52nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100328168 | Vehicle Pane With at Least One Heating Conductor and at Least One Antenna - A vehicle pane exhibits a heating conductor field with at least one heating conductor and at least one antenna, wherein the at least one antenna is mounted on an area of the vehicle pane that is free with respect to the heating conductor field and wherein the heating conductor field has the basic shape of an essentially angular sector. The vehicle pane can also have bus bars for supplying power to at least one heating conductor, the bus bars being arranged on a common edge of the vehicle pane. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328169 | Ducted Fan Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Conformal Antenna - A conformal antenna for an unmanned aerial vehicle is provided that may be applied to a surface of the vehicle. The conformal antenna may be integrated with a surface on the vehicle, and is used to effectively transmit and receive video, command and/or control signals. The conformal antenna allows for the transmission and reception of signals from any direction, and may work with signals greater than a quarter wavelength. A protective layer may be placed over the conformal antenna. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328170 | ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD - In an antenna arrangement, particularly for a motor vehicle window pane antenna, a first conductor structure is provided, which is formed by the heating field of a window pane and a second conductor structure, which is configured as an antenna conductor structure and which is situated galvanically separated from the heating field. At least one conductor of the heating field runs in the form of loops between the actual heating field and an outer edge of the pane | 2010-12-30 |
20100328171 | Rollable and/or Foldable Antenna Systems and Methods for Use Thereof - An antenna system comprises a ground plane, a flexible substrate, a first antenna element disposed upon the flexible substrate and proximal to the ground plane, the flexible substrate configured so as to be at least partially rolled, and a Radio Frequency (RF) module in communication with the first antenna element and transmitting and receiving radio waves through the first antenna element. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328172 | RADOME - A GPS reception arrangement includes a GPS radome body having an upper body portion, a lower body portion and a peripheral body portion between the upper body portion and the lower body portion and extending circumferentially there around, and a GPS antenna positioned inside the radome body. A plurality of light sources on the peripheral body portion of the radome body project light in a manner to identify the GPS radome, and distinguish it from other radomes. Retroreflective material is positioned around the radome body on the peripheral body portion, adjacent the plurality of light sources. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328173 | SINGLE FEED PLANAR DUAL-POLARIZATION MULTI-LOOP ELEMENT ANTENNA - Dual polarization in an antenna structure that results from a number of radiating elements arranged in a loop configuration. The antenna structure is excited by a single coaxial feedline in an interior portion of the antenna structure. The antenna structure may include a ground plane that enables a directional radiation pattern. The antenna structure may also be operational without a ground plane to enable an omnidirectional radiation pattern. The antenna structure may be configured in a number of loop configurations electrically connected to each other by a number of microstrip loops extending in a horizontal and vertical planar direction. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328174 | Cellular Reflectarray Antenna And Method Of Making Same - A method of manufacturing a cellular reflectarray antenna arranged in an m by n matrix of radiating elements for communication with a satellite includes steps of determining a delay φm,n for each of said m by n matrix of elements of said cellular reflectarray antenna using sub-steps of: determining the longitude and latitude of operation, determining elevation and azimuth angles of the reflectarray with respect to the satellite and converting theta | 2010-12-30 |
20100328175 | LEAKY CAVITY RESONATOR FOR WAVEGUIDE BAND-PASS FILTER APPLICATIONS - A leaky cavity resonator that includes a waveguide, the waveguide being filled with a dielectric material, and at least two complementary split ring resonators (CSRRs), the CSRRs residing inside the waveguide parallel to each other placed symmetrically both radially and in height, a leaky resonant cavity being formed between the at least two CSRRs and a wall of the waveguide. A frequency band of the leaky cavity resonator is adjustable by varying a distance w between at least one outside perimeter of at least one CSRR and an interior wall of the waveguide. A frequency band of the leaky cavity resonator is also adjustable by varying a size of the leaky resonant cavity. The at least two CSRRs each have at least one stub connecting to a wall of the waveguide. A frequency band of the leaky cavity resonator is also adjustable by varying a size of the stubs. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328176 | ANTENNA MODULE AND DESIGN METHOD THEREOF - An antenna module is provided. The antenna module includes a reflective superstrate, an antenna substrate, an antenna and a reflective pattern. The antenna is disposed on the antenna substrate. The reflective pattern is formed on the reflective superstrate, wherein a reflection gap is formed between the reflective superstrate and the antenna substrate. The reflective pattern provides a first reflection phase angle, the antenna substrate provides a second reflection phase angle, the first reflection phase angle includes a first determined phase angle Δ | 2010-12-30 |
20100328177 | ANTENNA ELEMENT AND ARRAY OF ANTENNA ELEMENTS - There is provided an antenna element for use in an ultra wideband network, the antenna element comprising a radiating element, for radiating signals over a range of frequencies in response to a signal received at a feed point; and a frequency shaping device located near the feed point of the radiating element for acting as a broad-banding device for the radiating element. A plurality of antenna elements may be formed into an antenna array. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328178 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD INCLUDING ELECTROMAGNETIC BANDGAP STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a printed circuit board, which includes an electromagnetic bandgap structure disposed around an antenna so as to prevent noise from being transmitted to the antenna. The printed circuit board includes an antenna, a circuit chip, a plurality of metal layers and a plurality of dielectric layers, a pair of transmission lines for transmitting a signal to the antenna, and an electromagnetic bandgap structure disposed between the antenna and the circuit chip and for preventing an electromagnetic wave from being transmitted from the circuit chip to the antenna. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328179 | ANTENNA UNIT INCLUDING A SHIELD COVER HAVING A CEILING PORTION WITH A MOUNTER VACUUMED PORTION - A shield cover is disposed so as to be opposed to a bottom plate and electromagnetic-shields a signal processing circuit mounted on a rear surface of a circuit board. The shied cover has a ceiling portion which includes a mounter vacuumed portion disposed in a center portion of the ceiling portion and vacuumed by a vacuum nozzle of a mounter, a ring-shaped outer edge disposed from an end of the side wall portion inwardly, and a plurality of beam portions joining the mounter vacuumed portion to the outer edge. An electromagnetic shielding of the signal processing unit is carried out using both of the shield cover and the bottom plate. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328180 | ANTENNA SUITABLE IN HAND-HELD DEVICE - This invention provides an antenna structure, especially relates to an antenna structure in hand-held device. The antenna structure of the present invention is formed by a continue transmission line, and forming an annular shape. It is featured that the antenna structure has two end points, the first end point is a floating point, and the second end point connected to a ground. A signal input point is connected to the continue transmission line for inputting an antenna signal into the antenna structure. The signal input point keeps two-thirds of wavelength distance from the second end point. According to present invention, a small antenna structure is provided and fitting in with operation in ultra wide bandwidth frequency, furthermore the multi-frequency signal can be transceived. The antenna structure has lower signal intensity of high order harmonic signals, therefore the structure can reduce the antenna signal interferences with the high order harmonic signals. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328181 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A signal transmission apparatus includes two circuit layers. First and second ground sheets are arranged in the two circuit layers respectively. A third ground sheet is arranged between the two circuit layers. A differential pair includes a transmission line arranged between the first and third ground sheets and a transmission line arranged between the second and third ground sheets. The first to third ground sheets have same electric potential. Projections of the first and second ground sheets on the third ground sheet superpose a border of the third ground sheet. The third ground sheet is formed by extending the border along a signal transmission direction. A vertical distance between the first and second transmission lines is twice as each of a vertical distance from the first ground sheet to the first transmission line and a vertical distance from the second ground sheet to the second transmission line | 2010-12-30 |
20100328182 | Multiband Antenna - The present invention discloses a multiband antenna. The antenna comprises a ground plane, a dielectric substrate and a radiating metal portion. The dielectric substrate is located at one side edge of the ground plane. The radiating metal portion is disposed on one surface of the dielectric substrate and comprises a first metal portion and a second metal portion. The first metal portion is substantially of an L-shape. One end of the first metal portion is adjacent to the side edge of the ground plane and is the antenna's feeding point connected to a signal source, and the other end of the first metal portion is an open end. The second metal portion comprises a U-shape portion. The second metal portion comprises a first open end and a second open end, which are respectively located on two opposite sides of the open end of the first metal portion. The first open end has a first coupling gap between the first open end and the open end of the first metal portion; and the second open end has a second coupling gap between the second open end and the open end of the first metal portion. The second metal portion is further short-circuited to the ground plane by a shorting metal line. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328183 | 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. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328184 | Antenna Switching Arrangement - An antenna arrangement comprising an input/output connection and a first and a second tuning network with different transfer functions. The arrangement additionally comprises an antenna and a switch for connecting the input/output connection of the arrangement to one of said tuning networks, with a second switch for connecting the antenna of the arrangement to the tuning network to which the input/output connection of the arrangement has been connected. The arrangement comprises a sensor for sensing a form factor of the arrangement or of an apparatus in which the arrangement is used, and said sensor can be used for influencing said first and second switches, so that a device which has been connected to the arrangement may be connected to the antenna via a tuning network optimal for the current form factor of the arrangement. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328185 | RADIO-FREQUENCY SYSTEM IN PACKAGE INCLUDING ANTENNA - A system comprising at least one antenna and a circuit, wherein the circuit is at least in part not a semiconductor chip or a die. The at least one antenna and the circuit are arranged on a package. Alternatively described is a system comprising at least one antenna and at least one circuit, wherein the at least one antenna and the at least one circuit are arranged on a package, wherein the at least one circuit performs a radio-frequency and optionally a base-band and/or a digital functionality. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328186 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE FILTER APPARATUS WITHOUT DEGRADING RADIATION PATTERN OF ANTENNA - An electromagnetic wave filter apparatus includes: a shield conductor; a shield aperture provided in the shield conductor; a plurality of strip conductors, each of which is connected to the shield conductor at both ends thereof, and which divide the shield conductor into a plurality of apertures; and a plurality of stub conductors provided at intervals on each of the strip conductors. Each of the stub conductors prevents a current with a predetermined frequency from flowing through a corresponding strip conductor due to an electromagnetic wave with the predetermined frequency passing through the electromagnetic wave filter apparatus, and thus, the electromagnetic wave filter apparatus passes the electromagnetic wave with the predetermined frequency without exerting substantial influence on radiation of the electromagnetic wave with the predetermined frequency. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328187 | Method for producing an antenna system - The invention discloses a method for producing an antenna system having at least one metal antenna unit and at least one carrier unit, wherein said antenna unit is connected in a first connection step to a heat-activated surface element, which can be glued, and the heat-activated surface element, which can be glued, is connected in a second connection step to the carrier unit, wherein the heating of said surface element in the second connection step occurs through said antenna unit. Furthermore, a surface element which is particularly suitable for this method and the products obtained therefrom are disclosed. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328188 | COMPACT LOADED-WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT FOR DUAL-BAND PHASED ARRAYS - An array antenna is provided that operates at high-band and low-band, comprising a first array of high-band radiators and a second array of low-band radiators, each respective low-band radiator disposed so as to be interleaved between the high-band radiators so as to share an aperture with the high-band radiators. Each low-band radiator comprises a coaxial section, a dielectric section, a waveguide, and a planar section. The dielectric section is formed of a continuous piece of dielectric material and includes a hollow opening formed perpendicular to the coaxial section, and a plurality of step transitions, wherein at least one of the step transitions is disposed within and partially fills the waveguide operably coupled to the planar section. The planar section is oriented to the portion of high-band radiators such that the output of the respective low-band radiator is disposed between and within the spacing between adjacent high-band-radiators. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328189 | Process for Electrically Interconnecting Two Components - One component is provided with an electrical connection wire and the other component is provided with an electrical connection pad. The process includes a wire routing step along at least one out-and-back path so as to form at least first and second rectilinear portions on the outward and return paths while running through at least one loop connecting the two portions. In addition, the process includes a step for attaching the wire to the pad at at least one electrical conduction point in such a way that each of the rectilinear portions is connected to the pad. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328190 | Reflector Latching Mechanism for Segmented Reflectors Used in Satellite Communication Systems - There is provided an antenna reflector including at least first and second reflector segments, each having first and second sides. The first and second reflector segments being configured to be connected together wherein the first sides of the first and second reflector segments define a substantially continuous surface of an antenna reflector. A first latch member is attached to the second side of the first reflector segment and a second latch member is attached to the second side of the second reflector segment. Each latch member includes an abutting surface which contacts one another when the first and second reflector segments are connected together. At least one protrusion extends from the abutting surface of the first latch member. There is at least one recess in the abutting surface of the second latch member. The protrusion is received in the recess when the respective abutting surfaces contact one another. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328191 | MULTIPLE-DISPLAY DEVICE - A multiple-display device comprises a front and a rear display. The front display includes a front image area facing a front direction. The rear display is mounted opposite the front display and includes a rear image area facing a rear direction, opposite the front direction. A display controller is provided for controlling the front and rear image areas to render images thereon, including a transfer port image on the front image area. A touch-sensitive panel is mounted on the front display in registration with the front image area. A panel controller is operable to detect a rendered element on the front image area being dragged by a user to the transfer port image and in response thereto to inform the display controller, so that the display controller can instantiate the rendered element on the rear image area. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328192 | IMAGE DISPLAY ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An image display element includes: a front panel; a back panel opposite to the front panel; a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix between both the panels, and to be selected to be in a display or non-display state; and plural electrodes for controlling the pixels. Both the panels are bonded together with the pixels and the electrodes interposed therebetween, and the electrodes are connected to a driving control circuit via metal wires. The back panel is divided such that electrode terminals connected to the electrodes are exposed between adjacent plural pixel lines, and a groove part having a shape wider at the top on the back side of the opposing surface from the front panel than at the bottom is formed at the divided portion. The metal wires are connected to the exposed electrode terminals of the groove part. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328193 | IMAGE DISPLAY ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An image display element includes: a front panel; a back panel opposite thereto; a plurality of pixels arranged between both the panels; and plural electrodes for controlling the pixels. The panels are bonded with the pixels and the electrodes interposed therebetween, and the electrodes are connected to a driving circuit via metal film wires. The back panel is divided so as to expose electrode terminals, and a groove part V-shaped in cross section is formed at the divided portion. The metal film wires are formed on the top surface of the back panel, and the electrode terminals and the metal film wires are connected by a conductive paste coated along the tilt surfaces forming the groove part. Partitions are disposed between the adjacent electrode terminals at the bottom of the groove part. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328194 | Display device, eyeglass device and video system with them - The present invention discloses video system including a display device for displaying an video image and an eyeglass device for assisting a viewer in viewing the video image, wherein the display device includes: a display portion for displaying the video image; a first generation portion for generating a synchronizing signal for the video image; and a transmission portion for transmitting the synchronizing signal, the synchronizing signal representing control information with a duration of a continuous active time during which the control information is transmitted, and the eyeglass device includes: a reception portion for receiving the synchronizing signal; an optical filter portion for adjusting an incident light to a left eye and a right eye; a second generation portion for generating an internal signal based on the control information; and a control portion for controlling the optical filter portion based on the internal signal. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328195 | PANEL FOR A DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - A panel for a display comprises a transparent substrate, an anti-reflection coating formed on one surface of the substrate, and a metallic coating formed on the anti-reflection coating. The substrate is formed with a plurality of light scattering portions whose density gradually changes on one surface of the substrate. An electronic device using the panel is also provided. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328196 | PASSIVE-MATRIX CHIPLET DRIVERS FOR DISPLAYS - A passive-matrix display device having a plurality of chiplets, each chiplet associated with one or more independent column electrodes located in the display area, each chiplet electrically connected to and driving a separate subset of the independent column electrodes and electrically connected to and driving a subset of the row electrodes to cause the light-emitting material in each pixel to emit light, wherein each chiplet includes a serial luminance shift register for shifting pixel luminance values corresponding to each independent column electrode from one chiplet to another and a column driver for driving each of the independent column electrodes to which it is connected with the corresponding pixel luminance values; and wherein each chiplet further includes a row driver for driving each corresponding row electrode to which it is connected and a row control shift register for controlling the row drivers. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328197 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND THIN FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thin film deposition apparatus that can be used to manufacture large substrates on a mass scale and that improves manufacturing yield, and an organic light-emitting display device manufactured using the thin film deposition apparatus. The organic light-emitting display device includes: a substrate including a plurality of sub-deposition areas arranged parallel to each other; at least one thin film transistor formed on the substrate, the at least one thin film transistor comprising a semiconductor active layer, a gate electrode insulated from the semiconductor active layer, and source and drain electrodes contacting the semiconductor active layer; a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on the thin film transistor; a plurality of organic layers formed on each of the pixel electrodes; and a counter electrode formed on the organic layers, wherein the plurality of organic layers lie in each of the sub-deposition areas and have a larger shadow zone the further a distance from a center of the corresponding deposition area. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328198 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - An active matrix substrate of at least one embodiment includes a first data signal line, first and second scanning signal lines, a first transistor to which the first data signal line and the first scanning signal line are connected, a second transistor to which the first data signal line and the second scanning signal line are connected, and first and second pixel electrodes provided in one pixel region, in which the first and second pixel electrodes are connected to each other via a coupling capacitor, and one of the first and second transistors is connected to the first pixel electrode and the other one of the first and second transistors is connected to the second pixel electrode. This configuration enables enhancement of display quality (viewing angle characteristic) in a liquid crystal display device of a capacitively coupled type pixel division mode. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328199 | LCD CONTROLLER WITH BYPASS MODE - An LCD controller includes a charge pump circuit for generating a charge voltage responsive to an external voltage and a clock signal. An oscillator generates the clock signal responsive to at least one bias voltage. The oscillator has a high power mode of operation and a low power mode of operation. Bias circuitry for applies the at least one bias voltage to the oscillator. The at least one bias voltage is applied to the oscillator from an external source in the high power mode of operation and the at least one bias voltage is applied to the oscillator from a source within the oscillator in the low power mode of operation. An LCD driver voltage circuit generates a plurality of LCD driver voltages for driving segments of an LCD display responsive to the charge voltage. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328200 | Device and related method for converting display screen into touch panel screen - A device for converting display screen into touch panel screen includes a projection screen; an image projection unit for projecting an image on the projection screen; a light pointer for emitting a light spot signal of a specific wavelength on the projection screen; an image detecting unit, which includes a fisheye lens for receiving the image on the projection screen to generate a fisheye distorted image; and an optical filter for filtering out the optical energy except the light spot signal of the specific wavelength; an image processing unit, coupled to the image detecting unit, for calculating a first position of the light spot on the projection screen according to the fisheye distorted image; and a message transmitting unit, coupled to the image processing unit, for outputting a touch panel signal according to the calculating result of the image processing unit. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328201 | Gesture Based User Interface Supporting Preexisting Symbols - A motion controlled handheld device includes a display having a viewable surface and operable to generate an image and a gesture database maintaining a plurality of gestures. Each gesture is defined by a motion of the device with respect to a first position of the device. The gestures comprise symbol gestures each corresponding to a character from a preexisting character set. The device includes an application database maintaining at least one application and a gesture mapping database comprising a gesture input map for the application. The gesture input map comprises mappings of the symbol gestures to corresponding inputs for the application. The device includes a motion detection module operable to detect motion of the handheld device within three dimensions and to identify components of the motion in relation to the viewable surface. The device also includes a control module operable to load the application, to track movement of the handheld device using the motion detection module, to compare the tracked movement against the symbol gestures to identify a matching symbol gesture, to identify, using the gesture input map, the corresponding input mapped to the matching symbol gesture, and to provide the corresponding input to the application. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328202 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information display device, an information display method, and a program displays, when displaying definition information of an instance method selected by a user, definition information that corresponds to contents of processing of the instance method during runtime. The information display device displays definition information of an instance method selected by a user; wherein the instance method is included in a type that can be referenced during runtime by a variable that references a receiver object of the instance method. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328203 | Removable pads with a carrying case for a portable electronic device with a touch screen - The invention discloses a kit for a portable electronic device with a touch screen, such as iPhone® and iPod touch®, wherein the kit comprises: removable pads, comprising at least one button pad, and/or at least one D-pad, wherein the button pad(s) and the D-pad(s) are able to be pressed to input instruction into the touch screen; and a carrying case, carrying the removable pads and fitting the portable electronic device for protection. The carrying case may further comprise a flip-up lid to keep the removable pads between the lid and the carrying case. The carrying case or the flip-up lid may comprise at least one hole for the button pad(s) and/or the D-pad(s) to fit the shape of the removable pads. The flip-up lid may have one end as a pivot mechanically connected to the carrying case with the other end capable of flipping up from the carrying case. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328204 | Virtual Control Station - A method and apparatus for performing a mission. Information for a mission is received at a control station. The control station comprises a display system, a motion capture system, a number of user input devices, a seat associated with the number of user input devices, and a processor unit. The display system is configured to be worn on the head of an operator and to present a display to the operator. The motion capture system is configured to track movement of the head. The processor unit is configured to execute program code to generate the display and adjust the display presented to the operator in response to detecting movement of the head of the operator. The mission is performed using the information and the control station. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328205 | MAGIC FINGER MOUSE - A magic finger mouse comprises a glove capable of being worn on a hand; the glove including a transmitter module, a sensor, a touch button and a central processing module; the central processing module having a memory and a charge cell; power of the transmitter module being from the central processing module; one end of the central processing module being installed with a USB joint; the USB joint can be inserted into a cable for further connecting to a computer so that files can be stored to the memory and charge cell can be charged through the USB joint; the transmitter module connected to the sensor for transmitting signals to a receiving module; and the receiving module installed at one end of a screen for providing signals to the transmitter module. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328206 | DUAL POINTER MANAGEMENT METHOD USING COOPERATING INPUT SOURCES AND EFFICIENT DYNAMIC COORDINATE REMAPPING - The pointer management technology establishes a protocol and method for dual pointer management in both absolute input mode and relative input mode. The method defines a set of properties/constraints for contextual dynamic remapping between input sensor coordinates and target screen coordinates. The remapping of the left pointer (respectively the right pointer) depends on the position of the right pointer (respectively the left pointer) in the target screen space. This inter-dependence enables a more flexible and more powerful interaction as it exploits the contextual layout to re-estimate the remapping transformations at each instant. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328207 | VISUAL CLARITY OF A SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSPARENT TOUCHPAD - The creation of a checkerboard pattern of a plurality of conductive but electrically floating panels of conductive material that are disposed in the space between electrodes on the layers of X and Y electrodes, wherein each panel is separated from adjacent panels by a minimal gap, wherein the panels are aligned such that when viewed from above, the panels appear to form a continuous ITO surface, wherein the panels are not visible to the user from typical user distances, wherein the dis-color effect between etched empty fields and ITO electrodes is thereby eliminated by creating an apparently homogeneous touchpad surface. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328208 | ELECTRODE PATTERNS FOR CAPACITANCE SENSITIVE TOUCHPAD - A new layout for X, Y and Sense electrodes that enables a touchpad to be constructed using fewer layers while increasing visual clarity, transmissivity, sensitivity and linearity, wherein the electrodes are disposed in a pattern that uses spiral shapes that do not require electrodes to cross over any other electrodes. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328209 | INPUT DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - In a case where a user carries out input operation by use of a touch panel, operability can be improved even if the operation target is small, efficient input operation is enabled by the user in various situations. The screen generation unit | 2010-12-30 |
20100328210 | INERTIAL INPUT APPARATUS WITH SIX-AXIAL DETECTION ABILITY AND THE OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An inertial input apparatus with six-axial detection ability, structured with a gyroscope and an acceleration module capable of detecting accelerations of X, Y, Z axes defined by a 3-D Cartesian coordinates, which is operable either being held to move on a planar surface or in a free space. When the inertial input apparatus is being held to move and operate on a planar surface by a user, a two-dimensional detection mode is adopted thereby that the gyroscope is used for detection rotations of the inertial input apparatus caused by unconscious rolling motions of the user and thus compensating the erroneous rotations, by which the technical disadvantages of prior-art inertial input apparatuses equipped with only accelerometer can be overcame and thus control smoothness of using the input apparatus is enhanced. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328211 | INPUT DEVICE, TERMINAL EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME, AND INPUTTING METHOD - An input device includes an input section having a detection section which detects a force transmitted via a human body when a trailing operation is performed on a part of the body contacting the input device, and outputs the force as detection data “a”; a timer management control unit which generates a timing for converting the detection data “a” into time-series data and outputs the timing as timing data “c”; an input information specifying unit which converts the detection data “a” into time-series data based on the timing data “c”, compares the time-series data with stored data “b” in a database which has been set beforehand, to thereby specify an input operation and output the input operation as input information specifying data “d”; and an information presenting unit which, upon receiving the input information specifying data “d”, displays a function assigned to the input operation. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328212 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ROLL COMPENSATION - The embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method and apparatus for providing roll compensation in a control device, the method and apparatus including acquiring rotational data and linear data indicative of movement of the control device, applying roll compensation to the acquired data, and removing a roll compensation error from the roll compensated data. Inertial sensors such as gyroscope sensors and accelerometer sensor(s) may be used to acquire the rotational and linear data. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328213 | Electronic Device Capable of Replacing Battery Easily - An electronic device includes a housing and a power supply unit. The housing has a first side surface and a second side surface on opposite sides thereof and a receiving cavity defined therein, an inlet defined in the first side surface and an outlet defined in the second side surface. The receiving cavity is connected with the inlet and the outlet. The power supply unit is located in the receiving cavity, and a shape of the power supply unit corresponds to that of the receiving cavity. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328214 | Cursor Control System and Method - A cursor control system and method includes a signal transmitter and a signal receiver in conjunction with a display control machine, a projector and a monitor. The display control machine outputs an image to be transmitted to the monitor via a signal transmission or magnified and projected to a screen via the projector. With the relative position between the signal transmitter and the signal receiver, a cursor displayed on the image is remote-controlled by operating the signal receiver. The signal receiver gets the relative position of the cursor displayed on the image via the electric wave emitted from the signal transmitter. The signal receiver is operated to command the cursor displayed on the image direct for selection, execution, print, scrolling the window, hot key and so on, providing convenient use, quick and easy operation, and long rage control. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328215 | METHOD FOR OPERATING MOUSE WHEEL ACCORDING TO POSITION OF CURSOR POINTER - A method for operating a mouse wheel of a mouse of a computer according to a position of a cursor pointer of the mouse is provided. According to the method, a software is used to partition a screen frame or a software window frame into at least two sub-fields. Each of the sub-fields is corresponding to a predetermined related mouse wheel functional operation instruction. When a cursor pointer of the mouse is moved into one of the sub-fields, and while the mouse wheel is in operation, the predetermined related mouse wheel functional operation instruction corresponding to the sub-field in which the cursor pointer is instantly located is then initiated and executed. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328216 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus with a display includes a wireless transfer module configured to receive an input operation request from an input operation module by use of a close proximity wireless transfer, and a controller configured to be connected to an external apparatus via the close proximity wireless transfer module, and to transit a mouse cursor displayed on the display to a display of the external apparatus in order to control the mouse cursor displayed on the display of the external apparatus with the information processing apparatus as a master. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328217 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING INFORMATION DESIGNATED AS BEING RELEVANT IN AN EMERGENCY - An apparatus is provided that includes a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that in response to execution by the processor cause the apparatus to at least perform a number of operations. These operations may include presenting on a display an indication of information designated as being relevant in an emergency, where the indication is presented associated with a soft key of a keypad, and where the indication is presented without the display also presenting the information. The operations may also include receiving selection of the indication by a user of the apparatus actuating the soft key of the keypad, and presenting on the display the information in response to receiving the selection and without also receiving selection of other keys of the keypad. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328218 | KEYBOARD AND METHOD FOR SELF-DEFINING KEYS ON THE KEYBOARD - A keyboard includes a storage unit, a format generating unit, a character recognizing unit and an assigning unit. The storage unit is configured for storing a plurality of codes, each of the codes corresponds to a character assigned to a key on the keyboard. The format generating unit is configured for analyzing a digital picture reflecting a desired layout of keys on the keyboard and generating a location matrix of the desired layout according to the digital picture and the location matrix. The character recognizing unit is configured for recognizing the characters in the desired layout according to the digital picture and the location matrix. The assigning unit is configured for assigning the codes stored in the storage unit corresponding to the recognized characters to the corresponding keys, based upon the location matrix of the desired layout. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328219 | Method for Integrating an Imager and Flash into a Keypad on a Portable Device - An improved mobile electronic device | 2010-12-30 |
20100328220 | Handheld Electronic Device With Reduced Keyboard And Associated Method Of Providing Improved Disambiguation With Reduced Degradation Of Device Performance - In view of the foregoing, an improved handheld electronic device having a reduced keyboard provides facilitated language entry by making available to a user certain words that a user may reasonably be expected to enter. Incoming data, such as the text of a message, can be scanned for proper nouns, for instance, since such proper nouns might not already be stored in memory and might be expected to be entered by the user when, for example, forwarding or responding to the message. A proper noun can be identified, for instance, on the basis that it begins with an upper case letter. The proper nouns can be stored, for example, in memory that may, by way of further example, be a temporary dictionary. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328221 | Multiview display - An apparatus with a multi view display. The display is configured to operate as a touch screen for receiving input and to provide multiple views, wherein content of a view depends on a viewing direction. The apparatus includes detection equipment detection equipment, and a processing unit. The detection equipment with the processing unit is configured to cause the apparatus to detect arrival direction of input received through said touch screen, and the processing unit is configured to control one of the views on said display responsive to said input received through said touch screen and to select which view to control based on the detected arrival direction of said input. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328222 | Touch input for a user - An apparatus including: a housing portion having a length, a width and a depth; and a display portion, including a touch sensitive display extending length-wise and width-wise, wherein the display portion is configured to move between a first position in which the display portion has been elevated relative to the housing by translational depth-wise movement and a second position in which the display portion has been lowered from the first position towards the housing by translational depth-wise movement and wherein the touch sensitive display is configured to detect any one of a plurality of locations at which a user touches the touch sensitive display. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328223 | Apparatus and associated methods - Described herein is an apparatus having a first closed configuration and a second open configuration. The apparatus has a user output area configured to be able to provide viewable user output content, and a user input area including a transparent region configured to be able to receive touch user input. The apparatus is configured such that, in the first closed configuration, the transparent region of the user input area is positioned to at least partially overlie and cover the user output area to provide a covered region of the user output area, the transparent region of the user input area allowing the content on the user output area in the covered region to be viewable through the user input area. The apparatus is also configured such that, in the second open configuration, the user input area is positioned to be moved away from the user output area to provide a revealed region of the user output area to allow the content of the user output area in the revealed region to be directly viewable. The user input area is configured to provide for user input in both first and second configurations. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328224 | PLAYBACK CONTROL USING A TOUCH INTERFACE - This is directed to controlling media playback based on particular touch gestures detected by a touch-sensing interface. The electronic device can identify particular touch inputs, such as combinations of tapping and holding a touch sensitive surface, or circular motions. In response to detecting a particular touch gesture, the electronic device can perform a playback operation specifically associated with the detected touch gesture. To provide a consistent user interface with the device, some of the particular touch gestures can match other inputs provided using a button, for example a button integrated on a wired headset. In such an embodiment, the same combination of tapping and holding a touch input and pressing and holding a button can control the same electronic device operations. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328225 | MULTI-TOUCH SURFACE INTERACTION - A method and apparatus for operating a computing device including a multi-touch surface. The method comprises: presenting a customer with an application form; transferring data from a customer's portable device (such as a cellphone) placed on or near the multi-touch surface to the application form; communicating with an authorization portable device (such as a staff identification badge) placed on or near the multi-touch surface by an authorized user; and transferring data from the authorization portable device to the application form to complete the application form. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328226 | APPARATUS USING A DIFFERENTIAL ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - Electronic apparatus and methods of operating the electronic apparatus include less than a frequency associated with a generated waveform. In various embodiments, an apparatus using a differential analog-to-digital converter can perform low frequency noise rejection that can be implemented in a variety of applications. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328227 | MULTI-FINGER MOUSE EMULATION - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for emulating left, right, and center mouse button functionality for a multi-touch input device to provide end-users with full mouse functionality. Various finger to mouse button mapping techniques are used to specify the left, right or middle mouse buttons. A single finger is used for tracking while a second finger or thumb is used to activate or deactivate one of the mouse buttons. Multi-finger mouse emulation enables more precise cursor control, while avoiding occlusion of the cursor and end-user fatigue, thereby improving the overall end-user experience. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328228 | TOUCH SENSOR PANEL DESIGN - A touch sensor panel including a plurality of drive lines crossing a plurality of sense lines, forming an array, is disclosed. The plurality of drive lines and the plurality of sense lines are formed by interconnecting a plurality of substantially transparent conductive sections having a first resistivity. A substantially transparent conductive material, with a second resistivity that is lower than the first resistivity, is deposited over at least part of at least one of the plurality of substantially transparent conductive sections of at least one of the plurality of drive lines and the plurality of sense lines. A second layer of the substantially transparent conductive material, with the second resistivity, can be deposited thereafter. At least one dummy section is disposed in an area of the touch sensor panel around the conductive sections of at least one of the plurality of drive lines and the plurality of sense lines. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328229 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK - Methods and apparatus for providing tactile feedback to a touch-sensitive display comprising detecting a touch on the touch-sensitive display and providing tactile feedback by one or more actuators in response to the touch, wherein tactile feedback is substantially the same regardless of a location of the touch. Tactile feedback may optionally be based on the location of the touch relative to the location of the actuators and may also optionally be based on the force of the touch. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328230 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TACTILE TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROTECTING SAME - A portable electronic device includes a housing with a base. A touch-sensitive input assembly is spaced from and moveable relative to the base and a stopping arrangement limits movement of the touch-sensitive input assembly in the direction of the base. An actuating arrangement including a piezoelectric actuator is disposed between the touch-sensitive input assembly and the base for selectively receiving an applied voltage to thereby apply a force to the touch-sensitive input assembly. An accelerometer and functional components are housed within the housing. The functional components include a memory and a processor operably connected to the memory, the touch-sensitive input assembly, the piezoelectric actuator, and the accelerometer to execute a program stored in the memory to monitor signals from the accelerometer and, if a fall is detected based on the signals from the accelerometer, apply a negative voltage to the piezoelectric actuator causing reverse bending of the piezoelectric actuator to permit the stopping arrangement to limit movement of the touch-sensitive input assembly and thereby limit force exerted on the piezoelectric actuator between the touch-sensitive input assembly and the base. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328231 | OVERLAY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING SAME - An overlay includes a sheet corresponding to a plurality of keys that are associated with an application for a portable electronic device. A plurality of magnets has a set of orientations associated with the application. The set of orientations is identifiable by the portable electronic device, such that the application is opened upon identification of the application associated with the set of orientations. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328232 | Touch Screen Cursor Presentation Preview Window - An interactive user interface method for touch screen display devices begins with displaying a graphical user interface thereon. Upon receiving a touch input, a cursor preview window is generated in response, which includes a representation of a section of the graphical user interface proximal to the section obstructed by the touch input. Additionally, the cursor preview window includes a preview cursor that represents the location or coordinates that are registered as inputs to a data processing system connected to the touch screen display. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328233 | TOUCH PANEL WITH UNBALANCED CONDUCTIVE PATTERNS, AND TOUCH-CONTROLLED APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING MULTI-TOUCH THEREOF - A touch panel comprises a substrate and a transparent conductive layer including a plurality of groups of first conductive patterns, second conductive patterns, and third conductive patterns, and a plurality of first wires, second wires, and third wires. Each group of first conductive patterns is arranged along a first direction. Each group of second conductive patterns is arranged along a second direction and located at a first side of the second direction. Each group of third conductive patterns is arranged along the second direction and located at a second side of the second direction. Each group of first conductive patterns, each group of second conductive patterns, and each group of third conductive patterns are electrically insulated to each other. Each second conductive pattern among each group of second conductive patterns has different areas, and each third conductive pattern among each group of third conductive patterns has different areas. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328234 | TOUCHPAD - A touchpad includes a touch board, a base, and a spring sandwiched between the touch board and the base. The touch board is mounted on an outmost side of the touchpad for touching thereon. The touch board includes a sleeve post. A base includes a pillar. A switch is secured on the base and located between the base and the touch board. A spring is sandwiched between the touch board and the base. One portion of the spring is retained on the sleeve post, and another portion of the spring is retained on the base. The touch board is slidable relative to the base between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the touch board and the switch is separated by the spring. In the second position, the touch board compresses the spring towards the base, and the switch is triggered by the touch board. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328235 | Medical Code Lookup Interface - Systems and methods for displaying a graphical user interface within a medical system for medical code lookup, comprising: (1) a first layer displaying at least one anatomical image for selecting at least one anatomical part and display of another layer, and layer selection regions for display of another layer; (2) a second layer displaying a secondary anatomical image including either a selectable cross section image, a selectable contents type image, a three dimensional image, or selectable regions similar to buttons; (3) a third layer displaying selectable classification regions corresponding to a classification group of medical codes relevant to selected sections from the secondary anatomical image; (4) a fourth layer displaying a results code set for selected classification regions, including selectable medical codes from each respective classification group; (5) navigation regions to display other layers; and (6) a medical codes display region for displaying selected codes from the results code set. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328236 | Method for Controlling a Computer System and Related Computer System - A method for controlling a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a touch device, a control module, a display device and an operation module. The touch device includes a main touch area without display function, wherein a touch point is moved for moving a cursor displayed in the display device. The main touch area includes a first partition and a second partition. The method includes the control module receiving an enable signal, a first touch point of the main touch area being touched, the touch device outputting a first touch signal to the control module, the control module deciding whether the first touch point is inside the first partition according to the first touch signal, and the control module notifying the operation module to perform a first program if the first touch point is inside the first partition. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328237 | TOUCH CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING TOUCH PANEL - A touch control system for controlling a touch panel includes a controller and a first sensing circuit. The controller generates and outputs a control signal. The first sensing circuit is coupled to the control device and to sensing lines of the touch panel, and the first sensing circuit receives the control signal from the controller, and generates at least one scan control signal according to the received control signal to determine a scan timing setting. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328238 | INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT METHOD - An input device that inputs information corresponding to display of a display unit includes: an input unit that accepts a slide input in which a contact portion moves in a predetermined direction after being touched with the contact maintained, the input unit being configured by a plurality of input mechanisms that are adjacent to each other; slide input detecting means for detecting the slide input between the input mechanisms of the input unit; and selection means for selecting the information corresponding to a selection item displayed in the display unit in accordance with the slide input detected by the slide input detecting means. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328239 | TOUCH SENSOR, DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - A display includes: display pixel electrodes; common electrodes; a display layer; a display control circuit performing image display control based on an image signal; touch detection electrodes each arranged to form a capacitance between each of the touch detection electrodes and each of the common electrodes; and a touch detection circuit detecting an external proximity object based on a detection signal obtained from the touch detection electrodes with use of a common drive voltage for display applied to the common electrodes by the display control circuit as a touch sensor drive signal. The touch detection circuit includes: an A/D (analog-digital) converter section performing sampling of a detection signal obtained from each of the touch detection electrodes at three or more different sampling frequencies to produce three or more sampling detection signals, and a detection section performing a detection operation based on the three or more sampling detection signals. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328240 | POSITION DETECTOR, POSITION DETECTING CIRCUIT AND POSITION DETECTING METHOD - A position detector is provided including: a transmission signal supplying circuit for supplying a transmission signal to a plurality of conductors disposed in a first direction; a first conductor selecting circuit for supplying the transmission signal outputted from the transmission signal supplying circuit to a predetermined conductor(s) of the plurality of conductors disposed in the first direction; a differentially amplifying circuit for differentially amplifying signals inputted thereto through its first and second input terminals, respectively, and outputting a resulting signal; and a second conductor selecting circuit for selecting a plurality of conductors including at least three conductors located close to one another in a plurality of conductors disposed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, supplying signals from the conductors located on both end sides of the plurality of conductors thus selected to the first input terminal, and supplying a signal(s) from the conductor(s) other than the conductors located on both end sides, respectively, to the second input terminal. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328241 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING POSITION ON SURFACE CAPACITANCE TOUCH PANEL USING A FLYING CAPACITOR - A touch panel having a substantially even coating of a conductive material on a non-conductive substrate and then covering the conductive material with a dielectric material, wherein a novel current measuring circuit reduces the effect of stray capacitance on the accuracy of a current measurement so that the relative X and Y position of an object on the touch panel can be determined using simple ratio equations. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328242 | PIEZOELECTRIC ASSEMBLY - A piezoelectric assembly and portable electronic device having a piezoelectric assembly are described. The piezoelectric assembly comprises a first electrode for electrical communication to a current or voltage source, a second electrode for electrical communication to a reference source, a piezoelectric material in electrical communication with each one of the first and second electrodes and between the first and second electrodes, a signal electrical connector in electrical communication with the first electrode and configured to be connected to the current or voltage source, and a reference electrical connector in electrical communication with the second electrode and configured to be connected to the reference source so as to provide electrical communication between the second electrode and the reference source. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328243 | MEMS SCANNING TOUCH PANEL AND COORDINATE DECTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a MEMS scanning coordinate detection method and a touch panel thereof, wherein the touch panel comprises a light source module, a MEMS reflector, an image sensor, an image signal processor, and a coordinate calculator. When the laser light from the light source module is reflected by the MEMS reflector, the laser light is transformed into a scanning light beam. When the touch panel is touched by a pen or a finger, the scanning light beam is blocked and two inactive pixels are formed on the image sensor. The electronic signal is transmitted from the image signal processor and calculated by the coordinate calculator to determine the touch point position. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328244 | DISPLACEMENT DETECTION SYSTEM OF AN OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD THEREOF - At a first time, a first image sensor and a second image sensor capture a first image and a second image including images of an object respectively. At a second time, the first image sensor and the second image sensor capture a third image and a fourth image including images of the object respectively. A coordinate calculation device calculates a first coordinate of the object at the first time according to the first image and the second image, and a second coordinate of the object at the second time according to the third image and the fourth image. A coordinate correction device calculates a displacement between the first time and the second time according to the first coordinate and the second coordinate, and corrects an output coordinate of the object at the second time according to the displacement. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328245 | INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICE AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A lenticular lens is provided in front of a liquid crystal panel composed of a plurality of pixels. In this case, the lenticular lens is arranged so that one cylindrical lens corresponds to two pixels adjacent to each other. Then, light rays outgoing from two pixels are refracted by this one cylindrical lens and intersect with each other at a point positioned on the surface of a tablet, and then reach the right eye and the left eye of a user, respectively. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328246 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A TOUCH POINT OF A TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed is an apparatus for detecting a touch point of a touch panel, which is used in a reflective camera type touch panel. In the apparatus for detecting a touch point of a touch panel, a whole or part of a side surface of a reflecting portion is formed into a saw shape, thereby overcoming restrictions in an aspect ratio and a size of the touch panel. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328247 | TOUCH PANEL SENSOR - Disclosed is a highly reliable touch panel sensor comprising a guiding wiring that is less likely to cause an increase in electrical resistance and disconnection with the elapse of time, has a low electrical resistance, can ensure electrical conduction to a transparent conductive film, and can be connected directly to the transparent conductive film. The touch panel sensor comprises a transparent conductive film and a guiding wiring made of an aluminum alloy film connected directly to the transparent conductive film. The aluminum alloy film comprises 0.2 to 10 atomic% in total of at least one element selected from an X group consisting of Ni and Co. The aluminum alloy film has a hardness of 2 to 15 GPa. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328248 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN WITH REDUCED ELECTRODE TRACE RESISTANCE - An improved touch screen has enhanced optical performance and aesthetic quality. The electrodes on the touch screen employ additional fine traces of conductive material to reduce the overall electrode trace resistance to increase electrical performance without sacrificing optical quality. The additional fine traces of conductive material may be placed on the top of the ITO traces or in channels inside the boundaries of the ITO traces. The additional traces preferably run the length of the ITO traces to reduce the resistance in the longer dimension. Further, the additional traces are very small in width such that in the aggregate they cover only a small portion of the ITO electrode trace in lateral dimension to reduce the visibility of the additional traces. The conductive material may also be formed as a plurality of geometric shapes substantially forming a line in the longer dimension of the transparent conductive traces to reduce the visibility of the conductive material. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328249 | CAPACITIVE-INDUCTIVE TOUCH SCREEN - A touch screen uses a combination of capacitive sensing and inductive sensing applied to the same sensor pattern. A capacitive sensor uses the electric field formed by the columns and rows of the sensor matrix. An inductive sensor uses the magnetic field formed by current flowing in column and row lines to induce an inductive pen. Using the same sensor lines, the magnetic field created by the oscillating inductive pen is detected. Both methods require no moving elements in the sensor and it is possible to combine both method of detections in the same sensor pattern. Using switch matrices, the sensor lines are operated in an open loop fashion for the capacitive detection mode, and are operated in a closed loop fashion for the inductive detection mode. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328250 | Implementation of Touchpad on Rear Surface of Single-Axis Hinged Device - An improved mobile electronic device | 2010-12-30 |
20100328251 | TACTILE FEEDBACK DISPLAY SCREEN OVERLAY - Systems are disclosed for an optically clear keyboard that can be applied to a touch-sensitive display screen, for example, while mitigating distortion of the display. An apparatus for use over a touch-sensitive display screen can comprise a plurality of button structures formed of an optically clear material. The buttons are disposed in an optically clear fluid or gel having an index of refraction equivalent to the index of refraction of the button structures. The apparatus comprises an optically clear elastomeric membrane over the fluid, which forms a sealed barrier for the fluid or gel. The volume within the sealed portion of the apparatus contains the fluid and the button structures. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328252 | SWITCHED-CAPACITOR TRACKING APPARATUS OF TOUCH PANEL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A switched-capacitor tracking apparatus including a variable capacitor, an auxiliary capacitor, and a plurality of switches, and an operating method thereof are provided. In a charge period, a first reference voltage charges a panel capacitor, and a second reference voltage charges the variable capacitor. In a detection period, a control circuit detects a parallel connected voltage of the panel capacitor and the variable capacitor. The control circuit compares a third reference voltage and the parallel connected voltage. According to a comparison result, the control circuit dynamically determines whether to parallel connect the auxiliary capacitor to the variable capacitor. If all the comparison results accumulated in a statistics period are a first logic value, then the control circuit increases a capacitance of the variable capacitor. Moreover, if all the comparison results are a second logic value in the statistics period, then the control circuit decreases the capacitance of the variable capacitor. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328253 | SURFACE CAPACITANCE WITH AREA GESTURES - A surface capacitance touch sensitive surface (or “surface cap panel”) suitable for use in a touch screen or touchpad, wherein the surface cap panel has a substantially even coating of a conductive material on a non-conductive substrate and then covering the conductive material with a dielectric material, wherein a novel current measuring circuit reduces the effect of stray capacitance on the accuracy of a current measurement so that the relative X and Y position of an object on the surface cap panel can be determined using simple ratio equations, and wherein measuring the charge transfer rate in a measuring circuit, in addition to the total charge transfer for each toggle event, enables the location of two objects to be identified on the surface cap panel, wherein the charge transfer rate is used to determine the distance between two points of contact on the surface cap panel, and wherein height and width information related to the distance between the two points of contact can now be determined by doubling the number of electrodes at the corners of the surface cap panel. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328254 | CAPACITANCE TYPE INPUT DEVICE - A capacitance type input device is configured to detect the access position of a conductor such as a finger, and includes a plurality of electrodes and an IC chip. The plurality of electrodes are spaced apart from each other in direction Y, and each of the electrodes has an elongated form extending in direction X. The IC chip detects the access position of the finger in direction Y, based on a change in capacitance generated between the finger and the respective electrodes. The plurality of electrodes include a high-sensitivity electrode, and a low-sensitivity electrode which has a greater surface area than that of the high-sensitivity electrode. When compared by the same size, the low-sensitivity electrode has a lower sensitivity than the high-sensitivity electrode. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328255 | TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SENSOR FUNCTION - A touch detection device includes: a detection surface; a plurality of sensor lines formed from a plurality of types of wiring lines having a different line capacitance; and a touch detection unit which detects an electric variation generated in a plurality of the sensor lines in response to touch or proximity of a detection target object to the detection surface, wherein the touch detection unit has an operational circuit for generating a detection signal representing the electric variation by performing an operation process using a line capacitance ratio for a plurality of outputs from a plurality of types of the sensor lines neighboring to one another with a different line capacitance. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328256 | TOUCH SENSOR, DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - A display includes: display pixel electrodes; common electrodes; a display layer; a display control circuit; touch detection electrodes; and a touch detection circuit detecting an external proximity object based on a detection signal obtained from the touch detection electrodes with use of a common drive voltage for display applied to the common electrode as a touch sensor drive signal. The touch detection circuit includes: a first filter allowing a fundamental detection signal, contained in the detection signal and having a frequency same as a fundamental frequency of the touch sensor drive signal, to pass therethrough, a plurality of second filters separately allowing two or more harmonic detection signals, contained in the detection signal and having frequencies same as respective harmonic frequencies of the touch sensor drive signal, to pass therethrough, and a detection section performing a detection operation based on the fundamental detection signal and the harmonic detection signals. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328257 | METHOD OF DRIVING TOUCH PANEL, CAPACITANCE-TYPE TOUCH PANEL, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION - A capacitance-type touch panel, allowing disturbance noise and touch detection time to be reduced and having a simple configuration, is provided. The capacitance-type touch panel including: a plurality of drive electrodes each having a strip shape; a drive control circuit performing control such that a drive signal for touch detection is selectively applied to the drive electrodes; a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged to intersect with the drive electrodes in such a manner that capacitance is formed in each intersecting part, and each outputting a detection signal in synchronization with the drive signal; and a detection circuit detecting an external proximity object based on the detection signal. The drive control circuit controls application of the drive signal in such a manner that the detection signal is a polarity-alternating signal including a positive-negative asymmetrical signal component which is due to presence of the external proximity object. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328258 | TOUCH PANEL AND DETECTING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first conductive film disposed on the first substrate, and a second conductive film disposed on the second substrate and juxtaposed with the first conductive film in a face-to-face manner. The second conductive film has a first resistivity in a first direction and a second resistivity in a second direction different from the first direction. The first resistivity is greater than the second resistivity. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328259 | TOUCH SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch sensor that may detect an object away from the sensor is provided. The touch sensor includes one or more drive electrodes; one or more detection electrodes forming capacitance in cooperation with the respective drive electrodes; a detection circuit applying drive signals to the respective drive electrodes to detect the object based on detection signals obtained from the respective detection electrodes in response to the respective drive signals; and a controller controlling to change a range of electric flux lines generated between the drive electrodes and the detection electrodes. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328260 | CAPACITIVE TOUCHPAD OF MULTIPLE OPERATIONAL MODES - A capacitive touchpad provides multiple operational modes including at least a key input mode, a handwriting input mode, and a mouse control mode. To switch the capacitive touchpad between the operational modes, a first pattern is defined as a mode switch for users to touch thereon. For each operational mode, specific second patterns are defined for indication of their corresponding functions, and several regions are defined corresponding to the positions of the second patterns to receive touch input from the second patterns. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328261 | CAPACITIVE TOUCHPAD CAPABLE OF OPERATING IN A SINGLE SURFACE TRACKING MODE AND A BUTTON MODE WITH REDUCED SURFACE TRACKING CAPABILITY - A touchpad that operates in two modes, wherein a first mode enables the entire surface of the touchpad to operate in a typical detection single object detection and tracking mode to track the movement of a conductive object such as a finger anywhere on the surface of the touchpad and perform typical touchpad operations such as cursor control, and a second mode of operation wherein a button region of the touchpad is no longer used for the tracking of movement of a finger on the surface of the touchpad, but is instead dedicated to a button function if a finger on the touchpad pushes with sufficient force to activate a switch underneath the touchpad. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328262 | DETECTOR AND DETECTION METHOD FOR A CAPACITIVE TOUCHPAD TO IDENTIFY A REAL TOUCH POINT - A two-step detection for a capacitive touchpad to identify a real touch point first detects the self capacitances from multiple capacitance sensor traces of the capacitive touchpad to identify any touch point on the capacitive touchpad and then, if multiple touch points are detected, further detects the mutual capacitance at one of the detected touch points to identify whether it is a real touch point. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328263 | RESISTIVE TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH POINT TYPE - The invention discloses a method for detecting touch point type in a resistive touch panel. The method includes the steps of: connecting the first electrode to a voltage source and connecting the fourth electrode to the ground end when it is determined that a touch point is generated on the first detecting area, thereby making the second electrode generate a first voltage and the third electrode generate a second voltage; determining that the touch point is the first-type touch point when the difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is larger than a threshold value; and determining that the touch point is the second-type touch point when the difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is smaller than a first threshold value. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328264 | FINGER-SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A finger-sensing apparatus ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100328265 | SIMULTANEOUS SENSING ARRANGEMENT - Multi-touch touch-sensing devices and methods are described herein. The touch sensing devices can include multiple sense points, each located at a crossing of a drive line and a sense line. In some embodiments, multiple drive lines may be simultaneously or nearly simultaneously stimulated with drive signals having unique characteristics, such as phase or frequency. A sense signal can occur on each sense line that can be related to the drive signals by an amount of touch present at sense points corresponding to the stimulated drive lines and the sense line. By using processing techniques based on the unique drive signals, an amount of touch corresponding to each sense point can be extracted from the sense signal. The touch sensing methods and devices can be incorporated into interfaces for a variety of electronic devices such as a desktop, tablet, notebook, and handheld computers, personal digital assistants, media players, and mobile telephones. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328266 | ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR DEVICE - An electrostatic capacitive touch sensor device includes sensing electrode provided at a plurality of positions, a high-frequency signal source that applies a high-frequency signal to the sensing electrode through a predetermined impedance element, a wiring portion that connects the sensing electrode and the impedance element, a shield portion provided to embrace the sensing electrodes and the connecting pattern, and a shield signal source that applies a shield signal to the shield portion and has the same phase and amplitude as the high-frequency signal source. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328267 | OPTICAL TOUCH DEVICE - An exemplary optical touch device includes a display panel including a display surface at a front side thereof, two infrared light sources positioned on the display panel, three linear sensors positioned at three sides of the display panel respectively, a remote control, two infrared camera modules, and a receiver. The infrared light sources are configured for emitting infrared light covering the entire display surface. Each linear sensor is configured for capturing images of the infrared light reflected by any object on the display surface. The remote control is configured for projecting an infrared light spot on the display surface and generating and sending control signals according to a movement of the remote control. The two infrared camera modules are configured for capturing images of a movement track of the infrared light spot on the display surface. The receiver is configured for receiving the control signals. | 2010-12-30 |