the hand-writing pen and the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal carrying with the hand-writing pen can provide a measurement function, which greatly improves user experience. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321361 | DISPLAY HAVING INTEGRATED THERMAL SENSORS - Thermal sensors are disposed with OLEDs across a display of an electronic device to measure temperatures across the display surface. Thermal sensors may be used to create a temperature map across the display surface due to both the ambient environment and the internal environment of the electronic device. The thermal sensors may be disposed in the OLED layer, on a separate layer, or both. Thermal sensors may be disposed in a substantially 1:1 ratio with OLEDs or with zones of OLEDs. Both the temperature history and usage history for OLEDs may be recorded and processed to determine the age of each OLED. Controllers may adjust the driving strength of OLEDs or adjust the operation of components within the electronic device to compensate for aging or temperature based on the temperature map and age determination. Controllers may move static images from one part of the display to another less-aged part. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321362 | Display Panel and Drive Method of Panel Display Device - The present invention discloses a display panel, including data IC and at least two scan ICs. Data IC includes input and output terminals of first scan signal. Scan IC includes input and output terminals of second scan signal. Input terminal of each scan IC is connected to output terminal of first scan signal on data IC through respective wire. Wires have equal resistance or have resistance difference smaller than a default value. The present invention also provides a panel display device and drive method thereof. As such, the present invention can improve luminance uniformity of display panel. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321363 | SCAN DRIVING CIRCUIT - The present invention relates to a scan driving circuit, which comprises a decoding circuit, a plurality of level-shift driving circuits, and a control circuit. The decoding circuit produces a decoding signal according to a decoding control signal. The plurality of level-shift driving circuits are coupled to the decoding circuit and produce scan signal sequentially according to the decoding signal. The control circuit is coupled to the plurality of level-shift driving circuit. The control circuit produces a first control signal and a second control signal according to the decoding control signal and transmits the first and second control signals to the plurality of level-shift driving circuits for controlling their turning on and off. Accordingly, by means of the control circuit according to the present invention, the circuit area of each level-shift driving circuit can be reduced, and thus the cost can be reduced as well. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321364 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device includes pixels at intersection regions of scan and data lines, a scan driver configured to supply a scan signal to the scan lines, a data driver configured to supply a data signal to the data lines, and a timing controller configured to receive from outside frame data including left and right image data, and to insert first blank periods into initial and latter periods of a same frame, the left and right image data being between the initial and latter periods of the same frame. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321365 | DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING AND SCANNING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A display panel driving and scanning system includes a timing controller to divide one frame period into first to third time periods. In the first time period, an image processing device calculates an overdriving signal for a current frame based on the current frame and a previous frame. In the second time period, the image processing device outputs the current frame, and a source driver charges the capacitors of the pixels in the liquid crystal display panel based on the current frame. In the third time period, the timing controller drives a backlight driving circuit to turn on a backlight source of the liquid crystal display panel for displaying the current frame. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321366 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - To reduce the effect of external light and to improve the accuracy of detecting the location of a touch. In an image-capture period, light emission from a self-light-emitting element is controlled, and imaging data at the time of displaying white on a display screen and imaging data at the time of displaying black on the display screen are output from each sensor pixel. The location of a sensor pixel where a difference between the two pieces of imaging data output from the same sensor pixel is the greatest is detected. Thus, the location of a touch of the object on the display screen is detected with high accuracy. By utilizing a difference between imaging data at the time of reverse display, the effect of external light can be reduced. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321367 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display panel of a liquid crystal display device includes smoothing parts provided on an output end side of auxiliary capacitance lines. Through the smoothing parts, the auxiliary capacitance lines arranged along scanning signal lines and a common electrode are connected to each other. The smoothing parts each have a correction TFT and a capacitor. A source electrode of the correction TFT and each of the auxiliary capacitance lines are connected to each other, and a drain electrode and the common electrode are connected to each other through each of the capacitors. The correction TFT is controlled so as to enter a conductive state when the scanning signal line is in a selected state, and enter a shut state when the scanning signal line is in a non-selected state. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321368 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IMAGE IN TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for providing an image to allow a user to feel the perspective of images on a terminal depending on his or her gaze position and distance are provided. The apparatus includes a camera module for capturing a face image and a controller for displaying an image by rearranging a plurality of screen layers constituting the image depending on a change in positions of two eye images extracted from the face image captured by the camera module. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321369 | Display Brightness Adjustment - A display comprising an array of pixels having individually adjustable brightness levels; an array of light sensors fixed relative to the pixel array; and a brightness controller for estimating a glare footprint on the pixel array from light level data provided by the sensor array and for adjusting the relative brightness levels of pixels that fall in the estimated glare footprint. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321370 | CHARGE PUMP FOR PRODUCING DISPLAY DRIVER OUTPUT - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for driving a display array with a waveform having a plurality of voltage levels, wherein a first subset of the plurality of voltages is different from a second subset of the plurality of voltages by a defined amount. In one aspect, a display driver circuit comprises a power supply configured to generate the first subset of said plurality of voltages, and a charge pump having the first subset of the plurality of voltages as inputs and the second subset of the plurality of voltages as outputs. The charge pump may not include a switch between each output voltage and a corresponding capacitor. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321371 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device capable of displaying an image using image signals having different polarities is provided. The light-emitting device includes a first circuit holding a first image signal having a first polarity, a second circuit holding a second image signal having a second polarity different from the first polarity and converting the second polarity of the held second image signal into the first polarity, and a light-emitting element whose luminance is sequentially determined in response to the first image signal held in the first circuit and the second image signal whose polarity is converted into the first polarity in the second circuit. | 2013-12-05 |