Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080212298 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND SYSTEM FOR A COMPONENT IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The disclosure describes a printed circuit board (PCB) for use in an electronic device. The PCB comprises: a top side; a bottom side; an edge between the top side and the bottom side; a cavity from the top side to the bottom side; a region on the top side for mounting an electronic device; and a connector for receiving connections from the electronic device. In the PCB, the connector is located on either the bottom side or the edge of the side of the PCB. The electronic device can be a display module. | 09-04-2008 |
20080273014 | Glass Touch Screen - These needs, and others, are met by at least one embodiment of the disclosed invention which provides for a touch sensitive screen for an electronic device wherein there is a sparse pattern of sensors disposed within the active area and a dense pattern of sensors disposed within the viewing area. In this configuration, the pixels in the active area may have a larger aspect ratio and provide a more pleasing image while the dense sensors disposed within the viewing area provide more accurate touch sensitivity. Further, the software, or other electronics, used to create the image, may be structured to position menus or other selectable images adjacent to the viewing area. Similarly, certain images, such as icons, can be programmed to be displayed directly under the sensors in the active area. Generally, this configuration provides for the best of both worlds; a bright, clear image with some touch sensitivity in the active area and a sensitive sensor grid in the viewing area where there are no pixels. | 11-06-2008 |
20080297469 | VISUAL NOTIFICATION METHODS FOR CANDY-BAR TYPE CELLPHONES - A wireless handheld communications device with a liquid crystal display, especially, a field sequential liquid crystal display, includes a visual notification for a powered up, inactive state. The visual notification is preferably through a light emitting diode that may be part of the backlighting system for the LCD or may be independent from the backlighting system. The waveforms, periodicity, colour selection, and colour sequencing may be customizable by one or both of the manufacturer and user. | 12-04-2008 |
20090115733 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TACTILE TOUCH SCREEN - An electronic device includes a base, a touch screen display, a shape memory alloy and operational components. The touch screen display is connected to the base and moveable relative to the base and includes a display device and a touch-sensitive input surface overlying the display device and connected to a controller for determining a touch event to the touch-sensitive input surface. The shape memory alloy is disposed between the base and the display device and is configured to change shape in response to conduction of an electric current to cause movement of the display device relative to the base. The operational components include a processor between the base and the touch screen display. The processor is operatively connected to the controller, the display device and the shape memory alloy for causing conduction of current through the shape memory alloy in response to the touch event, resulting in movement of the display relative to the base. | 05-07-2009 |
20090135156 | TOUCH SENSOR FOR A DISPLAY SCREEN OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch sensor for mounting over a display screen of an electronic device is provided. The touch sensor includes: an elongate input pad formed in a layer of transparent conductive material on a transparent substrate, the input pad tapering from a broad end to a narrow end to provide an input pad capacitance that varies with location of a touch over the input pad; and, a contact for coupling the input pad to a processor. | 05-28-2009 |
20090146970 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH SCREEN HAVING DISCRETE TOUCH-SENSITIVE AREAS - An electronic device includes a base, a touch screen display, and operational components. The touch screen display is connected to the base and includes a display device and a touch-sensitive overlay disposed on the display device. The touch-sensitive overlay comprises at least one capacitive touch sensor circuit layer disposed on a substrate and patterned with discrete circuits. Ones of the discrete circuits provide associated discrete touch-sensitive areas on an outer touch surface of the touch screen display. The operational components include a controller connected to the touch-sensitive overlay and a processor connected to the controller and the display device for providing a graphical user interface. | 06-11-2009 |
20090237362 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT SURFACE AND METHOD OF DETERMINING USER-SELECTED INPUT - A method of determining user-selections from at least one touch at a touch-sensitive input surface of an electronic device includes determining a first user-selection based on touch attributes, detecting changes in the touch attributes including a change in size and a change in the location, and determining a second user-selection based on a direction of the change in location. | 09-24-2009 |
20100156962 | METHOD FOR MAINTAINING THE WHITE COLOUR POINT IN A FIELD-SEQUENTIAL LCD OVER TIME - A field sequential liquid crystal display maintains its white colour point through compensation values to at least one colour light emitting diode that illuminates the display. The compensation values may be impedances to control the current or pulsing of the current source according to a pulse width modulation technique. A degradation curve may be used to calculate extrapolate the theoretical forward voltage of the light emitting diode. Additional complexity arises from the need for calculating uptime for multiple light emitting diodes of different colours. Brightness levels may also be factored in. Additional processing of a display element may be provided when a grey scale image is being generated. | 06-24-2010 |
20100223149 | IDENTIFICATION AND PURCHASE OF BROADCAST WORK WITH HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The disclosed and claimed concept relates generally to handheld electronic devices and, more particularly, to a method for identifying and purchasing an audio work played over broadcast service without the user needing to provide information to identify the work (e.g., artist, singer, title, etc.). | 09-02-2010 |
20100315450 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A BACKLIGHT LEVEL FOR A DISPLAY ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The disclosure provides a system and method for adjusting a backlight level for an image being displayed on an electronic device. The system comprises: a display for displaying an image to be backlit; memory storing a numeric representation of the image on a pixel-by-pixel basis; and a backlight adjustment module to calculate a pixel-by-pixel, running average of an intensity of the image using the numeric representation and to determine a backlight level for the image using the running average, the running average being calculated according to an equation that calculates a new average using a previous average and a current pixel intensity value to avoid an overflow condition when calculating the running average. | 12-16-2010 |
20120087530 | MICROPHONE COUPLER FOR A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The disclosure relates to a microphone coupler and coupler system for a communication device. The microphone coupler comprises a conduit having an internal channel therein, a distal end, a proximal end, a first opening in the distal end connecting to the internal channel and a second opening in the proximal end connecting to the internal channel, the conduit being attachable to a printed circuit board of the communication device over an opening in the printed circuit board with the second opening mating to the opening and with the distal end of the coupler extending towards an end of the printed circuit board. The coupler has a microphone having a port that is mounted on the printed circuit board and the port is aligned with the opening in the printed circuit board. | 04-12-2012 |