Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090176534 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING FLAT PANEL SOUND OUTPUT UNIT AND VIBRATION GENERATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal having a flat panel sound output unit and vibration generation method for the same are disclosed. When a user touches the mobile terminal, the user can feel a sense of touch through the flat panel sound output unit. The mobile terminal includes: a touch screen; a flat panel sound output unit attached on a surface of the touch screen to generate sounds or vibrations according to an input signal; and a vibration processor sending, when a touch event occurs at the touch screen, a signal to the flat panel sound output unit to generate vibrations corresponding to the touch event. Hence, the method can provide a sense of touch to the user without use of a separate vibration motor. | 07-09-2009 |
20100096936 | VIBRATION MOTOR - A vibration motor includes a first resilient member and a second resilient member providing resilient forces in opposite directions; a first vibrator and a second vibrator coupled to the first resilient member and the second resilient member respectively; a magnetic body coupled to the first vibrator to create a magnetic field; and a coil applying a current of a predetermined frequency band in the region where the magnetic field is created. | 04-22-2010 |
20100127581 | VIBRATION MOTOR FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL - Disclosed is a vibration motor for a portable terminal, including a flat spring; a cylindrical magnetic substance mounted on the flat spring; an annular magnetic substance disposed around the cylindrical magnetic substance mounted on the flat spring; and a coil disposed between the cylindrical magnetic substance and the annular magnetic substance, wherein the magnetic substances perform a linear reciprocal movement by the electromagnetic force generated between the magnetic substances and the coil and by the elastic force of the flat spring as an electric current is applied to the coil. The vibration motor operates at higher resonant frequencies than those of conventional vibration motors, thereby improving the sense of an after-vibration and realizing a delicate haptic feedback function. | 05-27-2010 |
20100141606 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK IN A TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed is a method for providing a haptic feedback in a touch screen, which includes displaying a plurality of soft buttons on a touch screen; applying a first pattern vibration to the touch screen if a pressing detection value for a corresponding soft button according to contact of a user input means reaches a predetermined first threshold value; and applying a second pattern vibration to the touch screen if a pressing detection value for the corresponding soft button reaches a predetermined second threshold value, the second pattern vibration being different from the first pattern vibration, the second threshold value being different from the first threshold value. | 06-10-2010 |
20100148945 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A haptic feedback device for a portable terminal. The haptic feedback device includes an input member, a vibration member that passes through the input member, and serves as a rotation axis of the input member, and a piezo actuator in contact with the vibration member. As the input member rotates or pivots with respect to the rotation axis, the piezo actuator actuates to vibrate the vibration member. | 06-17-2010 |
20110006888 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING VIBRATIONS IN PORTABLE TERMINALS - A method and apparatus for generating vibration in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus for generating vibration in a portable terminal includes a plurality of vibrators mounted and driven to generate vibration in a single vibration direction at positions separated from each other by predetermined distances on the portable terminal, and a controller for determining respective vibration patterns of the plurality of vibrators according to a control operation of the portable terminal and driving the plurality of vibrators according to the vibration patterns. | 01-13-2011 |
20110157052 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING VIBRATIONS IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - Control of vibrations generated in a portable terminal is disclosed. The vibration generating apparatus includes a plurality of vibrators mounted to the portable terminal to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval and having different resonance frequencies; and a control unit configured to determine vibration generation patterns of the plurality of vibrators according to a vibration event and to drive the plurality of vibrators according to the vibration generation patterns. | 06-30-2011 |
20110163985 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A WIRELESS TERMINAL HAVING A TOUCH SCREEN - A haptic feedback control method and apparatus for a wireless terminal including a touch screen. The haptic feedback control method includes receiving a touch input from a user, sensing a voltage or current signal at a position where the touch input is received, transmitting a driving signal to an actuator based on the sensed signal, generating, by the actuator, a vibration output based on the driving signal at the position on the touch screen where the touch input is received, generating a control pulse having a predetermined time delay while generating the vibration output, and stopping the vibration output by applying the control pulse to the vibration output. | 07-07-2011 |
20110164001 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PEN AND METHOD FOR USING MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PEN - A multi-functional pen apparatus and a method for using the multi-functional pen are provided. The method includes switching an operation mode of the multi-functional pen to a pen mode according to a predetermined key input; receiving pen data in the switched pen mode; and transmitting the pen data to a portable terminal, wherein the portable terminal transmits a call based on the transmitted pen data. | 07-07-2011 |
20120249490 | ELECTRONIC PEN, INPUT METHOD USING ELECTRONIC PEN, AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC PEN INPUT - A method of inputting a user command on a display using an electronic pen includes emitting light in the direction of the display using a light source of the electronic pen and capturing the display with a camera of the electronic pen. The method includes recognizing a Black Matrix (BM) pattern of the display in the captured image and detecting a location on the display at which the light from the light source is emitted by comparing the recognized BM pattern with pre-stored patterns. | 10-04-2012 |
20130100053 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a flexible display device adapted to accurately detect bending information when the flexible display device is flexed, bent or folded, and to be capable of variously controlling an image displayed on a screen on the basis of the detected bending information. The flexible display device includes a flexible touch screen part, and a bending detection part provided on the touch screen part, the bending detection part having an electrostatic capacitance or electric resistance that changes depending on a bending of the touch screen part, so as to detect bending information. | 04-25-2013 |